Thinq-ing differently: the LG V40 smartphone

ASK people to name a great smartphone brand and you get the usual smattering of names: Apple, Samsung, Huawei, even Xiaomi.

Poor old LG.

Taken in isolation, its phones work and feel great, but under the surface always lurks that little something which prevents it from winning over customers.

Having said that, the V40 Thinq is easily the best phone LG has produced.

It's a phone to battle Samsung's and Apple's greatest, but can't yet reach those rarefied heights.

Qualcomm's snappy Snapdragon 845 processor powers it all, paired with 6GB of memory and 64GB of storage. Niceties include IP68 water resistance, Quick Charge 3.0 and a…