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Fairphone 3 vs LG K30

Fairphone 3

LG K30

Fairphone 3

LG K30

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 800, 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 20, 26

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

42.2 Mbps

-
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

-
HSPA speed

-

HSPA
LTE speed

LTE-A (2CA), Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2019-08

2018-5
Status

2019-09

2018-5

Design
Build

-

Plastic
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Nano-SIM
Height

158 mm

148.6 mm
Width

71.8 mm

75 mm
Thickness

9.9 mm

8.6 mm
Weight

189 g

168.1 g
Colors

Black

Black, Blue

Display
Display type

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.65 inches

5.3 inches
Resolution

1080 x 2160 pixels

720 x 1280 pixels
Pixel density

427 ppi

277 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

2.5D curved glass screen
Multitouch

-

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

-
CPU

Quad-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold

Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 ARM
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver
Chipset

Qualcomm SDM632 Snapdragon 632

Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
GPU

Adreno 506

Adreno 308
Memory RAM

4 GB

2 GB
Internal storage

64 GB

32 GB
Memory card

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC

microSD
Memory card max

-

400 GB
Storage

eMMC 5.1

eMMC

OS
OS

Android 9.0 Pie

Android 7.1 (Nougat)

Main camera
Camera type

Single

-
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.8 , 1/2.55" , 1.4 µm

13 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

4160 x 3120 pixels
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

1080p@30fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera flash

dual-LED dual-tone flash

LED flash
Camera features

HDR, Panorama

Geo-tagging, HDR, face detection, touch focus
DxOMark photo

67

-
DxOMark video

63

-
DxOMark camera score

66

-

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

8 MP, f/2.0 , 1/4.0"

5 MP
Selfie camera resolution

-

2560 x 1920 pixels
Selfie camera video

1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS

720p@30fps

Sound
3.5mm jack

Yes

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

-

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Earpiece

-

Yes

Connectivity
WLAN

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

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

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

-
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth

v5.0

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

-
GALILEO

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

-

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

-

Email
Messaging IM

-

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Email
Sensors

Accelerometer, compass, fingerprint, gyroscope, proximity

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

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

3000 mAh

2880 mAh
Battery removable

Removable

Non-removable
Fast battery charging

-

Yes
Talk time 2G

-

13 h
Talk time 3G

-

13 h
Standby time 2G

-

240 h
Standby time 3G

-

240 h

Cost
Price

530 USD

-

Multimedia
Radio

-

No

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