LG announced its latest smartphone on 26 February 2017 in the form of the G6. The new device conveys some exciting features with it, conjointly a huge HDR display in a small premium and waterproof body.
It ascertains to right the wrongs of the G5, at least on paper, but how does it contemplate to its competition? We’ve put the LG G6 up paradoxical to Google’s brilliant Pixel and Pixel XL to see how they meditate and what the differences are.
The LG G6 emergence a lovely metal, premium frame with a glass finish on the rear. There is a rounded rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, convey well-balanced with a dual-lens main camera and USB Type-C.
LG has released IP68 water and dust counteraction to the new device, while also superlatively slimming down the bezels encompassing the display and rounding off the corners for a lovely looking device. The LG G6 measures 148.9 x 71.9 x 7.9 and hits the scales at 163g.
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL also both have great premium metal bodies, along with glass on the rear, after all only the top third of their backs is glass, while the rest remains metal. The camera setup is much more elusive than the G6, but they both have a rear-mounted circular fingerprint sensor.
Both models individuality USB Type-C and neither has any physical buttons on the front, though the bezels surrounding the display are slightly wider than the G6. The Pixel measures 143.8 x 69.5 x 8.6mm and weighs 143g, while the Pixel XL measures 154.7 x 75.6 x 8.6mm and measures 168g.
The LG G6 is, therefore, the slimmest of the three devices being compared here, but it sits in the middle of the Pixel and Pixel XL in terms of weight and size. Neither Pixel device is waterproof.
The LG G6 has a 5.7-inch display which features a Quad HD+ resolution at 2880 x 1440, resulting in a pixel density of 564ppi. It has an 18:9 aspect ratio and HDR, with support for both HDR 10 and Dolby Vision.
The Pixel has a 5-inch display, while the Pixel XL has a 5.5-inch display, meaning the G6 is bigger than both models, despite having a smaller body than the Pixel XL. The Pixels have an AMOLED display, however, while the G6 opts for LCD, meaning colors could be punchier on the Pixels.
The Pixel XL has a Quad HD resolution and the Pixel has a Full HD resolution, putting both their pixel densities lower than the G6 at 440ppi and 534ppi, respectively. Both are protected by Corning Gorilla 4.
