LG V40 Details Leak In Full 5K Video

The LG V40 ThinQ is one step closer to reality with a leak of the rendering kind. This leak comes from the user known as OnLeaks, a notoriously accurate renderer of CAD files. These files come to case-makers and accessory makers in the weeks before the launch of a smartphone, and are ocassionally acquired by people like OnLeaks in the process. What you see is a set of renderings made using those CAD plans.

CAD files are not fully realized 3D renderings of smartphones. Instead, they're like skeletons. What OnLeaks does is flesh these skeletons out, making them super shiny and finalized-looking in the process. With the LG V40 ThinQ, OnLeaks made a set of images and a video, too.

The video you see here shows the LG V40 ThinQ from all angles. This smartphones looks a whole lot like the LG G7 ThinQ, a device released earlier this year. The LG G7 ThinQ was released very close to the LG V35 ThinQ, a device with a display that was slightly smaller than its brethren. It was a strange release in that LG, in the past, released the G-series phone first, then the V-series a few weeks or months later – this came all at once.

Now VIA OnLeaks on SlashLeaks we're seeing the LG V40, a device that'll probably come out at a time that makes more immediately obvious sense with relation to the release date of the LG G7. Weeks and months in-between rather than just days.

The LG V40 looks every bit a flagship of the over-the-top variety. By the looks of this set of renderings and the sound of previous leaks, this smartphone will have a display at least as large as the LG G7 ThinQ, with just as interesting an array of cameras/sensors in its forehead notch. This smartphone will also likely have a set of THREE cameras on its back rather than just two, or one.

This device looks here to have an interesting array of buttons, too. Like the LG G7 ThinQ, this device has a power button on its right side and volume buttons on its left. Also on the left is a button that launches AI functions.

Per the LG G7's original description, what's probably also true of the LG V40: "A single tap of this button will launch the Google Assistant while two quick taps will launch Google Lens, a first on any phone. Users can also hold down the button to start talking to the Google Assistant."

The LG V40 will likely launch in November – previous leaks suggested November 16th might be the day to watch out for. This device will likely cost about the same as the LG V35 at launc. That'll mean somewhere between $700 and $900, depending on sale prices and internal storage.