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this is the LGV 40 thank you the company's latest and greatest flagship and a successor to one of our favorite lineups the V has always been about embracing creators with amazing tools that are hard to find in other phones and this time it has spelled at an insane amount of cameras I'm high metal even up with pocket now and this is our full review LG has always been a brand that I'd consider misunderstood in the smartphone world they've launched some of the best smartphones that we've tested over the past few years and yet I feel that they don't have the popularity that they deserve take the hardware for example this phone has five cameras yes and insane three at the back and two at the front sure the v40 looks a lot like its predecessor the b35 but once you hold it you'll also notice differences there's an interesting beveled finish in the glass and a slight curve that was absent in its predecessor and it also seems like the weight distribution was changed the result is a phablet phone that feels very light and pleasant in the hand this seasonless black color variant has a nice shade of blue when you shift it but boy does it love fingerprints we've got a gorgeous six point four inch quad HD plus full vision OLED display with HDR 10 capabilities color saturation is on points with deep blacks and I really just find this to be an overall beautiful display yes it has a notch but it compensates with one of the smallest Chin's I've seen on a phone yet like if you notice the bezels at the top of the bottom this phone looks symmetrical everywhere again except for the knotch I also love that this is probably one of the coolest always-on displays in the market with awesome ways to tailor it to your heart's content to assist with content consumption we have LG's signature boombox speaker at the bottom the series for yes it is not dual firing but just like in the case of the g7 you can try covering it all you want the phone is still using the body as a resonance chamber to provide audio regardless so of my advice give it a try placing it on a wooden table and notice just how loud this phone gets when you unbox the LGB 40 we have a shammy for those of you wanting to keep your phone clean then we have the v40 front and center and the usual literature that most of us will ignore we have a fast charger along with a USBC cable inside and even if we don't get B&O headphones in the box there is a pair of LG headphones that can the 32-bit quad deck that LG devices have been famous for for those of you that are really into audio quality because yes there's also a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack on this device aside from that tucked inside we have a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor 62 bytes of RAM 64 gigs of expandable storage there's a 3300 milliamp hour battery with fast charging capabilities through USB C wireless charging in addition to ip68 water and dust resistance and milspec 810 durability standards now as much as I'll praise the hardware package for the most part my complaints begin with the software and sure I will admit that there's really nothing wrong with LG's UI from a usability standpoint I just find it to be dated and really just unnecessary it's really kind of odd considering that LG is already launching variants of the g7 with Android one out of the box you do have options to use the app drawer in case you don't like your icons scattered all over the UI which I use primarily I do hand it to LG for this being a very fluid UI regardless I love that the Google feed has now replaced the company's useless dashboard to the left I do prefer the setting and I also love how LG embraces the Google assistant with a dedicated button as every phone should and then one of my favorites is the fact that you can extend the navigation buttons at the bottom to make one-handed use more practical on such a large phone the UI is also good about handling day-to-day use with zero lag since I began using the device and with gameplay being the least of my problems design began using it and sure I know that a lot of you don't have a problem using the UI as it is my biggest complaint is really the fact that this phone is still running Android 8.1 Oreo at a time when Android Pi has already reached devices like the oneplus 6 now probably what I do love the most is that regardless of my complaints about the UI the smaller than average battery on this phone has zero problems when it comes to endurance I've been testing the LG v 40 thank you for about more than a week in new york city and i seriously haven't had a problem this phone ends the day just fine and always has enough juice left to spare and then when it comes to phone calls I'm honestly not a fan of the offset earpiece but the sound quality is plenty loud regardless and when it comes to data speeds like this phone has no problems whatsoever which is one of the things that I praise about devices with Qualcomm modems now when it comes to cameras more lenses is great but not necessarily better when it comes to implementation and the back we have a standard 12 megapixel F 1.5 aperture camera at 78 degrees of field of view and 1.4 microns there's also a 16 megapixel wide-angle camera at F 1.9 aperture and 107 degrees of field of view and making its first appearance for LG is a new 12 megapixel telephoto lens at F 2.4 aperture and 45 degrees of field of view with 2 X optical zoom at the front we have an 8 megapixel standard camera at F 1.9 aperture and 80 degrees of field of view and a 5 megapixel wide at a 2.2 aperture and 90 degrees of field of view I know not much of a difference and the reason why I mention implementation is because the only place that I find lag on this phone is at how long it takes to launch the camera and how long it takes to transition from one lens to the other I'm hoping that this is a software bug as other enhancements like manual controls for photo and video are still the gold standard for smart phones and pretty much only provided by devices from LG but when it comes to photography really I do praise the results from this phone I love the company's approach to saturation and detail sure they might be a little oversaturated for some of you but I love color so for me this is great and then the flexibility of the wide-angle lens makes the option for epic photography so cool whenever you need it low-light photos are also impressive as we do have some sort of a night mode that uses pixel binning here the amount of detail is great from the primary shooter thanks to the larger microns in addition to the pixel binning and then there are also some fun modes like letting you take three photos at a time and different angles and even make a small zoom video in case you want to keep a moment from different perspectives I find that to be genius portrait photos are not necessarily my favorite on any phone and LG does a decent job I would say though I'm not really a fan of how it handles lighting and it does offer portrait lighting options that I haven't really cared about much and since we're talking about portrait photos I have to say that selfies on this phone are also good given the flexibility of the wide-angle I'm not really a fan of the dynamic range even when HDR is mentioned but they're good in most scenarios I would say LG is also finally taking the jump out of the box in providing 4k video at 60 frames per second and 240 frames per second video at 1080p with HDR capabilities there is no digital civilization being mentioned at 4k at 60 if you go down to 4k at 30 or 1080p at any frame rate you do have digital civilization being provided and I love that LG has done away with all the fake sharpening that I didn't like in its previous phones video is warm balanced and pleasing you can also switch between the regular and the telephoto while recording which I find to be great though if you want to do that with the wide-angle you'll have to record a separate video fair warning the digital stabilization is kind of warm P when you walk but that's usually the case with most smartphones today and then in the case of the selfie video recording Department sadly you cannot switch between cameras but at least you can pick the crop that you want what's the belies a ssin being provided on both to conclude I have to say I am honestly very impressed and that's actually a trend when it comes to LG phones I've been a huge fan of their hardware choices since the g6 and this company really knows how to make a beautiful phone that's well SPECT and that's what I would really call the full package when it comes to features like seriously I have no problem in recommending any LG phone so far obviously not everything is perfect I wish the software was better the camera software definitely needs some tuning and I'm having a hard time swallowing the nine hundred dollar price tag depending on your carrier or options still I mean let's face it there are other phones that cost more than the v40 and give you two less cameras and far less granularity and controls in addition to awesome features like a headphone jack and the quad deck like seriously if you're in the market for a great phone that's plenty capable and want to get creative about photography and video I would say that this is it I would definitely recommend that you give the LGV 40 thank you a try so far this is definitely one of the best phones of 2018 folks let us know what you think about the LGV 40 thank you in the comments and while you're at it make sure you follow us on social media and subscribe to both of our channels English and Spanish for more videos like this one and follow me on Twitter heinie underscore to be better on Instagram at home every data please give this video a thumbs up if you liked what you saw I'm high netting that I thanks so much for watching we'll see you on the next one