The LG V10 garnered a very positive response from our readers and it is indeed an excellent phone. It has two potential drawbacks – the Snapdragon 808 doesn’t have the best GPU for 3D gaming and the 3,000mAh battery is a bit too small for a phone of this size and weight.
Indeed, the LG G2 – a noticeably smaller and lighter phone from 2013 – had a 3,000mAh battery and it didn’t have a huge, high-res 5.7" QHD display to feed.
And then there's the second screen. LG could have gone with AMOLED, but chose a more complicated engineering solution to keep the second screen always on in a power efficient way. We ran a standby test with the screen on and off and found that it leads to a 70% increase in standby power draw.
Still, the impact on the endurance rating isn’t huge, it goes down from 56h when the second screen is off to 46 hours. You'll get around two days of moderate usage in either case. There's an option to enable the second screen only when the main display is on, if you want to stretch out the battery.
The talk time of under 17 hours was a little disappointing. The LG G Flex2 lasted an hour longer and the Galaxy S6 edge+ almost doubled the result, both have the same 3,000mAh capacity.
Talk time
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE 46:44h
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 33:20h
Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 33:19h
Oppo R7 Plus 30:46h
OnePlus 2 30:29h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 30:29h
Motorola DROID Turbo 30:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 29:46h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 29:46h
HTC One (M8) for Windows 28:34h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 28:34h
Nokia Lumia 1520 28:34h
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 28:31h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 28:25h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 28:23h
Samsung Galaxy S5 27:37h
Sony Xperia Z1 26:53h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 26:29h
Motorola Moto X Play 26:28h
Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7 25:45h
LG G3 25:38h
LG G Pro 2 25:37h
LG G Flex 25:19h
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 25:16h
LG G2 25:15h
Huawei Ascend Mate 25:12h
BlackBerry Passport 25:12h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 25:12h
Motorola Nexus 6 25:03h
Samsung Galaxy A8 25:02h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 25:02h
Alcatel Hero 25:02h
Oppo N1 25:01h
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 24:52h
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 24:23h
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 23:49h
LG AKA 23:20h
Sony Xperia Z3 23:13h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 23:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 23:09h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 23:09h
Oppo R7 22:58h
Samsung P6200 Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 22:42h
Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 22:36h
Motorola Moto X Style 22:23h
ZTE Nubia Z9 22:20h
Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue 22:16h
Sony Xperia Z2 22:13h
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE 22:13h
HTC One Max 22:13h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 22:13h
Nokia Lumia 1020 22:13h
Nokia Lumia 1320 22:13h
Sony Xperia C3 Dual 22:11h
Meizu MX4 Pro 22:09h
Yota YotaPhone 2 22:09h
Samsung ATIV SE 22:05h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 21:41h
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 21:39h
Motorola RAZR MAXX 21:18h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 21:02h
Meizu m2 note 20:55h
LG Optimus G Pro E985 20:45h
HTC One M9 20:44h
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 20:42h
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 20:24h
Motorola RAZR i XT890 20:07h
Huawei Ascend Mate7 20:06h
Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 20:04h
Samsung Galaxy E7 20:04h
Samsung Galaxy A3 20:04h
Oppo Find 7 20:03h
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 20:01h
BlackBerry Q10 20:00h
OnePlus One 19:56h
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 19:55h
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 19:54h
Sony Xperia SP 19:49h
Samsung Galaxy S6 19:48h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 19:48h
Sony Xperia T3 19:48h
HTC Butterfly 2 19:23h
HTC Butterfly S 19:14h
HTC Desire Eye 19:11h
Oppo R819 19:03h
Asus PadFone X 18:45h
Samsung Galaxy J7 18:37h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 18:31h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 18:25h
Xiaomi Mi 4 18:15h
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 18:12h
Oppo Find 7a 18:11h
LG G2 mini 18:11h
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 18:03h
Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 18:02h
Samsung Galaxy A5 18:02h
LG G Flex2 17:51h
Sony Xperia ZR 17:48h
HTC One (E8) 17:47h
Huawei P8lite 17:38h
Nokia Lumia 735 17:30h
vivo X5Max 17:23h
Sony Xperia Z5 17:13h
Huawei Honor 6 17:13h
Lenovo K3 Note 17:13h
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 17:09h
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 16:57h
vivo X5Pro 16:57h
HTC Desire 700 dual sim 16:56h
Acer Liquid Jade S 16:51h
Samsung Ativ Odyssey I930 16:41h
LG V10 16:40h
Sony Xperia M2 16:40h
Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active 16:40h
Nokia Lumia 930 16:40h
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact 16:40h
LG G4 16:40h
Sony Xperia M2 Aqua 16:39h
Motorola Moto E 16:38h
Motorola Moto E Dual SIM 16:38h
Meizu MX4 16:25h
Sony Xperia Z3+ 16:13h
Sony Xperia Z 16:03h
Samsung Galaxy K zoom 16:01h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 15:51h
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM 15:50h
Microsoft Lumia 435 15:50h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 15:47h
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 15:47h
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom 15:32h
LG Optimus G E975 15:30h
Archos 50 Diamond 15:23h
Sony Xperia ZL 15:22h
Nokia Lumia 720 15:17h
ZTE Blade S6 15:01h
Nokia Lumia 830 14:56h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 14:53h
Meizu m1 note 14:53h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 14:53h
Xiaomi Redmi 1S 14:51h
HTC Desire 816 14:46h
Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) 14:45h
Alcatel Idol X+ 14:41h
Huawei Honor 7 14:33h
Xiaomi Mi Note 14:31h
BlackBerry Q5 14:31h
Sony Xperia E3 14:28h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 14:24h
Microsoft Lumia 532 14:24h
The web browsing time proved average, lasting around 8 and a half hours. The AMOLED-based G Flex2 lags significantly behind, but the S6 edge+ is ahead by a couple of hours (different AMOLED tech).
Web browsing
Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 16:41h
Sony Xperia E4 16:40h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 16:25h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 15:05h
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact 14:52h
Sony Xperia Z5 14:35h
Meizu MX4 14:06h
Huawei Ascend Mate7 13:53h
Huawei P8 13:32h
Samsung Galaxy S5 mini 13:14h
HTC Butterfly 2 13:11h
Meizu m1 note 13:05h
Huawei Honor 6 12:59h
Sony Xperia C 12:45h
Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 12:42h
Nokia Lumia 1520 12:40h
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 12:37h
HTC One (M8) for Windows 12:31h
HTC Desire 700 dual sim 12:30h
HTC One (M8) 12:29h
Apple iPhone 6s 12:27h
ZTE Nubia Z9 12:18h
Samsung Galaxy A8 12:18h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 12:18h
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 12:17h
Sony Xperia Z3 12:03h
Nokia XL 11:54h
Motorola Moto X Play 11:52h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 11:51h
Sony Xperia Z3+ 11:51h
HTC Desire 816 11:48h
Sony Xperia C3 Dual 11:47h
LG G2 11:42h
Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 11:36h
Samsung Galaxy A5 11:36h
Sony Xperia Z2 11:32h
Sony Xperia E4g 11:32h
Motorola DROID Turbo 11:31h
Sony Xperia E1 11:30h
HTC One Max 11:20h
Sony Xperia ZR 11:20h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 11:20h
HTC Butterfly S 11:07h
Asus PadFone X 11:07h
LG G2 mini 11:02h
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 11:01h
Nokia Lumia 1320 10:58h
Samsung Galaxy S6 10:56h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 10:56h
HTC Desire 510 10:53h
Microsoft Lumia 532 10:52h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 10:52h
Motorola Moto G 4G 10:52h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 10:46h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 10:43h
Oppo R7 Plus 10:39h
LG AKA 10:38h
Huawei Honor 7 10:38h
Nokia Lumia 830 10:36h
Apple iPhone 6 10:29h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 10:25h
Meizu MX4 Pro 10:24h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 10:23h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 10:23h
Nokia Lumia 630 10:18h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 10:14h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 10:14h
BlackBerry Passport 10:12h
BlackBerry Q5 10:04h
HTC Desire Eye 10:02h
HTC One (E8) 10:02h
Nokia Lumia 635 10:00h
HTC One 9:58h
Apple iPhone 5s 9:58h
Apple iPhone 5 9:56h
Meizu m2 note 9:54h
Samsung Ativ Odyssey I930 9:54h
Sony Xperia M2 9:48h
Sony Xperia E3 9:48h
Samsung I9190 Galaxy S4 mini 9:47h
OnePlus One 9:46h
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 9:43h
Alcatel Hero 9:40h
Samsung Galaxy S5 9:39h
Samsung Galaxy Core LTE 9:37h
vivo X5Pro 9:34h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 9:32h
LG G Flex 9:31h
Xiaomi Mi 4 9:31h
LG G Pro 2 9:31h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 9:30h
Sony Xperia T3 9:23h
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM 9:22h
Microsoft Lumia 435 9:22h
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 9:20h
vivo X5Max 9:19h
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE 9:16h
Motorola RAZR MAXX 9:12h
HTC Desire 820 9:10h
Oppo R1x 9:10h
HTC Desire 820 dual sim 9:10h
Samsung Galaxy K zoom 9:10h
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 9:05h
Apple iPhone 5c 9:05h
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 9:05h
Oppo N1 9:05h
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 9:05h
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 9:04h
Samsung Galaxy J7 9:04h
Motorola Moto G 9:04h
Meizu MX5 9:03h
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom 8:51h
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 8:48h
Motorola Moto E 8:42h
Motorola Moto E Dual SIM 8:42h
BlackBerry Q10 8:42h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 8:42h
Sony Xperia M2 Aqua 8:38h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 8:27h
Huawei P8lite 8:27h
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 8:25h
Nokia Lumia 735 8:20h
Asus PadFone 2 8:20h
LG V10 8:20h
Nokia Lumia 810 8:20h
Motorola Moto X 8:17h
Samsung Galaxy E7 8:17h
Huawei Ascend Mate 8:17h
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 8:17h
Oppo N3 8:16h
HTC One mini 8:12h
OnePlus 2 8:05h
HTC One E9+ 8:05h
Xiaomi Mi 3 8:04h
Lenovo Vibe X2 8:01h
Nokia Lumia 610 8:01h
HTC One X+ 7:56h
LG G4 7:54h
Motorola Nexus 6 7:54h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 7:52h
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 7:52h
Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo 7:43h
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 7:42h
Motorola DROID RAZR M 7:42h
Sony Xperia E dual 7:42h
Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III mini 7:38h
BlackBerry Leap 7:37h
Nokia Lumia 720 7:37h
Video was more disappointing at 7 and a half hours. The LG V10 finds itself among older devices that were not particularly optimized for video playback. This is an area that hasn’t been LG's strong suit, the G4 scored a bit less.
Video playback
LG G Flex 19:57h
Oppo R7 Plus 18:04h
Samsung Galaxy S6 active 18:03h
Huawei Ascend Mate2 4G 18:01h
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 17:52h
Motorola RAZR MAXX 16:35h
Samsung Galaxy J7 16:22h
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact 15:03h
Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE 14:58h
Samsung Galaxy E7 14:57h
Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX 14:17h
Lenovo ZUK Z1 14:14h
Huawei Ascend Mate7 14:04h
Apple iPhone 6s Plus 13:57h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ 13:53h
Samsung Galaxy Note5 13:51h
Motorola DROID Turbo 13:41h
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 13:32h
Samsung I9190 Galaxy S4 mini 13:12h
Nokia Lumia 1020 13:12h
Sony Xperia T2 Ultra 13:12h
HTC One Max 13:11h
Motorola Moto E (2nd gen) 13:04h
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact 13:04h
Sony Xperia C 12:53h
Samsung Galaxy Premier I9260 12:51h
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active 12:51h
Huawei Honor 6 12:51h
Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos 12:45h
Samsung Galaxy A8 12:45h
Meizu MX4 Pro 12:41h
Nokia Lumia 1520 12:31h
Samsung I9505 Galaxy S4 12:30h
BlackBerry Q5 12:28h
Sony Xperia C3 Dual 12:22h
Huawei Ascend Mate 12:18h
Sony Xperia Z2 12:16h
Samsung Galaxy S6 12:12h
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 12:12h
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE 12:10h
Motorola Moto X Play 12:06h
LG AKA 11:54h
Sony Xperia Z3 11:47h
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 11:38h
Samsung P6800 Galaxy Tab 7.7 11:37h
Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 11:29h
Samsung Galaxy Note II N7100 11:27h
OnePlus One 11:23h
HTC One (E8) 11:16h
Oppo N1 11:15h
BlackBerry Q10 11:15h
HTC One (M8) for Windows 11:15h
Samsung Galaxy S5 11:15h
Apple iPhone 6 Plus 11:15h
Meizu m1 note 11:09h
Samsung Galaxy S5 mini 11:02h
Asus PadFone X 11:01h
Xiaomi Mi 4c 10:47h
Apple iPhone 6s 10:46h
BlackBerry Passport 10:46h
vivo X5Max 10:44h
vivo X5Pro 10:41h
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge 10:41h
HTC Desire Eye 10:35h
LG G Flex2 10:35h
HTC Desire 816 10:34h
Apple iPhone 5s 10:31h
HTC Butterfly 2 10:26h
LG G2 mini 10:23h
Nokia Lumia 735 10:20h
Apple iPhone 5 10:12h
Xiaomi Mi 4i 10:11h
HTC One (M8) 10:11h
Samsung Galaxy K zoom 10:08h
Samsung ATIV SE 10:07h
Sony Xperia M2 10:04h
HTC First 10:03h
HTC One 10:02h
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact 10:01h
Motorola Moto X 10:01h
Motorola Nexus 6 10:01h
Huawei P8lite ALE-L04 10:00h
Nokia Lumia 635 10:00h
Samsung Galaxy Express I8730 10:00h
Nokia Lumia 630 10:00h
Samsung I9105 Galaxy S II Plus 10:00h
Samsung Galaxy A7 Duos 9:58h
Nokia Lumia 830 9:58h
Sony Xperia T3 9:56h
HTC Desire 510 9:54h
Nokia 808 PureView 9:53h
Oppo N3 9:49h
Sony Xperia M 9:49h
Alcatel Hero 9:49h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE Dual SIM 9:43h
Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM 9:43h
Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE 9:43h
Huawei Honor 7 9:43h
Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam 9:42h
Samsung Rugby Smart I847 9:34h
Oppo R7 9:33h
Meizu MX4 9:31h
Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom 9:30h
LG G2 9:28h
HTC One S C2 9:28h
HTC One S 9:28h
Xiaomi Mi 3 9:28h
Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III 9:27h
Huawei P8 9:25h
Apple iPhone 4s 9:24h
Apple iPhone 6 9:24h
Samsung Galaxy mini 2 S6500 9:22h
Sony Xperia M2 Aqua 9:21h
Oppo Find 7a 9:19h
Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos 9:18h
Samsung Galaxy A5 9:18h
Nokia Lumia 1320 9:17h
Motorola Moto X Style 9:14h
Meizu MX5 9:13h
HTC Butterfly S 9:03h
Oppo R1x 9:02h
Sony Xperia E4 9:00h
Huawei P8lite 9:00h
Motorola DROID RAZR M 9:00h
Sony Xperia E 9:00h
Samsung Ativ Odyssey I930 8:59h
BlackBerry Leap 8:59h
Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM 8:51h
Microsoft Lumia 532 8:51h
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 8:45h
BlackBerry Z10 8:44h
Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 8:41h
Nokia N9 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE Dual SIM 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL LTE 8:40h
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL 8:40h
LG Optimus G Pro E985 8:40h
Asus Zenfone 2 Deluxe ZE551ML 8:34h
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 8:34h
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 I9200 8:34h
Samsung Galaxy A3 Duos 8:34h
Samsung Galaxy A3 8:34h
HTC One A9 8:33h
LG G3 8:30h
HTC Butterfly 8:28h
OnePlus 2 8:28h
Microsoft Lumia 435 8:27h
Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM 8:27h
Sony Xperia E3 8:26h
Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 8:25h
Archos 50 Diamond 8:24h
HTC One M9 8:21h
LG Optimus GJ E975W 8:15h
Samsung Galaxy S III I747 8:14h
Sony Xperia J 8:11h
Motorola RAZR i XT890 8:11h
Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 8:11h
HTC One X+ 8:11h
Huawei Ascend P7 8:10h
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 8:05h
Xiaomi Redmi 2 8:01h
ZTE Blade S6 8:00h
Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II 8:00h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra Dual 7:58h
Sony Xperia C5 Ultra 7:58h
Samsung Focus S I937 7:55h
Sony Xperia Z5 7:53h
Samsung S8600 Wave 3 7:52h
HTC Desire 500 7:50h
Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III mini 7:46h
Sony Xperia Z3+ 7:46h
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V 7:45h
Apple iPhone 5c 7:41h
Yota YotaPhone 2 7:41h
Asus PadFone 2 7:38h
Huawei Ascend P1 7:38h
Nokia Lumia Icon 7:34h
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G T769 7:33h
Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) 7:31h
Lenovo S90 Sisley 7:30h
Samsung Galaxy Core I8260 7:30h
Samsung S7710 Galaxy Xcover 2 7:30h
Samsung Galaxy Note I717 7:30h
LG V10 7:30h
HTC DROID DNA 7:30h
Sony Xperia ZR 7:30h
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro 7:29h
Motorola Moto G 4G 7:27h
Sony Xperia SP 7:27h
HTC One mini 7:23h
Nokia Lumia 610 7:23h
LG G4 7:23h
LG Optimus G E975 7:16h
ZTE Nubia Z9 7:11h
HTC Desire 820 7:10h
HTC Desire 820 dual sim 7:10h
Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active 7:03h
HTC One E9+ 7:00h
Xiaomi Mi 4 7:00h
Pantech Discover 6:55h
Keep in mind that the brightness slider of the V10 is not very linear. You only get close to the 430nit max brightness very near the right end of the slider, at half (the position we used for testing) it's closer to a quarter of the max value. So to reach the numbers we did, you'll have to be conservative with the brightness.
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