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LG K30

Microsoft Surface Duo

Microsoft Surface Duo

LG K30

Microsoft Surface Duo

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 12(700), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - T-Mobile

LTE frequency band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 19 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
HSPA speed

HSPA

-
LTE speed

-

LTE-A (CA) Cat18, 1200 Mbps download, 100 Mbps upload
LTE-A speed

LTE-A

-
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2018-5

2020-08
Status

2018-5

2020-08

Design
Build

Plastic

Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5)
SIM

Nano-SIM

Nano-SIM, eSIM
Height

148.6 mm

145.2 mm
Width

75 mm

93.3 mm
Thickness

8.6 mm

9.9 mm
Height unfolded

-

186.9 mm
Width unfolded

-

145.2 mm
Thickness unfolded

-

4.8 mm
Weight

168.1 g

250 g
Stylus

-

Yes
Colors

Black, Blue

White

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.3 inches

8.1 inches
Resolution

720 x 1280 pixels

1800 x 2700 pixels
Pixel density

277 ppi

401 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

2.5D curved glass screen

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

Yes

-
Cover display

-

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Cover display physical size

-

5.6 inches
Cover display resolution

-

1350 x 1800 pixels

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Single-core 2.84 GHz Kryo 485
CPU(second)

Triple-core 2.42 GHz Kryo 485
CPU(third)

Quad-core 1.78 GHz Kryo 485
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425

Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855
GPU

Adreno 308

Adreno 640
Memory RAM

2 GB

6 GB
Internal storage

32 GB

128, 256 GB
Memory card

microSD

No
Memory card max

400 GB

-
Storage

eMMC

UFS 3.0

OS
OS

Android 7.1 (Nougat)

Android 10

Main camera
Camera type

-

Single
Main camera

13 MP

11 MP, f/2.0 , 23 mm, 1.0 µm
Primary camera resolution

4160 x 3120 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS
Primary camera Autofocus

phase detection autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

LED flash

-
Camera features

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, touch focus

-

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

5 MP
Selfie camera resolution

2560 x 1920 pixels

-
Selfie camera video

720p@30fps

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

-
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes, with stereo speakers
Notifications

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

-
Earpiece

Yes

-

Multimedia
Radio

No

No

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Type-C reversible connector
Bluetooth

v4.2

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

aptX Adaptive
NFC

Yes

-
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

-
Messaging MMS

MMS

-
Messaging Email

Email

-
Messaging IM

IM

-
Messaging Push Email

Push Email

-
Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, compass, proximity

Accelerometer, fingerprint, proximity

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Po
Battery capacity

2880 mAh

3577 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Fast battery charging

Yes

Yes
Talk time 2G

13 h

-
Talk time 3G

13 h

-
Standby time 2G

240 h

-
Standby time 3G

240 h

-

Cost
Price

-

1400 USD

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