The LG V60 and VELVET Review: A Classic & A Design Restart
by Andrei Frumusanu on July 15, 2020 9:00 AM ESTCamera Recap
A few weeks ago, we’ve published an extensive article comparing this first half year’s main flagship devices cameras, including the LG V60. I would recommend reading that piece for a more extensive conclusion on the camera system of the V60.
Read Our Extensive Camera Evaluation For More Samples:
Mobile Flagship Phone Camera Overview 2020 H1: Still Picture Battle
[ V60 ]
[ OnePlus 8 ] - [ OnePlus 8 Pro ]
[ iPhone 11 Pro ] - [ iPhone SE ] - [ Pixel 4 ]
[ Galaxy S20U(S) ] - [ Galaxy S20+(E) ]
[ Mi 10 Pro ]
[ Mate 30 Pro ] - [ P40 Pro ]
[ Reno3 Pro 5G ] - [ Reno3 Pro ]
[ X-T30 ]
In general LG has been able to showcase excellent results with the V60 in daylight photography, many times achieving amongst the best results in terms of detail thanks to the 64MP sensor that produces 16MP images.
LG’s HDR is pleasant and the phone has generally good colour reproduction.
[ V60 ]
[ OnePlus 8 ]
[ OnePlus 8 Pro ]
[ iPhone 11 Pro ] - [ iPhone SE ] - [ P4 ]
[ Galaxy S20U(S) ]
[ Galaxy S20+(E) ]
[ Mi 10 Pro ]
[ Mate 30 Pro ]
[ P40 Pro ]
[ Reno3 Pro 5G ]
[ Reno3 Pro ]
[ X-T30 ]
In terms of zooming, the lack of a telephoto module is compensated by the fact that the main camera is able to losslessly crop its 64MP images, although beyond 2-3x the results are not competitive with other phones with dedicated units.
The ultra-wide-angle module of the V60 is also good and amongst the top performers on the market.
[ V60 ]
[ OnePlus 8 ]
[ OnePlus 8 Pro ]
[ iPhone 11 Pro ] - [ iPhone SE ] - [ Pixel 4 ]
[ Galaxy S20U(S) ]
[ Galaxy S20+(E) ]
[ Mi 10 Pro ]
[ Mate 30 Pro ]
[ P40 Pro ]
[ Reno3 Pro 5G ]
[ Reno3 Pro ] - [ X-T30 ]
Low-light photography on the LG V60 is something solely depends on the amount of light available. In medium to lowish light the phone is able to perform fairly well, but the lack of a proper computational photography and night mode means that in darker scenarios the phone falls apart. It’s by far the biggest weak-point of the device when it comes to its camera system.
Read Our Extensive Camera Evaluation For More Samples:
Mobile Flagship Phone Camera Overview 2020 H1: Still Picture Battle
LG V60 vs LG Velvet
I haven’t had time to include the LG Velvet into a full camera comparison against the wider competition, however I did make some comparison shots against the V60 to be able to put the phone into context:
Overall, the Velvet’s camera results in terms of processing and composition is extremely similar to that of the V60, which is excellent news. Where the two phones differ is in terms of detail retention, and obviously the smaller and 48MP sensor of the Velvet here isn’t able to quite match the results of the V60.
There’s a slight dynamic range disadvantage for the Velvet, but nothing that you’d immediately pick up if you were to look at the images standalone. One more notable difference is that the colours on the Velvet are ever so slightly warmer, but again only noticeable in a few select scenarios when comparing the two phones against each other.
In general, the Velvet seems to have an excellent camera for a phone in this range, and I would say it easily beats some alternatives such as the mid-range OPPO phones, and has better processing than the OnePlus 8, with its biggest weakness again being low-light photography where the lack of a computational photography night mode is a big handicap.
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Pelonquin - Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - link
I went from a V30+ to a OnePlus 8. After getting the OnePlus replaced 3 times within 3 weeks i told them i wanted out and got the V60. I got two of them with dual screens for about the same monthly as what the 1+ would have been. I hated the thin candybar shape of the 1+ along with all the troubles that i had with it. I got tired of wasting screen protectors on the 1+.s.yu - Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - link
Interesting but...you completely skipped LG's unique audio and video features, which the Oneplus obviously lacks.Looking forward to an Xperia 1II review :)
BenSkywalker - Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - link
Nothing about the quad DAC?There are those of us who only buy LG phones because of that feature. It can drive high impedance cans, it is an entirely different tier than a regular 3.5mm jack.
Is high quality audio going to be like wide color gamut? Ignore it entirely unless Apple tells you it is important?
Quantumz0d - Thursday, July 16, 2020 - link
Look at G7 review and how the author disregarded the DAC, same for G8, in the comments for both, I made significant posts about the lack of the data. I think that's why here we do not see the ESS DAC or any of the LG's world's top smartphone in the Audio aspect doesn't even get a fucking spec list out.A shame on journalism. When we see Apple's deep SoC SPEC measuring contest where in real life it translates to nothing but dust.
Quantumz0d - Thursday, July 16, 2020 - link
Although I applaud the author for making such a strong point on the 3.5mm jack it's really rare to see, AT is one of those places where there's integrity. SD card slot should also make it to that level of appreciation, sadly with Google fucking up storage I highly doubt we will see that PCIe class SD cards anytime soon when the OEMs are pushing for cloud bs.nicolaim - Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - link
Typo: one place says Adreno 640, another 650.Dave_S - Thursday, July 16, 2020 - link
The V60 would be a great device to own. If LG would let us buy it!Their marketing and distribution SUCK! Only available in very few countries.
Not good enough LG. Lift your game or lose market share big time.
RaduR - Thursday, July 16, 2020 - link
I loved LG G3. It was a true flagship at its time . Qi, huge screen , huge resolution. It was a true flagship killer.Even the following phones with accessories were standing out of the crowd. It was G5 I believe.
But what on earth are they thinking now. Who in his right mind would buy these pieces of crap while Xiaomi Mi10 is half the price and better in any aspect. Also Samsung from last year is a better choice.
They should stop fighting against Samsung since they are not there anymore. They first should undercut Chinese products and only after that chase Samsung .
Look what One Plus and Xiaomi did. In a few yeats they are top brands but they did not fight Samsung in the first place.
LG , wake up !
TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, July 16, 2020 - link
Well, the Xiaomi and other Chinese brands are not really an option in the US unles you like playing russian roulette on network support, especially with VoLTE becoming mandatort in the next year or 2.eek2121 - Thursday, July 16, 2020 - link
I had the V30 and it was solid.I am not singing praises for LG here, because they lock their boot loader tighter than....yeah we will leave it there, but let’s just say that the majority of the problems with boot-looping and other oddities can almost always be traced back to Qualcomm.