Which LG smartphone is the Ideal purchase for consumer? We pit the LG G3 Cat. 6 against the LG G3 S to see which is better.
In terms of design and display, the LG G3 Cat. 6 has a 5.5 inches multitouch IPS LCD display with 16M colors and an incredible resolution of 1440x2560pixels and 534ppi. On the outside, it is similar to the G3, having an Oleophobic coating protecting the screen and also has light and proximity sensors. Its dimensions are 146.3×74.6×9.1 mm and it weighs 154 grams..
The LG G3 S has an IPS LCD display of 5 inches, with 16M colors, and can render a resolution of 720x1280pixels and 294ppi. Its dimensions are: 137.7×69.6×10.3 mm and it weighs 134 grams.
For the hardware and OS, the LG G3 Cat. 6 is powered by a 2.7GHz quad core Krait 450, which is couplet with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 chipset and an Adreno 420 GPU. The LTE speed is very high of up to 225 Mbps and its built in storage is of 32GB, which is expandable for up to 128GB. It runs on the Android 4.4.2 OS with 3GB of RAM.
Meanwhile, the LG G3 S is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7, paired up by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset and an Adreno 305 GPU. It has an internal memory of 8GB , which is expandable for up to 64GB and it runs on the same operating system just like its competitor, Android 4.4.2 KitKat, but it has only 1GB of RAM.
For the battery and camera specs, the LG G3 Cat. 6 has a powerful battery of 3000mAh, while the LG G3 S's battey has a capacity of 2540 mAh.
The camera on the back of the G3 Cat. 6 is at 13MP, and has features such as Flash, autofocus, optical image stabilization, digital zoom, burst mode, HDR etc. The camera on the front is 2.1MP.
The a rear camera on the G3 S is at 8MP with 3264x2448pixels, laser autofocus, LED flash, touch focus, face and smile detection, HDR, geo tagging and video recording capabilities of 1080p@30fps. The camera on the front is 2.1MP.
The LG G3 S comes at a price of about $660, while the LG G3 Cat. 6′s price is only $600.
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