14 DAY TRIAL // LG G3 was officially unveiled last year in May and made it to market one month later. This year the South Korean company has decided to announce its new flagship smartphone and put it on sale earlier than last year.
The recently unveiled LG G4 will be available for purchase in South Korea from April 29, and eventually it will arrive at more than 180 carriers across the world.
But is it worth upgrading from the previous flagship, the LG G3, to the new one? We try to answer to this question by offering a quick rundown of the features these two high-end smartphones have to offer.
First of all, LG G3 is now running Android 5.0 Lollipop, while the G4 will ship with Android 5.1 Lollipop right out of the box, as well as the LG UX 4.0 user interface.
The screen these smartphones pack seems to be similar in quality and performance: 5.5-inch Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels) displays with 538ppi (pixel per inch). However, the G4 features Corning Gorilla Glass 4 coating, while the G3 has a previous version.
On the camera front, the new LG G4 features an impressive 16-megapixel rear-facing camera with laser autofocus, dual-LED flash, OIS (optical image stabilization), dual-LED flash and 4K video recording.
LG G4 has a few advantages over its predecessor
The G3, on the other hand, comes with a slightly lower 13-megapixel photo snapper on the back, which offers the same functions as the 16-megapixel camera inside the G4.
However, LG G4 packs an 8-megapixel camera in the front, while the G3 has a disappointing 2.1-megapixel secondary camera.
When it comes with power, LG chose a hexacore Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor clocked at 1.8GHz for the G4, whereas the LG G3 is equipped with a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor.
Both high-end smartphones packs 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and microSD card slot for memory expansion.
Both LG's flagships are powered by a replaceable 3,000 mAh battery, but it looks like LG G3 has been rated for up to 553 hours of standby time and 21 hours of talk time, while the G4's battery is rated for up to 375 hours of standby time or up to 10 hours of talk time.
It's also worth mentioning that LG G3 comes with microSIM support, but the new LG G4 only works with nanoSIMs.