Friends+Design
- Beautiful, streamlined, flagship-grade aluminium and glass design
- Full IPX8 waterproofing
- Impressively light for what it has inside
Display
- Beautiful large, edge-to-edge OLED screen - with vibrant colors and deep blacks - pretty close in quality to Samsung's top-notch Super AMOLEDs
Software
- LG's Android UI looks decent and works well, although it's not really the best - that position is taken by the likes of OnePlus, and Samsung
Performance
- Speedy, top-end processor - delivers top-drawer performance similar to other Snapdragon 835 phones
Camera
- Very good dual rear cameras - capable of taking some excellent photos - they're crisp, full of life, and comparable to the excellent Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus
- In the daytime, the LG's second wide-angle camera is a special treat, letting you capture more of your surroundings in every frame - you just can't get these types of wide-angle photos with any other phone camera
- LG also offers a dizzying array of additional camera modes which you will found genuinely useful - this includes an excellent manual mode
- Video recording is excellent too, with powerful video features - 4K and 1080p/30fps videos out of the primary camera are top-notch
- Decent front-facing camera too, particularly its wide-angle mode
- The front facing camera, and overall low-light photography (of both front and rear cameras), while decent, aren’t industry-leading
Audio
- The best headphone jack on a phone period - LG V30's "quad-DAC" (digital-to-analog converter) isn't just a marketing gimmick - it actually works - when you plug in good quality headphones into this phone's 3.5mm jack, your music lights up, growing richer, fuller and warmer - a treat for audiophiles - this is the best smartphone for audio today
- The loudspeaker is pretty good too
Battery
- Excellent battery life - will comfortably last the day even with heavy use - similar in overall life to the excellent Galaxy S8 Plus
- Supports wireless charging
- Supports quick charging - promises 50 percent charge in 30 minutes
- Wireless charging works fine - but it's not particularly fast. The V30 only supports standard 5-watt Qi charging and a newer 8-watt standard - not the 15-watt Fast Charge variant supported by Samsung and some competitors
More
- On the whole, the phone is a content creator's dream, with particular focus on videographers (who can shoot pro-style Log format video) and audiophiles
- On the whole, the LG V30 is a fantastic phone that nearly does it all - and a rock-solid alternative to Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Plus and the Google Pixel 2 XL - it is one of LG’s best in recent memory and as a result, it’s also one of 2017’s best smartphones
