The LG L40 is one of the budget Android phones from LG for this year, and although one would easily keep it away from the current league of new devices, this one comes with the latest Android OS, the Android 4.4.2 KitKat. Everything in this device is low on numbers, from the display to the internal specs, but the L40 isn’t bad in looks. Before we go into further detailing, here are a few specifications of the LG L40 Android phone – A 3.5-inch display with the 320×240 pixels screen resolution, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Snapdragon 200 with MSM8210 chipset, 3-megapixel camera on the rear side and nothing on the front, and some other basic stuff which is good enough to run the Android device on the KitKat OS.
Design wise, the LG L40 has a pretty decent one with the white color having a physical home key in the bottom, between the two touch based keys on the either side of it. It’s quite small to hold, yet comfortable thanks to the thickness which doesn’t make it too small. Just like most of the smartphones have, there is a power / lock key on the right side while the volume rocker keys are on the left. On the top, there is a 3.5mm headset jack and in the bottom, the MicroUSB port takes its place. The rear 3-megapixel camera doesn’t come with a flash, and except for the LG branding, there is nothing on the back cover.
The 3MP camera on the rear side doesn’t do any decent capturing and is just good to show itself as an added feature to the phone, which really doesn’t serve any purpose. The OS of the phone is pretty neat, and LG has done a good job by including a similar interface to what the high-end devices too have in its range, as the new Knock Code feature (where the users would be able to knock the screen in particular areas in sequence they had set, to unlock the screen) is available along with a list of other new features, including the Plug & Pop, Guest Mode etc.
The lock screen is the same, and the best part of this is the Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS which would at least keep things better for the users as they will not have to keep waiting for any Android updates to make the performance better, and you can’t expect more than this from the company in the future.
Overall, this is a pretty neat and good looking smartphone from LG, and one would expect this to be priced below $150 and we are sure LG might not be going high with the pricing for the L40, as there are a couple other models – L65 and L70 which deserve a better pricing for the specs they hold, and all the three new smartphones are running the Android KitKat OS.
