LG V30 review: the company's best smartphone. LG V30 review - V-series is back with stunning design Lg v30 review in Russian

Smartphone designs, which have remained virtually unchanged for the past two to three years, have finally started to change this year. Moreover, this affected not form factors, but displays. In the race for an increased diagonal, engineers and designers are trying to keep the dimensions of the devices themselves within reasonable limits. Hence the trend towards more elongated display shapes. This year alone, Andy Rubin's Essential Phone and several more smartphones that can be called frameless were presented. The flagship, of course, could hardly be classified as a truly frameless smartphone, but it was from it that the fashion for using elongated screens with an aspect ratio of 18:9 began. And LG is once again becoming a pioneer that has not received the attention it deserves.

The new LG V30+ is designed in the same style. Formally, this smartphone replaces , which was never officially launched in Russia, but in reality it is much closer to the LG G6.

LG V30+ and Samsung Galaxy Note 8

The original LG V30 was presented at IFA 2017 in Berlin, and the V30+ is its improved version for the Russian market, which has just gone on sale. This improvement, however, is excluded in the increased amount of built-in memory (it was 64 GB, now it is 128). LG is also pushing wireless charging and a new audio chip, but there are no differences here from the regular V30. I can’t say that this can seriously affect the overall impression of the device, so let’s take it as a small bonus for the wait, because the LG V30 has been on sale all over the world for a long time.

The entire surface of the case, front and back, is occupied by glass, but the frame around the perimeter is solid, aluminum. Firstly, it makes the smartphone more durable - it can be dropped on the floor just like the G6. And secondly, it pleasantly cools the hand and largely contributes to the feeling of an expensive and high-quality thing.

The right side, as already mentioned, does not contain any elements except the SIM card tray and memory card, and on the left side of the LG V30+ there are volume buttons. There is a 3.5mm jack at the top and a 3.5mm jack at the bottom center. USB Type-C(3.1). Yes, the LG V30+ can hardly be called a compact device, but for a 6-inch smartphone it is quite compact. And if the width of the case turns out to be greater than that of the same Galaxy Note8, then due to its smaller thickness it is more convenient to operate, and it causes much less inconvenience in a jeans pocket.

Oddly enough, at the time of release, V30+ runs under Android control 7.1.2 instead of the current Android 8.0. However, the company should release an update in the near future. In the meantime, it is worth noting the laconic and unobtrusive shell of LG UX 6.0 and a small set of useful applications.

V30+ system means you can clean the RAM and set up energy saving modes - in principle, the smartphone does this well without your active participation, but if necessary, you can perform the procedures manually.

In addition, there is a convenient quick access panel that can be placed at any screen height on the right or left. When pressed, the panel expands and context menu you can quickly create a note or list, make a GIF animation from a video on the screen, go to the general settings menu and perform a number of other functions. Of course, the set of functions for quick access can be edited at your discretion.

Display and sound

The six-inch P-OLED display occupies almost the entire front panel. There are still frames on the sides, but they are very small - the display occupies 81.2% of the front surface area. This is slightly less than the Samsung Galaxy Note8 (83.2%) and slightly more than the Huawei Mate 10 Pro (80.9%).

The resolution is 1440 × 2880 pixels, so the pixel density is very high - 537 ppi. There is support for Dolby Vision and HDR10 technologies, but in this case We do not rely on marketing terms, but on laboratory testing. In the case of OLED (equally P-OLED and AMOLED), we do not provide a contrast diagram - from the point of view of a colorimeter, it turns out to be infinite, since the black color of a pixel is achieved by the complete absence of glow.

The maximum brightness naturally turns out to be slightly lower than that of IPS matrices, but by OLED standards this is in perfect order. The color gamut turned out to be wider than the sRGB space, but the quality of the screen settings was almost not affected.

Yes, you can find fault a little with the “high” color temperature, which averages 7,700 K with the reference 6,500 K, but this is a very common practice. Manufacturers often deliberately “shift” the screen towards cooler shades, since users find such a picture more pleasing to the eye. The average DeltaE deviation for the extended ColorChecker palette is 6.08 - this is also a slight overkill, but nothing serious.

The 18:9 aspect ratio allows you to easily operate your smartphone with one hand. The majority of applications have already been adapted, so V30+ owners will not experience any inconvenience in this regard. Well, since the display is made using OLED technology, it didn’t cost LG anything to implement the AlwaysOn Display function, with some customization options. For example, you can choose from several analog or digital watch faces. The price for this convenience will be increased battery consumption. I checked: if you turn off all wireless modules and don’t touch the smartphone at all for 24 hours, the service information on the display “eats up” about 14-16% of the charge. That is, it will take less than 10% per day. Whether you need it or not - decide for yourself.

LG V30+ is equipped with an upgraded DAC - ES9218 Saber. If you have music in an uncompressed format, the smartphone sounds excellent; in this case, complaining about the sound in headphones is a sin. The maximum volume level is enough for any situation, in general, complete order. But the sound from the external speaker could have been louder. But don’t think, I’m not complaining about the impossibility of listening to rap on the street - in my world only maximum volume(and therefore the effectiveness) of the alarm clock.

By the way, the LG V30+ comes with a Bang & Olufsen headset. The company is well-deserved, but don’t expect miracles from these headphones - they are not bad, but nothing more.

Specifications

• Platform: Android 7.1 with LG UX 6.0+
• Network: GSM, WCDMA, FDD-LTE (B1, B3, B7, B8, B20 and B38)
• Display: 6 inches, resolution 2880x1440 pixels, 538 ppi, HDR 10, OLED FullVision matrix, Always On Display function
• Camera: dual 16 MP with aperture f=1.6 + 13 MP (f=1.9, viewing angle 120 degrees), optical stabilization, dual LED flash
• Front camera: 5 MP, f=2.2, viewing angle 90 degrees
• Processor: 8 cores, 10 nm, 64 bit, up to 2.45 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
• Graphics chip: Adreno 540
• RAM: 4GB LPDDR4X
• Internal memory: 128 GB
• Memory card: up to 2 TB
• Satellite systems: GPS and GLONASS
• Communications: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), dual band, Bluetooth 5.0 LE, USB Type-C 3.1, 3.5 mm audio jack
• Additionally: NFC, protection according to IP68 and MIL-STD-810G standards, fingerprint scanner
• Sound: ESS SABER ES9218P, Quad Hi-Fi Audio, B&O Play
• Battery: 3300 mAh, Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging, wireless charger
• Dimensions: 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3 mm
• Weight: 158 g

Contents of delivery

• Smartphone
• Wired stereo headset Bang&Olufsen
• Network adapter
• USB cable
• Instructions
• Warranty card

Introduction

At the end of August, we published a very detailed article about the announcement of the LG V30. In it, we not only looked at the positioning of the model, but also talked about all the key features of the device.

In short, LG sees the V30+ as a device capable of shooting the coolest videos, creating cool night shots thanks to the maximum open aperture (among mobile gadgets), delight the user with a bright and contrasting POLED screen, and provide extensive musical opportunities thanks to the built-in DAC and Bang&Olufsen support.

The official answer regarding the appearance of the V30+ model on our market instead of the regular V30 version: The V30+ differs from the V30 by an expanded memory capacity of 128 GB. We studied the needs of Russian users and based on the data received, we made this decision. Sales of LG V30 are not planned.

Until December 4, LG had an original promotion: when you purchased a V30+ smartphone, you were also given a 32-inch TV. Especially the smart ones, I think, were able to figure out how to save money on buying a V30+? :)

On this moment LG V30+ costs 59,990 rubles.

Appearance

Over the past few years, it has become much easier to describe the appearance of smartphones: as a rule, if we are talking about flagships, then this is a large flat glass-metal device with a screen covering the entire front panel and a roughly identically designed back side. Each manufacturer looks at the “construction site” of another vendor: someone copies, someone outright steals, and someone simply clones one successful device on the market and sells it just as successfully. And this is by no means a stagnant phenomenon: look at modern televisions– they differ from each other only in the logo. A similar situation will happen with smartphones. Hmmm, I ended up thinking a little gloomily. In fact, there is nothing bad in this situation: it will be easier for the consumer to make a choice.

The new product received IP68 protection and a military certificate MIL-STD-810. Considering the compact dimensions 151.7x75.4x7.3 mm and low weight - 153 grams - this is commendable! Now it will be difficult to drown the device in water (or another liquid), bury it in sand or mud with consequences, and it will be much more difficult to break it. I remember how at the LG G6 presentation gadgets were deliberately thrown onto the floor as a demonstration of their shock-resistant properties. Let me remind you that the G6 also has MIL-STD-810.

As for ease of use, there are no questions at all: thin, narrow, light, it’s a pleasure to use. A caveat: since there is glass on both sides, the V30+ still seemed slippery to me. By the way, the glass here is from Corning, fifth generation. Metal frame, sloping shape.

There is an oleophobic coating on the front side, but on the back there is either no coating or it is of poor quality, since the prints abundantly cover the entire surface.

In Russia there are 3 colors available: black, blue and purple. However, at the moment you can buy black or blue.

Despite the thin frames at the top and bottom, the speech speaker remains in its original place - top center. The volume is high, the timbre is pleasant, even low frequencies can be heard, I didn’t “observe” any extraneous sounds. Excellent speaker on par with the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Apple iPhone 8Plus. There are light and proximity sensors. There are questions about the light sensor: it did not always adjust the brightness of the matrix correctly, and the brightness itself decreased or increased jerkily, that is, not smoothly. It was especially noticeable when moving from a light room to a dark one.

At the bottom end there is a microphone, a USB Type-C connector (version 3.1) and 5 holes, behind which there is a speakerphone. On top is another microphone and a 3.5 mm audio output for headphones. For some reason, they didn’t abandon the standard mini-jack in favor of the only fashionable USB-C.

On the right side there is a combined plastic slide for SIM+SIM or SIM+microSD with a rubberized insert. On the left are separate volume control buttons. But the round power button traditionally remains on the back surface. The solution, in my subjective opinion, is not the best: very often, when putting the phone in my pocket, I accidentally touched the fingerprint scanner (it is built into the power button), and the gadget unlocked in my pocket.

The fingerprint sensor works great: high recognition speed, almost no delay, in fact, you can place your finger in a way that is convenient for you.

On the back there is a module with a dual camera, a flash, a laser focusing system, and the Bang&Olufsen logo.

In general, it seems to me that the LG V30+ turned out to be extremely successful in terms of materials, durability, build quality and design ergonomics. But I would move the power button to the right side.

Display

The LG V30+ model is equipped with a screen whose diagonal is exactly 6 inches. The frames on the left and right are about 3.5 mm, on the top – 7.5 mm, and on the bottom – about 6 mm. That is, the design can rightfully be called FullVision: aspect ratio – 18:9, usable area – 81.2%.

The screen matrix of the new POLED product, high resolution – QHD+ (2880x1440 pixels), density – 538 ppi. Below you can see the structure of Pentile.

White brightness is 430 cd/m2, a typical standard value for most flagship matrices.

Matrix parameters in “Normal” color mode

Matrix parameters in “Photo” color mode

Matrix parameters in “Internet” color mode

The difference between the first and second modes is minimal, at least difficult to distinguish by eye. But the “Internet” mode is close to the sRGB triangle. The main disadvantage of this matrix is ​​that all colors fade into a blue-green tint at small angles of inclination of the phone.

In the settings you can set the screen resolution to 1440x720, 2160x1080 and 2880x1440 pixels. In low resolution the picture deteriorates noticeably, but at medium values, in general, everything is not bad. This way you can avoid any slowdowns (although there are none) and save a little battery life.

There is a “Comfortable viewing” mode. It adjusts the blue filter or you can switch all colors to black and white. Double tap activates the screen.

One of the important options is Always-on display. It allows you to configure the content on the lock screen (including setting your own picture), and the display time on AOD. Since the device has an AOD function, the V30+ does not need a notification indicator, since all notifications appear on the lock screen.

To unlock, you can choose several options: key, numbers, finger scanner, voice and even face. I chose everything to make my life easier: it was dark - I said a phrase, it was uncomfortable to touch the scanner - I showed my face, and so on.

The face is recognized relatively quickly (but you need to hold the phone level in front of you), the voice - with a delay of a second, the finger scanner - instantaneous.

I forgot to mention HDR10 support.

Battery

Judging only by the battery capacity, the LG V30+ smartphone is equipped with a not very capacious battery – 3300 mAh. However, testing has proven that it is not only a matter of capacity, but also of system optimization.

At automatic brightness, the V30+ easily works up to 30 hours with an average screen time of 5 hours. If the gadget is lightly loaded, you can squeeze out up to 7 hours of screen time. The most active load on a 4G network will drain the battery by 12 midnight.

Smartphone supports fast charging(QC 3.0): in about 30 minutes – 50% charge. In addition, there is wireless charging.

Communication capabilities

The LG V30+ model uses two SIM card slots: a combined connector, that is, either two SIM nano formats, or a SIM and a microSD memory card. Sim cards work in LTE 4G CAT 16 networks (B1, B3, B7, B8, B20 and B38). In addition, there are VoWi-Fi and VoLTE.

Of course, NFC technology has not disappeared anywhere: paying for purchases in stores and transferring money to a Troika card. The chip is installed somewhere near the fingerprint scanner, so you had to put the entire phone against the reader. For example, in the Apple iPhone 8 Plus, a similar technology works at a distance of almost 50 mm.

The Wi-Fi network operates at frequencies of 2.5/5 GHz (a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth has version 5.0 (A2DP, LE, AptX HD).

GPS and GLONASS available. The device detects satellites even indoors: in open space up to 25 satellites with an accuracy of 3 meters. There are no questions about the quality of communication.

Memory

Surprisingly, one of LG's most sophisticated devices only uses 4 GB random access memory type LPDDR4x. It’s clear that many will say that 4 is enough, but this is a device that should be the best in everything. Therefore, 6 GB of RAM in the LG V30+ would not hurt. RAM speed – 7000 MB/s. For example, Pixel 2 has 7400 MB/s.

The built-in memory is 128 GB, in fact, that’s why the smartphone has the “+” index. Read speed is 580 MB/s and write speed is 220 MB/s. Again, the Pixel 2 hits 740/210 MB/s.

microSD memory cards are supported up to 2 TB.

Cameras

What flagship on Android OS can do without two cameras? Hmm, HTC U11+... Wrong example :) In general, in LG everything is as it should be: a front camera, two main modules - a regular one and a wide one. And now more details.

5 MP selfie camera (Hynix HI553, as on UMI Touch), f/2.2 aperture, 90-degree viewing angle. Apart from the fact that it is wide-angle, it is otherwise ordinary. I think they simply couldn’t install a large module, given the thin frames. At night it shoots primitively, during the day it’s not bad, but it feels like it’s a little lacking in detail. Video is shot in FullHD at a constant 30 fps.

The main module on the rear side is 16 MP (Sony EMX351, sensor size 1/3") with the openest aperture to date among mobile devices– f/1.6. Moreover, the lens consists of glass lenses (marketing name CrystalClear) The viewing angle is 71 degrees. The module is equipped with three-axis optical stabilization. It works, but I can’t say it’s very active.

High-aperture optics and OIS can work wonders at shutter speeds of 1/10, since the ISO value in many situations did not exceed 500. The device can take more or less normal frames even in complete darkness. The LG V30+ smartphone is not about “noise”: almost all frames are “clean” and free of even obvious artifacts.

White balance is often a little off, so don't be surprised if your photos have a yellowish tint.

In general, I was happy with the LG V30+ camera until I compared the photos with the Apple iPhone 8 Plus. It turned out that the latter, although more noisy, retains more details in the photograph. In addition, at Apple is better sharpness at the corners of frames. And one more thing: Apple focuses faster in difficult lighting conditions.

Apple iPhone 8 Plus / LG V30+

I wanted to emphasize that I am not a fan of the Apple brand (I hope you remember the experience of using the iMac 27"" 5K) and I approach camera testing extremely objectively.

I didn’t compare the second modules, since they have different meanings: in the iPhone – magnification, in the V30 – wide angle.

The additional camera LG V30+ has a resolution of 13 MP (Samsung S5K3M3, sensor size 1/2.9", used in Xiaomi Mi6, Meizu Pro 6/6 Plus), f/1.9 optics and a viewing angle of 120 degrees. In the LG G6, this camera was much simpler in terms of details and lens speed. In the V30+, I liked the wide view: the wide viewing angle, bright frames, sharp pictures with almost no noise.

In general, the camera settings were carried over from the LG G6: manual video and photo settings, various kinds of collages, slow motion, time lapse, and so on.

I liked the Cine Video setting – these are ready-made color settings. This mode includes Point Zoom: you select the area that you are going to zoom, and then use the slider to smoothly zoom in or out, much the same as in video cameras.

Great sound, recorded in AAC format 48 kHz 156 Kbps. Again, in manual settings you can select recording options.

Total for the LG V30+ camera. The smartphone takes decent pictures, there is progress not only in the main camera, but also in the additional one (however, judging by the sensors, they are not the newest or top-end). The quality of the images is approximately at the level of other flagships, then it’s time to look at the pixels and make a subtle comparison. The front camera is ordinary. The video is recorded well, the sound is excellent.

Examples of photos during the day

Examples of photos at night

Example photos - low light levels

Selfie

• Example video (low light) (MP4, 123 MB) >>>

Performance

It is almost pointless to describe the power of modern flagship devices: all this performance has not played any role for a long time, the main thing is optimization, since without it it makes absolutely no difference whether you use a Snapdragon 835 or a Snapdragon 821. Cool processors at the moment work on screen resolution, then There is one for pulling pictures to 4K or so. The situation is approximately the same in the gaming industry: to output FullHD images, almost built-in graphics are enough, but for 4K you need some kind of 1080 “giforsin”, or better in SLI. Moreover, I don't see any cool toys on Android. But they don’t come out because most of them have different kinds of Xiaomi Redmi 4A, which do not support 3D graphics. There is no point in trying for the sake of a small percentage of Snapdragon 835 owners. That’s why we see the dominance of indie toys and “runners”, which do not require large computing power. To some extent, in the Android environment, I would call all this a “period of stagnation.”

LG's new product runs on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. It does not heat up under load, even when charging. As I already said, this speed is enough for everything. Anyway, there is no faster chip yet. In Antutu, V30+ scores almost 160,000 points.

operating system

I plan to write a review of the LG UX, so here it is in a nutshell. The smartphone runs on Google Android versions 7.1.2. In fact, I would like to see Android 8 already. Compared to the previous version of the shell, almost nothing has changed, but there are even more settings. I can’t call the shell “airy”; after all, something is missing or, conversely, there is something extra.

Multimedia

Many people criticize Apple for creating the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus in the same design and with the same dimensions. However, large frames at the top and bottom made it possible to install high-quality speakers in the 7/8 Plus, which are difficult to compare with speakers in other gadgets on the Android OS. The LG V30+ has only one speaker, it is located at the bottom. The volume is slightly above average, the sound is flat, and this makes me very sad, especially when using the Apple iPhone 8 Plus, which produces a very loud, clear and bassy sound. However, LG supporters may say that the V30 is much more compact and lighter, and they will be right.

Inside the LG V30+ there is an ES9218 Saber digital-to-analog converter. A short excerpt:

“Like its predecessor, the LG V30 is equipped with a 32-bit advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC (DAC) SABER ES9218P (the LG V20 featured the ES9218 chip) from ESS Technology, offering two new features - digital filters and audio presets. While the original Hi-Fi Quad DAC focused on delivering Hi-Fi audio as close to the original source as possible with minimal distortion and white noise, the enhanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC offers more flexible parameter settings.

In the LG V30, you can adjust the impulse responses of digital filters and/or use one of four preset audio characteristics. The Hi-Fi Quad DAC manages audio settings for each audio channel separately, adjusting the balance so that listeners feel like they are in the center of the concert hall. LG claims that its engineers managed to reduce the distortion level to 0.0002 percent in the new smartphone.

In addition to everything, the LG V30 has support for technologies from the MQA company with its codecs, acts as an HD audio recorder with the ability to conduct high-quality recording from the built-in microphone, and the finishing touch is the smartphone package, which will include B&O PLAY headphones.”

Well, now to the point. No matter how much the supplied headphones are praised, they still sound mediocre. Personally, I didn’t have enough low frequencies; the high ones were lost somewhere. However, it's worth starting with the fact that in the sound settings there is a Hi-Fi Quad DAC switch.

It allows you to select the volume, sound preset, digital filter and balance of left and right channels. The “Digital Filter” parameter, it seemed to me, does not play any role. Presets are equalizer presets, and some strange ones at that.

Directly in the player there are effects (again, ready-made sound settings) and an equalizer. And here I was completely disappointed: LG supplied a sophisticated DAC, but came up with only a 5-band equalizer from 60 Hz to 14 kHz. Such a device should have 10 bands from 30 Hz to 20 kHz!

Frankly, I will say that assessing the sound quality of music is quite difficult: a lot depends not only on hearing, but also on headphones. At the time of writing the review, I did not have cool “ears”, therefore, unfortunately, I was not able to appreciate the sound of the V30+. However, work is already underway in this direction :)

Conclusion

If you ask me: Roman, did you like the LG V30+ smartphone? , then I will answer that LG has never had anything cooler than this device, so I liked the gadget on almost all counts. The only, but not the worst drawback is the screen matrix. It turns a little green at a certain angle. The Pixel 2 XL is said to have a similar display.

The case and materials do not raise any questions: the smartphone is thin, light, made of glass and metal, protected according to IP68, and even has the military standard MIL-STD810. The cameras are excellent and no worse than similar solutions for the money. LG also worked with the sound.

It would be possible to list more positive aspects, but in the price range of 50,000 - 60,000 rubles - this should be the norm: high screen resolution, powerful processor, memory and so on.

The main competitors are Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Apple iPhone 8 Plus. If it doesn’t bother you that the S8 Plus has one camera, then you can take a closer look at it; You definitely need two cameras – Note 8; looking for new sensations – iPhone 8 Plus. If you’re not ready to pay a lot of money, but if you want an analogue of the V30+, look for the LG G6, which you can buy for 30,000 rubles cheaper, and from PCT devices.

At the moment, V30+ costs 60,000 rubles (the pre-order included a gift in the form of TV). I am sure that at the end of January the smartphone will become cheaper by 10,000 rubles, that is, it will cost you 50,000 rubles (not RRP). After the announcement of the start of sales of the Galaxy S9, the price of the V30+ will drop by another 5,000 – 7,000 rubles. In total, in April-May, the LG V30+ may be released at a price of 35,000 – 37,000 rubles. And then, lo and behold, the LG G7 will appear :)

Brings back a dual rear camera that delivers great low-light photos and even better wide-angle shots. The headphone jack remains in place, and an excellent 4-channel digital-to-analog converter is also used. There is a fingerprint scanner that is easy to reach. The OLED screen is also impressive.

Pros of LG V30

1. Sleek design and lightweight body;
2. Fast and smooth performance with responsive haptic feedback;
3. Excellent rear camera, including one of the best wide-angle ones;
4. 4-channel digital-to-analog converter provides excellent wired audio quality.

Cons of LG V30

1. The glass back surface is relatively easy to scratch;
2. At low brightness, the screen experiences contrast problems;
3. The front camera is ok at best.

Introduction

The developers hope that the LG V30 will correct the situation. As the name suggests, this is a successor to last year's smartphone. This line of devices differs from the LG G series, offering removable batteries and a heavy metal body. Light and compact, the LG V30 is more of a successor to the LG G6, while bringing the upgrades that customers have come to expect from LG V devices: high quality sound, a great camera and unique video features. Will this help us get out of Samsung's shadow?

This review looked at the European version of the LG V30 with 64 GB of flash memory. The device came out on Android 7.1.2 with the September security update.

LG V30 Hardware Components

To begin with, it should be said that externally the LG V30. There are curved corners, minimal bezels around the edges and polished metal, and the elongated screen gives the two smartphones the closest resemblance, at least from afar.

If you look closer, you begin to see the differences. The screen diagonal of the LG V30 is 6 inches, smaller in all directions compared to the S8+. This one uses a slightly shorter but still impressive aspect ratio. The smartphone is flatter, thinner and lighter, which can be felt in the hand. It is a little easier to hold than Samsung devices. It's clearly not that long.

As you'd expect from a flagship bezel-less smartphone, there's almost nothing on the front other than the screen. It uses LG Display's P-OLED panel - the first in an LG smartphone since . Back then, LG's OLED technology was poorly developed. Since then, great progress has been made and the screen is almost as good as Super AMOLED in Samsung smartphones. For this alone, LG can be praised.

Samsung continues to be the leading smartphone display maker, but LG's Quad HD+ screen looks fantastically rich and provides plenty of visibility in direct sunlight.

The main weakness of this screen is working in poor lighting. Shadow detail is lost at low brightness levels, resulting in dark areas being indistinguishable, which is bad for some photos and movies. This is a relic from the early days of OLED technology and can easily be corrected with software update, raising the minimum brightness level.

You can give preference to the LG V30 panel over the Samsung due to the bend or lack thereof. You have to look closely to see a very slight bend in the panel around the edges. Most of the screen is completely flat. This means that there will be no color shifting around the edges, as happens on Samsung smartphones. The flat screen also makes the LG V30's bezels more visible, which is not desirable. On the other hand, there will be fewer accidental taps on the screen.

It remains to be seen how well the LG V30's hardware components will stand the test of time. After a couple of weeks of use, there was a large scratch on the back of the smartphone. Using Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back seemed to solve this problem. The device feels solid and well-built, although it weighs less than the LG G6, only 158g. Some will say that the light weight makes the smartphone less impressive, but it is easier to hold with one hand.

Despite the screen diagonal of 6 inches, the LG V30 does not feel gigantic. The body size is closer to devices with a diagonal of 5.5 inches and an aspect ratio of 16:9. Again, the same cannot be said about Samsung's latest smartphones.

Like many flagships of 2017, the device runs on a Snapdragon 835 processor, 4 GB memory, 64 GB permanent memory, and a microSD slot. The battery capacity is 3300 mAh.

More and more flagship devices are starting to get 6GB of RAM, but the LG V30 doesn't feel any slower due to the smaller capacity. Apps load instantly, no frames are lost, and programs don't reload when you have a lot of them open. The processor capabilities are more than enough for modern games and heavy applications.

Naturally, I received the device, so you don’t have to worry about getting caught in the rain.

Another benefit is the fact that there are no more weird regional differences like in the LG G6. All models have wireless charging, and all have a 4-channel digital-to-analog converter. We can only highlight the strange decision to call the model with a memory capacity of 128 GB LG V30 Plus.

Many manufacturers have this amount of flash memory, but only LG can boast of such a digital-to-analog converter. While many manufacturers are making the questionable decision to get rid of the 3.5mm headphone jack, LG amplifies wired audio and gets great results. If you have a good pair of studio headphones, you'll be able to appreciate the sound on this smartphone. LG collaborated with B&O Play, as indicated by the brand on the back of the smartphone, thanks to which in-ear headphones were included in the package.

As for the sound from the speaker, it is nothing special. There is only one speaker and is located at the bottom of the case. He gives out loud noise, which has a slight tinny tone and lacks the punchy bass that smartphones are accustomed to.

Cameras LG V30

LG smartphones are known for their high-quality cameras and this model doesn't disappoint. It uses a 16MP main camera with optical image stabilization and f/1.6 lenses, a first for smartphone cameras. The secondary wide-angle camera features a 13MP sensor, similar to the LG G6, behind brighter f/1.9 lenses. This is a great combination that builds on the achievements of the LG G6 and LG V20 cameras.

Despite the small pixel size of 1 micron, the main camera takes phenomenal photos. High resolution and bright lenses, along with optical stabilization, produce sharp, clear images even in low light that rival . One of the features of early versions of the device was the tendency to underexpose low-light shots in some situations, so sometimes you had to increase the exposure manually. Despite this, minor adjustments to the settings allow you to take pictures at the level of the best devices.

LG has fixed the oversharpening issue in the LG G6 and earlier cameras, which means improved detail with fewer artifacts.

There are plenty of shooting modes, although most of the time you'll be stuck with the automatic mode. If you want to go for something a little more creative, Manual mode has been added to the Graphy app, with the ability to download ISO, shutter speed and white balance settings for different types of photography.

Despite the improvements to the LG V30's main camera, the main innovation is in the wide-angle secondary camera. It still has a 120-degree field of view, but now there's reduced edge distortion and improved low-light performance thanks to brighter lenses. Additionally, the faster Snapdragon 835 chip improves photo post-processing.

Of course, the main camera still takes better night shots, but the wide-angle camera doesn't disappoint in low light either. This is a significant improvement, as wide-angle shots are LG's strong suit. Not everyone is crazy about portrait photography and the effect of depth in the image, but wide shots are needed for practical purposes so that more people can fit into the photo.

As for the front camera, it has a resolution of 5 megapixels and does not show anything special.

The camera app has two options - a wide-angle mode or a closer view option where digital zoom is performed. As a result, there is no room for increased display accuracy in bright situations, which is a weakness compared to smartphones like or, where the front cameras have a resolution of 16 megapixels.

It has always been believed that the letter V stands for “video”, so additional video functions in the new smartphone are not surprising. The new LG Cine Log shooting mode is based on the methods of professional cinematographers. This produces an image that may appear faded compared to shooting in automatic mode, but when processed later, you can get more shadows or highlights. There is also a set of predefined settings that allow you to give the video a certain look. For example, warm tones may be used in action scenes, colder shades in romantic scenes, etc. There's more to it than Instagram-style filters because it changes the way colors are processed, which can radically change the look of a video.

The idea is interesting, but it faces big challenges when shooting high-quality video on smartphones, such as recording in RAW format. It takes a great camera to support these manual adjustment capabilities. Great cameras are often so good in automatic mode that there is no point in exploring other options.

The new cinematic shooting mode can be put to good use thanks to the Point Zoom function, which allows you to smoothly zoom in on specific areas of the frame without the jerky movements that usually accompany digital zoom in video. It's still a digital zoom, so you'll eventually hit a resolution limit, but the 16MP camera keeps that limit high, especially in daylight.

LG V30 Software

The camera is the place that the developers focused on when creating the software. There are others functionality, making the LG V30 feel more sophisticated than the LG G6. Touch response time has been reduced, resulting in faster operation of the device. The tactile response of the smartphone has been improved, vibration is felt more clearly. These are minor improvements, but they contribute to the positive perception of the device.

Instead of the LG V20 assist screen new device received a Floating Bar panel, which resembles side panels Samsung Edge. Click on the small tab in the corner of the screen and you will see application shortcuts, screenshot functions, audio controls.

Some other features of the secondary screen that left us have moved to the Always On Display, where you have access to settings, sound controls and notification icons when the screen is off.

For some users this is one of the borderline useful functions, which are never used regularly. The Floating Bar requires too many taps and gestures, and the animations are too slow to save time. Luckily, LG makes it easy to disable this panel with a simple swipe up.

The same borderline-useful features include facial unlocking. LG has offered a second unlocking method; Face scanning starts as soon as you pick up the smartphone, so it goes faster than on Samsung smartphones. From a technical point of view, this is an impressive capability, although the reliability is not as high as that of graphic key, PIN code or fingerprint. Since the fingerprint scanner on the LG V30 is located in an easily accessible place, there is no reason not to use it. When you pick up the device, the fingerprint scanner is within reach of your finger.

Other software changes are fairly minor. There are new widgets, including a larger weather widget. There is an alternative bootloader with its own list of applications, now you don’t have to be content with . Android 7.1.2 installed, no version yet. contains interesting and useful additions, such as menus in application shortcuts.

The look and feel of LG's user interface hasn't changed much. Native applications remain flat and have light shades. Their downside is their tendency to hide important functions behind a large layer of menus.

Thus, LG's software remains a matter of taste. The company continues to use square app icons with rounded corners, although this appearance can be disabled in Settings. The interface is gradually moving in the right direction; it is already one of the most developed Android options from this manufacturer.

The interface may not yet be comparable to the version from Samsung, but we can look to the future with optimism.

Battery life LG V30

This year, many smartphones were released with a battery capacity of about 3300 mAh, which power large screens. The most obvious example is the Galaxy Note 8, where this capacity comes with a 6.3-inch diagonal. Thanks to the efficient Snapdragon 835 processor, you can easily get a full day of use without recharging. The same can be said about the LG V30. From morning to evening it works for about 16 hours, of which the screen is on for about 4.5 hours. Of course, usage scenarios may be different for different people, and there is also a dependence on cellular signal coverage.

Apart from this, the camera makes the main contribution to energy consumption. In particular, 4K video recording and the Cine Log function significantly reduce the operating time of the device. If you frequently access these options, you may need to look for an outlet as early as 5 p.m.

If you don't necessarily need to find a smartphone with several days of battery life, then the LG V30 is suitable, especially if you want its unique video capabilities. As for recharging, the USB Power Delivery standard is also supported. They can't match the speed of Dash Charge or SuperCharge, but they will charge your battery in less than an hour. There is also wireless charging.

A relatively weak point is the duration of operation in standby mode when the Always On Display is on. Overnight, the smartphone loses about 10%, which is significantly more than other flagships spend. It's unclear whether this is a software bug or a feature of the LG OLED screen. In any case, it is better to charge your smartphone at night.

Conclusion

The LG V30 looks like a conservative flagship that does a lot of things right. There are some design similarities with Samsung devices, although the device continues the legacy of the LG G6 and offers a build quality that is as high as ever. The screen, while problematic in low light, is also a step forward in terms of quality and visibility in bright light. Big screen included in a more compact package compared to Samsung offerings. The cameras are better than the LG G6, including in low light. Photo processing has been improved and new video recording capabilities have appeared.

LG smartphones will be judged by the standards of their main competitor, this confrontation is especially interesting this year. LG has retained all the unique features of its devices, such as high-quality video recording, wide-angle camera, digital-to-analog converter, while there are fewer annoying shortcomings than Samsung, although this is a subjective opinion. For example, the fingerprint scanner is easy to reach. There is no unnecessary disturbing animation, no unnecessary Bixby button and no virtual assistant itself.

Besides the design and camera, there are other advantages. Many developers remove the headphone jack, but that didn't happen here. At the same time, the price of the smartphone is lower than that of its main competitors.

The LG V30 smartphone will have a difficult time in confrontation with the Galaxy Note 8, and so far it seems that this is one of the best Android devices, at least this year.

By the end of 2017, LG finally released an improved version of its premium flagship LG V30+ with 128 GB of memory on the Russian market. The smartphone boasts a “full-screen” body, which is often called “frameless”, as well as a powerful hardware platform, a 6-inch screen with increased resolution, a high-quality dual camera and an advanced sound system.

Main characteristics of LG V30+ (model LGE LGH930DS)

• SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 8 cores Kryo 280 @1.9/2.4 GHz
• GPU Adreno 540
• operating room Android system 7.1.2
• Touchscreen AMOLED 6″, 2880×1440, 537 ppi
• Random access memory (RAM) 4 GB, inner memory 128 GB
• Nano-SIM support (2 pcs.)
• MicroSD support up to 2 TB
• GSM networks (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• WCDMA/HSPA+ networks (900/2100)
• LTE networks FDD Cat.4 (1, 3, 7, 8, 20), TD (38, 40)
• Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz)
• Bluetooth 5.0
• USB Type-C (USB 3.1), USB OTG
• GPS (with A-GPS), Glonass, BDS
• Main camera 16 MP, f/2.0 (f/1.6), autofocus, 4K video
• Additional 13 MP camera (wide-angle lens)
• Front camera 5 MP, f/2.0, fixed focus
• Proximity and lighting sensors, magnetometer, accelerometer, gyroscope, step detector
• Fingerprint's scanner
• Hi-Fi Quad 32-bit DAC ESS Saber ES9218P, B&O Play headphones
• Battery 3300 mAh, Qualcomm Quickcharge 3.0
• Dimensions 152×75×7.4 mm
• Weight 156 g

Appearance and ease of use

The entire front panel of the LG V30+ is covered with 2.5D Gorilla Glass 5 with strongly curved edges. This makes the V series flagship noticeably different from its cousin the LG G6, which has a completely flat front glass and wide and clearly defined side edges. Here everything is round and streamlined, the shape of the glass and rim is more reminiscent of the design of top-end Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

The back side is also made entirely of glass and also has noticeably sloping edges; the shape of the front and back panels is almost symmetrical. The LG V30+ is 8mm shorter and 3mm thinner than its predecessor, making it easier and more comfortable to hold.

There are no complaints about the assembly and quality of materials, but due to the smooth shiny surfaces, the device, of course, is very easily soiled and very slippery. The smartphone is quite large, but not very heavy, and due to the strongly rounded corners, it is quite comfortable to carry in clothing pockets.

The space above the screen on the front panel is relatively small, but the front camera, earpiece and sensors honestly fit there. And here LED indicator no events were set here - obviously relying entirely on the Always On display function. In this case, the screen does not go completely dark and in monochrome mode informs the user about the current date, time and missed events on the locked screen.

There is also very little space under the screen, touch buttons There are no control buttons on the screen.

The power key is located on the rear panel as standard for all latest LG smartphones. It is combined with a fingerprint sensor platform and, when compared with LG G6, has a better tactile feel and is faster to grope blindly.

Noticeably above the button/scanner is a dual camera, and next to the lenses there is a single, but quite bright LED flash. None of the elements protrude beyond the surface, so the device lies stable on the table and does not wobble when you touch the screen.

When you try to open the card compartment cover, the device immediately issues a warning that it is protected from water and dust, so the cover with a rubberized gasket must always be kept tightly closed. In accordance with the IP68 standard, the smartphone is protected from water and dust and can withstand immersion in water to a depth of one and a half meters for up to 30 minutes.

The card slot is standard hybrid; you can install either two SIM cards in the Nano-SIM format, or one SIM card plus one microSD memory card. The slides are made of flexible plastic, the cards are secured in their slots and held without the need to hold them with your fingers during installation. When replacing cards, the device automatically reboots, like all Sony smartphones, for example.

The card slot is installed on the right, and the volume buttons are moved to the left side. The keys are large, have a moderately hard stroke, are quite comfortable to press, and are easy to feel blindly.

The top end is given over to a 3.5 mm headphone output jack. Here you can also find the hole for the second, auxiliary microphone for the noise reduction system.

The USB Type-C connector and the main speaker are located at the bottom end; There is also a small hole for a conversational microphone.

The LG V30+ model is available in four colors: black, purple, blue and light silver. True, for some reason the silver version is not mentioned on the Russian LG website - perhaps it will not be officially supplied to us.

Screen

LG V30+ is equipped AMOLED display(POLED with On-Cell touch) with protective 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Screen dimensions are approximately 68x136 mm with a diagonal of 6 inches, aspect ratio 18:9 (2:1). The resolution is 2880x1440, the pixel density is approximately 537 ppi.

The width of the frame around the screen on the sides is slightly more than 3 mm, the margins at the top and bottom are 8 mm high, and the corner parts of the screen are rounded.

You can adjust the display brightness manually or use automatic settings based on the ambient light sensor. Multi-touch tests diagnose support for 10 simultaneous touches.

A detailed examination using measuring instruments was carried out by the editor of the “Monitors” and “Projectors and TV” sections Alexey Kudryavtsev. Here is his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The front surface of the screen is made in the form of a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface that is scratch-resistant. Judging by the reflection of objects, the anti-glare properties of the screen are better than those of the Google Nexus 7 (2013) screen (hereinafter simply Nexus 7). For clarity, here is a photograph in which a white surface is reflected in the switched off screens (on the left - Nexus 7, on the right - LG V30+, then they can be distinguished by size):

The screen of the LG V30+ is slightly darker (brightness according to photographs is 117 versus 118 for the Nexus 7) and does not have a pronounced tint. The ghosting of reflected objects on the LG V30+ screen is very weak, which indicates that there is no air gap between the layers of the screen. Due to the smaller number of boundaries (glass/air type) with very different refractive indices, screens without an air gap look better in conditions of intense external illumination, but their repair in the case of cracked external glass is much more expensive, since the entire screen has to be replaced. The outer surface of the LG V30+ screen has a special oleophobic (grease-repellent) coating (effective, better than that of the Nexus 7), so fingerprints are removed much more easily and appear at a lower speed than with regular glass.

When displaying a white field full screen and with manual brightness control, its maximum value was 380 cd/m², and in automatic adjustment mode in very bright light it rises to 550 cd/m². You also need to take into account the fact that in this case, the smaller the white area on the screen, the lighter it is, that is, the actual maximum brightness of the white areas will almost always be higher than the specified values. As a result, screen readability during the day in the sun should be at an excellent level. Minimum value brightness - 3 cd/m², that is, a lower brightness level allows you to use the device even in complete darkness without any problems. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located to the right of the front speaker slot). The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider; the user can use it to try to set the desired brightness level in the current conditions. If you leave everything at default, then in complete darkness the auto-brightness function reduces the brightness to 8 cd/m² (dark), in an artificially lit office (approximately 550 lux) it sets it to 120 cd/m² (normal), in a very bright environment (corresponding to lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 lux or a little more) increases to 550 cd/m² (this is good). We were not entirely satisfied with the result, so in complete darkness we slightly increased the brightness, resulting in the following values ​​for the three conditions indicated above: 16, 160, 550 cd/m² (ideal combination). It turns out that the auto-brightness function works adequately and allows the user to customize their work to individual requirements. There is no significant modulation at any brightness level. The figure below shows brightness (vertical axis) versus time (horizontal axis) for several brightness settings:

It can be seen that the modulation amplitude is very small (its frequency is 60 Hz - this is the screen refresh rate), as a result there is no visible flicker.

This screen uses an AMOLED matrix - active matrix organic light-emitting diodes. A full-color image is created using subpixels of three colors - red (R), green (G) and blue (B), but there are half as many red and blue subpixels, which can be referred to as RGBG. This is confirmed by a fragment of a microphotograph:

For comparison, you can see the gallery of microphotographs of screens used in mobile technology.

In the fragment above you can count 4 green subpixels, 2 red (4 halves) and 2 blue (1 whole and 4 quarters), and by repeating these fragments, you can lay out the entire screen without breaks or overlap. For such matrices, Samsung introduced the name PenTile RGBG. The manufacturer calculates the screen resolution based on the green subpixels; based on the other two, it will be two times lower. The location and shape of the subpixels in this version is close to the case of the screen of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and some other newer ones Samsung devices(and not only) with AMOLED screens. Of course, due to the peculiarities of the location of the subpixels, some unevenness of the contrast boundaries and other artifacts are observed. However, due to very high resolution screen they have only a minimal effect on image quality.

The screen has excellent viewing angles. True, the white color acquires a slight bluish tint when deviated, but the black color remains simply black at any angle. It is so black that the contrast setting is not applicable in this case. For comparison, here are photos showing LG V30+ screens (profile Normal) and the second comparison participant, identical images were displayed, while the brightness of the screens was initially set to approximately 200 cd/m², and the color balance on the camera was forced to switch to 6500 K.

White field:

Note the good uniformity of brightness and color tone of the white field.

And a test picture (profile Normal):

Colors are overly saturated, and the color balance between screens clearly differs. Recall that photography can not serve as a reliable source of information about color rendering quality and are provided for illustrative purposes only. In particular, the pronounced reddish tint of the white and gray fields present in photographs of the LG V30+ screen is visually absent when viewed perpendicularly, as confirmed by hardware tests using a spectrophotometer. The reason is that the spectral sensitivity of the camera sensor does not exactly match this characteristic of human vision.

The photo above was taken after selecting a profile Normal(it is selected by default) in the screen settings, there are five in total:

The names of the profiles, according to the manufacturer, indicate for what purpose they are best chosen. Profiles differ in color balance and color gamut. Let us immediately express the opinion that you need to choose the penultimate profile once and for all ( Internet), it is here that everything is more or less in order with color saturation and color balance:

When selecting a profile Add the user is given the opportunity to adjust the color balance using the color temperature slider and intensity adjustments of the three primary colors:

It is better not to touch the color temperature slider, since the response to manipulation with it is inadequate; the other three sliders do what is needed, but the color gamut remains maximum, as in the case of the profile Normal, which significantly reduces the benefit of having these adjustments.

Now let's show what the screen looks like at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen (profile Normal).

White field:

The brightness at an angle for both screens has noticeably decreased (to avoid strong darkening, the shutter speed has been increased compared to previous photographs), but in the case of the LG V30+ the drop in brightness is much less pronounced. As a result, with formally the same brightness, the LG V30+ screen visually looks much brighter (compared to LCD screens), since you often have to look at the screen of a mobile device from at least a slight angle.

And a test picture:

It can be seen that the colors have not changed much on both screens and the brightness of the LG V30+ smartphone at an angle is noticeably higher. Switching the state of the matrix elements is performed almost instantly, but at the switching edge there may be a step with a width of approximately 17 ms (which corresponds to a screen refresh rate of 60 Hz). For example, this is what the dependence of brightness on time looks like when moving from black to white and back:

In some conditions, the presence of such a step can lead to plumes trailing behind moving objects. However, dynamic scenes in films OLED screens are distinguished by high clarity and even some “twitchiness” of movements.

A gamma curve constructed using 32 points with equal intervals based on the numerical value of the shade of gray showed that there is no significant blockage either in the highlights or in the shadows. The index of the approximating power function is 2.21, which is almost equal to the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve does not significantly deviate from the power dependence:

Let us recall that in the case of OLED screens, the brightness of image fragments dynamically changes in accordance with the nature of the displayed image - it decreases for generally light images. As a result, the resulting dependence of brightness on hue (gamma curve) most likely slightly does not correspond to the gamma curve of a static image, since the measurements were carried out with sequential display of shades of gray on almost the entire screen.

Color gamut in the case of a profile Normal very wide - wider than DCI-P3:

In profile Movies the coverage is slightly narrower, it is almost equal to DCI-P3:

When selecting a profile Photo coverage is adjusted to Adobe RGB boundaries:

When selecting a profile Internet coverage is compressed to sRGB boundaries:

Without correction, the spectra of the components are very well separated:

In case of profile Internet with maximum correction, the color components are already noticeably mixed with each other:

Note that on screens with a wide color gamut (without appropriate correction), the colors of regular images optimized for sRGB devices appear unnaturally saturated. Hence the recommendation: in most cases, watching movies, photographs and everything natural is better when choosing a profile Internet, and only if the photo was taken on an Adobe RGB setting, does it make sense to switch the profile to Photo. Likewise, profile Movies appropriate when viewing video material with DCI-P3 coverage adopted in digital cinema.

In case of profile Internet The balance of shades on the gray scale is good. The color temperature is quite close to 6500 K, while in a significant portion of the gray scale this parameter does not change very much, which improves the visual perception of color balance. The deviation from the blackbody spectrum (ΔE) remains below 10 units across most of the gray scale, which is considered good for a consumer device:

(The darkest areas of the gray scale can in most cases be ignored, since color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.)

Only when adding your own profile (item Add in the settings), it becomes possible to adjust the color balance by three adjustments to the intensity of the primary colors, but due to the too wide color gamut in this new profile, there is no point in correcting the balance, and besides, achieving significantly more best result than in the case of profile Internet, we didn’t succeed (see graphs Corr. in the pictures above).

There is a currently fashionable function that reduces the intensity of the blue component. Here it is called Blue filter:

Why such a correction can be useful is described in the article about the iPad Pro 9.7. In any case, when having fun with a tablet or smartphone at night, it is better to reduce the screen brightness to a minimum, but still comfortable level, and only then, to calm your own paranoia, turn the screen yellow with this setting.

Let's summarize. The screen has a very high maximum brightness and has excellent anti-glare properties, so the device can be used outdoors without any problems, even on a sunny summer day. In complete darkness, the brightness can be reduced to a comfortable value. It is acceptable to use a mode with automatic brightness adjustment, which works adequately. The advantages of the screen include an effective oleophobic coating, no flickering, and also, when choosing the right profile, a color gamut close to sRGB and good color balance. At the same time, let’s remember the general advantages of OLED screens: true black color (if nothing is reflected on the screen) and a noticeably smaller drop in image brightness than LCDs when viewed at an angle. There are no significant shortcomings, the screen quality is very high.

Cameras

As front camera LG V30+ uses a 5 MP module and a wide-angle (100°) lens with an f/2.0 aperture without its own flash or autofocus. In any case, these were the characteristics of our test sample, and according to the description, serial smartphones should have a lens with an f/2.2 aperture.

It is curious that here it is possible, as in the case of the main camera, to select the “focal length” with buttons directly on the viewfinder screen, as if zooming in or out on the subject for a solo or group selfie. But this, of course, is a software zoom, and all physical parameters (focal length, aperture value) remain the same.

The shooting quality is acceptable: detail and color rendition are normal, and there are no special complaints about sharpness. However, good quality The performance of the front camera here can only be achieved in good daylight, but indoors the quality drops noticeably.

The main camera uses a dual module with a resolution of 16 and 13 megapixels. The first camera has a standard lens (71°), while the second has a wide-angle lens (120°). Switching between them is carried out by pressing one button in the viewfinder.

Interestingly, in the case of our review unit, both rear lenses had an f/2.0 aperture, while the company's website touts the amazing qualities of the f/1.6 and f/1.9 lenses with Crystal Clear glass lenses, which “Unlike standard plastic lenses, they minimize the scattering of light when transmitted to the matrix.” Well, we didn’t have a chance to check their quality - we tested what we had. By the way, this is not the first time that LG sends us such “lightweight” flagships for testing.

As usual, the settings have automatic and professional modes, both for photo and video shooting. IN manual mode you can change the shutter speed, light sensitivity (up to ISO 3200), exposure metering method, focusing options, white balance. There is also a standard ability to save images in RAW. An unusual feature is the Cine Video mode with stylized effects and the ability to manually zoom to a specific point (Point Zoom).

The camera can shoot video in 4K resolution and 1080p at 60 fps, and has a stabilization function. In manual mode, you can not only influence photosensitivity, shutter speed and white balance, but also save video with a gamma curve log (here they called it LG Cine Log) for more flexible post-processing in terms of color correction.

In general, the camera copes well with video shooting, but with sudden movements, the stabilization system sometimes introduces familiar jelly-like distortions at the edges of the frame. In good lighting, sharpness is normal, detail is fine, there are no complaints about color rendition and white balance. The sound is of high quality; in manual settings you can select sound recording parameters. The LG V30+'s two sensitive microphones allow you to create HD-quality audio recordings for both video and voice recording. The noise reduction system copes with its tasks adequately.

• Video No. 1 (83 MB, 3840×2160@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Video No. 2 (64 MB, 3840×2160@30 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Video No. 3 (50 MB, 1920×1080@60 fps, H.264, AAC)
• Video No. 4 (34 MB, 1920×1080@60 fps, H.264, AAC)

The camera turned out good. The only things I can complain about here are the occasional artifacts of software processing and not always good detail in the middle plans. The rest of the camera can only be praised: good sharpness and detail in the field of the frame and in the plans, a fairly wide dynamic range, decent macro photography. As a result, the camera copes well with various scenes.

With the wide-angle module everything is somewhat worse. The resolution here is lower, and there are much more details per unit area. This inevitably leads to soapiness, no matter how hard the program tries. She also can’t pull out the corners, so it’s better not to look at the edges of the frame. In general, the wide-angle module is more of a small bonus here than a full-fledged working tool.

Telephone and communications

LG V30+ supports all three LTE FDD frequency bands used in Russia - Band 3, 7 and 20. Within the city limits of the Moscow region, the device behaves confidently, the signal reception quality is excellent wireless networks no complaints.

The smartphone also supports both Wi-Fi bands (2.4 and 5 GHz) and Bluetooth 5.0, and, which is very good, an NFC module is installed here, which not only supports contactless payment technologies, but also fully works with Troika travel cards and the application My travel card. The USB Type-C connector supports connecting external devices in USB OTG mode. The data transfer speed over the cable between the USB 3.1 port of the computer and the smartphone is about 28 MB/s.

The navigation module works with GPS (with A-GPS), and with the domestic Glonass, and the Chinese Beidou. During a cold start, the first satellites are detected quickly, within the first minute. Magnetic compass needed for navigation programs, the device has it.

The phone application supports Smart Dial, that is, while dialing a phone number, a search is immediately carried out by the first letters in contacts. Methods for sorting and displaying contacts are standard for Android interface, contacts can be sorted by last name or first name, the same with displaying the caller's contact.

In conversational dynamics, the voice of a familiar interlocutor is clearly recognizable, extraneous noise no, the sound is natural, the volume reserve is sufficient. The second microphone is used to operate the noise reduction system. The vibration alert is very noticeable, there are no complaints about it.

The platform supports active standby of both SIM cards in 3G/4G simultaneously. That is, the SIM card can be in active standby on a 3G/4G network, and not just on 2G, even if another card is assigned to transmit data on 4G.

The choice between two SIM cards for making calls, sending SMS, etc. is traditionally carried out for LG devices using a separate button for quickly switching the priority card located on the control button panel. The smartphone supports two SIM cards using the Dual standard SIM Dual Standby.

Software and multimedia

The software platform uses Android OS version 7.1.2 with the ability to update over the air (OTA). Installed on top a new version proprietary shell LG UX 6.0+, which, however, is not so different from the previous version. Perhaps, there are a little more settings (now even the tactile response of the device to various actions is adjusted, a combination of vibrations is set) and the user authorization functionality has expanded. Face Recognition allows you to unlock your smartphone without having to enter text, draw a key, swipe or scan your fingerprint. And in practice, this technology really works successfully, with almost no complaints. Even in dim room lighting conditions, recognition occurs clearly and without errors. In addition, the LG V30+ has voice recognition technology, which allows you to recognize your voice and configure your smartphone to it, but it is not friendly with the Russian language.

Another useful feature is the advanced, customizable Floating Bar, which provides quick access to the most important functions and settings. Additional programs, among which there is an audio player, video player and file manager, enough for comfortable work out of the box.

Like the LG V30, it comes with a Saber ES9218PLG 32-bit advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC (DAC). There are three built-in digital filters that change the color of the sound in the style of Hi-Fi players. Four preset modes allow you to manually adjust the frequency and volume of individual sounds, providing the high-quality sound characteristic of professional headphones. The LG V30+ is the first LG smartphone to support MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) technology, making it easy to stream high-resolution music.

The main speaker is not amazing with the depth and power of sound, everything is not bad, but it’s not maximum level. The same iPhone 7/8 Plus or Huawei Mate 10 Pro produce much more interesting sound in all respects. To listen to music, a familiar branded player is used; in the sound settings there is a Hi-Fi Quad DAC switch, which only works with connected headphones. The sound is much better with headphones: the sound is bright, rich, there is enough volume reserve, you can customize a lot for yourself (volume, digital filters, balance of left and right channels, 5-band equalizer with presets). By the way, the smartphone comes standard with B&O Play headphones.

The recorder demonstrates very high sensitivity; additional microphones with noise reduction function eliminate ambient noise. FM radio is also present in the smartphone.

Performance

The LG V30+ hardware platform is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. The configuration of this chip includes 8 Kryo 280 processor cores in two clusters with a maximum frequency of 1.9/2.4 GHz. The SoC is made using a 10nm process technology. The Adreno 540 video accelerator with support for the OpenGL ES 3.2 graphics API is responsible for graphics processing. The amount of RAM is 4 GB, built-in flash memory is 128 GB. You can use a memory card, but applications are not installed on it.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is a top-level platform, one of the most powerful mobile platforms in the world at the moment. This SoC does not need any special introduction; it is much more powerful than its predecessor Snapdragon 821. However, now it has already been overtaken not only by the top Samsung Exynos 8895 platform, on which the latest Korean flagships Galaxy S8 and Note 8 operate, but also by Huawei’s flagship solution - HiSilicon Kirin 970. Of the MediaTek mobile solutions, the latest to emerge is the ten-core SoC Helio X30 (it is installed in Meizu smartphone Pro 7 Plus), but judging by the tests, it is no match for the listed flagships from other manufacturers.

In real use scenarios, there are no obstacles for the Snapdragon 835; it confidently copes with all tasks assigned to it without exception. Including there is not the slightest problem with games: all the games we tested, including Modern Combat 5, Mortal Kombat X, Injustice 2, Real Racing 3 and others, run without the slightest slowdown at maximum settings.

Testing in comprehensive tests AnTuTu and GeekBench:

For convenience, we have compiled all the results we obtained when testing the smartphone in the latest versions of popular benchmarks into tables. The table usually adds several other devices from different segments, also tested on similar latest versions benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the obtained dry figures). Unfortunately, within the framework of one comparison it is impossible to present the results from different versions benchmarks, so many worthy and relevant models remain “behind the scenes” - due to the fact that they once passed the “obstacle course” on previous versions of test programs.

	LG V30+ (Qualcomm Snapdragon 835)	Xiaomi Mi Mix (Qualcomm Snapdragon 821)	Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)	Huawei Mate 10 Pro (HiSilicon Kirin 970)	Meizu Pro 7 Plus (MediaTek Helio X30)
AnTuTu (v6.x) (more is better)	175633	122656	174712	177720	114927
GeekBench (v4.x) (more is better)	1925/6347	1896/4154	1360/6605	1894/6737	1415/5417

Testing the graphics subsystem in gaming tests 3DMark, GFXBenchmark and Bonsai Benchmark:

When testing in 3DMark, the most powerful smartphones now have the ability to run the application in Unlimited mode, where the rendering resolution is fixed at 720p and VSync is disabled (which can cause the speed to rise above 60 fps).

	LG V30+ (Qualcomm Snapdragon 835)	Xiaomi Mi Mix (Qualcomm Snapdragon 821)	Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)	Huawei Mate 10 Pro (HiSilicon Kirin 970)	Meizu Pro 7 Plus (MediaTek Helio X30)
3DMark Sling Shot Ex ES 3.1 (more is better)	3563	1873	2637	2901	1826
3DMark Sling Shot Ex Vulkan (more is better)	2613	—	—	2426	1217
(Onscreen, fps)	—	23	23	31	14
GFXBenchmark Manhattan ES 3.1 (1080p Offscreen, fps)	—	23	42	31	22
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (Onscreen, fps)	—	56	60	59	52
GFXBenchmark T-Rex (1080p Offscreen, fps)	—	66	123	79	78

Browser cross-platform tests:

As for benchmarks for assessing the speed of the javascript engine, you should always make allowance for the fact that their results significantly depend on the browser in which they are launched, so the comparison can only be truly correct on the same OS and browsers, and this is possible during testing not always. For Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

	LG V30+ (Qualcomm Snapdragon 835)	Xiaomi Mi Mix (Qualcomm Snapdragon 821)	Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)	Huawei Mate 10 Pro (HiSilicon Kirin 970)	Meizu Pro 7 Plus (MediaTek Helio X30)
Mozilla Kraken (ms, less is better)	2787	2700	3106	3855	5106
Google Octane 2 (more is better)	11815	8953	10070	9820	8341
SunSpider (ms, less is better)	713	582	631	693	1017

AndroBench memory speed test results:

Thermal photographs

Shooting with a heat camera after intense load was not carried out due to the inability to launch GFXBenchmark.

Playing video

To test the omnivorous nature of video playback (including support for various codecs, containers and special features, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats, which make up the bulk of the content available on the Internet. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have support for hardware video decoding at the chip level, since it is most often impossible to process modern options using processor cores alone. Also, you shouldn’t expect a mobile device to decode everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to the PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are summarized in a table.

Further testing of video playback was performed Alexey Kudryavtsev.

Apparently, this unit does not support DisplayPort Alt Mode for USB port- output image and sound to external device when connected to USB Type-C. We tested operation in this mode together with (company). Therefore, we had to limit ourselves to testing the output of video files on the screen of the device itself. To do this, we used a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices)”). Screenshots with a shutter speed of 1 s helped determine the nature of the output of frames of video files with various parameters: the resolution varied (1280 by 720 (720p), 1920 by 1080 (1080p) and 3840 by 2160 (4K) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). In the tests we used the MX Player video player in the “Hardware” mode. The test results are summarized in the table:

4K/30p 1080/25p 720/24p

Fine

No

Note: If in both columns Uniformity And Passes Green ratings are given, this means that, most likely, when watching films, artifacts caused by uneven alternation and frame skipping will either not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect the viewing comfort. Red marks indicate possible problems related to the playback of the corresponding files.

According to the criterion of frame output, the quality of playback of video files on the screen of the device itself is very good, since frames (or groups of frames) can be output with more or less uniform alternation of intervals and without skipping frames. But there is a strange thing: for some reason, in the case of files with 60 fps, one frame is displayed a little longer, and another one is a little shorter in time than the rest. When playing video files with a resolution of 1920 by 1080 (1080p) and in the case of landscape orientation, the image of the video file itself is displayed exactly along the narrow border of the screen. At the same time, the picture clarity is high, but not ideal, since there is no escape from interpolation to screen resolution. However, for the sake of experimentation, you can switch to the one-to-one mode by pixel; there will be no interpolation, but the features of PenTile will appear: the vertical world through the pixel will be in a grid, and the horizontal one will be slightly greenish. The latter is true only for test worlds; the described artifacts are absent in real frames. The brightness range displayed on the screen actually corresponds to the standard range of 16-235: in the shadows, about six shades merge with black, but in the highlights all gradations are displayed. Note that this smartphone has support for hardware decoding of H.265 files with a color depth of 10 bits per color, while output to the screen is carried out with shade gradations clearly higher than with 8-bit output.

Battery life

Fixed accumulator battery, installed in the LG V30+, has a capacity of 3300 mAh. As always, the LG smartphone demonstrates an excellent level of autonomy, with this in mobile products Korean manufacturer full order.

IN real life the device behaves the same as most modern smartphones: confidently survives until evening exercises, but you can’t count on more.

Testing has traditionally been done at normal power consumption levels without using power-saving features.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D Game Mode
LG V30+	3300 mAh	17:00	14:00	7:30 a.m.
Xiaomi Mi Mix	4400 mAh	19:00	13:00	9:00 a.m.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8	3300 mAh	15:00	12:00 pm	4 hours 20 minutes
Huawei Mate 10 Pro	4000 mAh	18:20	12:50 pm	5 h. 15 m.
Meizu Pro 7 Plus	3500 mAh	14:00	10:00 am	3 hours 20 minutes

Continuous reading in the Moon+ Reader program (with a standard, light theme) at a minimum comfortable brightness level (brightness was set to 100 cd/m²) with auto-scrolling lasted until the battery was completely discharged for more than 17 hours, and when continuously watching videos in high quality(720p) with the same brightness level through home network The Wi-Fi device operates for up to 14 hours. In 3D gaming mode, the smartphone can work up to 7.5 hours, depending on the specific game.

The smartphone supports Quick Charge 3.0 fast charging, which should charge the device from zero to 50% in 30 minutes. However, we received the test sample without a proprietary kit, so we did not have a “native” memory. From a third-party standard network adapter with an output current of 2 A, the device was charged for 2.5 hours with a current of 1.67 A at a voltage of 5 V. The smartphone does not support wireless charging.

Bottom line

The smartphone has already been presented in Russian retail, and it is sold at a very considerable price of 60 thousand rubles. In general, LG has released a worthy device, whose competitors are the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, Apple iPhone 8 Plus and, of course, Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Each of them Korean flagship In some ways it is inferior, but it also has its own strengths. At a minimum, the LG V30+ can boast of comfortable dimensions and weight, good cameras(for a serial device they should be completely different), a powerful hardware platform with a wide range of communication capabilities, excellent sound and decent battery life. And yet, there is a feeling that compared to the listed competitors of more popular brands, the LG V30+ is overrated. However, in this regard, LG always reacts quickly: the same LG G6 quickly dropped in price to a reasonable 35 thousand rubles, now drawing part of the attention of potential LG V30+ buyers to itself. Most likely, a reduction in the price of the smartphone in question to a more adequate level is not far off. In the meantime, LG V30+ buyers will receive a 32-inch LG LED TV and a six-month subscription to the Yandex.Music service and the ivi.ru online cinema as New Year's gifts in addition to the smartphone, but this promotion ends on January 24, so hurry up.

Many companies have learned from their own experience that it is much easier to lose popularity than to regain lost trust. To a certain extent, this also applies to LG - after the openly controversial G5, G6 seemed to show that everything was still good, but some might have been left with an aftertaste. Plus, the company’s arsenal has already included the V line of flagships, offering solutions that are not inferior in attractiveness to the G series. The first two smartphones (V10 and V20) never made it to official Ukrainian retail, but the LG V30+ should hit the shelves at the beginning of 2018. It doesn't look like the first devices in the series, but believe me, this flagship is worth your attention.

Design and usability

Like the vast majority of flagships, the LG V30+ is made of glass and metal, but tactilely they can be mistaken for plastic - the weight of 158 grams is quite modest for its size, coupled with the fact that the metal is painted, it is confusing.

At first, this can be taken as a disadvantage, because the light weight of the case is rare, but in practice this is one of the advantages of the device. Paired with the rounded edges of the body, the V30+ feels very comfortable for its size.

The smartphone feels less slippery than most competitors and is quite easy to use with one hand.

Most of the front panel of the V30+ is occupied by a display with rounded corners. The side bezels are medium wide - thinner than the Pixel 2 XL, but sufficient to avoid false clicks. Apart from the screen and functional elements (speaker, sensors, camera) there is nothing on the front.

The power key is combined with a fingerprint scanner. It may seem that it is too small, but in practice the sensor almost always works, and the small plastic side is enough to find the element intuitively - the location is well chosen.

Paired with the proprietary on/off screen using a double tap, the location of the scanner and the power key on the “back” does not cause noticeable discomfort during use. If you use Smart Lock linked to a location or a Bluetooth device, then you don’t have to lift your smartphone from the table to unlock it with a scanner (instead of entering a code).

The volume buttons are on the left - not quite familiar, but normal; hybrid tray - right; bottom Type-C and speaker; 3.5mm jack on top. The presence of the latter should be considered an advantage, but it would be better to place it at the bottom - there is enough space there, and most manufacturers have come to this arrangement; for many it has become familiar.

The device is assembled perfectly and can be repeated once again - it seemed very convenient to me, although there will be those who will call it a “remnant” and will be right in their own way.

We also note the presence of moisture protection (IP68) and compliance with the MIL-STD-810G standard - it suggests better resistance to vibrations and, theoretically, drops, but it is better not to test these features in practice, especially since the V30+ does not look shockproof.

Display

The P-OLED screen can be considered the second feature of the model - it is LG’s own development, a competitor to Super AMOLED from Samsung, which has not been seen in smartphones for a long time. The last model with such a display before the V30+ was the LG Flex 2.

The 6-inch diagonal matrix has a resolution of 1440 by 2880 pixels, which provides a pixel density of 538 ppi. Since the days of Flex OLED, LG has made several steps forward, and although the matrix characteristics are similar to the problematic Pixel 2 XL, the overall image quality is higher - this is due to the manufacturer’s settings. At the same time, the problem with the appearance of a blue tint in the image remains, but it manifests itself to a slightly lesser extent and at large viewing angles.

According to our measurements, the minimum brightness is 2.9 cd/m², and the maximum when filled white background- about 418 cd/m². As with all OLED displays, brightness changes dynamically based on the output image, so the actual maximum brightness level will be higher.

Color rendering varies depending on the selected profile. “For the Internet” - as calm as possible, close to IPS matrices.

Profile “For the Internet”

“For photos” is the middle option.

Profile “For photos”

“Normal” and “For Movies” are profiles with a more saturated picture and bright colors that may seem unnatural.

Profiles “For Movies” and “Normal” respectively

It is possible to create your own profile - set the color temperature and component levels, although this mode seemed to me the least useful, since it turned out to be difficult to achieve the desired result.

The matrix complies with Dolby Vision/HDR10 specifications; when playing compatible films, the built-in player displays the corresponding icon. There is also a separate setting for video - with it the image becomes brighter and more contrasty. Plus there is a “vision protection” mode.

It’s nice that the manufacturer did not forget to implement the active display function - the time can be displayed in several formats and notification icons when the screen is turned off. They can be scrolled left and right, displaying mode switches or a playback control panel.

Always-on Display has many settings - you can display several clock options, an inscription or a picture.

As a result, we can say that LG V30+ received great screen- the way it should be in a flagship.

Hardware platform

The characteristics of the LG V30+ are standard for its class - the basis is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, which can be expanded using memory cards. In terms of characteristics, the V30+ version differs from the regular V30 only in the memory capacity increased from 64 to 128 GB.

Compared to the numerous Chinese flagships (first of all), it may seem that the smartphone does not have enough RAM, but in practice this does not create discomfort and is unlikely to become a problem in the coming years of use - except that it will be impossible to run two or three resource-intensive games in the background. Memory speed and general optimization are more important, and the V30+ is in order with this.

Otherwise, we have a standard flagship - fast in any task and comfortable to use. There is NFC, current wireless interfaces, USB 3.1, wireless charging and even FM radio. For a “complete” set, the only thing missing is an infrared port for controlling household appliances.

Software platform

The difference between many smartphones increasingly comes down not to the hardware, which turns out to be the same or comparable, but to the software that controls everything. Here LG offers Android 7.1.2, complemented by the proprietary LG UX 6.0+ interface.

Externally, it differs little from what we saw before, the general logic is close to stock Android, but the number of available parameters is huge.

You can customize the location of applications with and without a separate menu, launch a global search by swiping down, add up to five shortcuts to the lock screen for quick launch, there is a Smart Bulletin “assistant” (left screen of the desktop), support for themes, the ability to customize the desktop grid and hide unnecessary applications, proprietary groups of settings in system parameters.

Depending on the weather, animation is displayed on the lock screen; when viewing photos in the gallery in portrait mode, by default only the enlarged “back” key is displayed; the location and number of on-screen system control keys can be configured.

Applications that are not compatible with tall displays can be forced to stretch using a special key, and system buttons can be hidden in any program and “stretched” by swiping from the bottom edge of the screen. There are a lot of little things like this in the shell, and we can say that the company succeeded convenient solution, which does not spoil stock Android, but successfully complements its functionality.

Camera

For many users, the point of buying a flagship lies in the camera capabilities. Here LG V30+ is ready to offer its standard scheme of two cameras - with regular (71°) and wide-angle optics (120°).

Compared to the LG G6, the cameras have been updated. The main module has a resolution of 16 megapixels, is equipped with optical stabilization and glass lenses with f/1.6 aperture. The additional wide-angle is darker than the main one (f/1.9), 13 megapixels and lacks autofocus. The main camera is one of the brightest solutions on the market, but LG decided not to implement a portrait shooting mode with the ability to blur the background - it simply isn’t there.

Instead, it is proposed to use a second module, which can be useful for photographing architecture and premises.

The camera also stands out with a number of proprietary shooting modes - creating collages, Time-lapse, Auto-HDR enabled by default, fully manual mode with the focus peaking function (“highlighting” the sharp edges of objects) and others. In the same manual mode, there is integration with Graphy - you can select the image you like from the service’s gallery, and the camera will set the appropriate shutter speed, ISO, and exposure settings - if you are just mastering manual settings, then this mode can be useful. You can select a frame you like, make it translucent, and overlay it on the viewfinder while shooting to get a similar result.

For video shooting there is a slow-motion mode, manual settings, Cine Video - you can select an object and the software will smoothly zoom the selected area, as if the shooting was taking place on professional equipment with stabilization.

In most cases, the main camera takes good photos regardless of shooting conditions.

The front camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels (f/2.2) takes pictures of mediocre quality, by the standards of flagships - there is also a mode with an increased viewing angle, the ability to illuminate the face using the display, but it seems that the company decided simply not to pay due attention to taking selfies.

Sound, calls

LG's flagships have recently become musical - the LG G5 had to use a separate module for this, the G6 received a built-in amplifier, and the V30 has a “4-channel Hi-Fi DAC” (32-bit/192kHz). The V30+ version comes with headphones from B&O, but we only got our hands on the smartphone itself.

In the case of the LG V30+, even a familiar selection of mp3 tracks sounds much more interesting - detail appears, some volume appears, and you feel that the flagship sounds better than its competitors. Audiophiles should definitely take a closer look at the device.

The volume reserve is excellent; it is adjustable within 75 gradations, which allows you to select the most suitable value. The power reserve is enough for over-ear headphones with a resistance of 32-60 Ohms.

In the settings, you can select one of the digital filters and use the usual equalizer and balance adjustment.

After the impressive sound quality in the headphones, the multimedia speaker looks too faded - to complete the picture, I want the smartphone to be musical from all sides. To be honest, at least a pseudo stereo mode, when the main speaker plays along with the conversational one, wouldn’t hurt here. And it turns out that the smartphone just has an ordinary speaker - it sounds quite clear and loud, but completely “flat”.

The company also focuses on the quality of microphones. Sound settings when shooting video and the voice recorder received the prefix “HD” in the name - levels, noise reduction and other parameters are adjusted.

With this equipment, the device is perfect for simple telephone conversations. None of the interlocutors complained about the sound quality; we liked the conversational speaker - there is a good volume reserve, recognizable notes of voices are preserved. Thanks to the relatively light body, the operation of the vibration motor is clearly felt, and the vibration itself is quite pleasant. LG V30+ can also record telephone conversations off the line.

Working hours

LG V30+ does not give up even in terms of autonomy, although the battery here has a normal capacity - 3300 mAh. In practice, it allows you to get a stable 6 hours of active screen when used throughout the day, with maximum screen resolution and Always-on Display turned on.

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