LG V30+ has been launched in India, at an event in New Delhi on Wednesday. The smartphone's highlights are its large FullVision display and dual rear cameras, apart from a 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC that's powered by Bang & Olufsen, as well as bundled B&O Play earphones. The V30+ is also dust and water resistant, with IP68 certification, apart from being shock resistant with a MIL-STD-810G rating. It sports a face unlocking feature as well as a Floating Bar interface, which replaces the secondary ticker display seen on previous V-Series models, and also has an Always-On Display feature. The LG V30+ display also has HDR10 support, one of the few phones currently available with the feature.
The LG V30+ price in India has been set at Rs. 44,990. It will go on sale from Monday, December 18 exclusively via Amazon India. The smartphone will be available to buy in Aurora Black and Cloud silver colour variants in India, with other colour variants are said to arrive at a later date. Pre-bookings will open from Thursday itself.
For V30+ launch offers, LG is offering a free one-time screen replacement worth Rs. 12,000, a free wireless charger worth roughly Rs. 3,000, and in-app purchases worth Rs. 6,400 for the Beat Fever app - the latter two offers extend until December 19.
The dual-SIM (Nano) LG V30+ runs Android 7.1.2 with the LG UX 6.0 skin on top. It sports a 6-inch QHD+ (1440x2880 pixels) FullVision OLED display with a pixel density of 638ppi and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 for protection. As we mentioned, it supports the HDR10 standard. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, with four cores clocked at 2.45GHz and four cores clocked at 1.9GHz, coupled with 4GB of RAM. It bears a fingerprint sensor on the rear panel.
The LG V30+ bears a dual rear camera setup, with one 16-megapixel 1/3.09-inch sensor coupled with an f/1.6 aperture, and a 71-degree field of view lens, and another 13-megapixel 1/3.4-inch sensor with a 120-degree field of view. The rear camera setup has a laser autofocus, apart from dual-LED flash, and is covered by Corning Gorilla Glass 4 for protection. On the front, the smartphone bears a 5-megapixel sensor with an f/2.2 aperture and a 90-degree wide-angle lens.
V30+ bears 128GB of inbuilt storage, expandable via microSD card (up to 2TB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration. Connectivity options on board the LG V30+ include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC, USB Type-C (v3.1), GPS/ A-GPS, FM radio, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, digital compass, gyroscope, and proximity sensor. It measures 151.7x75.4x7.3mm and weighs 158 grams. It runs on a 3300mAh battery.
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