Honestly if LG worked on their battery capacity, software updates, and just their overall advertising program then their phones would definitely be the best Android alternative to Samsung
6 gigs of ram 2k oled screen Bigger battery Improved UI Stereo speaker Less than 800$ These things would have made the v40 one of the best phones of 2018
If LG just fixed their shit with software they would be on top of the market right now. Disappointing as they make beautiful phones with superb attention to hardware detail. :/
@@tomroberts5805 This! They have features I actually miss when I use other phones. I actually really like their software, they offer plenty of choices for customization you don't see on other phones.
This one is my next camrad. Since 2010 bought 6 mobiles. All are LG. Coz the way they make devices. If you have the pure instinct you will realize how good is LG. Life is good 👍😊👌
and the most versatile video in smartphones. played with the Lg V30 during a beach trip and damn, the manual settings is a cinematographer's safe haven. such underrated phones.
@@quchi7232 The Manuel camera on LG phones are just awesome. But the camera hardware on the V30 is just not good... I had the V30 for the last whole year. I loved the camera software but the hardware with things like the small 1.0µm pixels ruins it a bit. I don't know who thougth it is a good idea to use smaller sensors on the V30. That's just stupid. And I don't even want to start about the wide angle camera which shrinks with every new model (135° -> 125° -> 120° -> 107° ...). "Less distortion" is just a bullshit argument. That's like saying that they use only x1.5 optical zoom because x2.0 has a smaller wide angle...
@@Raja995mh33 true, sadly, I never experienced it for more than a day.. I just borrowed it, I really wanted an LG phone. I'll just wait till' they fix their software
I bought a very good condition V30 for 250$ in Korea and installed the latest cstark google camera port. I couldn't be happier. It's a pleasure to use V30. Hope V40 price also goes down like that. Oh BTW, the software on the V30 is very smooth. Haven't experienced any stutter, I was actually worried about that before buying but it's much better than I expected. My previous S8 plus was stuttering like hell, ugh Samsung.
It was great on V10 g5 v20. Not great on glass back. That's also why iPhone home button was replaced with touch id. More durable, better haptic vibration feeling. And here, the metal frame is curved boldly with a lot more blank area inside. It's great to fulfill those spaces. And you can remap that dedicated power button easily
That's what happens when you don't have a good marketing department... Many people complained about the power button on the back because they didn't know how to activate the screen by double tap. As a brand, if you are going to implement features in a way that is not the standard, you have to tell people about it and how to use them! It doesn't matter if you (LG) has always had the double tap wake up feature, you have to think about the costumers who has never had an LG phone before. And that's only one of the problems with the marketing of LG phones on recent years
@@cesararzola8380 yeah probably, but I still think they should've kept it because it's unique to LG. The back power button has been on lg phone since the LG G2. At least it still has a headphone jack.
You missing out then. The picture and video quality id superb on a iphone. Watching movies on a iphone retina screen w their built in speakers has no comparison. Keep living in the past.
Great review 👍 as always by GSMArena. I watched the shots on GSMArena site review. LG V40 's camera samples look gorgeous! Too bad, I bought the G7 a few months ago. I'm very pleased with it, but the V40 has a zoom x2 lens in addition to g7, that makes it unbeatable. And the quality of zoomed in shots look fantastic! I don't know if I have to trade my g7 for v40 . This phone is a temptation! !
I was really close to buying the lgv30 last year but I'm glad I held out I just bought the v40 yesterday and my God it's the most beautiful phone I've ever owned I was really close to getting the pixel the LG just won me over I haven't had a LG since a flip phone and a k20v I bought in 2016
I wonder if LG reduced the min and max voltage / state of charge to preserve battery life? Probably wishful thinking haha. I'm really interested in the video capabilities of this phone, 4k looks really great! And now 8 months later I can get it used for much less. Sounds like a steal to me. Thanks for the video and all your excellent reviews! Your site is awesome :)
@2:20 I'm gonna have to stop you right there, I have the Note 9, XS max and the V40 the blacks are the same on all three to my eye. They're oled panels... they turn off the backlighting for black pixels, substrate elements wouldn't change this.
I can believe what u say I real think he's saying that only because it lg and he wants people to heat lg display and i wish lg could of found a way to bring the bright 1000 nit button the have on lg g7 and the should of put a 4300 battery I think if I'm right moto has a phone with 5000 and the size of the phone is smaller then this phone
Andrew Louden yeah I'm not so sure they know what they're talking about, or they're just taking shots at LG, but all three OLEDS here are made from a plastic substrate, hence how they're able to bend to fit the iPhone and note, despite the marketing names they're all the same, just LG's isn't active matrix.
Joe's Whatever that phone you're referencing is a budget midranger with a budget snapdragon chip, it's meant to be bulkier and last longer, flagships are all about being sleek unfortunately.
Tech, not all OLEDs are the same, LG's OLEDs have trouble shutting off on certain shades of black (Or they turn off too much and crush things) or decide to show gray at points. Similar to color banding. Hard to explain, but it's like AMOLED panels from a few years ago.... Only worse in some cases. HOWEVER, batches from LG are weird, I had a PERFECT display on my V30. Others were just terrible. Still a great display, but not beating Samsung.
There's a lot to like about the V40 but it will never cease to amaze me why LG didn't put a bigger battery in a phone this size and doesn't spend more time trying to get the basics on their cameras right. With a f1.5 aperture on their main camera it should be able to go head-to-head with the Galaxy s9 and Note 9 but they still lag behind.
I really like mine. I've had it since Christmas Eve and it has excelled in everything I have needed it to do. I don't do much photography, so maybe I don't notice the limitations as much. I have used Galaxy Notes and an Xs...this is just as good!
Overall a good review of a great phone ..thanks GSMArena ! Other reviews are so biased that you don't get to see the product., so kudos to the reporting . Also incredible , engaging sharp B-Roll ! I have this phone and watched the review to see how GSMarena treated it . I only wish the reviewer would have stated that the battery was 20% smaller capacity than the other $900 plus flagships and that performance was on par for the specified capacity. Also very glad the reviewer did not harp on OS version Oreo as others do . An update , LG and most carriers discounted the phone immediately $150 to $200 making it just over $700 a week after it was announced ., so like the battery 20% less $$ than the other flagships . Kenny
This guy is soo cute with his personality and long luscious hair! Definitely not your typical geeky tech reviewer... And I meant that in a good way, lol
Totally agree with you, they should have just stick with the power button as the fingerprint scanner and no additional buttons at the sides accept for the volume button as it is way more cleaner. The design of the phone is nice though but battery size is really the main downside to this phone.
It was great on V10 g5 v20. Not great on glass back. That's also why iPhone home button was replaced with touch id. More durable, better haptic vibration feeling. And here, the metal frame is curved boldly with a lot more blank area inside. It's great to fulfill those spaces. And you can remap that dedicated power button easily
PPI is sharpnessr resolution/sharpness. but i have another question for you; how does it with the security updates? what's the latest security update. i appreciate if you would answer. thank you.
That doesn't really mean much.. what brightness? LTE or WiFi? How long on each? What were you doing? What was running in the background? If watching videos what volume?
@@KParks - Can I use an example from my usage? 65% brightness, WiFi plus a little LTE here and there. Why are you trying to discredit someone who is getting the most out of their phones? Can't you be happy for them?
Adam Schulte I think he or she was simply trying to get the details about your usage, I also have the V40 and I experienced about the same as you did except 50 percent brightness, then again our workloads probably are not the same and I have no affiliation or bias with any brand, I review phones.
@@KParks 30-90 % brightness depends if I am inside or out , all lte, mostly youtube and little web browsing, some texting and some email. Oh, and few pics and vids here and there. Right now, I am at 9 hrs of ussge and almoat 3hrs of sot with 57% left n only lte
The panel is as good as Samsung panel, this is the second reviewer now mentioning this saying" is not as dark color or colorful" when they are on point.
This is really close to Android One. Near stock Android with LG's special features and exclusive Google's touch. I'm not talking about software updates 😂
@@harysviewty i have the LG G6 and Xiamo mi a2 with Android One and let me tell that LG's skin is nowhere close to my Mi a2, Mi a2 has SD660 and LG has SD821 and from my experience i feel that Mi a2 IS Faster and have Quicker animation than LG G6 even though that SD 821 is faster than SD660
@@elghailanielbanbari3644 yes it is true. LG v20 and g6 are throttled like more than 40% of their true raw power. U can check the CPU clockspeeds. It has nothing to do with the UI. And mia2 Android One is very basic, oxygenos is just so much better
@@johnprice482 oh I got multiwindow and PiP on LG's Android 4.2 jellybean No need to wait until Android nougat and Oreo come with ots basic implementation 😂🤣😅
Gsm arena's site states that it has FM Radio receiver. Though this phone has everything n looks brilliant, the users in Greece say that it has Not FM Radio. LG kept away this feature from European release. It's weird. So I'm sticking with my G7 thinQ which it has FM Radio, but unfortunately no telephoto lens, a miss for me.
I feel that lg is the tester for things samsung adds later on to their phones with a better version. LG I think will always boarder being a perfect phone because Samsung doesn't want LG to take sale numbers from them so that they can beat Apple (tinfoil hat is on lol)
What u on about most people use Samsung phones more then Apple plus android owns almost 75% or more of the market cause the software is available on multiple phones like lg samsung htc sony etc plus lg was known for having oled screens on their tvs practically the best now phones like hawiai sony and lg now have the best displays on their phones with oled displays but the big flaws with oled displays is they were known to have screen burns
@@sulaman4280 I'm not arguing about how many people use Samsung, What I'm on about is that even though LG phones are fantastic, It feels like they purposefully set themselves up for failure with regards to grabbing customer attention. For instance the camera: My V30 has one of (if not) the best camera hardware on a phone; but the software adds a heavy blur filter that no one has wanted for years. Another thing is pricing, LG released an Android One G7 in Canada, but its priced at $700+ where other phones offer more features for less. Another thing, LG has always been slower at updating their phones, credit where its due they've made more updates than before; but its still far too late compared to other devices. What else could push a company to make these stupid decisions that will make them less popular? (puts tinfoil hat on) I think they're payed off by companies like Samsung (which uses the same design and hardware a lot) to keep their phones less appealing so that more people go for other brands that cost the same. The only difference between Samsung and LG phones now are camera pictures quality and Bixby (Samsung) vs Google assistant and DAC/Amp support (LG). If LG made their camera software as good as Samsung; along with quick updates to the OS and security patches, they would be far more popular and Samsung would start losing sales. I know it sounds cringe and conspiracy theory crazy... but it really explains the stupid decisions LG has made for years. I love my V30; but I feel like it was held back in many ways.
@@VEN0M415 but in canada the currency is shit in uk were im at android high end are around £700 to £849 and i phones around £950 but lg phones are way cheaper hell their even cheaper then the one plus phones the recent g7 is around £430 or £400 from Amazon thats around $500 us dollars but were ur at the currency is shit
next year lg should make their phone full display notchless and bezel less.. keep the boombox because it really does catch my attention.. i will surely buy.. another option is lg stylus
Well the v35 is actually alot better phone it runs smoothly better then the v40 also the screen looks smother then the v20 also update on the high five chip . Is not to much of a update compare to what the v20 did but we have the v40 so I recommend. Spending the price for it ! I like my v35 cause it fits my every day Life as a nomal person ! also don't forget the v20 won't get any more updates!
Hmm..If you want a selfie phone, I think you should buy an iPhone. This phone is for content creators and people who will spend the time using the manual features of the camera. Doing a camera review and not even touching on these features is selling the phone very short. It has one of the best cameras and the best audio on the market. It's a shame it's seldom reviewed correctly.
Flashlight shortcut key in "always on display" isn't working, have been using the mobile only for a month. Edit: After multiple restarts it finally started to work.
I guess my expectations because I am older the phone cameras are not a replacement EVER for a real camera. They are designed for on the go picture taking so when people start talking about picture quality from a phone which basically all of them are hit and miss it really hurts my had want to say please be quiet. This phone does a very good job and to be honest not everyone is 22 and want to take selfies all day long. I use my phone for work so it needs to get in and out of emails, have a good speaker phone, web conferencing. That a decent picture, not a life style portrait.
watching the g7 review of Angie, I was surprised to know that a 3 ampere battery of g7 had a 77 hr endurance rating than the lg v40 with 3.3 ampere battery with 64 hrs rating!! is this correct as this one has amoled display, and should be less power consumption??
i love my v40 i couldve got a note 9 couldve got a xs max but i didnt i wanted something different, and i love music and this phone hands down has the best speakers on any phone, this phone litrally shakes when the speaker is up
Still on the fence with Huawei mate 20 pro and LG V40.. Huawei has better batt but LG has the headphone jack plus I'm currently on LG V30 which Is a good phone.
I thought your review was very weak. I'll grant you the MLP is probably too high but in reality the phone generally can had for a lot less. In that, you're getting a ton of spec's for a phone. i don't take any photos anymore and when I really want to take a nice photo I use my SLR, The phone is mainly for getting that quick shot in. However, if you take photos the phone is loaded. What I love about this phone is the DAC 32 for music. Unbelievablle. That I do use and a lot. It has a headphone jack to support this quality of sound. i have the carmine red and it puts Apple's red to such shame. The one thing that concerns me is software updates. I gather people who use samsung's have this problem also. To conclude, the v40 is a wonderful phone. Although I have a xs Max, I tend to pickup my v40. When I go out, I still lean to the v40. It's lighter and I can't help loving the Carmin red.
The LG v40 is $400 unlocked at Costco.com right now. My OP6T has a RAM consumption issue. I literally have to restart it 10+ times a day to clear the RAM. Is the V40 just as good?
Honestly if LG worked on their battery capacity, software updates, and just their overall advertising program then their phones would definitely be the best Android alternative to Samsung
You're right bro
Straight up facts
That's been known since 5 yrs ago
Watching from my LG V30...best phone I've ever had (had them all from iPhones to Galaxy). personally think LG phones are waaay underrated..
Me.from LG V20 😎...now I look p30 huawei
Me as well I loved the LG 5 Stylo so much I kept buying them every time after there time was up refurnished. LG is very understand.
LG -V40 all day for me
6 gigs of ram
2k oled screen
Bigger battery
Improved UI
Stereo speaker
Less than 800$
These things would have made the v40 one of the best phones of 2018
If you're with TMobile it's been below 800 for a long while. Just $720, that's super worth.
The v40 does have 6 gigs of RAM tho
Have you not heard of Note 9? Checks all those boxes and more
@@aok9153 writing this reply from a note 9
@@Mustafa_9628 Weird flex but ok
I just wanted that quad dac...!!!
What is qued dac?
The good old v20 with the removable battery.. I still have it, stuffed a huuuuge 10500mAh battery on the back.. Now i have 3 days in one charge 👌😁
If LG just fixed their shit with software they would be on top of the market right now. Disappointing as they make beautiful phones with superb attention to hardware detail. :/
Since its release,. LG had updated this thing like 6x. They're improving a lot
@Infinite Justice, The best. shadow gun legends
LG’s software is what keeps me buying their phones. It’s the best I’ve used on an android phone.
@@tomroberts5805 This! They have features I actually miss when I use other phones. I actually really like their software, they offer plenty of choices for customization you don't see on other phones.
@@tjveith yup! Plus in my experience so far its also the most stable. Always a rock solid performance!
It still has a headphone jack
This one is my next camrad. Since 2010 bought 6 mobiles. All are LG. Coz the way they make devices. If you have the pure instinct you will realize how good is LG. Life is good 👍😊👌
Thanks for the headphone jack LG, you are awesome
Makes me so sad that the power button isn't on the back anymore. I always loved that about LG phones.
yeps so do I , dissapointing power button placement -_-
Yeah me too, had admired about the design language from G2 and had been comfortably using it on my V20 and V30..
Damn that red colour version is lit 😎
LG phones are more like an Audiophile phone.
and the most versatile video in smartphones.
played with the Lg V30 during a beach trip and damn, the manual settings is a cinematographer's safe haven.
such underrated phones.
@@quchi7232
The Manuel camera on LG phones are just awesome. But the camera hardware on the V30 is just not good... I had the V30 for the last whole year. I loved the camera software but the hardware with things like the small 1.0µm pixels ruins it a bit. I don't know who thougth it is a good idea to use smaller sensors on the V30. That's just stupid.
And I don't even want to start about the wide angle camera which shrinks with every new model (135° -> 125° -> 120° -> 107° ...). "Less distortion" is just a bullshit argument. That's like saying that they use only x1.5 optical zoom because x2.0 has a smaller wide angle...
@@Raja995mh33 true, sadly, I never experienced it for more than a day.. I just borrowed it, I really wanted an LG phone. I'll just wait till' they fix their software
Critique Truth what a audiophile
Yupyup
I bought a very good condition V30 for 250$ in Korea and installed the latest cstark google camera port.
I couldn't be happier. It's a pleasure to use V30. Hope V40 price also goes down like that. Oh BTW, the software on the V30 is very smooth. Haven't experienced any stutter, I was actually worried about that before buying but it's much better than I expected. My previous S8 plus was stuttering like hell, ugh Samsung.
5:11 It is ThinQ not ThinkQ 🙄
Okay, I loved the fact that the power button was a fingerprint sensor too. Why would they remove it? Its awesome!
It was great on V10 g5 v20. Not great on glass back.
That's also why iPhone home button was replaced with touch id. More durable, better haptic vibration feeling.
And here, the metal frame is curved boldly with a lot more blank area inside. It's great to fulfill those spaces. And you can remap that dedicated power button easily
@@harysviewty g6 had it it was awesome
That's what happens when you don't have a good marketing department... Many people complained about the power button on the back because they didn't know how to activate the screen by double tap. As a brand, if you are going to implement features in a way that is not the standard, you have to tell people about it and how to use them! It doesn't matter if you (LG) has always had the double tap wake up feature, you have to think about the costumers who has never had an LG phone before. And that's only one of the problems with the marketing of LG phones on recent years
@@cesararzola8380 and knockcode is even faster than current under screen fingerprint sensor
@@cesararzola8380 yeah probably, but I still think they should've kept it because it's unique to LG. The back power button has been on lg phone since the LG G2. At least it still has a headphone jack.
cool intro. i thought my quality are set on 240p at first then slowly turned to HD. cool editing.
Watching on my LG V30...best phone I've ever had..
I just got an almost new one on ebay for just $160, and I love it.
LG V40 FTW!!
Never cared for iPhones, never will..
Me either but this phone is garbage
You missing out then.
The picture and video quality id superb on a iphone. Watching movies on a iphone retina screen w their built in speakers has no comparison.
Keep living in the past.
Some of the last soldiers that keep the headphone jack...
where have we ended up to.. this is like 99% talking about the cameras. Much innovation...
best audio for audiophiles. i need my 3.5 jack. go lg go....never change. i love lg.
Great review 👍 as always by GSMArena.
I watched the shots on GSMArena site review. LG V40 's camera samples look gorgeous!
Too bad, I bought the G7 a few months ago. I'm very pleased with it, but the V40 has a zoom x2 lens in addition to g7, that makes it unbeatable. And the quality of zoomed in shots look fantastic!
I don't know if I have to trade my g7 for v40 . This phone is a temptation! !
Maybe I gonna buy this bad boy today.
Im Loving mine.
Why?
@@pacoboss6865 Coz it has everything i need. Amazing screen, amazing audio quality,big storage and a wide angle.
What about the selfie cam? Is it good?
I like lg v40♥👏
I was really close to buying the lgv30 last year but I'm glad I held out I just bought the v40 yesterday and my God it's the most beautiful phone I've ever owned I was really close to getting the pixel the LG just won me over I haven't had a LG since a flip phone and a k20v I bought in 2016
I wonder if LG reduced the min and max voltage / state of charge to preserve battery life?
Probably wishful thinking haha.
I'm really interested in the video capabilities of this phone, 4k looks really great! And now 8 months later I can get it used for much less. Sounds like a steal to me.
Thanks for the video and all your excellent reviews! Your site is awesome :)
LG Mobiles are very good
Definitely!!
Great Review! And im loving the new HDR Advanced on the V40!
@2:20 I'm gonna have to stop you right there, I have the Note 9, XS max and the V40 the blacks are the same on all three to my eye. They're oled panels... they turn off the backlighting for black pixels, substrate elements wouldn't change this.
I can believe what u say I real think he's saying that only because it lg and he wants people to heat lg display and i wish lg could of found a way to bring the bright 1000 nit button the have on lg g7 and the should of put a 4300 battery I think if I'm right moto has a phone with 5000 and the size of the phone is smaller then this phone
Andrew Louden yeah I'm not so sure they know what they're talking about, or they're just taking shots at LG, but all three OLEDS here are made from a plastic substrate, hence how they're able to bend to fit the iPhone and note, despite the marketing names they're all the same, just LG's isn't active matrix.
Joe's Whatever that phone you're referencing is a budget midranger with a budget snapdragon chip, it's meant to be bulkier and last longer, flagships are all about being sleek unfortunately.
Tech, not all OLEDs are the same, LG's OLEDs have trouble shutting off on certain shades of black (Or they turn off too much and crush things) or decide to show gray at points. Similar to color banding.
Hard to explain, but it's like AMOLED panels from a few years ago.... Only worse in some cases.
HOWEVER, batches from LG are weird, I had a PERFECT display on my V30. Others were just terrible.
Still a great display, but not beating Samsung.
Chandler The Changeling I did notice that on last years V30 but not this years V40 this display is SOOOO close to the SAMOLED panels.
There's a lot to like about the V40 but it will never cease to amaze me why LG didn't put a bigger battery in a phone this size and doesn't spend more time trying to get the basics on their cameras right. With a f1.5 aperture on their main camera it should be able to go head-to-head with the Galaxy s9 and Note 9 but they still lag behind.
I really like mine. I've had it since Christmas Eve and it has excelled in everything I have needed it to do. I don't do much photography, so maybe I don't notice the limitations as much. I have used Galaxy Notes and an Xs...this is just as good!
You are way underrated. U deserve more subs
Overall a good review of a great phone ..thanks GSMArena ! Other reviews are so biased that you don't get to see the product., so kudos to the reporting . Also incredible , engaging sharp B-Roll !
I have this phone and watched the review to see how GSMarena treated it . I only wish the reviewer would have stated that the battery was 20% smaller capacity than the other $900 plus flagships and that performance was on par for the specified capacity. Also very glad the reviewer did not harp on OS version Oreo as others do .
An update , LG and most carriers discounted the phone immediately $150 to $200 making it just over $700 a week after it was announced ., so like the battery 20% less $$ than the other flagships .
Kenny
This guy is soo cute with his personality and long luscious hair! Definitely not your typical geeky tech reviewer... And I meant that in a good way, lol
I thoroughly agree
Does still have the knock knock code even if the screen is off...that feature is amazing...tapping your code while the screen is off and it unlocks
Yup it a still does & it's freaking sweet to someone to whom it's a new and unique feature not previously experienced
Totally agree with you, they should have just stick with the power button as the fingerprint scanner and no additional buttons at the sides accept for the volume button as it is way more cleaner. The design of the phone is nice though but battery size is really the main downside to this phone.
It was great on V10 g5 v20. Not great on glass back.
That's also why iPhone home button was replaced with touch id. More durable, better haptic vibration feeling.
And here, the metal frame is curved boldly with a lot more blank area inside. It's great to fulfill those spaces. And you can remap that dedicated power button easily
GSM Arena, has the best of best site, but not yT reviewers.
BIG UPS TO GSM ARENA ABOUT THE NEW CHIPSETS COMING OUT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SPEED TESTS.
Planning to get one. Miss my v20. Was great.
simply the best I'll be getting this phone soon,
GSM arena is very big Name for Gadget 🏅🥇🏅
The lg G2 was probably my favorite lg phone
I see... that white interface skin is bad, only serve to stress eyes and drain battery.
There are some pre-installed optimized dark/black /high contrast themes to choose. And this thing support native substratum theming
There's a bunch of free themes in the lg store to fix that.
Well it comes cheaper at 750 on T-Mobile, so what do you think dudes is it worth it?
Yes. Absolutely worth it.
No
Only if you don't care about modding your phone.
@@doge-of-venice modding?
@@francispena2818 Install custom firmware and/or kernel, root your phone, unlock the bootloader.
Good review lg v40 is not bada phone that way still lg v40 is doing good for lg brand..... Lg keeps inovating that is great to hear....
Lg v40 thinq one of the best camera smartphone.....😍😍😍😘
This guy is bugging , color accuracy is unimpressive? He has more PPI then the X s max and Note 9 😅 I have the note 9 and V40. This guy is smoking.
David Santos ppi isn’t colour accuracy dumbass
PPI is sharpnessr resolution/sharpness. but i have another question for you; how does it with the security updates? what's the latest security update. i appreciate if you would answer. thank you.
This is a huge bar full of awesomeness
At 6:32,that bus is from my town Zavidovici,Bosnia and Herzegovina.Nice.
This phone is amazing and the battery life is great. I got over 6hrs of sot with 25hrs of usage before it died
That doesn't really mean much.. what brightness? LTE or WiFi? How long on each? What were you doing? What was running in the background? If watching videos what volume?
@@KParks - Can I use an example from my usage? 65% brightness, WiFi plus a little LTE here and there. Why are you trying to discredit someone who is getting the most out of their phones? Can't you be happy for them?
Adam Schulte I think he or she was simply trying to get the details about your usage, I also have the V40 and I experienced about the same as you did except 50 percent brightness, then again our workloads probably are not the same and I have no affiliation or bias with any brand, I review phones.
@@KParks 30-90 % brightness depends if I am inside or out , all lte, mostly youtube and little web browsing, some texting and some email. Oh, and few pics and vids here and there.
Right now, I am at 9 hrs of ussge and almoat 3hrs of sot with 57% left n only lte
My boyfriend got more than 9hrs SOT. LTE. auto brightness indoor
Nice colour.....good built quality....best fotography....present tecnology 👍👍👍👍
Good , best and Honest review every youtuber must follow. Headsdown for gsmarena
watching on my LG V40+
I have it beautiful strong high gorilla glass phone with 4k images and quality sound both regular sound and with headphones i have no complaints👍💯
10:35 oh damn what happened there😂
This is such a great phone ...highly recommend it as I got it for 289 USD unlocked
Haha - I bought one used also for under $300 ! What a score !
Surprisingly, this phone smoked iPhone xs in speed tests
Matt C. In real life use, the speed test differences are negligible.
nah iphone xs is faster irl usage..it hurts but what can i do
Amazing audio experience. V40 is not a phone. It is a dap which can call to someone
Best phone today at its price point.. yes, even in 2021
Oneplus 5g for metro is better
I have this phone and I would like to say that it DOES in fact have a notification LED.
Where? Doesn't seem like anyone else has found one yet.
It's really a good and lite phone. And display is fantastic. I have At&t. And I'm really happy with my v40. And especially its skin full of themes.
Does v40 have raw format recording? LG-Log file in cine video mode? or does it only adds color filter over video?
favorite phone i've ever had.
The panel is as good as Samsung panel, this is the second reviewer now mentioning this saying" is not as dark color or colorful" when they are on point.
I really hate how they moved the power button from the back to the side. It was one of the defining features of the V30
Imagine if this Phone was with Android one
This is really close to Android One. Near stock Android with LG's special features and exclusive Google's touch. I'm not talking about software updates 😂
@@harysviewty i have the LG G6 and Xiamo mi a2 with Android One and let me tell that LG's skin is nowhere close to my Mi a2, Mi a2 has SD660 and LG has SD821 and from my experience i feel that Mi a2 IS Faster and have Quicker animation than LG G6 even though that SD 821 is faster than SD660
@@elghailanielbanbari3644 yes it is true. LG v20 and g6 are throttled like more than 40% of their true raw power. U can check the CPU clockspeeds. It has nothing to do with the UI.
And mia2 Android One is very basic, oxygenos is just so much better
Every android phone should just be android one. Every other bloat infested custom rom is shit and is dragging the android experience down.
@@johnprice482 oh I got multiwindow and PiP on LG's Android 4.2 jellybean
No need to wait until Android nougat and Oreo come with ots basic implementation 😂🤣😅
Gsm arena's site states that it has FM Radio receiver. Though this phone has everything n looks brilliant, the users in Greece say that it has Not FM Radio. LG kept away this feature from European release.
It's weird.
So I'm sticking with my G7 thinQ which it has FM Radio, but unfortunately no telephoto lens, a miss for me.
I feel that lg is the tester for things samsung adds later on to their phones with a better version. LG I think will always boarder being a perfect phone because Samsung doesn't want LG to take sale numbers from them so that they can beat Apple (tinfoil hat is on lol)
What u on about most people use Samsung phones more then Apple plus android owns almost 75% or more of the market cause the software is available on multiple phones like lg samsung htc sony etc plus lg was known for having oled screens on their tvs practically the best now phones like hawiai sony and lg now have the best displays on their phones with oled displays but the big flaws with oled displays is they were known to have screen burns
@@sulaman4280 I'm not arguing about how many people use Samsung, What I'm on about is that even though LG phones are fantastic, It feels like they purposefully set themselves up for failure with regards to grabbing customer attention. For instance the camera: My V30 has one of (if not) the best camera hardware on a phone; but the software adds a heavy blur filter that no one has wanted for years. Another thing is pricing, LG released an Android One G7 in Canada, but its priced at $700+ where other phones offer more features for less. Another thing, LG has always been slower at updating their phones, credit where its due they've made more updates than before; but its still far too late compared to other devices.
What else could push a company to make these stupid decisions that will make them less popular? (puts tinfoil hat on) I think they're payed off by companies like Samsung (which uses the same design and hardware a lot) to keep their phones less appealing so that more people go for other brands that cost the same.
The only difference between Samsung and LG phones now are camera pictures quality and Bixby (Samsung) vs Google assistant and DAC/Amp support (LG). If LG made their camera software as good as Samsung; along with quick updates to the OS and security patches, they would be far more popular and Samsung would start losing sales. I know it sounds cringe and conspiracy theory crazy... but it really explains the stupid decisions LG has made for years. I love my V30; but I feel like it was held back in many ways.
@@VEN0M415 but in canada the currency is shit in uk were im at android high end are around £700 to £849 and i phones around £950 but lg phones are way cheaper hell their even cheaper then the one plus phones the recent g7 is around £430 or £400 from Amazon thats around $500 us dollars but were ur at the currency is shit
next year lg should make their phone full display notchless and bezel less.. keep the boombox because it really does catch my attention.. i will surely buy.. another option is lg stylus
On a LG G2 now, I think I'll wait for the V50 to come out and hopefully the price of V40 will come down.
Has it improved the Dac?
Same as V30 or better?
My V20 sounds better than my V30 or V35? Why?
Well the v35 is actually alot better phone it runs smoothly better then the v40 also the screen looks smother then the v20 also update on the high five chip . Is not to much of a update compare to what the v20 did but we have the v40 so I recommend. Spending the price for it ! I like my v35 cause it fits my every day Life as a nomal person ! also don't forget the v20 won't get any more updates!
How about the macro photo, or the slow motion filming?
Hmm..If you want a selfie phone, I think you should buy an iPhone.
This phone is for content creators and people who will spend the time using the manual features of the camera. Doing a camera review and not even touching on these features is selling the phone very short. It has one of the best cameras and the best audio on the market. It's a shame it's seldom reviewed correctly.
this kind of reviews are for sheeple...or general public. we know better.
Flashlight shortcut key in "always on display" isn't working, have been using the mobile only for a month.
Edit: After multiple restarts it finally started to work.
Watching this on my v40 thin q😎
How could you notice the black level difference, if in the same sentence you said that you can't notice this with a naked eye?
I guess my expectations because I am older the phone cameras are not a replacement EVER for a real camera. They are designed for on the go picture taking so when people start talking about picture quality from a phone which basically all of them are hit and miss it really hurts my had want to say please be quiet. This phone does a very good job and to be honest not everyone is 22 and want to take selfies all day long. I use my phone for work so it needs to get in and out of emails, have a good speaker phone, web conferencing. That a decent picture, not a life style portrait.
I have it. Its a great phone. The reviewer's forget manual mode for the camera.
battery life could have been better. but overall a good package from LG
You guys should review the Xiomi Mi Mix 3
I like the selfie camera
GSMARENA No.1
Great review, thanks :)
I don't know who this guy is but his hair gets better in every video.
Yes, he looks so yummy
@@harysviewty umm.... I was just talking about the guy's hair but ok.lol
watching the g7 review of Angie, I was surprised to know that a 3 ampere battery of g7 had a 77 hr endurance rating than the lg v40 with 3.3 ampere battery with 64 hrs rating!! is this correct as this one has amoled display, and should be less power consumption??
Do a review of the lg v50 thin q
I have the v20 and its update time should I get the v40 or go with the new Samsung phone. The v20 was awesome to me but always wanted a galaxies phone
For video recording which is best lg v40, lg g8s, oneplus 7t, asus 6z, redmi k20pro, realme x2pro, samsung s9plus
i love my v40 i couldve got a note 9 couldve got a xs max but i didnt i wanted something different, and i love music and this phone hands down has the best speakers on any phone, this phone litrally shakes when the speaker is up
Nice review!
Beast of phone...
Still on the fence with Huawei mate 20 pro and LG V40.. Huawei has better batt but LG has the headphone jack plus I'm currently on LG V30 which Is a good phone.
Red one is cool👌👌👌👌
I thought your review was very weak. I'll grant you the MLP is probably too high but in reality the phone generally can had for a lot less. In that, you're getting a ton of spec's for a phone. i don't take any photos anymore and when I really want to take a nice photo I use my SLR, The phone is mainly for getting that quick shot in. However, if you take photos the phone is loaded.
What I love about this phone is the DAC 32 for music. Unbelievablle. That I do use and a lot. It has a headphone jack to support this quality of sound. i have the carmine red and it puts Apple's red to such shame.
The one thing that concerns me is software updates. I gather people who use samsung's have this problem also. To conclude, the v40 is a wonderful phone. Although I have a xs Max, I tend to pickup my v40. When I go out, I still lean to the v40. It's lighter and I can't help loving the Carmin red.
What's the difference between regular v 40 and the ThinQ?
when will LG make a "BTQ" phone?
The LG v40 is $400 unlocked at Costco.com right now. My OP6T has a RAM consumption issue. I literally have to restart it 10+ times a day to clear the RAM. Is the V40 just as good?
They exist since 2000 or something. How old were these people ? 4?