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LG KU990 Viewty
By: Laiq Qureshi   |   Feb 21, 2008
  • 3
Stylish form factor
Handwriting recognition with a twist
5 MP camera
Slow machine
Touchscreen is not so responsive
Bad jog dial placement
View Specifications

The phone costs Rs 21,000, which may sound steep, but in the 5MP camera category it's the right price. Considering the touchscreen is yet to be perfected, and given the fact that the battery life sucks, it makes sense to decide your priorities. If you think you will need to be experimental with the camera, then perhaps yes, but also consider that you'll be charging the phone every now and then.

Specs

LG KU990 Viewty

Network

 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 with HSDPA 2100 (for 3G)

Physical

103.5 x 54.4 x 14.8 mm, 112g

Display

 3-inch TFT touchscreen, 256K colors, (240 x 400 pixels)

Memory

 100 MB built-in user available memory, microSD (TransFlash)

Camera

 5 Megapixel

Connectivity

USB, Bluetooth with A2DP profile, GPRS, 3G

Battery

Up to 430 hrs standby, 4 hrs talktime (according to product manual)

Street Price

Approx. Rs 21,000


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does it have avrcp???
vishaal @ Aug 10, 2008
The current price is 18k INR
answers to many of the questions ->

The Phone is awesome not better than iphone.
The touch isnt that sensitive but it works well once ur used to it.
The cam is great.
We dont have that much WiFi spaces here so that drawback also dosnt matter for ppl like me.
Ext memory is limited to 2gb. that can be counted as negative point.
somebody down here said LG proprietary OS. this OS is fully designed using flash. the phone has awesome compatibily with FLASH... u can do whatever u want. also phone has JAVA support. so jar files work just fine. there is huge variety in games for touchscreen that works on this phone.
There are softwares for inbuilt GPS also.
i think this took care of most of the question.
about the msg memory.. i cant find the solution on that yet.
nirzar @ Jul 31, 2008
"It's really ossam peace i ever seen in my life
this is the finest model of LG which is given more competition to other mobile companies."

I love it's features and it's really eassy to use.
Rakesh Dhandode @ May 19, 2008
plese see in compareindia.com for price
praveen @ Apr 02, 2008
i read many reviews but they all r confusing me some say its touchscreen is not upto mark music player is not good while some say just the opposite!!! i just want 2 know the truth wrt itouch and its memory card capacity like for instance does it support 4Gb micro sd.thx in advance
vishaal @ Mar 30, 2008
i love its camera and outlook its lg finest piece till now
abhi @ Mar 15, 2008
please include mobile price in indian amount so kindly please this and phone is nice
bangaru @ Mar 14, 2008
its good model,good camera quality
vardhan @ Mar 04, 2008
very very cool phone............................
tazim @ Mar 03, 2008
Hell how cn u compare tis frm iphone and nseries plzzz
ashutosh singh @ Feb 27, 2008
the mobile is stylish and good
hitesh @ Feb 27, 2008
this phone is great trust me i love it but can i view ma message ssaved on the memory card from my n95 to be viewed in the viewty the memory assigned for text messages is too small we need it expandable like in the n95 please any help email me back on saul312001@yahoo.co.uk pliz thanks for any help that will be offered
douglas @ Feb 26, 2008
EXCELENT AND VERY STYLISH LOOKING SIMPLE
PLZ SEND THE COST DETAILS . is there facility for EMI.
KALYAN @ Feb 26, 2008
how much does it cost
and can i get emi foe it
cibin @ Feb 26, 2008
The only gripes:
1) No Wi-Fi
2) LG’s proprietary OS (i.e. difficult to find and install third party applications)
3) No GPS
4) No packaged external memory card
this is not good bu look is good bu baeter is sony p1i
manan @ Feb 26, 2008
this is an excellent phone....iphone stands nowhere in front of it...jst do a simple thing...compare features offered by iphone vis-a-vis listed in my comments below and u will then realize the difference.......the only good thing i find in iphone is the multi-finger touch sensing and safari browser....which makes one happy for not more than initial 2-3 days....other than this there are no goodies of iphone....and when you will search on issues, bugs in software, and updates released till date you will hate iphone.
as far as use of stylus is concerned...GUI of viewty is designed in such a manner tht it doesn't need use of stylus and so only no stylus is attached within the phone casing
rohit @ Feb 25, 2008
also as far as HTC touch is concerned...i would again say it keeps you happy for initial 2-3 days...they say its a 2MP camera but the pictures are worse than even 1.3MP nokia or SE camera phones...also no flash
why u ppl want to limit urself only for 1-2 features which are hyped by brands...see the gadget as a whole
jst do the price vs feature analysis and try to justify urself whther tht particular device is worth purchasing.
but yes, HTC touch cruise is a good device but it is yet to be launched in india and would be around 27K INR.

list of good phones in this price range is as follows:
1) SE P1i - 19K INR
2) LG viewty - 21K INR
3) HP IPAq 612 - 25K INR
4) HTC touch cruise - 27K INR
yash @ Feb 25, 2008
again repeating guys (for those who are against this phone)

this is an excellent phone....iphone stands nowhere in front of it...jst do a simple thing...compare features offered by iphone vis-a-vis listed in my comments below and u will then realize the difference.......the only good thing i find in iphone is the multi-finger touch sensing and safari browser....which makes one happy for not more than initial 2-3 days....other than this there are no goodies of iphone....and when you will search on issues, bugs in software, and updates released till date you will hate iphone.
as far as use of stylus is concerned...GUI of viewty is designed in such a manner tht it doesn't need use of stylus and so only no stylus is attached within the phone casing.
yash @ Feb 25, 2008
its no way better or best, its a crap,may be its got a 5mp camera, but other features r really crap,its touchscreen is very much disappointing, instead of paying 21k on this big fat dum, u can get THE APPLE CHICK IPHONE, it rocks, its god of all phone, this dum phone cant be an killer for iphone, no one can get as height to IPHONE, if they try to reach the height of iphone then they will lose the battle like lg
rahul @ Feb 24, 2008
IT IS VERY CUTE!WHAT IS THE COST OF THE MOBILE PLS SEND TO ME MY MAIL ADDRESS
GOKUL @ Feb 24, 2008
is it prefferable over K850i and n95
Nittin raj @ Feb 24, 2008
te only good is camera rest is LG (doing no good in mobiles). i'll prefer Apple Iphone.
sandeep @ Feb 24, 2008
excellent mobile , it may beat other models in the same segment
mentalboss @ Feb 23, 2008
i like this mobile but not like it's pen its to big not slim & battary
solanki badresh @ Feb 23, 2008
u doing good job
carry on
sachin @ Feb 23, 2008
who say LG Viewty or Bheuty is a good phone? U pay Rs. 21,000 for phone that has its propriety OS, instead of Symbian or atleast Windows Mobile OS? Thats good for you?
Apple iPhone and HTC Touch can be operated with one hand and that too with a THUMB. Stylus is now obsolete technology.
john @ Feb 22, 2008
hi bipul
jst chk the official site of LG india for stores in delhi.
launch price was 21.9K INR and declined to 21K recently.
yash @ Feb 22, 2008
I want this. Where in Delhi I can get it & what's the price
Bipul Das @ Feb 22, 2008
part1...

hey guys...chk it out at its microsite

The only gripes:
1) No Wi-Fi
2) LG’s proprietary OS (i.e. difficult to find and install third party applications)
3) No GPS
4) No packaged external memory card

but doesn’t matter much against following features:
1) Elegant executive ‘go-fida’ look (the best one)
2) EDGE, HSDPA 3.6mbps, quad band
3) 3” display with 200x400 resolution
4) 262K colour TFT Touch Screen
5) Camera: 5.1 MP, with manual focus and autofocus, with image stabilizer and red eye reduction, with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens, with gazzab ke other features (a real digicam with 3” touch screen display….just imagine)
6) 16x digital zoom

contd....
yash @ Feb 22, 2008
part 3...

18) FM radio (no RDS)
19) Front camera for video calls
20) Handwriting recognition
21) General PIM application
yash @ Feb 22, 2008
part2...

7) Video recording at 120 fps (as compared to 15 to 30 fps in even good camcoders)
8) DivX support (i.e. for DVD quality movies)
9) TV out
10) Good music quality
11) Web browsing with webpage zooming (can’t explain in words…just excellent)
12) Bluetooth 2.0ver (high speed) with A2DP (i.e. wireless music and multimedia transfer)
13) Google package for all google applications like google maps etc.
14) 100MB internal memory; external expandable upto 2GB
15) Email support (SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, and APOP protocols) with attachments viewing
16) Big numeric keypad for calls and qwerty keyboard (landscape mode, vibration on each key press for acknowledgement, and zooming of the character pressed) for text entry

contd....
yash @ Feb 22, 2008
iidiot phone...........its no worth 3 star also........the only good thing is the camera!!!!
Himanshu Sharma @ Feb 22, 2008
It's very very nice
pravin @ Feb 22, 2008
once people buy an LG phone, they usually never buy an LG next time, nor recommends. Not solid and stable as nokia or sony ericcson
Muhammed Shaheen @ Feb 22, 2008
Have you actually reviewed the phone??? It does'nt have WLAN. I am using it for over a month and I atleast cud'nt find any. Infact the biggest minus is absense of WLAN....
Rahul @ Feb 22, 2008
hmmm . . .besides the 3 star rating, i must admit that this review tends to take the extreme opposite direction to what i have read widely on other websites. . . but then again i say u shld try the phone before buying.

@Nonoob.
the 120 FPS recording can be played back at a normal 30 FPS. This alows very clear slow motion playback. . . a very nifty feature i must say. . there are many exmaples on youtube. . . and while of no practical use. . .the novelty of it does appeal to me a lot.
ps: i wonder y that isnt mentioned. it seems to be one of its major USP;s . . . all other reviews provide special focus and substantial detail about this feature including technicals. Surprisingly it seems that the reviewer has'nt even noticed that the feature exists.
Soni @ Feb 21, 2008
again!! i dont understand how you guys give this rating of 3 out of 5 when you say
Slow machine
Touchscreen is not so responsive
Bad jog dial placement
Bad Battery
guys you seriously need to do some proper reviews or just stick to previewing !!
steve @ Feb 21, 2008
Why the hell does some one need 120 fps. I need some convincing to for the rational behind it.
Girish S @ Feb 21, 2008
very lovely phone, at present iam also using LG KG920
v.selvaraj @ Feb 21, 2008
Looks nice...!!
NOnoob @ Feb 21, 2008
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