South Korean tech giants LG and Samsung once again go head to head with the launch of their latest flagship phones - the LG G5 and the Samsung Galaxy S7. Both the companies released their phones at the 2016 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We have compared both the phones for you to find out which one wins the flagship battle 2016.
LG is throwing everything against the wall with their LG G5 smartphone. They have completely changed the design language (so long rear mounted volume keys) of the smartphone with a full metal phone complete with a fingerprint sensor at the back which doubles as the power button is also placed at the back. The phone measures 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7mm and weighs around 159g. The LG G5 stands tall and is heavier than the S7.
The LG G5 has a bigger 5.3-inch IPS LCD display than the 5.1-inch SUPER AMOLED display of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Both smartphones provide us with a new feature which the companies are calling 'always on' display. It offers a feature by which a user can see his notifications without turning on the display and it uses less than 1 percent battery for an hour.
Samsung S7 has a 12 megapixel rear shooter with aperture of f/1.7 and dual pixel technology which in a nutshell means it can take very good low light images. The G5, on the other hand, has a larger 16 megapixel camera and a secondary 8 megapixel 135-degree wide-angle sensor module clubbed together for wider field of view.
Samsung has plans to launch two versions namely an Octa-core and a Quad-core version of the S7 for different regions across global market. The Octa-core version may be the Snapdragon 820 but is not confirmed yet. LG is also using the same chip for its G5, but LG has one more trick up its sleeve, the G5 is a modular phones which means you can snap hardware modules to the phone. At the moment there are only two modules available - the Cam Plus module and Hi-Fi Plus module.
As always, the final winner is decided by the users of the phones and their preferences. Samsung has an upper hand now, but it may change in the future when we get our hands on both phones once they are officially released in the market.