- [Jonathan] Yo guys, Jonathan here
with my impressions and top five features
of the LG V40 ThinQ.
The best smartphone that no one seems to care about.
(upbeat music)
So, no your eyes aren't playing games on you,
this is a re-upload.
I got a few people saying
they didn't get this video in their feed
and that combined with the fact that I just don't think
too many people care about this phone,
got me wondering with these Samsungs,
and the Google Pixels, and the Apples,
does anybody care about LG and specifically the V40?
I think it's a great phone with some really unique features
but I'm not sure if it's enough,
and I'd love to hear what you guys think with
a comment down below.
That aside though, the V40 has a couple things
that really makes it stand out.
Starting with feature number one, that's the fact
that there are five cameras.
Three in the back and two on the front.
So typically with LG phones you have your standard lens
and you have that super awesome wide angle lens.
This year though with the V40 you get the trifecta
and add a telephoto lens as the third option.
So I didn't get a ton of time
with the camera for my first impressions.
I will definitely dive deeper for my full review
and if there's anything you want to see covered,
let me know with a comment down below,
but as far as initial impressions,
it's really nice having those three different focal lengths.
So for this shot I am in the exact same position.
Here is the wide angle lens.
Here is the standard lens.
And then from there finally,
we hop over to the telephoto lens.
There is this one kind of weird feature called triple shot
which I guess is supposed to take one shot
at all three focal lengths
and then merge them into this video.
I'm gonna assume you're going to need a tripod
or some way to mount this steady
because the initial results I got were kind of meh,
but I'm definitely going to throw it on a tripod
and see if I can whip up something cool in the full review.
So those initial shots, those were before sunset
and to give you an idea of more of a lower light situation,
here is the wide angle lens.
Overall I think it looks pretty solid.
It's not the best image and I think
the biggest thing I noticed here
is because that shutter is slowed down so much,
if you have the slightest movement,
you're gonna have a hard time getting that object in focus.
Kind of similar story with the standard lens,
and I think which suffers the most in low light
is definitely that telephoto lens.
Hop it over to the front facing cameras.
You have your standard lens, and then more importantly,
that awesome wide angle lens,
which is super useful for a front facing camera,
especially if you're trying
to get multiple people in the shots.
Honestly, I think all smartphones should have
a wide angle option as far as the front facing camera goes.
So props to LG for continuing
to include that in their phones.
Next up from there is the display.
You have a 6.4 inch, quad HD plus,
OLED monster, which is beautiful.
Now just worth noting that by default
the phone is set to 1080p.
Now we got a P gate.
I'm kidding, most phones do this.
So if you want to get the most pixels out of this display,
head over to settings and then change that to 1440p
and things just got crispier.
So yeah, initial impressions are: it's big,
it's bright, it's beautiful.
It is vivid and consuming media
on a screen like this is super enjoyable.
Next up from there, the V40 has what I'm calling
the tech trinity: essential features
that most phones don't have these days.
You get a headphone jack, which it looks like
even one plus is running away from with their next phone,
micro SD card expansion, and it's also worth noting that
if you pre order the V40, it looks like you get
a free 256 gigabyte micro SD card
and a DJI Osmo Mobile 2, which is a pretty damn good value.
Please don't copyright me Hardware Canucks.
Rounding out that tech trinity though,
you have a fingerprint reader.
So in a world of no home buttons and no fingerprint readers
the LG V40 is staying true to its roots.
Next up from there at number four,
and this might be the most underrated feature
of the V40 and also the reason why
you buy this phone over anything else,
that's the fact that there is a built in quad DAC
which puts that headphone jack to even better use.
So if you're like SnazzyQ
and you're all about that FLAC,
that lossless or your one of like the 13 Tidal subscribers,
you will really enjoy the V40.
In this case, I'm using a pair of Beyerdynamic headphones
which are amazing, plus they feel like you're wearing clouds
on your face.
Yes it sounds good but the more impressive thing to me
is you need a really solid amp to drive these headphones,
and the V40 is pushing these things no problem.
I am by no means an audiophile but I do appreciate
how good things sound on the V40.
And then from there, I handed things off
to my guy Rich who is no doubt more of a casual listener.
This thing passes the test with flying colors
and gets the Rich approval.
Next up from there at number five is LG's second screen.
If you hate notches like to the core of your body
this allows you to hide it and get some use out of it.
That is worth noting that you probably don't want to use
a colored option with this because you can quickly make
that notch look even worse.
Oh my goodness!
But however if you use it correctly, you hide the notch
and you actually get some use out of that top real estate
unlike a certain fruit company.
That aside though, has been my first impressions
of the LG V40.
Not gonna say the rest because
the V40 is perfectly fine with me.
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