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MagyarLG V30+
Specifications
Secondary Camera: 5 MPix 90˚ angle field
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Average of 17 scores (from 29 reviews)
Reviews for the LG V30+
Source: PC Authority
Archive.org versionThe LG V30+ fits in well to the super-premium smartphone market and only photography enthusiasts will not be happy with it. However, the price hike to reach this market tier is exponential and tends to be inversely-proportional to value. The LG-manufactured Google Pixel 2 can be had for almost $200 less while a lower-specified Samsung Galaxy S9 can be had for the same price. However, the real issue is that LG’s older G6 offers similar functionality and a better camera for one-quarter of the price nowadays (albeit in a less-refined package). So, with the LG V30+, you’re paying much more for form than function and, at this price, it should be perfect.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/16/2018
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: The Techy
Archive.org versionLG has definitely made the best flagship phone that excel in camera department by being capable of capturing RAW videos and DAC support. Of course, it also has its own set of flaws including the average front camera. But, with the aggressive pricing, it is the definitely a great phone.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 04/11/2018
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Tech PP
Archive.org versionAnd Life is not all Good there. Those with deeper pockets will be tempted by the more expensive competitors which the V30+ does not really beat, while those on a tighter budget will not be able to see it offering significantly more bang for their bucks than the Budget flagship fleet.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/19/2018
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 70% performance: 80% workmanship: 90%
Source: Unbox
Archive.org versionThe LG V30+ is an excellent device that has a premium build, loads of power, a different take on cameras, and is an audiophile’s dream that merits a look if you’re in the market for a flagship phone. The problem is that the delayed release in the Philippines may hurt it from getting stellar sales given the new devices bound to be released next month at MWC 2018, plus the competition it’s facing with the current crop of top-end devices.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/26/2018
Source: Ausdroid
Archive.org versionThe LG V30+ is a well priced, feature packed handset that will make the majority of users happy. At $1,199 RRP it's a great buy. There's definitely movement on that price if you look around though, so put the effort in and shop around and you'll get a bargain.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/12/2018
Rating: Total score: 91% price: 93% mobility: 88% workmanship: 93%
Source: Yugatech
Archive.org versionThe LG G6 rebooted LG’s direction to something more concrete and the LG V30+ cemented that focus into something more compelling and truly desirable. It’s got a simple yet beautiful and elegant design, solid performance and nice pair of cameras. It took everything that is good from the LG G6 and made it great.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/08/2018
Source: PC Mag
Archive.org versionWith tons of storage and powerful music capabilities, the LG V30+ is the ultimate phone for audiophiles, and one of only two phones capable of reaching the fastest speeds on Sprint.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/02/2018
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Gadgetguy
Archive.org versionLG’s new V30+ is its uber flagship where it gets to show off all it can do. To that end, it ticks all the flagship boxes, and then some making it a solid contender for the best flagship of the year.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/21/2017
Rating: Total score: 96% price: 100% performance: 100% workmanship: 100%
Source: PC Mag
Archive.org versionThe LG V30 is one of our favorite phones, because its wide-angle camera offers a very different perspective on the world than the single or 2x cameras you find on other smartphones. If you're trying to capture a whole stage, a whole performance, or a whole field, the V30 is the high-end smartphone for you.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/19/2017
Source: NDTV Gadgets
Archive.org versionOverall, it's clear that LG has managed to improve by leaps and bounds this year, first with the G6 and now with the V30+. It looks phenomenally good and will appeal to people who love having a lot of features to play around with. Of course, there are still rough edges to be worked on, mostly in terms of the user experience. There's no point in having a beautiful phone with an immersive display if that screen itself is flawed. Similarly, having dozens of camera modes and tool should be secondary to the actual output quality. This is exactly the kind of device that looks dazzling at first glance and has an impressive spec sheet, but really needs some time spent with it to uncover its true nature.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/19/2017
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 90% display: 70% mobility: 90% workmanship: 90%
Source: The Indian Express
Archive.org versionAfter having reviewed the best phones of this year, LG V30+ seems no slouch. Of course, it has its own hits and misses, but it will appeal to both kinds of customers who are looking for a stylish accessory or just a high-end device, without having a budget of a Note 8 or Google Pixel 2 XL. It’s easily one of the best phones LG has made so far.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/18/2017
Source: Hardware Zone
Archive.org versionThe V30+ is a phone for people who want to embrace the future, but aren't ready yet to completely give up the past: it's one of the few phones around with both modern touches like an all-screen design, dual rear cameras and an HDR display, and legacy features like a headphone jack and expandable storage. The V30+ is still a good phone, it's just not a great phone.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/16/2017
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 75% workmanship: 85%
Source: India Today
Archive.org versionThe V30+ is a premium phone with premium specs but at a very attractive price. The design is great, the performance is well-rounded, the rear camera does some unusual things, the quad DAC is a must have if you're an audiophile, the battery life is nothing short of phenomenal: the LG V30+ has it all. Yes, the screen's shabby and LG's sofware is far from ideal, but then, when you consider the whole package: the V30+ makes a lot of sense. Maybe not so much at Rs 50,000 but under Rs 45,000 the V30+ definitely deserves your attention.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/14/2017
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: NDTV Gadgets
Archive.org versionUnlike in other countries, LG isn’t launching the non-plus V30 here. The only differences between the two models are that the lower-end version has 64GB of storage and ships without high-quality earphones. Overall, the LG V30+ looks like it could be a solid competitor in the high-end space. Stay tuned to Gadgets 360 for our full review, which will cover the phone’s performance, cameras, battery life, and everything else in much more detail.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/14/2017
Source: India Today
Archive.org versionThe V30+ is a premium phone with premium specs but at a very attractive price. The design is great, the performance is well-rounded, the rear camera does some unusual things, the quad DAC is a must have if you're an audiophile, the battery life is nothing short of phenomenal: the LG V30+ has it all. Yes, the screen's shabby and LG's sofware is far from ideal, but then, when you consider the whole package: the V30+ makes a lot of sense. Maybe not so much at Rs 50,000 but under Rs 45,000 the V30+ definitely deserves your attention.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/14/2017
Rating: Total score: 75%
Source: Think Digit
Archive.org versionThe LG V30+ is an impressive smartphone, but the LG still needs to work on the execution. The phone has excellent design, but it needs a better camera, better software and more dependable display to convince match up to other flagships. Yet, it's a phone that audiophiles should certainly consider amongst their options.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/13/2017
Rating: Total score: 77%
Source: The Indian Express
Archive.org versionLG V30+ is a decent phone for those who want to buy something different. The overall performance, coupled with the wide angle camera and stunning display make this a phone that will make you stand out it a crowd. Also, the phone holds the promise of good user experience. But given the past experience with LG phones, it might be a good idea to hold on for a while and see if the price comes down a bit, making this a lot more desirable.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/13/2017
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: The Mobile Indian
Archive.org versionTo conclude, the LG V30+ looks a pretty interesting device with some premium design along with some top-notch hardware. As for the competition is concerned, the smartphone will surely face a stiff competition from the likes of Apple iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy S8 and even OnePlus 5T. However, the at this price point the phone does looks like a deal to beat.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/13/2017
Source: Good Gear Guide
Archive.org versionThe V-series has always been LG’s playground for the more ambitious fare left out of their more-mainstream flagship G-series - and all the better for it. The V30 continues that trend in good form.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/12/2017
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: Hardware Zone
Archive.org versionThe V30+ is a phone for people who want to embrace the future, but aren't ready yet to completely give up the past: it's one of the few phones around with both modern touches like an all-screen design, dual rear cameras and an HDR display, and legacy features like a headphone jack and expandable storage. The V30+ is still a good phone, it's just not a great phone.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/08/2017
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 75% workmanship: 85%
Source: Htxt Africa
Archive.org versionThe LG V30+ offers up a compelling alternative to the offerings from heavyweights Apple and Samsung. The camera is very good as is the performance. We do wish the battery was a bit bigger but you can't have it all we suppose.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 12/06/2017
Rating: Total score: 90%
Source: Tech Smart
Archive.org versionIs the LG V30+ a fair bit more than the LG G6 at R15 649? Yes it is, but for good reason. Each element of the device has been fine tuned to deliver a solid overall performance that the G6 just misses the mark on. When you're dropping that much money on a flagship phone, you don't want to have any doubts as to the capabilities of your device, and the V30+ is really without fault.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/15/2017
Source: Tech Girl
Archive.org versionDon’t get me wrong. The LG V30+ is a good device. Again, the sound is out of this world. Actually, I’d put my head on a chopping block and say it is the best audio of any smartphone I’ve used. The battery power is strong and the phone does what it needs to do. But with a price tag of R15 000 it needs to do more. For me, it doesn’t. I really think this phone is better suited to a funky advertising agency exec who wants to watch Netflix on business flights to Nigeria and whip out his stylus to take notes during meetings. That lady – she’d dig this. It would be the perfect phone for her and the price would be justified. Because the V30+ is a phablet and offers everything she needs. But it is being pushed as a creator’s phone and this creator just doesn’t think it stacks up.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/15/2017
Source: Gadgetguy
Archive.org versionUsually vendors are coy about mentioning their competition, but LG is explicitly targeting potential Apple and Samsung purchasers with its new LG V30+ smart phone. Not just any old Apple, but the top of the heap Apple iPhone X. Not just any only Samsung, but the company’s new pride and joy, the Samsung Galaxy Note8.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/31/2017
Foreign Reviews
Source: Log.com.tr
TR→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 04/05/2018
Rating: Total score: 86%
Source: Ferra.ru
RU→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/23/2017
Rating: Total score: 85%
Source: Ferra.ru
RU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Nice design; decent display; fast fingerprint sensor.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/25/2018
Source: Hi-Tech Mail
RU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Beautiful design; powerful hardware.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/22/2018
Source: Hitech Vesti
RU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Excellent performance; good display; decent speakers; nice dual cameras; large battery capacity. Negative: High price.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/25/2018
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The LG V30+ is LG’s newest smartphone and the world’s first 600MHz device. Gigabit-class LTE speed on this gorgeous device continues the rise of wireless technology from LG. The main features of the LG V30+ are its top-end hardware and focus on design. This might be the best-looking phone that LG has ever produced. The LG V30+ completely sheds any similarity it might have had with its chunky predecessors. It is an incredibly slick phone, with curved glass on the front and on the back, and a polished metal rim that screams luxury. The construction quality is impeccable, this phone feels every bit as good in the hand as the Samsung Galaxy S8. It is a huge leap for LG, especially considering how old-fashioned the V20 felt. The processor at the heart of the V30+ is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. LG missed out on this hardware when they decided to ship the G6 ahead of its competition, so this actually makes the V30+ LG's first true flagship phone of the year. There are 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. Users can add up to 2TB more using a microSD card, though they will have to sacrifice a second SIM due to the phone's hybrid dual-SIM design. Needless to say, with hardware like this, the V30+ was consistently snappy and responsive.
One of the most talked-about features of the LG V30+ is its camera. The smartphone has a dual rear-camera setup, consisting of one 16MP standard angle (f/1.6 aperture) and one 13MP 120-degree wide angle (f/1.9 aperture) lens. The LG V30+'s camera is said to be the world's first camera system to sport an aperture of f/1.6, which basically means that more light can enter the camera lens, ultimately improving low-light photography. The dual camera uses glass lenses in lieu of plastic, and that results in brighter images with less distortion, according to LG. Of course, 4G and VoLTE are supported. The battery capacity is a generous 3300mAh, and wireless charging, as well as Quick Charge 3.0, are supported. The battery life turned out to be pretty good. Users will be able to use this phone quite heavily, with lots of photography plus some time spent playing games, streaming audio and video, and still make it to the end of a day. The V30+ furthermore boasts a facial unlock feature and a fingerprint sensor for security purposes. The latter was super smooth, but the facial recognition feature had a lag of just a few of seconds. The handset also has a Smart Doctor feature that optimizes the phone by freeing up the RAM, running tests on various sensors to check their health, setting the battery in saver mode. As for the software, the handset runs on Android 7.1.2 with LG's own UI skin on the top. The V30+ is certainly one of the best flagships out there. It is good in every way, but on the other hand, for every feature, you can find another flagship that is better.
Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam
Qualcomm Adreno 540: Integrated graphics card in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. Slighly optimized architecture compared to the Adreno 530 but with higher clock speed due to the new 10 nm process. In the beginning of 2017 one of the fastest graphics cards for Android based smartphones.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
SD 835: High-End SoC for smartphones that was introduced in early 2017 and manufactured in 10 nm LPE FinFET at Samsung. Integrates 4x Kryo 280 at 2.45 GHz (max) for performance and 4x Kryo 280 at 1.9 GHz (max) for efficiency. Furthermore offers an X16 LTE modem, ac-WiFi and a dual-channel 32-Bit 1866 MHz LPDDR4x memory controller. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
6.00":
It is a very small display format for smartphones. You should by no means be mis-sighted and you will generally see very little on the screen and only have a small resolution available. In return, the device should be very small and handy.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.LG:
LG Electronics Inc. is a subsidiary of LG Group. It is a South Korean company and was founded as Goldstar Co, Ltd, in 1958. The group offers products in the fields of information technology, consumer electronics and mobile communications, and home appliances. LG Electronics is the world's third largest home appliance manufacturer. As a notebook manufacturer, LG only became known to a wider audience in the German-speaking market in 2005. After a few years, LG largely withdrew from the laptop sector. The product range includes OLED, LED/LCD and plasma TVs, home theater systems, Blu-ray players as well as audio and video players.
81.35%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
