LG V40 ThinQ review: First mainstream phone with five cameras.
Five-cam pioneer — but the audience never came.
V40 ThinQ packed a triple rear plus dual selfie at a time most rivals had two cameras. LG’s decline outpaced the innovation.
01Display
76/10076/100 trails the 80-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.
02Camera
74/10074/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
03Performance
72/10072/100 trails the 76-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.
04Battery
64/10064/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2018 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
78/10078/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.
06Value
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2018 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- First triple-cam at this price.
- Dual selfie cams.
- Quad DAC + headphone jack.
- IP68.
- LG abandoned soon after.
- Small battery.
- Update support ended.
- No 5G.
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