Overall and Final Verdict
So at the end of the day and after an extended testing period, the LG V20 is actually a top notch premium Android device. LG dropped the volume buttons on the rear of the phone that I have always hated and they kept the easy to press power button with a fingerprint sensor in it. The secondary screen is a little silly, but it ends up being useful for quick access to your flashlight as long as you remember to use it for things like that. It even has amazing battery life and if that isn’t enough you can even pull the battery out and swap it out if needed. Or replace it later in life if it dies. I was originally going to complain about not having expandability options like the Moto Z Force, but the V20 has the ultimate expandability option, you can add a high capacity SD card!
So if you are comparing the V20 to the Moto Z Force and you really should be because it is also a great phone the V20 has a lot going for it. They are also both very similar in a lot of ways as well. The Moto Z Force, however, is noticeably faster in just about every benchmark I ran due to its higher clock speed on the same Snapdragon 820 that the V20 has.
In the end, I don’t think you can go wrong with either of them, hell I gave the Moto Z Force our top honors award just this past fall. The V20 stood out in two areas, though. For starters the built in DAC for people who like good audio quality is going to be well worth the money. Second, the dual rear facing cameras with the wide angle lens makes a big difference when taking photos in small spaces.
The V20 is still a high-end phone though so keep that in mind when looking at the pricing. Verizon who let us use the V20 have it for $672 to buy it outright or $28 a month. Both aren’t cheap, but you are basically buying a small computer these days. The iPhone is still faster but the V20 keeps up in the overall quality and even ups the ante with a few great features.
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