"The V30 keeps LG in the high-end smartphone conversation, and in the way that LG chooses to specialize -- digital imaging, both for stills and video," observed Ramon Llamas, a research manager at IDC.
"It's a smart move, considering how much people use the cameras on their phones these days," he told TechNewsWorld.
While the V30 "has several features that set it apart from other vendors' flagships, "one of the most important is that it is the first band 71-capable 600 MHz LTE smartphone, Strategy Analytics' Hyers told TechNewsWorld.
It will work on T-Mobile USA's new 600-MHz network being rolled out over the summer, he said.
This is "a big deal for LG since it guarantees the V30 will receive strong promotion from T-Mobile, [which] is the fastest growing network provider in the nation," Hyers added.
LG "will need all the help it can get promotion-wise for the V30 during the upcoming holiday season, since its announcement is sandwiched between Samsung's Note8 announcement and the announcement of three new iPhones," he pointed out.
The V30's use of internal display technologies "is on par with Samsung's deployment of OLED displays," noted Gerrit Schneemann, senior analyst at IHS Markit.
It lets the V30 "take advantage of advanced features like VR and HDR streaming content," he told TechNewsWorld.
That advantage may be canceled out, however, as wireless carriers throttle content.
