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at a New York launch event LG unveiled the v40 thin queue its third premium phone of the year next to the v35 thin queue and g7 right away you'll notice that the most eye-catching thing about the v40 is that it has a total of five cameras three rear-facing cameras and two front-facing cameras the rear setup includes a 12 megapixel standard lens with optical image stabilization a 16 megapixel wide-angle lens and a 12 megapixel telephoto lens with 2x zoom with these two other cameras you can take a photo with a wide field of view so you could fit more content in each frame and you can also take dramatic bouquet style portraits speaking of portraits the v40 has a bunch of lighting tools too similar to the iPhone which adds studio light qualities to your photos one tool called triple shot takes a picture on all three cameras with a single tap of the shutter it saves it as three separate images as well as a moving gif there's also sinha shot which enables you to make hypnotising animated cinema graphs that you can share on the front are a 5 megapixel and an 8 megapixel camera together they take portrait shots as well and you can adjust the background blur after you take a photo you'll also get google lens to look up objects and landmarks and native AI features that optimize camera settings besides the camera the v40 has a sizable six point four inch display a water-resistant design a headphone jack and a google assistant shortcut button which you can't reprogram to watch anything else unfortunately if you love photography the v40 is worth considering for its shooting options and high-end specs but if you're more of a casual user the phone can be a bit overwhelming there are two AI systems baked in here for instance and you may end up using some tools like Sena shot only once in a while also when it comes to image quality a phone like the iPhone 10s max takes comparable and at times superior photos but it's more straightforward to use lastly keep in mind that other Android phones including the pixel three and one plus sixty are expected right around the corner so if you can wait a bit then wait all your options until after October