LG is working
on a true successor to that model, which it may choose to call V40. And this
one, according to a new rumor, will sport no less than five cameras in total.
Three of those will be on the back, two on the front.
The front-facing arrangement will do face unlocking,
and it's speculated that LG may go with a 3D face mapping solution using both
cams. This isn't a given, however. On the rear, two of the sensors will be what
you'd expect from LG basically - a standard one and the company's signature
ultra-wide lens. The third is a bit of a mystery still. Perhaps it will be a
zoom lens, or just one dedicated to depth of field effects. We'll have to wait
for other rumors to give us those exact details.
What's certain is that if the V40 does in fact
arrive with five cameras, it would be the first smartphone from a mainstream
brand to do so. We've seen a few models with four shooters in total, two on the
back and two on the front, and Huawei's P20 Pro does three on the back but only
has one selfie camera. So the V40 would win this dubious battle, having managed
to cram the most sensors in one device.
That obviously says nothing about image quality, but
we're hoping that won't be ignored. The V40 is also said to sport a notched
screen, and in terms of looks you should expect a slightly larger version of
the G7. It's unclear if the display will be OLED or LCD, with the latter tech
having been chosen for the G7.
At the helm the Snapdragon 845 chipset from Qualcomm
will do its thing, and LG's quad-DAC will make a return in the V40. It will
also have a dedicated Google Assistant button on the side, near the volume
rocker. The fingerprint sensor stays on the rear.
