Underrated as always.

This phone is a beast hardware-wise. But LG needs to work more with carriers for software updates. It's 1 year since Android 9 and this thing still on 8.1. Security updates have been frequent though. LG phones are always best choice 6 months after their release. This thing not comparable to Galaxy S9 or Note 9, but after 6 months and several price drops, V40 is a better buy than S9. I got this and disabled a bunch of unnecessary preloaded software after 1 week of use. I was getting 12% overnight battery drain. Now with those Apps disabled and the Always on display set to turn off between 9PM and 6AM, I am getting just 2% drain overnight. With my moderate use, the battery lasts a day and a half and can even stretch to 2 days with low use. The camera is really great too, but in auto mode they are just a hair below the level set by Pixel, Huawei, Apple and Samsung. The true value of its camera comes from its manual mode and there is no competition to LG in this space. Cases are bit hard to find for this. I got a Spigen, but prefer the MNML brand and MNML has none for LGV40 yet. Spigen cases dampen the boombox effect. Overall, super happy with the purchase and the value this phone brings at this price, but disappointed on not getting Android 9 yet.

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