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We asked, you told us: You would rather buy a Note 9 over an LG V40 ThinQ
August 10, 2025
Kicking off#phonepocalypsethis past week, LG officially unveiled theV40 ThinQ. Being the South Korean company’s ultra-premium flagship for 2018, we decided to ask you inthis week’s pollif you would rather spend your hard-earned money on LG’s new smartphone or instead buySamsung’s Galaxy Note 9.
Taking a look at both phones, you won’t see many differencesas far as specsare concerned. Both flagships come with a premium OLED display, are powered by the Snapdragon 845 CPU, 6GB of RAM (8GB for some Note 9 models), Android Oreo, and feature a high-quality glass and metal build.
The key differences the between the two include the Galaxy Note 9’s larger battery, two additional cameras on the V40 ThinQ, the inclusion of Samsung’s S Pen, and LG’s 32-bit quad DAC.
LG V40 or Samsung Galaxy Note 9?
As you may see from the pie charts, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 blew the LG V40 ThinQ out of the water. Across our website, social media pages, and YouTube channel, no less than 55 percent of you voted for Samsung’s flagship smartphones. Surprisingly, in multiple cases, the V40 ThinQ came closer in votes to “I don’t want either” than to the Note 9.
With these results, it’s pretty clear that even though the Galaxy Note 9 costs a little more than the V40 ThinQ, buyers are more attracted to premium features. So even though LG’s handset features a 32-bit quad DAC, customers are more than happy with Samsung’s standard 3.5mm headphones jack if it means they gain access to the phone’s S Pen.
It’s also interesting to note that not many people commented on the fact that the LG V40 ThinQ had additional cameras that offered features not found on the Samsung Galaxy Note 9. This might have to do with Samsung routinely besting LG in the camera department.
Noteworthy comments
Here are some of the comments from across the polls – many of which had similar themes:
And, of course, there were a decent number of comments that voiced that they wouldn’t pay nearly $1,000 for a smartphone:
That’s it for this week, everyone. As always, thanks for voting, thanks for the comments, and don’t forget to let us know what you thought of the results below.
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