LG unveiled its flagship V30 smartphone at the IFA 2017 in Berlin last month but it did not announced the price of the phone. Today the company officially introduced the phone in South Korea and also revealed the price of the phone along with the 128GB V30+ models that reveals that it will be cheaper than the Galaxy Note8 that was launched in India this week for Rs. 67,900.
The LG V30 comes in Aurora Black, Cloud Silver, Moroccan Blue and Lavender Violet colors and is priced at 949,300 won (US$ 841 / Rs. 53880 approx.) for the 64GB model and the 128GB V30 + model costs 998,800 won (US$ 885 / Rs. 56690 approx.).
It will be available for pre-order from 14th till 20th September and goes on sale from 21st September in Korea. LG already said that the phone will gradually roll out in North America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East in the coming weeks.
In Korea the Galaxy Note8 costs 1,204,000 won (US$ 1067 / Rs. 68340 approx.) for 64GB and $ 1,379,100 won (US$ 1222 / Rs. 78,260 approx.) for the 256GB variants.
LG V30 specifications
- 6-inch (2880 x 1440 pixels) QHD+ OLED display with a 18:9 aspect ratio, 538 PPI, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU
- 4GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB (V30) / 128GB (V30+) (UFS 2.0) internal memory, expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
- Android 7.1.2 (Nougat) with LG UX 6.0+
- 16MP rear camera with f/1.6-aperture, 71-degree wide-angle lens, dual-tone LED flash, Laser auto focus, OIS, EIS, PDAF, 13MP secondary camera with f/1.9 aperture, 120-degree wide-angle lens
- 5MP front camera with 90-degree wide-angle lens, f/2.2 aperture
- Dimensions: 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3mm; Weight: 158g
- Fingerprint sensor
- Water, dust resistant (IP68), MIL-STD 810G certified
- 32-bit Advanced Hi-Fi Quad DAC
- Dimensions: 151.7 x 75.4 x 7.3mm; Weight: 158g
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.0 LE, GPS, NFC, USB Type-C 2.0 (3.1 compatible)
- 3,300mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0, Wireless charging