LG Viewty KU-990 is a 5.0 megapixel candybar camera phone from LG which is feature-filled and has full touchscreen capability, HSDPA 3.5G and a flurry of features.
Design
The Viewty is covered in two-tone material with black plastic material and silver etchings. The form factor is a candybar design, and despite all we have heard about big phones, the Viewty is ergonomical and lightweight.
The faceplate is a 262K TFT colour 3-inch display covering the front of the phone. The three buttons on the front of the phone are the call and end buttons. Meanwhile the cancel button is between the two. The faceplate is the typical easily soiled/smudged material but LG decided to give a complimentary screen cover to counter this problem.
Interface
The Viewty KU 990 user interface is based on Flash technology, and while not a smartphone- the proprietary OS has some neat functions and features. The home screen has battery status, main menu and the ringtone profiles on top.
The bottom of the homescreen has four shortcut keys to access the main menu, the dial function, messaging and phonebook. The homescreen can also display either clock or calendar or both at the same time, or you can tweak it to show a clean screen.
PIM
The Calendar, Memo, Alarms, Organiser and Tools comprises of the PIM section for the phone. The Tools split up into a Converter, Calculator and a World Clock.
Camera/Video Performance
The Viewty's 5.0 megapixel Schneider-KREUZNACH camera is the main highlight of the phone. It comes with ISO technology and an Image Stabiliser to assist with taking photos. The camera is able to snap up to 2592x1944 pixels of resolution with a 10 second self-timer. As mentioned, the Viewty has a hardware jog-dial at the camera lens, which works manual zoom in/out for the camera.
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Why is the Viewty outselling the iPhone? Well…
1. The Viewty is a better phone – The Viewty has a 5 mega-pixel camera vs. the iPhone’s 2mp, The Viewty is 3g enabled (HSDPA) which is way faster than the iPhone (2.5g), The Viewty has a Xenon flash so it can take pictures at night. I could go on but it will take up too much space, you will be better off reading this: 51 Reason not to buy the iPhone.
2. The Viewty is available on all the major phone networks - 02, Orange, Vodafone, T-mobile, Virgin Mobile, and 3, unlike the iPhone that is just available on O2.
3. The Viewty is available on a 12 month contract – unlike the iPhone, which has a minimum contract length of 18 months.
4. The Viewty is a lot cheaper – The Viewty is FREE on an 12 month O2 contract (200 mins and 200 texts per month), for £30 per month, plus £55 cashback, so the total price over the contract length is £305, whereas the cheapest iPhone contract will cost you £899, (£269 for the handset, plus 18 months x £35 for O2 200 price plan, 200 mins and 200 texts. Even if you compare the 18 month contracts the iPhone is 122% more expensive than the Viewty. (Viewty FREE on 18 02 month contract (200 mins + 200 text), £25 p/m minus £45 cashback = £405 total over contract length)