LG V30

Excellent, water-resistant design ; Strong performance ; Flexible, powerful video features ; It sounds fantastic!

Screen appears gritty at low brightness ; Low-light camera performance could be better ; Middling battery life

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OLED screen ; Highly creative video mode ; Wide-angle camera ; Superb audio ; Great battery life

Lacking video and photo editing features ; Screen edges very sensitive ; No unlocked version yet

The LG V30 is the best phone LG has made yet, and it can compete with the best from other major manufacturers in 2017. The V30 is an excellent choice if you’re excited about shooting great video, and want a camera that doesn’t just repeat the same old...

Waterproof and has some shock resistance if dropped. The fingerprint sensor on the back is easy to use and quick. With its headphone amp, it might be the best phone for audiophiles. It also holds up quite well, battery wise.

The camera is very good, but can’t compete with the absolute top smartphones. Glass design will require a case, and the rear coating picks up gunk. $800+ is a lot to pay for a phone.

Compact design, great battery life, and top-of-the-line specs. ; Camera app brings excellent features and shooting modes. ; Quad DAC offers superior sound through wired headphones. ; Wireless charging and IP68 water resistance are a nice addition.

Display is inconsistent and duller than other OLEDs. ; UX 6.0+ skin doesn't improve on the Android experience. ; Image quality isn't as good as its peers.

Even without last year's gimmicks, the LG V30 is still basically an Android enthusiast phone, appealing to die-hard fans who need the latest smartphone specs, and want killer audio and assortment of fun features. But its competition has only gotten...

Best headphone audio from a phone ; Ergonomically excellent ; Uncompromising spec sheet includes wireless charging and water resistance ; Impressive speed and battery life

The display is distractingly bad ; Bloatware, bloatware as far as the eye can see ; Camera doesn’t produce the most lifelike images

The V30 arrives half a year after the G6 and, at first blush, appears to rectify everything that ailed LG’s devices of the past. But LG rushed to put an imperfect OLED screen in its flagship phone, preferring to have the highlight spec over the...

Dual cameras, one ultra-wide angle. Gigabit LTE. First phone for T-Mobile's new 600MHz network. Well-placed fingerprint sensor.

Applies too much noise reduction in low-light photos. Battery life isn't great.

LG's V30 is a phone for a wide, wide world. As the first Band 71 phone, it's the one T-Mobile subscribers who aren't thrilled with their current coverage should grab. As a wide-angle camera phone, it's one that anyone with a big family or a wild group...

With the LG V30, the Koreans have made quite an effort, producing the smartphone that many had already wished for during MWC. It brings all the missing features, which were lacking in the LG G6 to become an absolutely high-end product: a current top...