LG V30 review (battery life)
The LG V30 packs a 3,300mAh battery, same as the one inside the G6. While the G6 has a smaller display to power, its chipset is built on a less efficient 14nm process, compared to the V30's 10nm Snapdragon 835. On top of that, the V30's OLED display should theoretically be less power-hungry.
The Samsung Galaxy S8+ relies on a higher-capacity 3,500mAh battery to power its 6.2-inch display, though the Galaxy Note8 makes do with 3,300mAh for a 6.3-inch screen. The OnePlus 5 with its conventional 16:9 5.5-inch display that's practically 10% smaller also has a 3,300mAh power pack, and the 5.5-inch U11 only packs 3,000mAh worth of juice. Then there's the 5.5-inch Huawei P10 Plus with a more generous 3,750mAh capacity.
Those numbers only serve to get the conversation going, in practice longevity has proven to vary widely in seemingly illogical ways. There's some of that going on here with the V30. The 33 hours of 3G call time, for one, are truly impressive, especially after our less than solid experience with the Snapdragon 835 in the past. The standby endurance is also above average.
Then there's the web browsing time. Surfing the web over Wi-Fi depletes the V30's battery in a little over 8 hours, average at best. Good thing the phone can do more than twice that in video playback to help bring endurance up to 87 hours.
The Samsung Galaxy S8+ relies on a higher-capacity 3,500mAh battery to power its 6.2-inch display, though the Galaxy Note8 makes do with 3,300mAh for a 6.3-inch screen. The OnePlus 5 with its conventional 16:9 5.5-inch display that's practically 10% smaller also has a 3,300mAh power pack, and the 5.5-inch U11 only packs 3,000mAh worth of juice. Then there's the 5.5-inch Huawei P10 Plus with a more generous 3,750mAh capacity.
Those numbers only serve to get the conversation going, in practice longevity has proven to vary widely in seemingly illogical ways. There's some of that going on here with the V30. The 33 hours of 3G call time, for one, are truly impressive, especially after our less than solid experience with the Snapdragon 835 in the past. The standby endurance is also above average.
Then there's the web browsing time. Surfing the web over Wi-Fi depletes the V30's battery in a little over 8 hours, average at best. Good thing the phone can do more than twice that in video playback to help bring endurance up to 87 hours.
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