**The V40: A Flagship Device with Unique Features**
One of the standout features of the V40 is its camera system, which boasts three cameras on the back and two on the front. While this may not be useful for everyone, it does offer a level of versatility that's hard to find in other devices. The triple-camera setup on the back includes a wide-angle lens, a telephoto lens, and a depth sensor, allowing users to capture high-quality photos and videos with ease. Additionally, the phone features a "Cine Shot" mode, which allows users to create professional-looking cinematic footage by masking out specific areas of the frame.
However, our experience with this feature was underwhelming. We found it difficult to use, and the resulting footage didn't quite live up to our expectations. While there are apps available that can simulate this process, such as Peter McKinnon's tutorials, they don't offer the same level of quality as the built-in Cine Shot mode. Furthermore, not all phones have this feature, so it may be less appealing to users who aren't interested in advanced filmmaking.
The V40 also boasts strong audio hardware, with a 32-bit DAC and headphones that are included in the box. The speaker is still a mono unit, which can limit its overall sound quality. However, the phone's audio capabilities are boosted by Boombox Technologies, which uses the empty space inside the device as a resonance chamber to amplify bass notes. While this doesn't quite replace a stereo speaker, it does make bass sounds stronger and more pronounced.
The V40's screen is another standout feature, with a 6.4-inch 1440p OLED panel that looks stunning. Unfortunately, it's not without its drawbacks – the phone still features a notch at the top of the screen, which can be distracting for some users. However, this can be easily hidden in software, and we found the overall quality of the display to be excellent.
The bezels around the device are also relatively thick, but they're still sleek enough to avoid looking too bulky. The chin is not particularly thin either, which may be a disappointment for users who prefer thinner devices. Overall, however, the screen is one of the phone's strongest features, with great viewing angles and excellent color accuracy.
**Pricing and Timing**
The V40 is available at a price point of $900, which makes it difficult to recommend despite its impressive features. With so many other flagship devices on the market that offer similar capabilities at lower prices, it can be hard for users to justify spending this much money on a single device. If the V40 had been released earlier in the year, perhaps when spring launches are more common, it would have been easier to recommend. As it is, however, we're left wondering if the phone's unique features are enough to make it worth the investment.
**Conclusion**
The V40 is a solid flagship device with some impressive features, particularly its camera system and audio hardware. However, the timing of its release has made it difficult for us to recommend despite its strong qualities. If you're interested in music or high-fidelity audio, the phone's audio capabilities are definitely worth checking out. Similarly, if you're a filmmaker or enthusiast who wants to create professional-looking content, the Cine Shot mode is definitely worth exploring. Ultimately, however, we would need to see more competition from other manufacturers before we could wholeheartedly recommend the V40 at its price point.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey how's gone Dave 2d here so LG just announced their v40 thin queue their new 5 camera flagship phone and I've only had mine for a couple days but I thought to give some early impressions on this device the main feature about this thing is the 5 cameras there's 3 cameras in the back 2 cameras up front and the 3 in the back have 3 different zoom so as your standard lens a zoom lens and then a wide-angle so LG's two camera phones usually have a standard and then a wide-angle that's kind of what made LG's phone's unique in the sense that they just had instead of a zoom lens they would have a wide-angle to kind of give you a wider perspective of what if you're shooting which I've always liked but they now added this third lens a zoom lens so now this camera has a huge gamut of focal lengths to choose from when you take photos the other thing is they actually have a triple shot function so when you take a photo you can preview all three lenses at once you can kind of choose which focal length you prefer so obviously having three camera lenses isn't super useful for everybody but it's something that allows you to just kind of compose your shots a little bit better I'm not a huge photographer but there's one thing I'll say for sure if you're ever taking a photo instead of just moving up and moving away from your subject to kind of reframe or just kind of compose your shots better this just makes it a lot more easier and convenient the other two of the five cameras are for the front-facing camera so you can have your regular selfie or kind of like a wider angle selfie which I've assuming is for group selfies and stuff like that now I never thought I'd see the day where I would think that having five cameras was useful and realistically speaking this is not something that I think everyone should be aiming for and I feel like some of the phones out there are just over the top in terms of camera count but with these particular cameras the three on the back and the two up front it just makes sense it's not useful for everybody but at least there's utility for every single one of those cameras another feature on the v40 is what they call cine shot it's basically a Cinna graph making function and you take a video mask out the section that you want to keep moving and now you've created a cine graph my experience with this particular application wasn't amazing Oh difficult to use and it's not something that looks particularly amazing like if you've seen Cinna graphs that are made by more professional software you can get stuff that looks amazing like Peter McKinnon has a really cool tutorial on how to make this stuff they can look incredible but you're somewhat limited as to good they look coming out of the v40 the other thing you need to keep in mind is that there are applications out there like if you have another phone that's not the v40 there are apps out there they can simulate this process as well so it's not like this is the only way to create Cinna graphs on your phone there are apps that can do what this thing has built in the audio Hardware on the v40 is strong again this year as you would expect it's got that 32 bit DAC it's got a headphone jack obviously and includes some headphones in the box the speaker is unfortunately a mono speaker it's something I didn't expect because so many other flagship this year are now running stereo speakers this is still running a mono speaker it is running the boombox technologies that they've carried over from the LG G 7 so they basically used the empty space inside the device as a resonance chamber to amp up the bass it does sound like stronger bass but because there's a mono speaker you are limited as to like the overall sound quality it's loud and the bass is relatively clean but it's still a mono speaker so the way that I've noticed that is if you use this just like to fill a room with sound it's not bad but if you're just using it as personal audio it's still coming from that one side and that's well that's something I don't love the screen this year is a six point four inch 1440p OLED panel and it looks really nice it looks better than the g7 screen for sure that's an IPS panel this has a kick-ass OLED panel unfortunately it has a notch it's not a big notch but it's still a notch you can hide it in software and because it's an OLED panel the blacks match relatively well but in the back of your mind you still know that has a notch now it doesn't bug me that much I'm used to not just at this point but for people that just really dislike notches it has one the bezels around the device are also not super thin like we've seen other devices out there that have thinner bezels and same with the chin not super thick but it is there I do think that the screen overall looks really nice though it's got great viewing angles it's everything you'd expect from a high quality OLED panel okay this device comes at a steep price though and I think that is the kind of overwhelming problem with the v40 not that it's a problem with the phone but it's more of a problem with the timing of their launch this goes for $900 and it's near the end of the year or at least it's the fall of 2018 if this device came out in the spring I mean that's not when the V phones launch but if it had come out then it would have been very price competitive with all the kind of like spring launch phones but because we have so many comparable devices on the market right now and some of them drop down in price because of their launch timing it's difficult for people to look at this phone and be like hey this is the phone that is worth the $900 not that it's a bad phone it's just the timing of its launch personally I think there's two main features on this thing that make it really unique the five cameras particularly that triple shot on the back and the high quality audio from the 32 bit deck so if you're someone that's interested in music and high fidelity audio definitely check out this phone there are some other unique features like the Google assistant launcher like it's a dedicated button which we've seen on the g7 and just the kind of form factor this thing is not common but those two main features are what you should be kind of looking for if you're gonna purchase his phone because it's relatively expensive I think it's a good phone I just wish it was released earlier this year okay hope you guys enjoy this video thumbs we liked it subs we loved it see you guys next timehey how's gone Dave 2d here so LG just announced their v40 thin queue their new 5 camera flagship phone and I've only had mine for a couple days but I thought to give some early impressions on this device the main feature about this thing is the 5 cameras there's 3 cameras in the back 2 cameras up front and the 3 in the back have 3 different zoom so as your standard lens a zoom lens and then a wide-angle so LG's two camera phones usually have a standard and then a wide-angle that's kind of what made LG's phone's unique in the sense that they just had instead of a zoom lens they would have a wide-angle to kind of give you a wider perspective of what if you're shooting which I've always liked but they now added this third lens a zoom lens so now this camera has a huge gamut of focal lengths to choose from when you take photos the other thing is they actually have a triple shot function so when you take a photo you can preview all three lenses at once you can kind of choose which focal length you prefer so obviously having three camera lenses isn't super useful for everybody but it's something that allows you to just kind of compose your shots a little bit better I'm not a huge photographer but there's one thing I'll say for sure if you're ever taking a photo instead of just moving up and moving away from your subject to kind of reframe or just kind of compose your shots better this just makes it a lot more easier and convenient the other two of the five cameras are for the front-facing camera so you can have your regular selfie or kind of like a wider angle selfie which I've assuming is for group selfies and stuff like that now I never thought I'd see the day where I would think that having five cameras was useful and realistically speaking this is not something that I think everyone should be aiming for and I feel like some of the phones out there are just over the top in terms of camera count but with these particular cameras the three on the back and the two up front it just makes sense it's not useful for everybody but at least there's utility for every single one of those cameras another feature on the v40 is what they call cine shot it's basically a Cinna graph making function and you take a video mask out the section that you want to keep moving and now you've created a cine graph my experience with this particular application wasn't amazing Oh difficult to use and it's not something that looks particularly amazing like if you've seen Cinna graphs that are made by more professional software you can get stuff that looks amazing like Peter McKinnon has a really cool tutorial on how to make this stuff they can look incredible but you're somewhat limited as to good they look coming out of the v40 the other thing you need to keep in mind is that there are applications out there like if you have another phone that's not the v40 there are apps out there they can simulate this process as well so it's not like this is the only way to create Cinna graphs on your phone there are apps that can do what this thing has built in the audio Hardware on the v40 is strong again this year as you would expect it's got that 32 bit DAC it's got a headphone jack obviously and includes some headphones in the box the speaker is unfortunately a mono speaker it's something I didn't expect because so many other flagship this year are now running stereo speakers this is still running a mono speaker it is running the boombox technologies that they've carried over from the LG G 7 so they basically used the empty space inside the device as a resonance chamber to amp up the bass it does sound like stronger bass but because there's a mono speaker you are limited as to like the overall sound quality it's loud and the bass is relatively clean but it's still a mono speaker so the way that I've noticed that is if you use this just like to fill a room with sound it's not bad but if you're just using it as personal audio it's still coming from that one side and that's well that's something I don't love the screen this year is a six point four inch 1440p OLED panel and it looks really nice it looks better than the g7 screen for sure that's an IPS panel this has a kick-ass OLED panel unfortunately it has a notch it's not a big notch but it's still a notch you can hide it in software and because it's an OLED panel the blacks match relatively well but in the back of your mind you still know that has a notch now it doesn't bug me that much I'm used to not just at this point but for people that just really dislike notches it has one the bezels around the device are also not super thin like we've seen other devices out there that have thinner bezels and same with the chin not super thick but it is there I do think that the screen overall looks really nice though it's got great viewing angles it's everything you'd expect from a high quality OLED panel okay this device comes at a steep price though and I think that is the kind of overwhelming problem with the v40 not that it's a problem with the phone but it's more of a problem with the timing of their launch this goes for $900 and it's near the end of the year or at least it's the fall of 2018 if this device came out in the spring I mean that's not when the V phones launch but if it had come out then it would have been very price competitive with all the kind of like spring launch phones but because we have so many comparable devices on the market right now and some of them drop down in price because of their launch timing it's difficult for people to look at this phone and be like hey this is the phone that is worth the $900 not that it's a bad phone it's just the timing of its launch personally I think there's two main features on this thing that make it really unique the five cameras particularly that triple shot on the back and the high quality audio from the 32 bit deck so if you're someone that's interested in music and high fidelity audio definitely check out this phone there are some other unique features like the Google assistant launcher like it's a dedicated button which we've seen on the g7 and just the kind of form factor this thing is not common but those two main features are what you should be kind of looking for if you're gonna purchase his phone because it's relatively expensive I think it's a good phone I just wish it was released earlier this year okay hope you guys enjoy this video thumbs we liked it subs we loved it see you guys next time\n"
