According to reports, the LG V40 may be coming on November 16 with a rectangular notch, tri-rear cameras, two front-facing cameras, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-LG-V40-ThinQ-is-coming-with-a-notch-and-tri-rear-cameras.324168.0.html
LG seems to have entirely given up on making a proper design. Not only is there a notch, the chin still isn't symmetrical with the top bar hiding the notch. This is about as bad as it gets.
i think LG's design team got no guts to do their own design. there is no philosophy, just copycats.