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Expert Reviews from other websites (1 review)LG Viewty KU990 Review at Mobile Phones UK (1 November 2007) LG Viewty KU990 Consumer Reviews (769 reviews)Write a review of the LG Viewty KU990! Please share your experiences to help other people choose the product that's best for them. This is a review site, not a forum, so please don't just ask questions. Please do not use swear words or offensive language, and please, no advertising! Reviewed by Steve on 03/07/2009I have the LG KU990 and I have to vent my frustration at having to unlock during the call when replying to "press 1 for more options" etc eg. when picking up messages, getting through to a call centre etc both of which I do often. And not just having to do this once during the call but having to do it every time I want to key a number because it locks itself again! I hear people saying but what about accidentally pressing a key during a call - well it's very rare I don't use hands free these days. Just having the option to switch it off would be nice!!! Rating:  Reviewed by RICH on 02/07/2009 Got a new viewty this week and had to take it back because the battery only lasted 12 hours.they exchanged it with another viewty but the battery life is exactly the same.i love this phone but dont think i can live with its poor battery life Rating: Reviewed by ryan on 01/07/2009 im dissapointed with the ku990i, its complicated for no reason, i figured it out but it was annoying at first. camera is great except for recording and playing back videos, quite often it wil stop recording sound part way through i have more than 1gb free and i dont have it set on a high resolution. it wont set some full length mp3s as ringtones. the internet works when it wants to, sometimes its fast other times slow an loses connection very easily. also i didnt get any accesories which was unusual, just the charger no handsfree or software or data cable Rating: Reviewed by mohammed is in ur garden on 30/06/2009 onee of the reasons this phone may break is if you play around with it wen ur uploading stuff Rating: Reviewed by S Webb on 29/06/2009 Who knew that choosing a new mobile could be so difficult! After much deliberation I finally settled on the Viewty and I have to say after 2 weeks with it I am very glad I did. I like the styling of it (very important if you're me!), it feels good in the hand and doesn't weigh my pocket down when I'm at work. The touch screen is responsive and easy to cope with. Texting has been no problem and I can text almost as fast just using my finger on the touch screen as I could on my old Nokia using the keypad. The camera is top notch and the video camera also. I haven't used these extensively but have taken a few really nice pics that easily rival my brand new Fuji camera so what more could you ask for? Call quality has been crystal clear with no signal worries (I'm on Virgin) and bluetooth has had no issues either. I decided to give it 4 stars due to the battery life and the software that came with the phone. I don't class myself as a heavy user, just a few texts in the day and the odd call and so far, I'm charging the phone after a day and a half. This could be due to the 'newness' of the battery and may sort itself out over time but so far it hasn't been great. The software disc that LG supply is atrocious and simply does not work. I have been on several internet techy forums and they all say the same thing-buy a memory card and use it as a mass storage device. It's the only way it will allow you to put content on your phone. Things like that annoy me because it is sloppy and shows a lack of care from the manufacturer. Shouldn't happen in this day and age really. But, having said that, they are only minor gripes. The Viewty is a great package overall and I am more than happy with it. If you buy one, I'm sure you'll be happy too. Rating: Reviewed by Helen on 28/06/2009 omg best phone in the world easy to use Rating: Reviewed by Andy C on 28/06/2009 How can a 5mp ccd coupled with a name lens take such crappy photos? As for candids forget it! takes ages to boot up. I still gave 4 stars because as a phone and medis player it is very good. LG make a phone without the camera stuff (not even vga) and put all the work into the interface and screen. I would bite your hand off! Rating: Reviewed by Alyx on 28/06/2009 Phenomenal. A brilliant system, its lighter than the, iphone, and all comes in a sexy, sleek phone case. If you ever are stuck in a decision between the Viewty or the cookie, get the Viewty. The cookie may be thinner, but it has so little apps, only runs on 2G networks and has a terrible camera. I got this when my Blackberry storm broke, and I belive that this phone is incredible compared to it's main rivals, the cookie, storm and the Iphone. The camera is brilliant, slo-mo is jokes, and the touch-screen is amazing. If your looking for a really fast phone which is reliable, easy-to-use, with a great camera, plus a touch-screen, and most importantly, a whole lot of fun, then this is the phone for you. Rating: Reviewed by lklaa on 27/06/2009 this phone is amazing! Its so easy to use, and if you get fustrated by not being able to scroll up and down with ur finger, then you can always use the button on the back to scroll. Picture quality is good, and its very hard to find a 5 mega pixel camera nowadays for around 100 pounds. its easy to view your photos in like a photo library. this phone makes ur pics look brill! the only thing is, the battery life isnt too long, but its probably because ive been on it so much as its such a great phone! Rating: Reviewed by Dennis on 26/06/2009 I have just purchased Viewty Lite from o2 on 'pay and go' for £127.22 I like the phone and the camera seems briliant but I am very suprised to find out that for this money the usb cable to connect to a PC and Ear piece which doubles as an antenna for the radio are listed as purchasable extras. I found this out by ringing both o2 and LG because I thought they were missing from my box!! Additionally as they are extras, needed to operate the phones features, it would have been helpful if this information had been include in the box. Plus cost and where to buy. Rating: Reviewed by Rhianne on 26/06/2009 For the people that say that "there is no button to delete text while writing an sms" - there is. It is the cancel (C) button which is situated between the red (hangup) and green (call) button. No highlighting needed. The thing that really annoys me about this phone is when my mailbox is full. I often receive a text from someone which makes my mailbox full while I am in the middle of writing a text to someone else. There is then no option to create space in order to successfully send (or save) the text that I have just written. The only option available to me is to delete what I have written, then delete some in my inbox, then re-write what I wanted to write. On occasion this has happened to me repeatedly which proves to be so tedious and extremely frustrating. Rating: Reviewed by Andy Murphy on 25/06/2009 Hate it. The one star is for the look of it. I've used it for a week and it is going back purely due to the fact that it does not feel finished and appears to have gone out the door without any usability trials. My own personal gripes: * Scroll on the touch screen sometimes works, sometimes selects an item. To be sure you have to navigate using the job control that's round the camera lens. * Text message navigation (when creating a text) is awful (scrolling through a text/deleting characters are not obvious, you'll require the manual to figure out how). * If you copy your contacts from your sim onto your phone or vice-versa (to keep them in sync), you end up with two different contacts and both are displayed in your contacts list! If you do it again, you'll end up with duplicate entries on the phone or sim. * Same with the groups, although I've not found out how to delete a group once it is there. * The same contact has different functionality on the sim as it does on the phone. Phone contacts allow the allocation of specific ring tones etc, whereas sim contacts do not. * It is a nightmare to try to move a file from one location on your phone/sim to another (the full range of locations available appear to be filtered so you cannot select them). * Have I mentioned the duplicated contacts? * Bluetooth. No option to allow a paired device to connect automatically next time. * Bluetooth. Generally appears (to me) to be hit and miss. Might be my fault. * Ring tone volume can be altered whilst the phone is ringing but this will not be remembered next time the phone rings (what's the point?). If the above is not important to you then the phone is light and good looking, from my point of view though I hate the phone and am sending it back. At least I tried. Rating: Reviewed by Chris Smith on 23/06/2009 The LG Viewty is absolute rubbish if you buy it on pay and go. it is built cheaply and the battery often fails. after around six months you will find that it starts to slow down so much that it takes ages to do what you want. i know that this is not just my particular phone doing it as i have three friends with the same phone that has had the same problem LGs are rubbish and personally after what i have heard from other people and through personal experience, i definatly would not get another one. stick with nokia or sony ericsson. Rating: Reviewed by jason on 23/06/2009 THE LG VIEWTY . I've had it for a couple of days now got it on the 19.6.2009. Did not realise how long it had been out. I got it for £100 from vodafone. For what it can do and being a touchscreen. It's well worth it. Especially if you can't afford a more expensive one. Rating: Reviewed by ema on 23/06/2009 lg viewty was so good it lst so good ecpesiallt the camera Rating: Reviewed by dan m on 23/06/2009 Im finding the phone ok but its the texting that is really annoying there is no button for the deleting so you have to high light the word then type it out again or is there another way if so could somebody tell me please this would be great help thanks. Rating: Reviewed by james on 23/06/2009 i loovvvve this phone!!!!!i hear they are 100 pounds but i think its worth it!!i have this phone tho i found it so i didnt have to spend money on it!! i feel sorry fo the person who lost it !! Rating: Reviewed by Catherine on 22/06/2009 I LOVE THIS PHONE ITS ONE OF THE BEST EVER MADE!!!!! I've had mine for about 3 weeks and I've had no problems at all I could not fault it. The Camera's great! The touch screens great I think this is so much better than any phone I've ever come across! I would definatley reccommend this phone to anyone and everyone! Rating: Reviewed by Mary on 22/06/2009 I've had the Viewty for 18 months now. I was looking forward to a touch phone as I use a touchscreen pda extensively. my contract is over and I can't get rid of it fast enough. texting is a nightmare, I couldn't find a delete or backspace button resorting to highlighting and pressing space, very awkward - if miss-judged by the slightest amount it pulls up an attachments screen, the script writing is completely unusable, the predictive text wasn't very predictive and often comes up with the weirdest suggestions for words. The scroll button on the camera lens is far too fiddly to use even as a focussing tool it would have been much more user friendly to have had the button on the side of the phone. The dangly stylus thing kept coming apart and finally broke after 3 months. There's no option to extend the number of rings before it goes to voicemail. It goes into autolock far too readily, bizzarely when autolock is turned off. The software for uploading photos wa s a bust I can only upload photos if I send them to the SD card and set the phone as a mass storage device. The headphones jack adapter would have been a great idea if only the adapter didn't drop out of the adapter socket at the slightest brush or movement. In my opinion LG have tried to cram too many potentially great features into a phone that would have been much better if they had devoted their energies into perfecting the touchscreen facilities. Rating: Reviewed by London on 22/06/2009 it is amazing phone i wish i still had mine (i lost it :( ) in the 6months i had it was amazingg but the battery life is very poor espcially if you levave bluetooth on and/or text a lot in one day. other than that brilliant. if you have the choice get it! Rating: Reviewed by alex on 22/06/2009 fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by beckyy on 21/06/2009 amaaazing! :) Rating: Reviewed by annabel on 21/06/2009 absolutly rubbish! ive had this phone for a year and ive had to have 3 replacements because it keeps breaking, battery really rubbish and the side locking button always breaks. do not waste your money on this mobile Rating: Reviewed by jimmy on 19/06/2009 i loveee this phone!! it is the best!!! people say lgs fones arent any gud. but this is my second and i have NO complaints!but i just want to say to lou that ur battery probably loses battery because you leave your bluetooth left on!!!thats a problem Rating: Reviewed by Lou on 17/06/2009 Maybe I got a dud. After poor batter life (I only texted, few calls and bluetooth/music up to 30 mins a weekday had the phone turned on during the day but off at night) I powersave, only text mostly, few calls, dont have 3G, dont multimedia or internet or bluetooth and only turned it on when I needed the phone (5 hours a day). First battery bar disappeared after 8 days - great. The phones is amazing dont get me wrong, but my battery seems to lapse into comas. I turned it off last night with only 1 bar missing and it would not turn on this morning unless I charge it first. Great phone - naff battery. Rating: Reviewed by Lou on 17/06/2009 This is an excellent phone. It was my first touch screen phone, music sounds brilliant, photos are impressive. I used many of its features. Only thing that really throws it back is the battery. I now only use the phone for texting, rarely calls and little else to make the battery last. I turn it on only when at work (5 hours a day) and although the battery only lost one bar after a week - I turned it off last night with 3 bars left - this morning it wouldnt turn on. So this isnt a problem with power draining features. Rating: Reviewed by David on 16/06/2009 This trully is the best phone i have ever had, and i don't usually like touch screens, it's much better than the iphone. I recomend that you buy this phone, really, it's great. Rating: Reviewed by Banksy on 15/06/2009 I have had this phone for 2 years now, and it has broken. The battery has shorted out and the touch screen has fizzled. Tried contacting LG but not good at all, very un helpfull. Would recomment the phone at first but not now, rubbish. Go for the new smart model coming out this year, should have sorted out the simple to fix problems. If you are thinking about this phone then go for the Samsung Tocco, much better phone, still with the 5mp camera and intergrated voice recognition (IVR). Rating: Reviewed by daz10_uk on 15/06/2009 Excellent phone but on Orange pay as you go you dont get cables to download music from your computer and also you dont get headphones for listening to the FM radio and making handsfree calls. Think about this before buying the phone Rating: Reviewed by Eviopia on 15/06/2009 It is a brilliant phone though if your an adult it will probably take a long time to get uses to as it is fiddely but it is an exelent phone to have an well worth the money. Rating: Reviewed by wazza on 13/06/2009 no offence jhodgski but if you want good music then buy A ipod coz phones are 4 calling and textin and music's just for your ringtone. btw i think this phone's amaizing. the only bad thing is that my flash went dodgyy :/ Rating: Reviewed by emma on 13/06/2009 this phone is terrible had it for a month then the wires came loose and wouldnt charge it was not caused by me they said it was unficable and refused to replace it !DO NOT BYE THIS PHONE IF YOU WANT TO BE LEFT PHONELESS !!! looks good works bad =[ Rating: Reviewed by belly on 12/06/2009 the phone is really good great camera - slightly slow though nice touch screen great music player good quality colour screen nice looking only problem - short battery life other than that a great buy Rating: Reviewed by Carl Wainwright on 12/06/2009 This is a shocking phone I've had it three months and wish i hadn't bought it The Sound Cuts out on video regularly either from the start or half way through,the camera generally blurs photos, theres no ringtone settings,the battery life is rediculously bad,the memory card slot is hidden underneath the battery. the only good point is the 640x480 widescreen video capture mode,FM Radio,MP3 music and ringtone Option and Touchscreen element My advise is save your money as you'll be hugely disappointed. Rating: Reviewed by Mark on 11/06/2009 Very good phone, but does'nt come with a stylus and a memory card. Rating: Reviewed by Lena on 11/06/2009 Have had this phone for the last 16ish months and on the whole it's been really good. The camera is very high quality and takes very clear images, the touchscreen is very responsive, allowing you to type text messages at lightening speed, internet is fast and the large screen makes all the difference. However, the phone itself is clunky and poorly designed, from the back it looks like a camera and not a phone. Also the battery isn't brilliant unless you only use the phone only lightly. The menus are intuitive and easy to use but aren't customizable. Even though this is a good phone, I got bored of it very quickly and can't wait to upgrade to G1 or HTC Magic! Rating: Reviewed by lauren on 08/06/2009 i think it phone is rubbish, it broke after a week when my mate had it !!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Emily on 07/06/2009 Ive Had my phone for months now and it really is a good phone. It's been chucked about and abused yet there are hardly any marks on it and still works well. The only fault I have with the phone is how slow it is to view pictures, but then again I have 700 odd pictures stored. The videocamera is better than the actualy camera aswell Rating: Reviewed by rahel on 06/06/2009 firstly i would just like to say before buying this phone i read nearlly all of these comments but i would have to say nearlly half of them are worng. they say scrolling down, texting, and touch screen has problems. but its all nonsens because this is one of the best phones and its so great looking. its touch screen its beautifull and much better then the prada and to scroll down might be abit hard to do if your new to touch screen phones, but you will get used to it after 2 or 3 days so its no problem and texting....how could people even talk about this, this phone has handwriting reconisation so if you cant type write like you would write a letter! if you are thinking of buying this phone do because you wont be disapointed Rating: Reviewed by ashleigh on 06/06/2009 i think this phone has been my best. its great i love everythinn about it. its outstanding! i would say everyone should atlease try this phone out Rating: Reviewed by Lizzie on 04/06/2009 Ive had this phone about a year and I am my 2nd handset because the camera suddenly stopped working one day and T-mobile sent me a new handset. Good phone all round. No games which is a downside as they are quite exspensive to buy from the phone. I have tetris which I brought for £4.00 although it is the real EA games version and the phone is good to play that sort of game. Sometimes the touch doesnt work and it takes ages to write a text when that happens although it doesnt happen very often. The battery isnt the best, I have to charge it everyday which I dont mind as I have it on charge at night but it runs out well before. The layout is good, FM radio, good music player. Memory card slot which I have a 2gb memory card in. Sometimes phone wipes memory card and i lose everything but I just have to turn the phone off and back on and it all comes back. The cam is excellent! Ive had some lovley pictures from it. It is a very bulky phone and not as slim as some of the newer touchscreen models. I would recommend the phone to someone who is not careless as dropping it could damage it extremley bad but also it is not a good phone for someone who depends on their mobile alot as alot of time I am away from home when battery goes then im stuck. All round good phone but I having a crack at a nokia tomorrow. Ready for a change. Rating: Reviewed by J Read on 02/06/2009 Nice phone but, a toy really and only fit for a handbag / man bag.Its to big for pockets, too easy to scratch the screen and worse of all you cannot see the screen in sunlight. I find its complex to use with too many menus to scoll through. Great if you love gadgets. Avoid if you want a phone ! Rating: Reviewed by jo on 31/05/2009 great phone, bit heavy, hard to text at first but u get used to it. I think im gunna get the new one when its out on a tarriff other than orange :P x Rating: Reviewed by Alyssa on 31/05/2009 The LG viewty has a brilliant camera, the touch screen is responsive and great to use. You don't even need the stylus! Browsing the web is simple and fast. Despite many reviews on various website, I find the battery life to be incredible for the technology of the phone. The quality of the photos is very high, and you can do many things to edit them to your needs. The only down side for me has nothing to do with the phone itself, its the fact that the box only comes with a charger and a manual. Basically, the best phone I've ever had! Rating: Reviewed by Annonymous on 30/05/2009 I have only had The LG viewty for two days, but already I have fallen in love with it. Some say that the battery life isn't any good, but mine is great! Although I charge my phone up every night, It hasnt lost battery since I have bought it (two days a go.(I did not charge my phone up over night for this one time, as I heard about the battery.) ) Although this fantastic phone does not have many games, who buys a phone for games anyway? You can choose between a varitey of 'Demos' Which are a 3 or less minute taster of that game. That is ok for me! The LG Viewty is a phone which is easy to use, stylish, and has everything a phone should have. For me it is the perfect phone! Rating: Reviewed by Kirstie on 29/05/2009 The LG Viewty is a great phone but does have done things that could be improved. This LG phone only holds up to a 2gb Memory card which isn't much at all! Also the menu doesn't have a lot to choose from. This phone doesn't come with any games or application. When I got this phone on contract from Carphone Warehouse, I didn't recieve any accessories such as: A Stylus Earphones USB Cable etc. All I got was the charger and the phone. Overall this is an OK phone to buy. Rating: Reviewed by ARRAN on 28/05/2009 So slow to text Rating: Reviewed by P on 28-05-2009 It is ok. The camera is actually reli gd but the video is rubbish. and the USB conection doesnt seem to work. It looks gd as a phone and the touch screen is fine, doesnt annoy me . Rating: Reviewed by Reveiwer on 28/05/2009 Worst phone ever! Would not recommend it to anyone, its rubbihsh! Rating: Reviewed by Kaaty on 24/05/2009 umm ;; well my friend has this phone ;; the camera looks amazing ;; but its like a brick ;; ive heard it breaks after 5 mins & the texting is really hard ;; stick with the lg cookie :] Rating: Reviewed by Ellie on 21/05/2009 The LG Viewty is a great phone but after a while you get sick of it but its a very good phone especially with o2 Rating: Reviewed by pauline gibson on 20/05/2009 my husband russ brought my viewty for my 50 birthday its the best phone/camera i have ever had ! i love it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rating: Reviewed by j on 20/05/2009 I think this is a brilliant phone it looks cool and performs good Rating: Reviewed by pegasus on 20/05/2009 Have had my beloved purple viewty for about a yr and love it. I have just ordered an upgrade and have opted for the samsung M8800. I had to search long and hard to decide which phone to choose and still think i might end up giving the other half the new one. The viewty is brilliant, I have had no problems. Once I got used to all the features it is simple to use. I have an 8gb memory card in it and over 300 songs on it. The playback quality through headphones is excellant. I use it as a camera and have had no problems. I have printed pictures off of it and again the quality is fine. ~My digital camera is better but the viewty is a phone first and foremost!I use the internet through my viewty and it is no where near as fast as the computer but no surprise there really! All in all the best phone I have ever had and i am not sure i will be parting with it....but my new one is pink! Rating: Reviewed by victoria on 19/05/2009 pleaseeee do NOT buy this phone. i have had mine 9 months. it has been back for repair 3 times. it comes back and within a week there is something else wrong with it as well as all the previous faults. i dont always get text messages, the quality of the phone line isnt very good. turning on the camera can sometimes freeze the whole phone. i was playing music the other night & when it tried to stop it the music continued playing even when the phone was turned off!! it would allow me to play games which i had paid for from time to time. there just isnt anything remotely good about the phone. the touch screen takes ages to work & there is an obvious amount of time between pressing a button & getting the response from the phone. i would not reccommend it at all. Rating: Reviewed by Rick on 19/05/2009 I have the lg viewty. And to be honest its not as good as i thought it was going to be! I prefer my old p series sony ericssons. P800,900,910 etc... I personaly think the touchscreens were better but i guess its all about what you get used to. Plus i liked all the things they did that everyone elses did not do. They made me feel like my phone came from the future! And i dont think im ever going to get that feeling again from a different manifacturer. But in all fairness to it, the camera is brilliant. Rating: Reviewed by Glen Morangy on 19/05/2009 Absolutely delighted! Rating: Reviewed by bob marllley on 18/05/2009 dis fone is da shizzle bizzle mannn its da bees nees blud its outrageous luvin it Rating: Reviewed by Barka on 17/05/2009 This phone is shockingly bad! The touch screen is rubbish, there are a lot of bugs which will never be fixed. The operation of the phone is slow and frustrating. I have recently broken the screen while texting, I got so annoyed with the thing I through it at my desk.... the desk won! lol. DONT GET THIS PHONE! Rating: Reviewed by mon on 17/05/2009 i have had this phone for about a week and its brillint better than the iphone i took mine back. Rating: Reviewed by Derek McKenzie on 15/05/2009 Have had mine for several months, loved the phone which was purchased from Carphone warehouse. However god forbid that you ever have a problem with it. Mine would not switch on and was returned under warranty which they refused to honor due to, they say, the level of moisture damage to my mobile. I have never exposed the phone to anything that could be remotely described as a damp atmosphere and have only ever kept it in a safe environment ie my pocket or breifcase. It is interesting to note that they have a standard letter/disclaimer that is per-printed with only the customer details missing to give to customers who complain. Surely it is not unreasonable to expect a phone to be capable of operating under normal everyday conditions without breaking down with moisture damage! They seem to be of the belief that taking the phone from a cold to hot environment where moisture can form is a unacceptable thing to do ie going indoors on a cold winters day. Needless to say they will not be getting any more of my money and I will pursue it through legal channels. Rating: Reviewed by Rowan on 14/05/2009 i only just got this fone and it is simply fantastic, it is everything i wanted. But there is one let down and im wondering if anyone can help me out? occasionly it suddenly resets all of the settings that i have personalised like the home screen, ringtones and even says that i have no files i.e sounds, videos and pictures. any advice would be wonderful thank you... Rating: Reviewed by Bethany on 14/05/2009 Ive Just Got My lg viewty and i love it takes getting used too but its good bit hard txting but illl get used to it i would defo recamend this to friends its really good camera takes gd pics of me n mates its the best phone ive ever had thumbs up Rating: Reviewed by rob on 14/05/2009 THIS PHONE IS RUBBISH DO NOT GET ITS THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEESE PHONES REVEIW IT SOON AS I BAUGHT MY PHONE IT WAS GOOD AT FIRST AND THEN I CLICKED ON THE SCREEN AND I COULDNT GET TO USE THE TOUCH SCREEN ITS ALL A CONN!!! DONT BUY IT!!!! OR YOU WILL GET CONNED THE 3G INTERNET IS RUBISH Rating: Reviewed by David on 14/05/2009 I bought this phone 6 months ago and it's been back twice. once at 6 weeks due to the flash failing and the second time due to the touch screen not working. I went for this phone due to it's touch screen facility and the larger keyboard font (i dont always have my glasses on!). It should be a fantastic phone but in reality it's not. The built quality is poor and it lacks the finesse of the i-phone and build quality of the nokia range. It really is a poor phone which is a shame as the concept is good. Would i buy this phone again? Never! Rating: Reviewed by Crispin on 13/05/2009 I love my viewty i use phones for internet access i live on a caravan site with poor reception but still get 3G couldnt ask for more out of this device more than just a phone pity about tmobiles customer service.excellent for nomads cheers lg! Rating: Reviewed by sally on 12/05/2009 just brought the lg viewty, nice looking phone , easy to use. But with no cd driver u r stuck can not sync phone to pc. no sync no music or games. i am regreting buying this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Jane on 11/05/2009 I would advice anyone not to buy this phone!!.. Im just being honest. My phone keeps switching off every 5 minutes.. i usually charge it all night and the battery still died after 10 minutes!!.. Just one word of an adivice.. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONEE..you cant even listen to some music or talk on the phone! Worst phone ever that has been created!!.. How can i get another battery that is better? Rating: Reviewed by chloe on 11/05/2009 i love these phones butthe only problem is the battery only lasts a day and has to be charged every nite Rating: Reviewed by mica on 11/05/2009 my usb connection on my phone doesnt seem to work, i purchased a new battery and it was great and then it started to not charge even when i plugged it in, Rating: Reviewed by James on 10/05/2009 i love this fone great value at only £100 at the carphone warehouse! pros: brilliant camera best quality fotos, internet browser is as good if not better than the iphone! music player and media player are good as well! not so good: no accessory are spared ~ all you get in the box is the fone and the manual. the usabily is poor scrolling menus can be difficult. the verdict excellant features but only for the technically advanced Rating: Reviewed by ciaran on 10/05/2009 i've given this fone a low rating because firstly the camera is not good, secondly is hard 2 txt and make calls, thirdly is heavy and to big and it keeps on freezing and crashing down on me. I chose this fone based on the good reviews its had. I paid £140 for this junk in januray at the orange shop in nottingham. all i can say is what a mess! I'm curently selling this junk on amazon atm, I tried 2 get a refund after before 10 days of having this fone but orange refused 2 do it. I would avoid having a lg fone because they are hard 2 use. I would reconmend having a blackberry, samsung or a sony ericsson because they are easy 2 use. Rating: Reviewed by XxKatiexx on 09/05/2009 I have the lg Viewty and it's a great phone, the only problem is i dont no how to download my photos onto my laptop. For the price i payed for this phone i should be able to. The camera is great and it's cool how you can switch from the two cameras (one at the back of the phone and the small not so good one at the front) Rating: Reviewed by Tom92 on 08/05/2009 i borrowed this phone off my dad, i though it was totally rubbish. dont like it in the slightest and wouldnt recomend it to anybody. Rating: Reviewed by Holli on 07/05/2009 This phone is good, i would award 3 stars as some of the feautures are not as could as some, the texting is not good and connecting to your computer is very slow and painful. The camera is good, bluetooth is good, video is good too, the screen is bright and overall i think it is quite good. some people who are massive texters wouldnt like though im afraid. Rating: Reviewed by Ryan on 07/05/2009 This phone is pretty good. Good camera, loud and clear music, sensitive touchscreen. Mine hasn't had anything wrong with it yet. Rating: Reviewed by Joel M on 07/05/2009 In my experience so far I have had a nice experience but there is something that trips it uo when i bought it the first time sometimes when i took a picture it would turn itself off and sometimes my music would disappear so i returned it and got a new one which i am happy with so far apart from the music is already disappearing after 3 hours of having it :-@ Rating: Reviewed by Abi on 06/05/2009 I got this phone for Christmas and i loved it! i have had no troubles with it, up until now. The touch screen has decided to freeze on me, it has been like this for a week or so now. I dont know what to do with it. Is anyone having the same problems? if so, how have you dealt with it? Rating: Reviewed by ds on 06/05/2009 Very Bad. Shameless Rating: Reviewed by David Owen on 06/05/2009 Phone developed fault on usb port after 5 months. LG instructed me to send it to CRC Nottingham for repair. They claimed the repair was not covered under warranty as it was deemed "accidental damage" and wanted £48 to repair the phone or £11.50 to return it unrepaired!Have been advised by trading standards to have the phone returned for independent inspection. LG customer service lamentably poor wish I had followed the advice of the vendors Prepaymania and taken it to Carphone Warehouse for repair. Rating: Reviewed by Katy on 06/05/2009 I've had this phone for 5 months now and at first really loved it. The battery life was brilliant and the 5mp camera worked really well, this was my main reason for buying as I use the camera very often...however after a few weeks the camera became faulty and the flash either does not go off or it goes off after the shutter which leaves you with a completely black photo :( The battery life also started to fail on me and now it says it has a 3 bars and ten minutes later the battery is empty to the point that it takes 10 minutes with the charger in before you can even turn it on! Such a shame as I love the browsing of this phone but now I'm going to have to replace it with a cheaper phone which has less features as I'm still paying for the first one :( 5 months does not really stand the test of time ans would have liked a bit more for my money... don't believe the hype, I have 2 friends whose Viewtys did exactly the same after a few weeks and have both replaced theirs with different models! Rating: Reviewed by Denham Steynor on 06/05/2009 I switched to the Viewty from a Sony Ericsson K850i after it stopped working. I was attracted by flashy looks, the large screen, the camera and the good reviews. However after using it for a couple of weeks I am rather disappointed. Compared to the Sony Ericsson is behaves and feels like it came out of a Christmas Cracker (maybe a bit harsh but you get the point?). Navigation - takes too many clicks to get to feature - e.g. 5 clicks to add a task Slow response to button clicks Radio reception poor Earpiece buzzes at higher volumes Lack of timer and stopwatch Only supports mp3 audio No light (torch) Cannot get to tasks easily Cannot set alarm for task Headphone's low quality + low volume No games supplied Cannot view .txt files PC Software very primitive - some has a date of 2003 Cannot view or send SMS messages Cannot manage calendar, tasks etc directly. Can only sync with PIM Rating: Reviewed by Xisco on 05/05/2009 I bought one when I came to nufc and there good Rating: Reviewed by Barry on 03/05/2009 I have had this phone for 3 weeks. It is a very impressive phone. I am impressed with the quality of the camera and it has a long battery life. The only minor point about this phone which i didn't like was it took me ages to get used to. But overall i am very pleased i got this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Robert on 03/05/2009 I cannot say anything good about the U990. I hate it passionately, for the following 3 reasons: 1. Battery Life: Even if I don't use the phone at all (other than leaving it on standby), the battery life is no more than 13 hours. I thought I must have had an expiring battery, so I bought a new one. It has exactly the same life.Where on earth does anyone get the advertised life of 430-450 hours standby? 2. Screen visibility: The screen has good visibility indoors. However, nothing can be seen in daylight out-of-doors. For me, this is useless. 3. Finicky touch controls: certain operations (particularly upward and downward scrolling of sidebars) is almost impossible without using the supplied stylus pen. I am so disappointed as I had been told good things at the mobile phone shop. Now I wish I had never gone near this phone. Rating: Reviewed by SARAH on 03/05/2009 THIS PHONE IS THE BEST I MEAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS PHONE THEY HAVE ISSUUSE Rating: Reviewed by Paige on 03-05-2009 At first I loved the LG Viewty, I found it easy to use but after a month the screen started to go funny, for example if I clicked on messages it would go to the next app like my contacts, making texting difficult as well as other things. Rating: Reviewed by jack on 02/05/2009 well to start off its a really great phone,too bad the touchscreen got scratched and sand got into into mine and i couldnt put on the back cover after that so i replaced it with the nokia 2630 which i love,the overall phone is sleek nice has great features and touchscreen is good,sometimes doesnt respond,but overall good,i would recommend =P Rating: Reviewed by matthew add me on 02/05/2009 i bought this phone today and it keeps turning off the battery is full but it jus randomly turns off Rating: Reviewed by Fran :) on 02/05/2009 this is the best phone that i have ever brought ! The camra is very impressive, and the pictures that are taken are of a high standard ! the only thing what i can say bad about it is that not every baod =y has this phone :) it was great Rating: Reviewed by Gemma on 02/05/2009 its great. it does everything you want and its perfect pirce. greattt value Rating: Reviewed by sammy (: on 30/04/2009 ABSOLUTLY AMAZING, people that think that this phone is not a good deal or simply have egnored it, think again! i have worked with computers for 21 years andd this phone is the bets affordable phone i have came accross yett!, alll thee best features. Rating: Reviewed by Clare on 29/04/2009 I have had my viewty for about 2 months. In the first month, I was in love with it. Now, not so much. Not all features work well, like the connection to computer DOES NOT WORK. It wont register anymore. Aswell, my memory card slot does not work. This phone also scratches easily. Though i do LOVE the camera, its so good. email me if you ahve the same problems - x-claree@hotmail.com Rating: Reviewed by alfie on 29/04/2009 this an amazing phone, the only thing i dislike is the lack of WiFi unfortunately my screen broke on the inside and no longer works well worth buying, but get a solid case if you do Rating: Reviewed by Hugh Manning on 27/04/2009 Having used mobile phones since the days of the vodabrick,I was talked into upgrading to an LG Viewty by a sweet talking sales person. I have used it for several months now and it is the worst phone I have ever used. Sure it has great features, camera etc. but purely from a practical standpoint I find it infuriating. Touch screen technology stinks in my opinion. Just simply trying to scroll the screen to find a missed call or contact becomes a battle between the phone and me. The last straw was the phone switching off and refusing to reboot without removing and replacing the battery, usually when I am in the middle of a conversation with a customer. I have been told that this is an unknown fault and the handset should go back to LG for repair. Frankly I can't be bothered, I have swapped back to my previous phone and I shall wait a few more months to get a proper phone on contract renewal. Rating: Reviewed by Spencer on 26/04/2009 First impressions made me think why I had wasted so much time on any other brand of mobile. I had been using a Nokia N73 which I thought was great before it died irreparably after 2 months. The LG was sold to me on the promise that it was so much more. In fact it's utter rubbish. The touch screen doesn't work around the edges of the screen. The battery meter gives no real indication of when it's about to die so expect to be taken by surprise all the time. You will have to consider keeping it on charge all the time. The charging connector is also rubbish and feels very fragile. Surfing the web is hopeless, slow, frustrating and pointless. I have always used the alarm function on mobiles as a gently wake up in the morning. None of the alarm tones on this phone are any good and they don't have a incremental volume increase. Bad news if you are worried about an early morning heart attack. It may have a 5 megapixel camera but the lens isn't anything to write home about and the whole photography experience is very poor. The flash rarely works which is poor bearing in mind most photographs we take are in doors. The FM radio is so poor I'd rather have AM and the headphone set is the most appalling contraption ever. Rating: Reviewed by ROWEN!! on 26/04/2009 THIS FONE IS WIKED!!, NOTHING WRONG AT ALL, DONT KNOW WHY ALL THE BAD REVIEWS!! ITS A LUSH LOOKING PHONE AND IT WORKS FAB! Rating: Reviewed by Dan Bevan on 26/04/2009 Right after reading the reviews from this site, i was a bit weary about getting this phone, however went ahead and did so anyway. BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE. Other than not going into that place where they'll castrate you if they catch you. But anyhow, i'm going to sort out some mishaps about the phone. 1. Everyone who says the camera is terrible is an abpsoulte insult to society, camera is amazing, you just need to change the settings for the picture quality and type that suits you. 2. i can't even understand how people say its difficult to scroll! my dad has an iphone and there is no difference between the scrolling! 3. No freezes or complications st all. 4. Great sound quality 5.Texting is easy, and the hand-writing feature is a work of art. Don't listen to the control freaks who have no iea what they're going on about, this phone is a star. Rating: Reviewed by Warren Morris on 26/04/2009 Had the Veiwty for just over a year without any problems. its just got it all and the touch screen was perfect defo the best phone of 2007/08 was sad to part with it but soon got over it with the arrival of my samsung tocco ultra. RIP LG VEIWTY. Rating: Reviewed by Evan Jones on 26/04/2009 The LG Viewty KU990 is an extremely good phone, I found the touch screen was FAR mroe receptive and sensitive then any other LG phones I have come across. A Must Have Phone ! Rating: Reviewed by ron on 26/04/2009 great phone the problem i have with it is that the o2 active icon stays on the home screen so if you have a pic there this icon sticks out like a sore thumb, i dont find the battery life to bad all depends how much i use the phone Rating: Reviewed by azaaz adam on 25/04/2009 beautiful fone 1 of the best strongly recommended better then the iphone for sure Rating: Reviewed by CHRIS on 24/04/2009 IVE HAD THIS PHONE FOR 5 MONTHS NOW AND IVE HAD NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ITS FIRST CLASS. Rating: Reviewed by becky chetwynd on 24/04/2009 i have had this phone on vodafone since november and can say that the phone is great but the battery life is pants , i dont have any of those fancy applications on and just use the phone and msg waith the occasional use of the camera , the battery runs down from a full charge with no use of the phone in under two days with a signal strength of 3 bars serioulsy lets the phone down ... Rating: Reviewed by Chris Smith on 21/04/2009 It is a really good phone, i have never had a better phone than the LG viewty. That was until the trips to the repair shop. I found that after a while i found that the phone wasn't holding power, even after it was fully charged. I bought it a new battery but it didn't solve the proble. I'm now waiting for it back from the repair shop for the second time!!! I really don't think that LG are exactly that good at making mobile phones... Rating: Reviewed by jigz on 20-04-2009 love it!!! best phone i have ever had. the best think about it is the Features of the phone. best ones are Google Package, Internet, Messaging, Size, Connectivity, 5 megapixel camera and more. IF YOU HAVE IT ENJOY IT, IF YOU NOT HAVE IT GO RUN AND BUY IT. THANK U LG Rating: Reviewed by Hayley on 20/04/2009 I got out a contract in seotember and got the lg viewty purple when i took it out. Since than i have had nothing but trouble with it, the phone itself is brilliant but every so often it would re boot and go back to the start up screen like when you turn the phone on. This happened mainly when i was loading up a picture or a message, luckily i rang up orange and i recieved a new phone but i lost alot of valuable pictures from doing master resets. Now i have a new one its working fine so I will just have to see how it goes. Rating: Reviewed by Tom on 19/04/2009 Its a great phone, had mine since xmas and nothing has ever gone wrong with it. touch screen is easy to use and doesnt mess up like some, the camera is perfect and the music player is good, very loud and clear. Rating: Reviewed by Sunny on 17/04/2009 My friend has this phone, and I've had a little play around with it... - It looks great, unfortunaltey can scratch (not scratch resistant). The only bad point would be the size, as it's pretty thick, but luckily not thick enough that you can't keep it in your pocket. - Features worked brilliantly, camera was very impressive. The only thing I would wonder is the fact that there's no lens cover for the camera, do any users have problems with the lens because its unprotected? - I live in the countryside, and reception was good for us, so no problem there. As far as I can see, a great phone to have, Im even thinking about getting it myself. My only query would be the lens lasting without a cover - could anyone give me an idea on how much its affected? Otherwise a great phone with great style. Well done LG. Rating: Reviewed by jojo on 16/04/2009 good its gr8 u shud get it. u cant live wivout it Rating: Reviewed by ottilie on 16/04/2009 the battery is rubbish, your shake it and it literally breaks. but other than that its AITEEE Rating: Reviewed by k4r1 on 15/04/2009 kicks the iphones ass Rating: Reviewed by laura young on 15/04/2009 this spectacular mobile phone suits me and should suite everyone,i ould rate this phone s an 11/10 verry good and a high stand xx Rating: Reviewed by Katie, Durham UK on 15/04/2009 rubbish!? i dont want to here such things. this phone is a revolution in the phone industry! camera is fabbb! touch screen is amazing, battery power is AMAZING and the amount of memory is the BESTTTT. i realy dont know how anyone can call it rubbish, this truely isnt right. buy this phone, its AWESOME (: (: (: =D Rating: Reviewed by Emily W on 15/04/2009 Got this phone for christams and already i want a new, when i first got this phone i cudn't wait to start using it. But a month or so down the line i hate this phone and my birthday is in a couple of weeks and i am getting a new one. The touch screen is almost impossible to use after owning samsung omnia and after reading reviews fainally thought i had to have but it is the worst phone i have ever owned. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PHONE TO ANYONE!! Rating: Reviewed by ambtax1 on 14/04/2009 Definitely a handy phone. Stable. I have had this phone for about a year. The only times it has locked up is when I have installed dodgy third party apps. Call quality is ok but not amazing. Texting can take some getting used to but easy if you persevere. The stylus is a pull out type thing. Which now no longer stays out and is slightly useless. The touch screen is not very sensitive and mine has many marks on it now. It is still fine though. Despite being dropped many times! The browser is adequate but doesn't compare to newer ones. MP3 player is ok and usable. Camera - the reason I bought the phone. This is unfortunately not very good. The pictures can be quite noisy and indoor pics are especially bad. The flash tends to produce over exposed pics. Lens easily scratched. Macro is ok. Ok pics on a sunny day. 120 fps - slightly useless gimmick. Video recording quality is fine. VGA recording seems to stutter occasionaly. The divx player seems very 'fussy' and will onl y play very specific formats of video. Of which I am still unsure. 3gp is fine. Battery life - this can be bad. If your using the phone a lot you will be lucky to get a day out of it. A couple of days if you simply don't use it at all. Would I recommend? Yes. It is a very relaible phone. Especially at the current price. Rating: Reviewed by lala on 13/04/2009 it is the best ever phone in the world i really recomend it. it is simple and easy to us. Rating: Reviewed by Jackson Gaudie on 12/04/2009 Great Phonee.. You want a reliable Phone u have got one with the Viewty everything about it is special Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 12/04/2009 really good phone, great camera, cool gadgety features, great for internet, full of apps and capabilities. The OS or user interface is fantastic, really easy to use and you dont need a stylus, you can easiliy use your finger. It has a god video capture, and the music player is fantastic. The touchscreen is very good, easy and simpleto use, with no over complicated hard to use srolley features. the texting keypad is extremely good, and the dialing buttons are very large and easy to use. This will always be agreat phone, however it si getting old, and the only bad featurs, is he lack of wifi and the thickness. if you want a great phone with cool hi tech features get this, however the tocco is exactly the same, however just looks better on the outside, and the widgets are a good feature, however the os and software design of the tocco, not to mention the touchscreen is poor.so if you would like a good phoen with ltos of features the viewty is much better than the tocco Rating: Reviewed by Andy from London on 12/04/2009 Bought this 4 days ago as an update to a reliable Motorola Razr3. I have made just 3 calls lasting barely 8 minutes in total and the phone has otherwise been on standby. The battery is now totally dead! I have seen several reviews of older LG phones and most if not all report battery problems, but they were supposedly resolved on the Viewty. Obviously not so! I have also suffered connection problems. Two of the calls I made (all 3 to the same person in one location) were patchy at best, losing either my voice or the other person's several times during the call. It also needed two or more attempts to connect incoming calls. The system software requires a lot of time to understand and some of it is almost incomprehensible (I am a semi-retired IT manager and consultant). I will be returning the unit, probably for a Nokia 5800, after the holiday weekend but no more LG's for me. Rating: Reviewed by Cheryl on 10/04/2009 Bought the phone last wk, loved it then took it out of my bag the day after I bought it & it had a massive scratch down the centre, Carphone Warehouse said they wouldn't help me even though I have insurance on it that I took out on the day I bought it. Also the camera isn't that good, it take ok photos but when I enlarge them for a wallpaper & screensaver (of my kids) they're not very good, not as clear as my Nokia Xpress music camera phone. Totally gutted with the phone & with Carphone warehouse. Rating: Reviewed by natalia! on 09/04/2009 i have had this phone a year and half and i think it is great . i have msn n all kinds of games on here although i have no films on here as i do not know how to although i am wonering one thing does anyone know how to change the voicmail message that people here when you miss a call because i have found that i do not like mine any more as i changed it when i first got my phone and i have searched every where to try and find someway of changing it :S please if anyone has any help or advice please contact me nataliesarahlouise@hotmail.co.uk much appreciated xx Rating: Reviewed by daniel on 07/04/2009 well i really love my fone think its brilliant. but there are a few things, like wen my 3G is on i cant make a fonecall unless its a video call,and it doesnt allow me to send a text either so my 3G has to be switched off all of the time. but other than that its mint, it has everything i need in a fone, luv it, but if you want that super fast internet then this isnt the fone for you as it just doesnt work lol Rating: Reviewed by Lisa on 07/04/2009 AMAZING PHONE <3 Rating: Reviewed by Cheryl on 07/04/2009 Bought the phone today & so far am loving it, got it for £100 on o2 from Carphone warehouse in the 50% off. Don't understand why people chuck it after only 1 day.....you need to give it longer than that to see if you can get used to it or you could just not be using it right. So far I give it a 5star rating......hopefully will still be doing that in 6mths or longer!! Rating: Reviewed by RBRB on 07/04/2009 I've had this phone for 6 months. There are quite a number of people using this phone and a majority of them have found something wrong with it within the first 2 months. Whether it be a camera fault or the flash light not turning on. Don't get me wrong, the phone is revolutionary and features are all good. Once you get on a touch phone, you can NEVER go back to plain old buttons! However, the touch on this phone is not as responsive as the Apple iPhone. It requires a bit more push. Also if you store too much photos or have too much in your memory card, the photo album becomes very, very laggy. One good thing of this phone I've enjoyed is the Paranorma feature of the camera, it's takes gorgeous photos but at a lower resolution. But don't expect great things from 5MP! The camera tends to be very fuzzy, sometimes even worse than my Sony Ericsson 2MP camera phone. But unlike the iPhone, it has a flash... which is does not work that great, but sometimes handy. I was disappointed it didn't have Wireless, nor a GPS, but it does have Google Maps, and that is very handy when you have internet connection with your phone plan. I especially like the smaller second camera used for video-calls. You can use it to take 1MP photos or check out if you have anything stuck to your teeth. Overall, I'd say this phone is an average touch phone, with a few handy features. It's good, but not the best. If I had to re-purchase, I would probably look into a Samsung or iPhone, because it looks nicer and the touch screen isn't as annoying as the LG. Rating: Reviewed by john on 06/04/2009 the beast mobile iv ever had Rating: Reviewed by HOLLY on 05/04/2009 GREAT MANUFACTORS AND GOOD PHONE Rating: Reviewed by mark ricketts on 05/04/2009 the best phone that i ever owend i would not sell or swop it for any thing 100 out of 100 Rating: Reviewed by del on 04/04/2009 iphone killer for just £100 on pay & Go.Hard to scroll. Rating: Reviewed by Terriiii on 04/04/2009 It's ok. Not the best phone. You get bored when you use it after a while. Rating: Reviewed by Ken on 03/04/2009 I have had this phone six months and would not recommend this phone. Battery life is poor and has short warning of low condition before killing itself. Touch screen initially seemed like a good idea but trust me buttons are king, far too fiddly to do anything complex. LG support is non exisitant and the software is basic to say the least. Stick to the main three companies. This is more a camera first then phone so if you want good images this does the job. The 5m pics are good quality. But beware as a phone it doesn't do the job. Rating: Reviewed by Robert on 02/04/2009 The build quality is certaily inferior when compared to similar mobiles made by nokia, apple etc. Software works but needs further capacity to edit and personalise. Other problems include the lack of a fullproof locking mechanism, ridiculous stylus attachment, and forgettable messaging system. Rating: Reviewed by sarah on 31/03/2009 this phone is rubbish the vibration is bad i can never feel it going off, does anyone know if there is any way to improve the vibration Rating: Reviewed by stacey on 30/03/2009 Ive just brought this phone is brilliant.. so easy to use and looks great on now quite cheap. BEST FONE IVE EVER HAD Rating: Reviewed by crApple fan'boi' alert on 30/03/2009 Take no notice of ben's review below his precious religion's crApple iPhone sales R going down the tubes (like crApples profits R dying along with jobs :D ) as people see how outdated and naff iPhone is so hes gettin so desperate + scared he slags of superior competition the VIEWTY - superior iPhone trouncin NON - criminally priced mobile :) Rating: Reviewed by ben on 29/03/2009 whatever you do do not buy this phone i chucked mine after a day Rating: Reviewed by les on 29/03/2009 bit bulky. not that easy to work out how to operate. Rating: Reviewed by Tface on 28/03/2009 Get this phone! Seriously, best decision I ever made! But yeah, the battery life is a little low. Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 28/03/2009 Still effortlessly shows up the now well outdated iPhone (with its Phone that doesn't even work for Gods sake and the rest of the functions go funny after a month or so !) for the emperors new clothes piece of junk it is AND at a fraction of the price so U don't have to remorgage your house with all the craftilly hidden costs that balloon with the iPhone's use :D. Battery life for the the Viewty unsurprisingly is average but thats easily DOUBLED by getting a spare battery UNLIKE the horrendous ripp off fixed Battery of iPhone/apple products (costs £££££ to send it to apple for a new one/battery pack).aarrrgh! Rating: Reviewed by Malcolm on 27/03/2009 I got this phone yestrerday. Today I sent it back! It will not sync with Microsoft Outlook on either my XP or VISTA PCs. I called LG who say that none of their phones sync on Vista-based PCs - except for the Renoir. They sync should work on an XP-based machine but when I try to do this it opens 33 windows simultaneously - which I cannot even close!!! When such a basic function does not work, I have to rate the phone as 1 star, otherwise it would have been 4 or 5 stars. Rating: Reviewed by Claire on 27/03/2009 Sorry to disappoint everyone but this phone is rubbish!! i've had it for 4 months now but it is just rubbish, so rubbish infact i am in the process of buying the samsung g600! the texting on it is complicated and you have to really push the screen to get it working. it just stops working all of a sudden and it takes ages for it to start working again. taking pictures on it is really annoyingly bad. i know 4 people who have had this phone .. it is soo awful! The internet is sooo soo hard to work. i just can not work it at all. amongst the best phones ever made :-| somehow i dont think so!!! if you are a teenager and you want a young stylish phone then this phone is soo not for you!! also if your looking for a replacement to the iphone then keep searching cos you havent found it here! the picture editing isnt good and complicated to work. Also the music is very quiet and i trying to minimize it iss soo frustratingg! DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE!! Rating: Reviewed by Holly on 27/03/2009 Had this phone for 3 months and its a load of rubbish for me, im a big texter and this is so slow i keep wanting to throw it across the room, i couldnt get on the internet, the music aand stuff wouldnt go onto my computer and the battery is rubbish. i have now gone back to my iphone and it is so much better! Dont buy this if u love texting, its rubbish! the only good thing i think is the call buttons :) Rating: Reviewed by cyber shot on 27/03/2009 this phone is well gd iv had it 4 ABOUT A YEAR NOW THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THE BATTERY GOES ABIT DODGY APART FROM THAT ITS AWESOME Rating: Reviewed by Hazel on 26/03/2009 I have had this phone for three months and at first, I was really impressed, but now I'm actually bored of using it and texting is a chore! Also, I have found that the camera is not what I thought it would be. I thought I wouldn't need a digital camera as well as a phone when I bought the viewty but as soon as you zoom when taking a picture the quality is rubbish. It's a nice looking phone, but quite bulky. I thought it was fantastic when it first came onto the market but now it has been overtaken by several other better quality phones that are selling for nearly the same price now. I also cannot stand how slow the phone is, and am not impressed with LG as the viewty is the first phone I have ever purchased from them. Rating: Reviewed by Emily on 25/03/2009 Had Mine For A Day And It Keeps Turningg Its Self On And Of It Realy Doing My Head In At The Minute, I Have Read Most Off These Reviews Most People Say They Are Good But A Dont No Because I Have Had Mine For A Day Well Half And It Doing Me Head Rating: Reviewed by Sophie on 24/03/2009 This phone was fine for the first few months, I really liked it, but the touch screen fails epically. If anyone is thinking of buying this phone - Don't. I've been needing to buy a new one for ages, sometimes I can't use it for an entire day as the screen won't work; it's so messed up I can't even re-calibrate it. It's frustrating as hell. I've had it a year now. Can't wait to get rid of the damn thing. Rating: Reviewed by bob on 23/03/2009 Cracking fone, luv it Rating: Reviewed by bob the builder on 23/03/2009 THIS IS THE BEST PHONE EVER. I COMPLETELY BEATS THE IPHONE AND PRADA. THE BATTERY LIFE IS POOR, BUT THE HUGE 3X3 INCH TOUCHSCREEN PAD IS WORTH IT. THE CAMERA IS WICKED. I WISH THE STYLUS COULD BE KEPT IN THE SHELL OF THE PHONE AND A CASE SHOULD COME WITH THE BOX TO STOP FINGERPRINTS (ETC) FROM BLOCKING THE 100% BACKLIGHT. THE LOUDEST MUSIC SETTING IS NOT ENOUGH BUT ITS STILL GOOD. BOB THE BUILDER Rating: Reviewed by Laura on 23/03/2009 I looked at this phone in the magazines and thought it would be like the others [made out to be really good but is rubish]. But quite recently i viisted my cousin and she has this phone, she has had it for 3 months now. I asked her if she liked it and she said yes. I thought it would be quite hard to use, but it's actually easy! After playing with it for a few hours i found that i liked it and it is quite good. My cousin is getting rid of it and i am getting it soon so yes i suggest you buy this! :] Rating: Reviewed by lesley on 23/03/2009 nice pictures on a big screen that you can magnify. but i found it too difficult and annoying to use it. it is also bulky. Rating: Reviewed by Phil on 22/03/2009 I think the LG viewty is a great phone and there is probably only one problem and that is battery life. It lasts quite long however and is a great value for money Rating: Reviewed by Jonboy on 21/03/2009 Just got this phone from second hand shop as lost my samsung soul and needed phone that was good and most importantly cheap only£100 so well chuffed. 1st impresion good takes bit of time getting used to texting and that but thats all i think its equal to my samsung u900 and i loved that phone anyway id give it 9/10 Rating: Reviewed by CHAROTTE on 21/03/2009 I LOVE THIS PHONE ITS REALLY NICE AND ITS OUTSTANDING =) Rating: Reviewed by Anne on 20/03/2009 I have had the viewty for about 7 months - and I hate it!!! The battery dies after half a day, the internet keeps switching itself on and the screen keeps freezing. I do like some of the features, it's easy to text when you get used to it and quite easy to find your way around the menu and options but the cons far outweigh the pros in my opinion - I definately would not have another of these phones. Rating: Reviewed by anon on 19/03/2009 I was Not sure about the LG Brand, so i Gave the LG Viewty a try, First my first Impressions were good, I Likes the Touch screen & the way it vibrates as you touch the Menu which is Quiet Easy to use, Camera & Video Recording is Good, but only in Bright Lighting Conditions, Sound is Average & A bit Tinny, Its Feels a Bit Fragile so a would'nt want to drop it, But As a Whole it is A Nice Touch Screen Phone Far Less Costly Than the iphone. Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 17/03/2009 I got this phone as an upgrade from my K800i, and pretty much think it to be an all-round phone. I have not had many problems with it, but the phone has taught me to do ym research more...ESPECIALLY when concerning battery life. I bought the phone because I wanted an iPhone but the contracts were ridiculous and this was the next best thing...and until the recent Nokia I still think this to be true. The web is average speed andworkes well with facebook and Ebay, 2 main sites for me. Texting is good on the phone, the only problem is that if you go over so many characters it converts to an MMS which are unreadable on older phones, and if you delete the characters it doesnt revert back to SMS. The only other problem is that I can't seem to connect the phone to transfer photos..music fine, but not pictures..so i am still using my k800i for that. I have encountered the same problem with touch screen twice, which was that is completely froze. After removing the battery and switching the phone back on, the problem left. My only real problem is the battery life. I have read some people say its rubbish, some say its great..well mine is both! Some days I tale my phone of charge at 6am and by 2pm its dead without having made a single phone call. Other times I can call for a few hours and it doesnt effect the battery, the best result being where the battery stayed at full bar for an entire weekend without being charged. I bought a second battery for the phone, but this didn't help. If it was constantly good, or bad, it would be better than not knowing. Does this problem, my only main problem, deserve to have the rating dropped from 5* to 3? Well, yes. At the end of the day the entire point of a mobile phone is just THAT: it should be a mobile phone. if it cuts out throughout the day it doesn't matter how many tricks it can do, because you are unable to use them. If LG sort out this problem I would definately rate it with the high flyers..and if you have regular access to a charger then this phone would be great for you. Rating: Reviewed by Teeny Tot on 17/03/2009 The Phone Was Amazing At First The Camera Was Good And Also The Memory But After About 8 Months It Went Funny It Wouldnt Charge And It Switched Of By Itslef So I Took It Back To The Orange Shop 2 Reapir It And They Told Me They Couldnt Beaucse It Had Bin Wter Damaged This Couldnt Be Possible Because I Hadnt Dropped It Into Water So I Had 2 Buy A New Fone As My Contract Didnt End Until The Folowing Year. DONT BUY THIS PHON3 YOU WILL B3 DISSOPOINT3D Rating: Reviewed by Emma Elliot on 16/03/2009 Im 15, so my phone is very important to me. I got the Viewty in November and im still happy with it. The only thing that bothers me is when you go to view your pictures by using the clicker on the side of the phone, it takes a while to load. Very frustrateing. However i do have over 600 pics. Also takes a minute or so to get into music if you have a lot like me. Not perfect, but not many phones are. Im happy with camera qyality as my last phone was under 3 megepixels i think. Is a bit pants it only came with one game - and even that was a demo. Only allowed to play it once. When in a rush to text or sending a lenghty text is annoying. But i think this phone is worth it. Looks stunning in black. Its a nice thing to be seen with also, people make a lot of fuss over it wich is good. Can edit pictured + make slideshowws etc, has DivX so can put films on. Fantastic phone. Rating: Reviewed by Brent Davidson on 16/03/2009 Yes love the LG Viewty. The video is very good, and also the camera is as well. The radio could be better, but all in all, very good. Rating: Reviewed by abidal on 15/03/2009 i love my phone i got it about a month ago and well its stuck with me before i used to leave my phone at home but the viewty has stuck with me ever since i got it.i know that the sceen can be a bit insensitive but i love it. Rating: Reviewed by Aaron on 14/03/2009 The camera and video quality is good, the phone looks very sleek and is quiet tough and sturdy. Except the interface is quiet boring, and the games included with the O2 version is disappointing- One shooting game, in which it hardly works. Scrolling acts like a mission to do. And the themes arn't exactly cheerfull, texting even with the 'keyboard' isn't really helpfull, constantly pressing the wrong key. To finish on a high note, the only good thing for the £95 price is the Camera and vidio recording and playback. Rating: Reviewed by princess on 14/03/2009 great phone and it is fun too lots of stuff mp3 and radio etc but i feel my back is loose but that could get fixed Rating: Reviewed by uknown on 12/03/2009 absolute rubbish Rating: Reviewed by Mike on 12/03/2009 It's certainly not a 5 star phone but then neither is the iphone. For those guys talking about the camera being poor... if you want a proper camera buy an SLR you complete gibbons. As far as camera phones go the camera on the viewty is very high quality. Anyway ive had the phone 16 months. Cons: Start a text message decide you dont want to finish it press the red cancel button - saved to drafts... pointless and annoying. Onto the single most annoying attribute this phone has. The vibration / noise on the touch screen. It goes off as if you have press the screen and you havent. You press space and it vibrates makes a noise and you get no space so you end up typing gibberish like the yanks in the centerfolds! its -re you clowns. The interface is not as responsive as the iphone and it does slow down the more text msg you have in your inbox. But then t-mobile heaps the rubbish onto your phone so you could flash their settings out and see an instant improvement (i know i did). Pros: It's actually not a bad phone. Rating: Reviewed by Greg on 11/03/2009 when i got this phone i expected it to be quite good after reading several nice reviews on it. Unfortunately it is not as satisfactory in real life. I have had my viewty for about 12 months now, and i can can possibly say it has been one of the worst phones i've owned. heres why: Awful reception. all my phones have worked perfectly in my house apart from this one. I have to lean out of my window to talk to people or they can't hear me. (on orange btw, same network that i have always used) Dodgy text messaging service. I either get my texts late by on average 2 hours, or not at all. i've noticed that if i don't get them its because they are more than one txt page. so yes, you got it, my phone can't receive texts larger than one page. touchscreen is annoying. its inaccurate and laggy. (even after calibration) I've tried getting all of these problems solved either by LG or Orange, but with no success. I've also found 2 friends since with all the exact same problems as what i get, and interestingly on different networks. I have been told that its the software and that i need to update it, but there is no way to update it yourself and the shop i bought it from say that they can't find a way. on the other hand, its a pretty good camera for a mobile phone. and the texting keyboard screen makes things a bit faster (when the touchscreen isn't being stupid). but thats all. Can't wait until my contract ends in 6 months time. Rating: Reviewed by nicolas on 08/03/2009 this phone is amazing & the camera has many wonderful features. buy this phone. it has everything that you need in a phone, it stands out from others and can even have a iphone theme ! BUY IT AT CARPHONE WAREHOUSE OR PHONES4U. it has been discontinued in the o2 store but its still available on o2 in the carphone warehouse and phones4u. ignore bad reviews . Rating: Reviewed by Daniel on 07/03/2009 To be honest i think that this phone is absolute rubbish!!! the batary teks less than a day to run flat... if your thinking about buyin this phone then dont bother ul regret it. the nokia 32,10 was a better phone than this!!! Rating: Reviewed by Bob on 04/03/2009 Do not buy this phone!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by danielle on 03/03/2009 ive had this phone since last july and i still find it amazing now! i did struggle to text at first but when you have had it as long as me you get used to it very quickly! my contract is due for renewal this july and i know i will struggle to find a phone as good and reliable as my viewty! Rating: Reviewed by shaXL from southampton on 03/03/2009 loads of fault but will keep on writing reviews. - camera is rubbish and hard to control - you cant send mp3s through your computer easily...and up till now, i still cant figure that area out - send a picture to the phone and most times, it says.....file size too big and you cannot use the picture for anything or edit it - scrolling is bad dont get me wrong , the phone is pretty good but has some basic faults. Rating: Reviewed by lee on 02/03/2009 i love this phone the only thing that annoys me about it, and rest assured it is annoying whilst using it is the fact that there is no delete button on the texting facility this should be looked at for the next model. otherwise this phone is outstanding in its field! Rating: Reviewed by Drunkgerbils on 01/03/2009 This is funny - some of the reviews read "there's no delete all messages option", "there's no camera zoom" - there are of course. In fact, it makes you wonder whether people actually know which phone they've got...... Mine's great, arrived two months ago, been in constant use ever since. I'm not a huge technophile, but my thoughts are that its huge fun, the touch screen is great. Mine's proved 100% reliable, which is more than my N95 has. The camera is great, but although I am delighted in total, others have brought up some valid points. I can't work out how to stop the camera returning to default mode when exited - it is possible, cos I've done it by accident, but just not on purpose. The manual doesn't seem to give the security default, so although it does have privacy, I haven't been able to test this yet. Texting is definately not quite so easy as a normal keypad. I am much slower than normal. If you use the stylus, however, things start to make much more sense, and if you're accurate, you can be lightning fast. But just not with fingers, and i'm traditionally a left, one handed texter. And unlike my N95, I can't use macdonalds wifi! But that could just be me. Otherwise, I'm most impressed. Love it. Rating: Reviewed by Amandeep on 28/02/2009 I totally agree with Kev's review below. So critics should definetely agree with Kev too. I can see where he's coming from. No phone out there is perfect, people. This is by far much better than many top range phones. I had mine for 13 months, and works as perfectly from the day i bought it. Don't get dis-heartened with it. The Viewty is also better than the LG Prada or the recent LG cookie from my experience. I've used both of them, n they're really not as reliable as the viewty is. Trust me people. I know a lot about many phones. We all know no phone out there is perfect, but the Viewty is definitely the nearest phone to perfection. Rating: Reviewed by Lauren on 27/02/2009 Overall the Viewty is a great phone. I have had it for 2 months now and like it. The only problems are it is a bit slow for textingand freezes up a little ut other than that great phone- especially the camera. Rating: Reviewed by steven greenwood on 26/02/2009 i have the viewty and having fat fingers lol it is a doddle to use wasn't keen on a touch screen at first but having used it for a couple of hours it was as if i'd had it years i would and have recommended this phone to friends who agreed with me after using it the camera/video are superb and the morphing edit feature for still shots is fun. touch screen is the future grab a viewty before they all go have heard they are stopping making them due to trading standards moaning they are too cheap for the things it can do. regards Steven Rating: Reviewed by Kelly on 26/02/2009 I have had this phone since Christmas, and have had no problems so far. One down side is the battery life, usely i have to charge mine up every 1 to 2 days. Though i must admit i do spend alot of my time listening to music on it. My last phone was a sony ericcson, and even though it was a good phone, i think i would definately get a LG again. The camera is great, another down side though is that it doesn't have a very big memory so i would recommend getting a memory card for it. The touch screen is brilliant, and i would definately get another touch screen. Texting was easier than i thought it would be, but the handwriting feature does take quite alot of time so i usely stick to either the keyboard or keypad. I love this phone and would definately recommand it to anyone who is thinking about getting it! Rating: Reviewed by Charla on 23/02/2009 its a pretty good phone, better than the iphone! the only 1 BAD THING i have discovered, is the themes are unchangable, you have the set ones, end of! oh welll,, s'all gooood :D xx Rating: Reviewed by caz on 21/02/2009 Got my phone for xmas,so had it about two months. I must say I am really pleased with it. I do think teenagers (I have two) might find it a bit slow for texting, but I havent found it a problem. The only thing i had trouble with was downloading the softwear onto my pc so as to download music etc, just couldnt get it to work, even my 16yr old, who,s normaly quite good with that sort of thing couldnt get it to work. In the end i bought a sd card from e-bay, that worked fine. so yes if you like the look of it, go get one, its a good phone Rating: Reviewed by Nell on 20/02/2009 There is a reason that vodaphone has stopped selling this phone. It has poor signal and is slow and unresponsive to touch. Rating: Reviewed by Lawrence on 20/02/2009 Well I've had mine for over a year now and, although it has some niggles (no lens cover, limited customisation with themes) I am having a really hard time trying to find a yearly upgrade which beats it! The camera is good with a powerful flash and pretty fast autofocus. MP3 playback is quiet unless you apply the 'hack' which is described all over the internet. DivX playback is good considering the screen size - you wont want to replace your TV with this but I have watched the odd movie while on a long train journey and it feels like a lifesaver then! The touchscreen technology has its limitations but overall, and with a bit of practice, it becomes second nature and I would find it very hard to go back to a 'regular' handset. Overall - I think I'll just get a new Viewty and keep my old one as a spare. Rating: Reviewed by jack on 20/02/2009 i got this fone and my friend got aswell , its was nice and cool but it been freezes alots and bluetooth is crap and its not very working so i better keep away from dat FONE. its wastes yr money but nokias are better Rating: Reviewed by Adam.s on 19/02/2009 This phone is by far the best phone i have ever had,packed full of features like the amazing 5mp camera and 120 fps video recording.It has a fantastic 3 inch QVGA display with excellent viewing quality(Perfect for watching films and viewing your pictures).Mp3 players in phones are normally grainy and very low quality but the LG viewty has to have the best music quality i have ever heard from a portable music player, you can clearly notice the seperation in the track and the sound is very crisp, you also get a very easy to use volume control on your headset so there is no messing around taking your viewty out of your pocket.You also get a free fully touch controlled 3D game pre-installed called space commando which is one of the best phone games i have ever played.Some of these reviews state that texting takes forever but actually it is very quick and easy to use, for people who normall text alot it has the original texing format that most phones have but also gives you the option of using a full qwerty keyboard on the touch screen for even quicker texting. This phone offers far more in extras and specs than the iphone does and doesn't carry its hefty price tag. I would recommend this phone to anyone!! Rating: Reviewed by SpongeBob on 19/02/2009 this phones immense, i've had it for a week now and it's so much better than the previous sony erricson i had. Oh yeah I love this phones camera to :D i got alot of pictures onto bebo, myspace and facebook with it! :D xx Rating: Reviewed by valhalla on 18/02/2009 on the surface this should be the phone to end all phones but there are problems. I got mine to replace my K800 and I agree with Debbie that it does not produce images on a par with the sony. 5 megapixels and a schnieder lens should make the standalone compact camera redundant but sadly the images I get from the K800 are inferior to my Nikon 2mp beast and the lens and the pixel count of the LG offer up poor pics with no chance of candids as it takes ages to get going. Bad stuff out of the way I find the viewty a joy to work, the screen is gorgeous and my battery life is currently 3-4 days. Please LG do not waste money on the megapixel race and instead get the software fixes you need to do your kit justice. Rating: Reviewed by R. Waldron on 18/02/2009 VIEWTY = excellent phone - apart from the battery............to the person who says we must be on it overtime for the battery to last about a day - HEY............if I have a day to spend just sat playing with my mobile how do i pay for my house, car, holidays food, etc etc etc - so WRONG!!! in the product info i cannot find the recommended initial battery charge and orange cant seem to tell me anything about the phone or themselves. I was told to initially charge for 16 hours and then re-told to charge for 8!! so i plumbed for 12 and the battery is complete rubbish - even with buletooth OFF - which a hi-tech fone should have capability of running these features as they have power save and stand-by. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM ORANGE THEY ARE CONPLETELY UN-HELPFUL AND UN-INTERESTED. When ringing orange about the battery they said go to the shop - went to the shop - "that is not orange policy ring orange" - went home rang orange, told them, they said with receipt go to the shop, they will give you new battery - went to the shop (again) with receipt -, and guess??????..........no we cant do that - "that is not orange policy you will have to ring orange" even though the phone was only 16 days old at the time!!! Have got a darn new one from LG!!! - STAY AWAY FROM ORANGE VIEWTY ****** ORANGE (SHOULD CEASE TO TRADE AS THEY DONT KNOW THEIR POLICY - IS THAT LEGAL???) Rating: Reviewed by Louis on 18/02/2009 No No No! It was such a terrible phone! The camera is slow, and th touchscreen is rubbish, people, 5 out of 5? really? Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 17/02/2009 Well ive had this phone since christmas nd its wicked brilliant camera brilliant video nd the 120 fps is wicked hv alot of fun wiv tht also it can take abit of a beating if ya drop it nd most lg phone cant they tend to break realy easy i think the only bad thing about it is that u can get on the internet for free, well i cant if u can and u no how to help me get on it for free add me on msn adamwilson12@msn.com nd tell me how :):) other than the internet it is a wicked phone (Y) TOP DOG Rating: Reviewed by Becky from Wolverhampton on 17/02/2009 I've had this phone for nearly a year now and so far it's been brilliant, never had any problems with it! I will say though that touch screen can be a little tempremental but thats only when textin without using the pen provided, and if you are going to text without the pen it's alot easier if u have slightly long nails. Everything else that the phone has to offer though is spot on!! So please don't listen to the other reviews that say it's 'rubbish' because it really isn't! I'd say for an LG phone it's a defo must have!! Rating: Reviewed by tom davis on 16/02/2009 i have just bought........ great phone Rating: Reviewed by jessica on 15/02/2009 i hav had the Lg Viewty for about a 2 months now, my speakers have popped and my battery isnt lasting as long. x Rating: Reviewed by Madzzzz on 15/02/2009 Worst phone I've ever had, excluding the Motorola razor. Admittedly the camera can be good sometimes, but the next day it can be completely fuzzy ?? The touch screen is nothing compared to the iphone, probably because it is a different type, with more of a pressure touch rather than just a light tap. This being said, texting will take you forever! After 1 week of using it i switched back to my old sony ericcson. Now time for an upgrade and because of this completely boring and unresponsive phone, I am now therefore reluctant to buying another touchscreen phone. Especially from LG. In my opinion, sony ericsson, are by far one of the best phone manufacturers, as well as Nokia. However Nokias are just a bit too plain for my liking. Samsung are okay too, however reading reviews for some of their latest phones out, doesn't quite tell me the same thing! So anyway back to the viewty, if you are someone who can spend maybe a whole 15mins sending a text, or you don't want a phone to explore, eg games, and apps which don't require you connecting to the internet, and therefore wasting alot of money, then the viewty is the phone for you. However if you are someone like me who needs a phone that is not just face value, and you need to explore it, than I'd say the viewty is not for you! x Rating: Reviewed by Cliodhna on 15/02/2009 The LG Phone Sounds Great My Big Aunt Has It And It Hasent Broke Yet I Have A Sony Ericsson Phone And I Hate It Its The Walk Man And Its Shit If It Falls Thats It Broke The Keybord On It Breaks Very Fast Its Not Worth The Money Than This One Is I Relly Liken It Im Getting This Phone To Morrow So I Promise You That I Will Leave Another Comment To Tell You How The Phone Is Keeping Ok So Hope Yous All Enjoy The Phone If You Have It Ok Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Rating: Reviewed by James on 14/02/2009 Superb phone and surprisingly cheap, At first it was difficult to scroll and text, but after a few hours it becomes simple and second nature. I previously had the Sony Ericson K800i which was a great camera and but the Viewty’s 5mp is even better, the only criticism I have with this phone is the sound quality, it is not as loud as my K800i. But overall the phone looks great has a great camera, has a great quality screen which makes watching videos very crisp and clear. Rating: Reviewed by Philipio on 14/02/2009 Horrible phone, screen sticks, battery falls out and it cannot hold a charge for more than a couple of hours... this all after 3 months and LG tell that thereis nothing wrong with the phone... so bad that i couldn't give it away Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 11/02/2009 Love the LG Viewty but it has one problem, it seems to dial numbers all alone even with the key pad locked! Everything else is perfect and easy to use, you just have to beware of the one issue or you will end up paying a big bill. Rating: Reviewed by nathan on 09/02/2009 Great looking phone but mine lasted about 3 months and the touchscreen just packed up and the music player is quite poor would expect more from this phone, Rating: Reviewed by Rod on 09/02/2009 I have had this phone for 17 months now, and it has been the WORST phone I have ever owned. I tried taking it back within the 14 days but phones4u was claiming that vodafone had to take it back and vodafone was saying phones4u had to take it back etc etc. in the end i kept it. it has the worst camera i have ever seen. image stablization which LG boast about hardly works. within the first month it had dust under the screen, this should'nt happen after a month of general use. after two months of normal use the screen started peeling off and I was told i would have to pay around £100 to get it fixed. e-mail is rubbish, and if you are on vodafone it says you have an e-mail and you go to it and you can't delete it and its there again when u start the phone up. it crashes about twice a month. the themes they give u are extremly boring, black, white, or fish? phone stracted extremly easily aswell. the only positive i have on this phone is that the video quailty is excellant like DVD which is quite suprising considering the camera is awful! Also the touch screen is the worst one available nothing like the iphone or tocco, takes a very long time to get uses too! overall looks great, excellant video camera, but the rest let it down. Has put me off LG products all together! Rating: Reviewed by sophie on 08/02/2009 well i love the touch LG Becuase this girl hs it and i spend loads of time with it and i want it coz you can text for free and stay on the phone for like hours and you get a free memory card , im not sure which one it is because there is one with a big camera and there is a smll one , i love the music on my phone so i might download them all on the other phone i might be getting. Ive had my old one for a year now and i need a new one and coz mine is cracked . because on my samsung pink i dont have enough memory to take pictures and take videos and to get more music but i still like it. ive been cheacking all the websites to see what one i liked but then fially i found this one this phone is awsome!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Gillian on 08/02/2009 I have not been very impressed with the viewty! The scrolling is impossible, one minute you are going very slowly through your messages and the next you are at the bottom. I have found that many times, i end up phoning people in my pocket, or go on the net in my pocket! the touch screen is very slow to do anything. on the up side, i have the full series 8 of friends on it and it is great to watch this! it really depends what you are looking for, it is a novetly item, not very user friendly. i would have liked to have been able to personalise it which you cannot do. Rating: Reviewed by Kal on 05/02/2009 i received this fone with my free contract, and i love iy, had a k800i before, and this phone is brilliant, phone was fauly though as it kept switching off and also stopped coming on but got that sorted by 3 and now thefone is up and running! Rating: Reviewed by Eoin on 04/02/2009 I've had this phone for a week, and so far I'm pleased enough with it. It looks great and is pretty light. If you are used to the touchscreen of the iPod Touch or the iPhone, you will be disappointed - it's just not as usable or sensitive. Scrolling can be a little awkward at times, but if you find it too hard, you can just use the jog wheel on the back instead. The stylus is handy, but I think would be much more useful if it was integrated into the phone. Voice quality is fine, and the camera quality isn't bad either, though does require some tweaking. I don't use it for MP3s though, so won't comment either way on that. If you are getting this phone on contract, you may find some demo games that only allow a small amount of playtime. I have yet to figure out how to remove these - it must depend on the firmware version you are on. Battery life isn't great - 1 to 2 days with little usage is what I am getting at the moment. However, as it also charges from the USB cable, you get a charger for home and the office out of the box, so less chance of getting caught. I am still getting used to the texting - the predictive text is pretty much the same as most phones, but it does take longer to compose a message. I changed from a Nokia N95 - which I thought was the most overrated phone ever (camera aside) - and so far, I am very happy. As has been said, it does take getting used to but it's worth it. Rating: Reviewed by ? on 03/02/2009 the viewty is graet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by jordan on 02/02/2009 got this phone, went on internet and installed loads of games, never dissapoints. i admit, mp3 could be better, but get a decent pair of earphones and your on your way, camera is perfect, can hold 4gb memory card, there are some flash apps out there. it isn't complicated, and at first you may feel that the touch screen isn't great, but that is because of the screen protector, but putting the screen protector oon properly will improve sensitivity, highly recommend, you'll find lots to do on your phone on the internet 5 stars all the way Rating: Reviewed by A. S. on 01/02/2009 An good phone, but one that feels like a missed opportunity. The build quality ensures it doesn't look or feel cheap, and the camera quality is excellent. However, scrolling on the touch screen is unresponsive - you will be using the jog wheel to navigate your inbox and contacts, which can be a pain. The SMS text recognition is almost unuseable. The error-rate is unacceptably high, and makes message writing slower, especially since the backspace button is an infuriating real key, set below the screen. Why bother, when the keypad is much quicker, and the digits are large enough that even fat fingers should have few problems. Connectivity is not a problem, although data transfer can be slow when accessing the SD card, which is also limited to a capacity of 2GB. The camera is great and well featured, but could do with some kind of cover since it feels a little delicate. The stylus is useful, but cries out to be incorporated into the phone like the Cookie. The cap is pretty tight, but this allows it to pull the stylus out to full length quickly. My brother owns a Cookie, which i've discovered is a much better-featured phone in all respects, apart from the camera. But then, that is the main selling point of the Viewty I suppose. Rating: Reviewed by hammond on 01/02/2009 awful phone! well its not that bad! i just got the new sony ericsson c902 upgrade...thank god for that! im a huge texter so that is what puts me off this phone(i had it for 6 months) it takes so long to write a text and i have quite big fingers and so many times i press the wrong 'button' for texting :| which really annoyed me! but dont get me wrong, the main feature on this phone is the camera which is outstanding, far better than my new one! (same M.P) But these huge files (pics) take years to load in the gallery to view them which is a pain (but i did have a lot of files but this shouldnt be a problem for todays technology!) if youre going to be using it to play music then dont! unless you want your battery to last 2 hours! as the touch screen gulps the battery like water, the music player is just as bad....so get an ipod or carry two batteries! But overall a good looking phone, love the touch screen apart from when i text, great camera but takes 3 years to load its media Rating: Reviewed by rinka on 31/01/2009 ive had the viewty for just under two weeks, and im very pleased with what its offered so far. the camera is excellent with an anti-shake function that i use all the time, and there are alot of settings that you can personalise, with some fun frames or color changes. its slightly annoying that the only way you can zoom is using the jog wheel at the back, but its not too much of a hassle. i use my phone mainly for text messaging, and itll take a while to get used to texting on the viewty. out of four text formats you can choose, ive found the keyboard (which is in qwerty format and requires you to turn the phone sideways) to be the easiest and fastest, plus it looks very impressive and high tech. one downside to texting on the viewty is that its impossible to text while moving. if im in a rush, or even just walking normally, it usually takes me a while to send a simple message, and even then theres a few odd letters mixed up in every word. ive found no use for the stylus that comes with the phone. i dont know if this applies to all stylus', but the one i have is very hard to pull apart from its lid and whenever i take the lid off, it takes a remarkable amount of effort and i feel like im going to break it. plus i dont want to look like a businessman organising a meeting when in fact im chatting to a girlfriend about gossip girl, so i dont use the stylus at all. the touchscreen is definitely the most exciting feature of the viewty. the screen will vibrate slightly every time you text a letter or choose an option, and this lets you know that the phone has recognised what youve chosen which is quite nice. it takes a while to get used to scrolling up and down with your finger since you scroll the opposite way of where you want the options to go, but youll get used to it after a while. when the phone is turned on its side, it looks exactly like a digital camera. even the back of the camera with the screen and buttons looks like a very modern minimalistic digital camera. this has gotten me out of many sticky situations, because at my college we arent supposed to use cellphones so passing it off as a digital camera has helped me out of trouble alot. dont know if thatll be much use to anyone else though. i definitely had to keep the manual by my side for the first few days of having the phone, but it is pretty user-friendly and once you figure out where everything is, its very easy to use. id definitely recommend it, its the phone for everyone and anyone. Rating: Reviewed by Happy User :) on 31/01/2009 I bet all you's giving the phone a bad reveiw dont even own one ( or ever have ) the battery life could last a bit longer yes. But that's why they give you a charger, its not ment to last forever you know.I personally think my phones great, can do what ever i want with it. Im really fussy with phones but im reccomending this one to all my friends and family. And back on to the subject of battery, YOU CAN BUY ONE THAT LASTS LONGER ( if you really want to moan about it ) .. Long story short. THIS PHONE IS AMAZING :) ! Rating: Reviewed by Spid Erman on 30/01/2009 this is a slcik phone which has some great features. the camera quality is also fantastic with its life like imagery. the quality of the phone is great and i think this is one of the best phones in the market currently and will be for a very long time. LG best model yet no doubt! Rating: Reviewed by Badaman on 30/01/2009 I lurrrrvvvvv it..my old phone was a w800i and my new viewty is 200 tyms better than it. i didnt even have to use the manual to get to know this phone. it is a slick phone and very simple to use. the camera quality is very life like compared to the w800i and also the ringtones are very loud :) Rating: Reviewed by Halo on 30/01/2009 it is absoloutely fantastic. camera excellent design excellent mp3 exellent features excellent overall EXCELLENT Rating: Reviewed by Jess on 30/01/2009 Rubbish, the touch screen is rubbish, so EVERYTHING is uber hard to do. I hate it. The only good thing is the camera. Rating: Reviewed by Lindsey Horner on 29/01/2009 I have had this phone for a year without a replacement which is excellent for me as I usually break them/wear them out straight away. The phone is easily the best phone I have ever had. I found nokias boring although I haven't had one for a few year, Motorola dated and basic, Samsung try to be that advanced that every new "modern" handset I have had has had a daft technical fault u600 (rubbish)!!! The viewty is fantastic all around although battery life isn't the best, but that may be due to my usage. Its a really sturdy interesting phone. I have found that all LG phones have fantastic reviews so I'll be sticking with LG, would love the renoir now. And I was dubious about a touch screen but it's never faulted me, Love It! Rating: Reviewed by Craig on 27/01/2009 The most irritating phone i've ever had!! The touch screen is slow, i've had mine replaced twice because cancel/delete button for texting broke. The only good thing going for this phone is the 5 megapixel camera. But I would recommend buying a camera & going for a completely different phone. Rating: Reviewed by Kevin Turner on 27/01/2009 I loathe this phone. It's absolutely horrible; everything from the stupid prodder thing that hangs annoyingly from the phone to the dreadful screen response. It's undoubtedly the worst phone I've ever had; I'm going back to Sony Erricson as soon as my contract allows! The camera's quite good, I'll give it that. Rating: Reviewed by Danny on 27/01/2009 This is a nice phone and looks amazing. it has a very nice design. I absoluutely love the amazing 5MP camera and video calling. Some more good features also but the bad out weigh the good. However i have had this phone for a few weeks now and i am now going to take it back for a few reasons. I have found that the screen tends to scratch very easily (despite a screen cover, no drops and a sylicone cover). I also found, when trying to open music files the phone goes very slow as in could take about 5 seconds to open a music playlist because of the big memory space. I also found that when i create a customised profile so that i can set the ringtone and text tone i want. However when i recieve a text it doesn't ever ring, but vibrates intermittingly. It also stops playing half way through a song despite the song progressing, the sound will just cut out. I hope this helps you make up your mind. Rating: Reviewed by freakster on 25/01/2009 lg viewty is a very good phone and very cheap. had it for now a year and there are no problems with it. the touch screen is very responsive and overall a very good buy Rating: Reviewed by Olivia Mclaughlin on 24/01/2009 Best Phone Ever Rating: Reviewed by Beckie on 24/01/2009 The LG KU990 Viewty is not very good dont get it,its a wast of money Rating: Reviewed by Abdul on 23/01/2009 After Selling My Nokia (rubbish) N95, i went out & bought the LG Viewty, & it was the Right Move, Lot Better than N95, Camera is Great with Xenon Flash, Easy to Use & Runs Fast without Crashing, Battery is Good Considering the Large Screen & Power Draining Camera Flash, Only Drawback is Speaker is Little Low, But Overall Great Phone. Buy It You Wont Regret It. Rating: Reviewed by jasmin on 22/01/2009 i couldnt go any were with out it i love it. best pgone iv had for years Rating: Reviewed by paulius on 22/01/2009 i just got the phone i had 15 phones lg cookie iphone and lots more but my favorite is the lg viewty it is very easy to use. theres onely one thing that is bad about it and it is that its fantastic. i thought that im too young for it im onely 12 but im not stupid. just get this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Oratilwe south africa on 22/01/2009 My ku990 viewty is a great phone but it breaks my heart to say that in two months it began to have problems charging and connecting to my pc via usb i spend hundreds of rands trying to fix it and now i have given up hope. I will never ever buy an lg mobile phone until something is done about the this problem Rating: Reviewed by Alex on 21/01/2009 i bought the viewty and I have to admit it is a great phone but i think that the Nokia 6220 classic is better because it has a 5mp camera, 8gb maximum memory card, better sound quality the only downfall is that it isnt a touchscreen! Rating: Reviewed by Jadee. on 21/01/2009 Ive had this fone for almost a year now and i absolutly love it! Battery lasts about three days without charge, camera is great, memory is great, the phone looks so stylish, the touchscreen works perfectly. DEFINATLEY THE BEST PHONE IVE HAD YET! I have just bought and upgrade Samsung F700 and i am going to miss my old one alot! Buy it! Rating: Reviewed by vee on 21/01/2009 This phone is Superb, Everything Works A treat, Touch Wood, very easy to use, This Phone is not Absulute Rubbish as commented few comments Down, Absulute Brilliant, Better Camera Facility than Iphone & Less than Half Price of Iphone Too. Rating: Reviewed by kimberley on 21/01/2009 i love the lg viewty and got it for such a bargin. the only problem with it is that it loses charge to much because all you wana do is play on it Rating: Reviewed by B Hall on 20/01/2009 Have just heard from LG Customer Services Re; the fact the phone doesn't sync with a computer the PC Suite programme supplied doesn't work on either Vista or XP. I e-mailed LG on the 10th Jan 2009 and got a reply on the 20th Jan 2009 telling me to return the unit back to retailer. Carphone warehouse will not refund or replace so I am stuck with an expensive piece of crap that will not up or down load from a PC so whats on the phone stays on the phone. Carphonewarehouse staff told me to take out the Micro SD card when I want to put things onto the PC. This involves taking the back of the phone off then taking the battery out then the SD card, I have to purchase an Micro SD card adaptor so that it will fit a card reader which I have to purchase. But I still cannot download anything for the organiser or any other data like contacts etc, just ludicrous. This is just junk being sold by young Arfur Daly's. LG Life is Good maybe for LG but not for the customer, and LG's Cu stomer Care/Service is appalling. Never ever will I purchase an LG item again! Rating: Reviewed by scott on 20/01/2009 hi i have LGku990 viewty and having problems with finding satnav details i think its a great phone but feel let down .scott from york any help would be great Rating: Reviewed by Sarah, newcastle on 19/01/2009 After being used to using a Sony Ericsson for quite a long time, I wasn;t too sure about the transition to using a touch screen LG! but i absolutely love it!! .. Most amazing phone i have had. The camera is amazing, the touch screen was a little hard to get used to at first, but now its like 2nd nature to me after only 3 days of owning it! so if you get this phone, do percivere if your not used to a touch screen! :-) thats all for now! xx Rating: Reviewed by Unknown on 19/01/2009 i had the lg viewty for two weeks a little bit of pressure from my earphones and the ink burst on it . i loved the phone but now because i ordered it online the shop will not do anything about it . Can someone tell me what rights i have? Rating: Reviewed by LAUREN. on 17/01/2009 LG Viewty - Oh my god! what a phone! Got this phone for Christmas in silver, at first, the phone would not turn on when i had charged it. So we took it back to the shop and got a replacement - i had a dud phone. easily done! Since i got the phone up and working it has been brilliant! It is one of the best phones i have ever had. I am really impressed. I bought it from o2 and got £20 off for handing in an old phone, and £40 credit afterwards. Ended up playing £107 for it. But its worth every penny as it is a brilliant phone for its price. The camera is brilliant. Very easy to use, and got use to it very quick. Had a nokia before (the pink swively one) and that was brilliant too. Really impressed with the LG. I recommend this to everyone! Rating: Reviewed by MO on 17/01/2009 Got one of these b 4 crimbo. So far ok, but not as good as my old Nokia n70 for watching films. The touch screen texting keys are very good for those who have trouble with fat thumbs and poor eyesight. Only one game and some rather fancy ringtones. Camera takes ages to capture picture so subject has moved out of sight b 4 shutter goes off. Rating: Reviewed by Emm -&- Liv x on 17/01/2009 XxThis phone is AWSOMM!! i would fully recomend u 2 buy this phone. The camra OMG were can i start is is a realy good pic xx Rating: Reviewed by chrissie on 17/01/2009 i love this phone and i really want it but its sold out of most the shops. Rating: Reviewed by Alex on 17/01/2009 Ignore all the bad reviews on this site! This phone is great and the battery lasts about 2-3 days with normal use. The camera is really great and been able to edit and draw on photos is a banter :D Overall i would recommend this phone over the samsung tocco, as the viewty is a lot better at doing its job, being a phone, not an over-complicated piece of ..... Plus u can get the viewty in a lot of different colours to appeal to everyone. Personally, Hot red is the best colour, exclusive to vodafone, but thats no problem for me .. :) 5* Rating: Reviewed by Vee on 16/01/2009 Great Phone, Camera is Brill, Also Video Recording is Good, Easy to use Touch Screen, Far Better that Apple Iphone, Iphone only Has 2 mega Pixel Camera with No Flash, Plus LG Viewt is a Third of the Price. I know my Choice is Best. Rating: Reviewed by Ron on 16/01/2009 I got one of these about a Week ago, I had my Doubt about Touch Screen Mobile, but After using it for a few days, i really liked using this phone, even though i'am not used to Touch Phones, it Really easy to use after afew hours of Playing around, The Camera is Great, Looks More like a Digital Camera & As good as One too, A Mobile Phone & Good Quality Digital Camera all in One, Great. Rating: Reviewed by m3anmachin3 on 16/01/2009 I have had the viewty for over a month now and I have to admit it is a SUPERB phone. I havn't had any major problems with the phone apart from the fact that it freezed maybe once in the month of ownership. I strongly suggest You buy this phone if you are looking for a fashionable yet fantastic gadget! Outstanding, well done LG (Life really is good) :) Rating: Reviewed by Jamie =) on 16/01/2009 I have the phone . And i think its a uniqe phone =) but it does have its downs like i find it Esier to use a pen and it has no were to put the pen But i would still give it a 9 1/2 out of 10 :D Rating: Reviewed by Gman, on 16/01/2009 I've had this phone on T-Mobile repaired 4 times now which is very annoying but it was finally replaced. The touch scren interface works very well. Good voice quality, znd screen size. I like the fact you can open multiple appl even whilst your browsing the net(which can be a bit slow sometines esp with HSPDA). The downsides are that u can't send more than a 2-page sms before it switches to mms (very annoying). Writing txt messages isn't bad unless you get the end of the 3rd line and you can't help but pressing the insert button :-@. You can save multiple numbers under one name but it only recognises 2 max when receiving or making a call. I can save any music file on the phone and listen to them but can only select certian mp3's as ringing tone (wma files can't be used - why?). The battery life is appalling but as these new phones are multimedia devices you can't expect a long battery life anymore.Hopefully LG fixed these issues with the new Renoir. Camera and video is good apart from night shots. Nokia & Ericsson's have better camers though. The final point: why does the call log not have one name with multiple entries detailing wether it's mobile/office/home etc rather than having the mobile pic against numerous entries for the mussed/dialled/rxd number. Prob now is I've got this phone til mid August :-( Rating: Reviewed by Liz Valette on 15/01/2009 I bought the phone second hand and I cannot get it to 'talk' to my PC, even in mass storage mode. I really need to get hold of the PC Suite. LG's UK website support does not cater for mobile phone users. Apart from that I like it. Rating: Reviewed by Charl on 15/01/2009 I have had this phone for about a month now and i love it. Its definately the best phone i've had. (: Rating: Reviewed by xsachax on 15/01/2009 ok dont get me wrong but i hate this phone, it copys my song so i have one song repeated 50 times on my phone, and it akso takes just over a minute for it to load my media album which is annoying. but dont get me wrong this phone is amazing, i dropped it down the toilett and it actually works after touch screen in all!!! take care x Rating: Reviewed by Don't Even Bother on 15/01/2009 A truly TERRIBLE phone, my 3rd unit has failed again and I am giving up and getting something else. 1 star is 1 too many in my opinion - STEER CLEAR!! Rating: Reviewed by Paul Shaw on 15/01/2009 I have had the viewty now for just over a week and I now wish I had avoided it like the plague. It says that you can get 430-450 hours standby and 3.8-5.9 hours talktime, but this is absolutely rubbish. I have to charge my battery every 36 hours and I am a low user. This aside, the phone is good for the camera and the touch screen works. Rating: Reviewed by emma on 15/01/2009 I have no complaints about this phone apart from the battery life. I charged my phone through the night last night and today i have recieved 3 texts and sent 2, and it has just died (3.45pm) But otherwise its pretty good! Rating: Reviewed by james on 13/01/2009 i just got the lg viewty for xmas.so far im very impressed by it,nothing annoying like most phones,one of my best features is probably the 5mp camera and the slow motion,being 14 i have great fun with that.Another thing ive noticed is the amount of memory,ive put a memory card in but havent had 2 use it yet,my inbox is 168 texts,six vids about one minute long or longer,125 pics and 22 songs about 3 to 4 mns long.so yes i think this phone is a must buy. Rating: Reviewed by Michael on 13/01/2009 I love this phone but. i have had this phone for three months and i have had it repaired 3 times, the problem i have had is where you recharge and dater transfer on the phone goes wrong. like i say great phone but this problem is annoying. Rating: Reviewed by Amy on 12/01/2009 I Love it! wish it had come with games. £5 a hit from orange to download them is unfair! phone is awesome. Battery needs charging every night. But very impressed Rating: Reviewed by Laura on 12/01/2009 i luv the Lg viewty i think its the best phone ever and it has got loads off fun stuff on it! i have it in red and its very smart looking. The best phone ever made! Rating: Reviewed by judy on 12/01/2009 this is an fabulous phone. its perfect. 5 stars well done Rating: Reviewed by Polly on 12/01/2009 Very pleased considering i was hoping for the samsung tocco, but yes brilliant phone. Rating: Reviewed by MOJO x on 11/01/2009 I CANNOT BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ONE STAR ON THIS PHONE IT SOO DESERVES FIVEE!! I WISH MORE I HAVE HAD THIS PHONE FOR A MONTH AND I STILL LOVE IT AND IM NOT BORED OF IT YET:) THE CAMERA IS AMAZING THE TOUCHSCREEN IS AMAZING AND YOU CAN EDIT PICTURES AND WITH THE TOUCHSCREEN STYLUS YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRAW ON THEM!! i love the viewtyy:) amazinngggg job lg:) Rating: Reviewed by Jack on 11/01/2009 This is seriously an honest review. I cant remember when this phone was released some time last year? But i knew my update was soon so i started looking for phones. I finally got it on a £45 contract and loved it! It was amazing! (this was November last year) However, i had always wanted an iPhone except i was on Vodafone and it was just too much hastle to get one. The viewty was great for the first 5 months. Then like with any other phone it gets boring. It broke after about 6 months, and Vodafone wouldnt repair it so i just ended up using an old phone for the rest of my contract. After a few months (this November) My mum's contract was due an update (she's on o2) And i somehow convinced her to swap contracts with me. So i went into the shop and i knew straight awawy the iPhone 3G was the phone for me! It was brilliant, so that's the phone i got on £35 a month. I have no problem with the iPhone and now i can really see how much better it was than the viewty i had and was all so chuft with! The screen is sooo much better it's not that plasicy rubbish like the Viewty was and pelled off my screen! And the cameras, iPhone would win easily if it was in light conditions. If your choice is iPhone or Viewty iPHONE!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by B Hall on 10/01/2009 I used to have a PDA and a small one hand use mobile, I have recently had a Viewty KU990 bought for me and just find it absolutley rubbish. Using the collar around the Unprotected camera lense is awkward, the stylus being strapped to the phone gets in the way and the PC suite programme just doesn't work either with Vista or XP so anything you have on the phone stays on the phone. The touchscreen is just awful you get things coming up as you may have pressed just a bit too hard and as for scrolling it's use the collar around the lense or spend a while trying to scroll on the screen for the particular menu etc you want. As for the memo/Organiser and contacts.....no good. The contacts addresses are put into Korean order i.e. Post Code as the second line of an address, it's just awful! I've had the phone a month and have reverted back to my old Samsung. If you want a good camera go and buy a camera, leave this junk alone. Rating: Reviewed by cameron on 10/01/2009 just bought thge viewty i dint want to change from sony ericsson but this fone puts any sony ericcson to shame im afraid Rating: Reviewed by Mark Honiton on 10/01/2009 The TV out cable is available on ebay for £10. Official LG product and works a treat, but will only show the high end video recordings. Product code is UTC-100. Loads of apps available for all J2 phones on getjar.com For the Viewty you only need to dowload the .jar file. Put KU990 into the left hand menu and watch it go! The main camera has a nasty habit of reverting to 1mp res if the front view cam is selected. The headset supplied does hands free for the car but the quality is only good. You can get a 3.5mm adaptor of the net for about £2 to allow you to use yor best headphones. A cover should have been suppied.. its a nice phone and you don't want it up against lose change in your pocket or bag. Again easy to get on the net for a few pounds but should have been in the box. Camera: If you dont read the book its not too good. If you do, it's one of the better cameras out there. In bright light its best to select manual ISO of 200 and let the camera do the rest, the auto ISO seems to over expose, but its great in doors. The auto focus is great, but allow it to act. If you have auto flash,auto exposure, auto focus, and various other options selected it may take a few seconds to work out what needs to be done. Once the frame turns green and you push the shutter, you will get a great picture. There is some snow effect at ISO 800 but you can photograph a black cat down a coal mine without flash. The web broser has to be one of the best out there. Its by Google..enough said. The LG software supplied has had many bad reviews, but I fail to see why. It does everything the Nokia software does, it seems more stable, and I have had no problems with USB or Bluetooh. (IVT Software recomended for bluetooth initial connection) The default is LG client based but it is easy to select data storage. Sync to MS Outlook is easy. No phone is perfect, and with the march of technology no phone ever will be, but for the money, this has to be one of the better ones out there. Rating: Reviewed by Brodie <3 on 10/01/2009 omg it is the best phone i have ever had and that i will ever have !! everyone who says its crap is seriously on something or got a faulty one becuase i would prefer this over the Iphone and any other phone! its awesome and i recommend it to you! i have one, my sister has one and now my mum also has one! so get one if your looking for a good phone :) love it! x Rating: Reviewed by Francisco on 09/01/2009 I don't think it's that bad, I've had it for a while and I do like it, but don't think of it as the eighth wonder... The phone has actually freezed lots of times, and whenever I send a SMS if there's no space for it to be registered, you can send it without saving it... but the SMS is not sent... That's happened to me lots of times... Whenever I go for file exploration (photos, video, etc) it takes a lot of time to open the gallery, so I don't agree with most of you because of my personal experience with it... Rating: Reviewed by Lee on 09/01/2009 i bought the phone yesterday amd although i am very satisfied with it each time i try to open my music files it crashes and resets.....ive tried taking out the memory card and resseting it but it stays the same...looks like its back to the dealers to get a new one, but they are amazing! Rating: Reviewed by Stuart on 08/01/2009 I have to say this phone is outstanding,I bought this phone recently and was anxious about doing so but i went for it.The phone has so many features and the Camera on it is also very good,the Viewty is the first touchscreen phone i have had.It is very easy to text as it has a variety of diffrent way's to text which is nice. Overall the Viewty is well worth the money and i think it is one of the best phone's to date even though it's been out for some time! Rating: Reviewed by Karen on 08/01/2009 My friend has got the viewity which inspired me to get. I would never get a touchscreen before but when I used it to text as a tryout I found there was no problem and there is 3 ways of typing I used 2 both very easy. Taking pictures is fun its like a real camera but its lighter silmer and is a touchscreen. FUN! With my phone now samsung U600 which is a gtood phone but my battery dies easily but the viewity is meant to stay for around 4-5days. If you are thinking of getting a LGCookie I would not advise you to as the camera is bad and it meant to break easily! With my phone I always miss calls because I cant hear it but in viewity you can put outdoor on it and you can hear it like a mile away. I love this phone and I am getting it for my birthday soon. Rating: Reviewed by Emma Morris on 07/01/2009 Very disappointed...although most people who have reviewed seem to think its ok. Maybe i just had bad luck?? On the first day I used the phone the screen froze. This has since happened a number of times and is extremely annoying as i have to turn phone off to get going again. Battery life is very poor compared to my old Sony Ericcson. There seems to be very little warning that the battery is about to die - seems to go from 2 bars to nothing (no red bar). I was in the car and received a call. Couldnt answer as driving. At this point had 2 bars. 5 mins later got home and went to call back, but phone had switched off and battery flat but only fully charged the day before. Texts are a bit awkward too. I notice that someone else picked upon the problem i am having - once you enter a recipient, there seems to be no option to edit or delete the recipeint if you have entered the wrong one. Instead you have to delete your message and start again! Very annoying! Also texts seem to take ages to write because if you want to use two characters on the same number (ie 'm' followed by 'o') then you have to wait what seems like a very long time before you can move onto the next character. Seems to take much longer than previous phones, and subseqently i am going to fast when texting without concentrating (as i used to do) and then have to go back and change half of the text because the cursor hasn't moved to the next space and so i end up with a '6' rather than 'mo' for example. (hope you are following!) Had a bizarre problem with sim card. Had only had my phone for a day or so...not used it much. Just a couple of texts. Not even been out of the house. I turned the phone on after it had been on charge and it said unregistered sim. I was unable to make any calls or send any texts so it was pretty useless. Went to take sim out and put back into old trusty sony ericsson as i was already annoyed about previous 'freezing' problems. When i did this i noticed that the problem was that the sim had moved out of its 'holder' and as soon as i put it back in it was fine. This seemed odd as i don't know how this could of happened as the phone hadn't been dropped or anything, just sat on charge! I hope it doesn't happen again. I have got to send this phone back and get a new one now which is a bit of a pain. lets hope the new one works. I was so excited to get the phone but after a day wiched i hadn't. My old sony ericsson never had a single problem in two years. Rating: Reviewed by alex crowther on 07/01/2009 its like trying to get your granny to text ..... hard word i droped it once and it broke so had to get it fixed good other than the texting and quete. if you are 16 to 24 dont get it but iff you are 40 and up go 4 it Rating: Reviewed by PATI on 07/01/2009 HAD THE PHONE FOR FOUR MONTHS AND I WILL HAVE MY BATTERY EXCHANGED FOR 2ND TIME! ABSOLUTE RUBBISH AND DIES AFTER 12 HRS WITHOUT MAKING A SINGLE PHONE CALL. CAMERA IS HORRID AND TAKES AWFUL PICS. DO NOT GET THAT PHONE. IT IS USELESS PIECE OF JUNK!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Melissa on 07/01/2009 I've had this for 11 months now, all I can say it's amazing. It does everything you want, the camera is really good.The internet is reasonably fast. Touch screen responsive, but it's easy to break. Battery lasts a long time. I think this is a great phone. I would like a new phone but can't find a better one.The only thing I have trouble with is the texting. I think this might only be me, but I find it the keyboard very annoying. But, I must say an amazing phone :). Rating: Reviewed by Holli x on 07/01/2009 I LOVE THIS PHONE ITS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!! YES SOMETHINGS ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY COULD BE, BUT U WILL NEVER FIND A PERFECT PHONE!!! FIRSTLY EVRYONE SAYS DONT GET THAT GET AN IPHONE, BUT PERSONALLY I MUCH PREFER THIS AS IT IS 100% MORE RELIABLE THAN THE IPHONE AND THE BATTERY LASTS ALOT LONGER ON THIS IF U CHANGE TO SAVE POWER. THE CAMERA IS BETTER ON THIS TEXT VIDEO BLUETOOTH STYLE DESIGN CALLING AND LOADS ARE BETTER THAN THE IPHONE SO IF UCANT CHOOSE GO FOR THIS!! i have the iphone too and all i keep thinking when im out (cos ppl always stare at u) is that someone is gonna steal it, if anything, this is more safe to be around!! the only thing is iphone is great for internet aqnd email which is all i use it for x OVERALL THOUGH I ABSOLUTLY THINK THIS IS BETTER AND THE BEST PHONE U COULD GET RIGHT NOW!!! P.S this is MY personal opinion, wether YOU like it or not depends on wat u wont in a phone x Rating: Reviewed by Gina on 06/01/2009 I have had the Viewty for just under two weeks and I must say I am very satisfied with it. I do agree with Kev's comment regarding reading through the manual and exploring your options as this makes it a whole lot easier to actually understand the functions. I have also been able to download plenty of good games such as Medal of Honor Airborne, Call of Duty, Monopoly, Sudoku, and a whole lot more, some of the LG website and others from random sites without any problems whatsover. Using the scroll on the screen does take getting used to, but it will become second nature. For those considering getting this phone, I would suggest that you seriously consider what fits in with your lifestyle. I am happy with the camera and video recorder, as I am not obsessed by recording such media, however, I do have to agree with other reviewers in that the quality is very good. I am not bothered by the fact that it has no voice dialling as I never used this feature anyway with any of my previous phones. The same can be said for Wi-Fi access - I do not have a pressing need to use this. The sound quality through the speakers is not that great, so I would suggest using the headphones. If you are one of those people that like listening to their music through the phone speakers, then you will be disappointed. Otherwise I have taken advantage of some great features as I am a PAYG customer I can now block all nuisance calls, as there is a setting to block unregistered numbers.I am a big fan of their keyboard for texting and they do provide a number of options in this area. All I can say is that, for those with the negative comments is that this phone is not for you, and it has nothing to do with its design. Every single model has instances of crashes and not working, that is nothing new - get over it. There are plenty of other phones available in the market, but for me and what I want my phone to do, I am very happy............even with the stylus Rating: Reviewed by brownie252 on 06/01/2009 i love my mobile, i had a samsung u600 as it was my upgrade but it is rubbish and kept freezing so they gave me a samsung g600 which also started to freeze after a month so took it back to shop decided to go for something new. I choose a lg viewty ku990 never had a lg before and it was touch screen which was exciting for me. I now had this phone for 3 months and still love it. I have had no problems with it, its easy to use and every time i use it i feel like i just got it out the box i get excited to use it. i would say brilliant phone and will be keeping for a long time :) Rating: Reviewed by Sophie on 05/01/2009 Amazin phone absaloutly love it Great camera love the touch screen and the fact of only havin 3 buttons! Rating: Reviewed by UnderDog Reviews - Chris Kinsman on 05/01/2009 -- LG u990 -- I received my LG from Three in April 2008. I was quite pleased overall with appearance of the handset. Fairly ergonomic buttons Black casing, touch screen Smooth design... Overall pretty good. For the first couple of months, it attracted a lot of attention for its seemingly futuristic appearance and function. Three's initial customer service was pretty good too. When I applied an internet add-on that didn't process correctly, they refunded what I had spent and activated the add-on for free, so all good there. However, the first problems were with Three. Their website states that 98% of the UK is covered by their signal, and I can only get signal in one half of my house. Does the other 2% conveniently sit over half my house? Don't think so. Plus, the phone requires 3G to use ANY online service at all - meaning the only places you can use them, are towns and cities. And the receiver isn't top notch anyway. After 6 months, the phone showed no signal in places I've had no problems before, and this i Rating: Reviewed by Unavalible on 04/01/2009 This Phone Is Excellent So Far. All The Rubbish Reviews I Dont Agree With, Mr Benge You Are Completely Wrong About This Phone! Kev I Agree , Everything You have Said Is Right. It Did Also Take me Time To Get Use To This Phone But Im A Natural Now, I Use The Side Keyboard. This Phone IS Better Than The iPhone No Doubt About It. Never Freezes , Good Reliability And I Think The Battery Only Lasts One Day for Some People Because They Are Constently On the Internet Because I Found This Happend To me When I Kept using Facebook For 3 Days Straight Bt Still the battery Lasted 2 3 days Without Needing Charge. But If You Do Not Use The Internet The Phone Charge Could last Up To A Week Depending On How much You use It , E.g Text , Play Music And Basicly Just Fiddling With It As You Do When Its New. Rating: Reviewed by Lord Draper on 04/01/2009 This phone is absolute junk. The battery only lasts a day without using it. The camera is so slow and the pictures are rubbish. The whole phone is very very poor in every aspect too numerous to mention. T mobile blame the phone for poor signal and LG blame T Mobile. Either way it is unusuable because every time you dial a number you don't get connected, every time someone calls you you get cut off half way through the call and worst of all if you miss a call they don't give you any audible warning at all. You don't find you have missed any calls even though there could be 50 or more. It just merely tells you when you go to missed call that you have missed loads. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS YOU HAVE PROOF OF INSANITY FROM A PRIVATE DOCTOR.TO OWN ONE OF THESE YOU WILL SERIOUSLY NEED TO BE REGISTERED INSANE OR BE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION OF YOUR THERAPY SCHEDULE. What a shame they don't have the facility to give minus stars for this rubbish. If they did I wold rate it minus 1 million. Rating: Reviewed by Fluffmeister on 03/01/2009 I loved my LG Viewty, great camera etc etc etc...however, it now decides to show "Emergency Calls Only" (Only had it 2 months) now I found out that this is quite a standard problem..now I have to try and get a replacement from Phones 4U. Gutted, probably wont get my money back, wish I never bought the thing. Spend that bit extra and get an Iphone. Rating: Reviewed by Matt on 03/01/2009 Hello do all fellow peeps, Just got this little beauty on Orange today and so far it seems incredible, easy to use and to get to grips with. the texting is far better than i'd imagined, okay there maybe a few ickle faults but hey hasn't everythng! Rating: Reviewed by craig on 03/01/2009 Great phone,easy to use,every thing about it is cool but the camera is rubbish,I keep myphones till they fall apart and my SE.k750i's 2 megapixel camera was far superior,clearer,easier to use(point and shoot)and took far better pictures. Rating: Reviewed by Christine Bannister on 02/01/2009 This phone is terrible I have had it 2 days and the screen has frozen on me so cant use it oh what a good idea Rating: Reviewed by Jimmy-Bob-Jo-Fred on 01/01/2009 I love this phone it is the best fone ever it is excelanta!! You sud bye it four yuorself or four a gift four your freind. It is very gud. Mye one is black. I like to draw on peoples faces on the phone using the stick! Overal it is an fab fone!! Rating: Reviewed by Holly - not impressed on 01/01/2009 Firstly, I LOVE the phone, im Not impresssed with all the people who come here and talk complete rubbish ( no memory expandable, what world do u live in??!) try reading instructions or something about the phone before buying MR Sony =/ good phone! Rating: Reviewed by ern on 01/01/2009 ive had my viewty for just over 100 days and ever since ive had the phone it hasn't worked. 1st - when the battery goes dead it resets time and date. 2nd - if u take the battery out for a second it resets itself. 3rd - when receiving a message u cant hear it and also when it rings... and now after i got that fixed i cant even turn on the phone. ive charged for 24 hours and it wont turn on and if it does it lasts 10 mins tops and dies again.. Rating: Reviewed by VIEWTY LOVER on 01/01/2009 I JUST GOT THE VIEWTY FOR X-MAS THIS YEAR AND IT ROCKZ I DONT NO WHY PPL DISS IT SO BAD. I LOVE THE WAY U CAN MUCK ABOUT WITH PICTURES AND DECIDE HOW U WANNA MAKE A TXT BUT THERE IS 1 THING I HATE ABOUT IT. WHEN I WANNA SEND A TXT AND USE THE HANDWRITTING BOX EVERY TIME I DRAW A F IT COMES UP AS A R/L AND WHEN I PUT IN A R IT COMES UP WITH A T BUT OH WELL I LOVE THE PHONE ITS WORTH EVERY PENNY!!!!! TY FOR READING Rating: Reviewed by Lord Draper on 31/12/2008 This phone is a bunch of over rated rubbish. The battery won't last more than 24 hours, and that is without making a single call. the key pad is dreadful unless you have women's fingers. The camera does not take pictures in the dark even with the flash.In day light the camera takes so long to actually work that you either think the battery is flat or you have allready taken a picture when you haven't. Over rated over priced out dated rubbish. This phone has got so many faults it is definately one of the worst phones ever made. Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 31/12/2008 Overall a very gd phone, camera= good, internet= decent, touch screen responce= good, battery life= very short, texting= good, 5 star, buy this phone! Rating: Reviewed by Corinne on 30/12/2008 I haqve just got this phone for christmas and i already am completely in love with it! Amazing camera amazing touch screen amazing designs amazing EVERYTHING GO OUT AND GET IT NOW DO NOT GET THE SONY ERICSSON W91OI!!! it is absolute ****!! Rating: Reviewed by Bob Alexander on 30/12/2008 Just love it! Take no notice of the poor reviews-on this site there are 56 five-star ratings and 20 four-star. Only 11 people have rated it 1, and as someone else observed, the poor ratings are mainly by people who are bordering on illiterate. Ok the scroll wheel round the lens is not a good idea, but everything else works just fine. I place a lot of importance on mp3 playing, and it works fine through my Samsung bluetooth stereo headphones-fantastic sound quality. How can someone rubbish a phone for sound quality through its speakers! And there is no restriction on the number of playlists you can have, and you can name them too. One of my old phones limited you to four playlists of 30 songs each, and of the 400-odd tracks on my micro-sd card, it could only see about half of them. So my advice is-ignore the morons and go with the flow-56 five star ratings can't be wrong! Rating: Reviewed by Maddy on 30/12/2008 i got this for my birthday which was back in may and to be honest i havent really taken very good care of it, im very clumsy and ive dropped it soooo many i times yet its still in one piece. no scratches or anything, im starting to believe that this phone is in fact indistructable (sorry dunno if i spelt that right) but anyway its a great phone but not sure if i'd buy it now cuz theres quite a few phones out there that are better now but i love it and the camera is great Rating: Reviewed by Alfie on 29/12/2008 The phone has excellent features, a high quality camera and a 5 megapixel camera...What more could you ask for? Rating: Reviewed by Corinne on 29/12/2008 I have just got this phone for christmas but it is absolutely OUTSTANDINGLY THE best phone i have ever had (And i have had a lot of phones!) The only annoying thing is that you can't have different themes without hacking. Rating: Reviewed by John on 29/12/2008 My God. Some people are just unbelievable. This phone is by far the best phone i have had. Sure, it may take time to get use to the touchscreen texting. But look at all the great features on this phone- 5MP cam,120fps video,DIVX PLAYER tell me does many other phones have such high technology as the viewty? The only reason I put this review on a 4 star in because I wish it could hold more then 2gb external memory to put in movies. Other than that, I say this phone has taken my heart :) Rating: Reviewed by matt smith. on 29/12/2008 I bought this phone last month and I can assure you that it is utter rubbish,the 5 megapixel camera acts like 2 megapixel and the touch screen broke after 2 weeks.As a 19 year old student I need a good,reliable phone and the LG viewty does not provide that,its a big disappoint so dont waste your money.Not worth more than £40 in my opinion,and the opinions of many of my friends. Rating: Reviewed by James on 29/12/2008 Luvley fone the 5megapixel camera is great also the video But the sound quality culd of been a bit better but an improvement of sound from the lg shine I love everything about this phone and hopefully if is in stoke in february ill get it 4 ma son's brthday So don't hesitate buy buy buy Rating: Reviewed by jake on 29/12/2008 well.. i liked the phone very much, i wasnt going to go for it after a few shop owners told me they stopped selling the phone because of so many returns, they just delisted the product. but then a few more store owners said that it was a good buy, if you like the touchphone capabilities that is. 9 days later i was flicking through photos and it just broke. stopped. software screwup. i internet searched this and found that it was a frequent problem... taking the phone back and hope to find a better one. hope i helped some people, you need luck though. Rating: Reviewed by Dmitry on 29/12/2008 I was using it from 15/06/2008. Phone can store 300 sms total. You can not save or extract them to pc. some people i call saying that my voice disappear. like you sp..k (letters missing ea). Using external memory and using some types of files on SD card, makes phone to shutdown when people are calling me. But now i understand it and love it. Rating: Reviewed by Chole on 28/12/2008 LG Viewty, i've had it a day and its an amazing phone. Few minor disadvantages about it for example, when taking a picture you have to have a shutter sound, no volume control when you're on the phone to someone, well if there is a way of solving those, I haven't found it. The menu is a pretty basic but snazzy along with it. When scrolling down, it takes a few hours to get use to the touch and scroll, but once you've worked it out its fine. I still keep my old sony ericsson with me as i adored my w850i, but i think on a overall opinion LG have sent out a cracking phone but improvements could have been made to make it a little better, but well done LG. Rating: Reviewed by mr sony on 28/12/2008 no memory expandable and stylus stopped after 1 minute. dont buy. Rating: Reviewed by Hollyy :) on 27/12/2008 I absolutely love this phone :) I got it for christmas and I have been playing around with it non-stop since then so I know quite a lot about it! Firstly, design is great, I got it in purple and I have to say it MUST be the worlds most beautiful phone!! I think most girls would like it, I certainly do! :) Camera is not the best WHEN you are taking it, but when you look back they are quite good. Video is brilliant, I love the function where you can take a photo/video using the front camera, basically like a mirror!! (girls will like!!) I can't work out the 120fps thing but thats because I never read instructions...EVER...I will have to ask myy dad to sort it out. Bluetooth = great Messaging = Absolutely AWESOME Calling = great Video = Absolutely AWESOME Camera = great Internet = Havent tried it yet :P Design = Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Music = Fab sound! Overall = 5 stars! Luv it! I was a bit worried about the fact that hardly anyone can put their pictures on the computer, but I can so no problem there, you have to view them then drag them into the folder you want them in = simple! :) overall Im reaally glad I got this one! Rating: Reviewed by Gemma on 27/12/2008 Well i got this phone and I charged it up for longer than overnight and the battery had worn down within about 2 days and I wasn't using it that much. Apart from that this phone is excellent I love it, the camera is superb and the features are brilliant. Overall i would recomment it!! :-) Rating: Reviewed by on 27/12/2008 THIS FONE IS GREAT!!! I REALLY LIK TH FACT THT TH VIDEO CAMERA CAN DO SLOW MOTION FILMING! SCREEN VERY RESPONSIVE ND I REALLY LIK HOW U CAN TEXT IN SO MANY WAYS. I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THIS FONE!!! Rating: Reviewed by David on 27/12/2008 I bought this phone 2 days ago and i have to say its a very decent phone. i would definatly say its up there with the big names such as the iphone and the samsung tocco. I think that the screen could be a bit more responsive, but overall it hasnt done anything funny, like people in other reviews have said. i really like how the video camera can film in slow motion, and the picture quality is very good. if you are planning on buying this phone then make sure you read the manual before hand, it really does help you understand the phone. HIGHLY RECOMMEND this phone!!! Rating: Reviewed by Stuart on 26/12/2008 This Phone is Simply Amazing! Rating: Reviewed by Stuart on 24/12/2008 This is without doubt the worst phone i have had the misfortune to buy. As said before, using the touchscreen to scroll trough texts or your phone book is nigh on impossible, the screen has broken twice and i don't mean it smashed, i mean it just stopped working. Using your phone when you see nothing but a blank screen is tough! They told me it was internet ready, but there seems to be issues with every site i have tried to visit. Youtube? Forget it! Facebook? Forget it! MSN Messenger? Forget it! Hotmail? Forget it! - you get the picture. And not only do they not work properly, but no one who works in O2 has yet been able to show me what i'm doing wrong. The review above mentions something about a "smart light" to help take pictures in the dark. Yeah good luck with THAT. It has to be the worst "5 megapixel" (don't make me laugh) camera i have ever used. So I've given up even trying with this piece of junk anymore - i'm back to using my beat up old Nokia. Shame i'm on an 18 month contract, oh well - only another 12 months to go for my upgrade. My brother ordered the LG Viewty and had it sent back within days. Seriously - avoid this excuse for a phone like the plague. You have been warned! Rating: Reviewed by Andy, Shropshire UK on 24/12/2008 After lots of reading up on reviews and websites, I took the plunge today and bought the Viewty. I have been experimenting different things all day with it and I must say, its extremely customisable. There are a few really good LG forums out there that really know their stuff. I am really pleased with it so far. I bought a Samsung G600 on Sunday (2 days ago) from the O2 shop, and after a day it turned itself off 3 times, and also the screen kept going bright, then dull all the time. When I took it back I had the option of choosing something else, the Viewty was the choice for me for the same price as the G600. Reading some of the reviews on here, I don't think the phone has been given a fair chance. The camera for instance, I haven't played around with it much but it was at least as good, if not better than the G600, I didn't buy it for the camera anyway, I have my Canon SX10si for that, but the video on this phone is much superior to any phone I have tried before, its awesome. I will play around with the Viewty some more and see how it performs, but my impression so far is excellent! Rating: Reviewed by robert on 23/12/2008 hi i think the lg viewty is a briliant phone my only word of advise is dont get it on orange because they brand it so much they change the music player to orange music and put links to orange website every where Rating: Reviewed by Jess on 23/12/2008 I am not even joking the worst phone i have EVER had i hate it so much!!! i have decided (after struggling with this for a month) to go back to my old samsung, (which might i add, has no camera bluetooth and cost about £30 2 years ago). I HATE THIS PHONE AND WARN YOU NOW, DO NOT BUY IT!!! Rating: Reviewed by Jeffrey on 23/12/2008 I have gotten the Viewty mobile phone in Jan-2008. I still think you have designed a cool mobile phone and I was very satisfied with it.. at first. I have lost important phone data and contacts. Also, Viewty has reliability issue, for example the camera was faulty for 2 times within 4 months. Therefore my phone is broken and cannot be used due to your unreliable quality. To resolve the problem I visited the LG Mobile Service Outlet at VivoCity 2 times. Today, I spent 4 hours calling the Concept Shop Helpline which no one answer. Good product, but lousy quality and service, equals to a lot of frustration! Rating: Reviewed by steph on 22/12/2008 i dont know what the people who are saying this phone is rubbish are talking about. its one of the best phones ive ever had, its smart and easy to use when you get used to it. Rating: Reviewed by philip on 22/12/2008 im thinking of getting this phone because at the moment you can pick one up for 150 quid so is a bargain compared to the lg renoir and samsung tocco both costing 200-300 quid Rating: Reviewed by Andrew on 21/12/2008 Loved this phone for about 6 months, then the battery started playing up. Current standby time is about three hours, and I've only had it for twelve months! There are a few user glitches, such as how easy it is to exit the messaging screen half way through writing a message because of the way they've placed the buttons, and yes, the screen is a bit plasticy. A good little phone overall though, but I'm still moving to the New I-phone or HTC Touch this month! Rating: Reviewed by Ali on 21/12/2008 This phone is MINT. Propper belter of a phone. The camera is boss and i like how you can draw onto the photos thats class. I rekon everyone should buy them cause its a belterrrr!!! Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 20/12/2008 I find this phone poor Rating: Reviewed by kelly on 20/12/2008 I have this phone It is AMAZING! I mean, hard trying to use the touchscreen, but it does get easier; I must say. I give this phone 10 out of 10 WOOO!! lol xo Rating: Reviewed by Henry Oxenford on 19/12/2008 I think this phone is a lot better than its competitor, the i-phone 3G as its standard of quality is unbelievable and so much better on all levels Rating: Reviewed by Chump on 19/12/2008 This phone is one of the best on sale at the moment Rating: Reviewed by Amy on 19/12/2008 Viewty by LG has been the best LG yet. i bought one about a month ago. The Phone was a not a complete let down, although it comes with a few faults, as every other phone does. I have read quite a few of the other comments and agree with some that the battery life is not great but it lasts up to 48-72 hours, as most other phones i must state. The phone is really eye cathing and quite big in the hand. It comes with 3 themes on O2 but there are websites on the internet which allow you to download other themes for this phone. Who actually needs more than 3 themes when you can change your wallpaper? this does not bother me in the sligtest. Ive read about some of the menus being unresposive and i think this is probley due either to a fault within the phone ( as every other phones have faults too they are making it sound like it is just this one) or the phone has been dropped a few hundred time and should be sent away for repair. The camrea is so much better than the iphon e as my friend has it and lets me use her, i really noticed the diffrence, also it offers more settings for your photos and videos. the touch screen is very good but if you are in a job or in school which you are not allowed to text in, i would advise you to think twice about buying this phone as it is almost impossible to text without looking at the screen. My view on the Viety is that it really is a great phone for its price, and quite easy to get used to even if youve never used a touchscreen,LG or Mobile phone before. Rating: Reviewed by chad on 19/12/2008 great phone. after reading half of the reviews i didnt expect it to be as good as it is ;-P Rating: Reviewed by alucard69biz on 19/12/2008 just great ...verry execellent... Rating: Reviewed by DannyPaterson on 18/12/2008 This phone is the best phone i've ever had Rating: Reviewed by Jessica on 18/12/2008 I really liked this phone, but i have had it less that 2months and the screen has gone black with a green line down it, but you can still do things on the phone but you cant see. & i havent dropped it or anything, it was fine till then, pretty mad to be honest. Rating: Reviewed by Vicki on 17/12/2008 Ive had this phone for just under 9 months now. I loved it to begin with. But Ive never been one to hold on to a phone for very long. I love a new phone. But about 2 months ago it started playing up. The screen plays up, its lost its calibration. I touch one part of the screen and it hits another. very annoying when youre trying to text and the letters are completely different from what you want. Also it has a habit of turning off and not turning back on unless you take the back off and remove the battery and re-insert it. I would never go for a touch screen phone again. Its also very chunky. BUt the camera is excellent. Nothing to fault there, and the music plays perfectly. Rating: Reviewed by maria on 16/12/2008 Had my phone for a few days now and am really pleased with it. The touch screen takes a bit of getting used to first of all but now seem quite straight forward. The sound quality is good if a little low, and i like being able to allocate my own radio station sequence. For any one looking for a leather case, I brought one from ebay for less than a fiver. Loving this phone at the moment Rating: Reviewed by AMeliaaa on 16/12/2008 This phone has a really good memory and so far I've bot had a LG despite going thorrugh about 20 phones.The camera is the best gpoing.You dont need to carrya camera round with you beacuse this camera phone is probabl better than a an ordinary camera.Its really fun when you first get mit.xx Rating: Reviewed by will on 16/12/2008 i love my phone Rating: Reviewed by Harry on 15/12/2008 If you are considering a iphone or an lg viewty then the get the viewty it is a iphone killer with its 5 megapixel camera opposed 2 the 2 megapixel camera on the iphone Rating: Reviewed by Elise on 15/12/2008 Sure, it looks impressive, but is difficult to use and is really quite basic. It seems like it says "BUY MEEEE i'm 100% touchscreen and fantastically up to date" when really, the menu graphics are dreadfully dated and sending a text can suddenly become the most difficult thing to do. I'm definately changing to a phone with buttons! Rating: Reviewed by linda on 15/12/2008 the fone is good and better everythin the only problem is where 2 find the memory card folder Rating: Reviewed by jatt on 14/12/2008 wiked fne luv it gna keep it now ur turn buy it go on SUCH A GD FNE COMPLETELY LUV DA THING Rating: Reviewed by Ben, Newcastle on 14/12/2008 Ive got this phone and honestly it is the best phone ive ever had the touch screen is excellent and the camera awsome, people say that the battery life is rubbish when in fact if you go onto Main Menu > Phone Settings > Power Save turn the power save on and thats all you need to do to keep you battery i use my phone all day everyday and i love it much better than my recent one Samsung J700 I highly recommend this phone to all you buyers Rating: Reviewed by saud on 13/12/2008 excellent Rating: Reviewed by frank on 13/12/2008 i love this fone!!!!!!!!!!!!my friend has 1 and it is so amazing i am asking fthe oir it for christmas!!! the touchscreen is what i am really looking forward to and the camera is a brill 5 mp. also it has internet browsing really well and has motion sensor games!!!!! also it has FREE YOUTUBE ACCSESS.so if a r a youtube fan i would reccomend this fone!!!!also there is hjandrting recognition.3g is in it so fast downloads and blutooth as well.the only thing that let me down is the battery life altough this is not a problem for meas i would happily charge it every nite. i would reccomend this fone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 11/12/2008 I've had this phone for about 4 months now and it is a great all round phone. A few niggles that may only be specific to my phone - 1) Camera is really difficult to take clear photos. Perhaps I have a dodgy phone, the resolution seems very bad and the photos always come out shakey. Even with the stabiliser on. I alwys seem to have to reconfigure the camera every so often, as if it loses it settings somehow. Even at full 5mp - its photos are a little dissappointing. 2) The screen is absolutely excellent, responsive and not at all irritating. Apart from the odd mistake while texting - I've found it so easy to switch to a touchscreen phone. 3) The loudspeaker is a little tinny and quiet when listening to music. 4) Unfortunately my Viewty has developed the flu haha it seems it earpiece is completely broken - i have to make phonecalls by switching loudspeaker on first. overall - a really enjoyable phone to use and own, and if it's your first shot of a touchscreen - this will fit the bill perfectly! Rating: Reviewed by James on 11/12/2008 Ive had the Viewty for over a year now, and its now my favorite phone. i bought this mainly because on paper this has better stats than the (original) iPhone. can do everything i would expect from a 3g phone. its really flexible compared to other phones, you have 3 different methods of writing a text!(keypad/keyboard/handwriting recognition) its fairly tall and wide, but the thinness makes it slide easily into my pocket. battery is good for a phone with such a large screen. camera is good for a phone, 5mpx gives a nice pic.. the iso800 (120fps) is a cool gimick feature i actually use a fair bit! I dont use a screen protector or anything and over a year of constant use has left the phone looking a bit battered(like all phones) but the screen is still relatively scratch free. Gripes: the sound quality/reception on calls is bad, if i wasnt in an area with excellent coverage i would struggle to hear people. the jog wheel thing is in a silly place, i never use it except to zoom the camera. (fingerprints on the lens is annoying). the one place this phone really falls down is the usability, although i have 2+ routes through the menus for finding every feature on the phone, none are that intuitive. the animations for screen changes regularly judder(no damage to functionality just look/feel) (anyone who has trouble deleting texts, or scrolling needs to read the manual before they give a bad review for their illiteracy [scrolling isnt standard pc/mac. So people cant do it immediately, get frustraited and cry 1 star!]) This phone isnt exactly the same as all other phones! and will take a bit of time to get used to the menu/scroll and other bits, but once you do it will really come together! Rating: Reviewed by Henry Roberts on 09/12/2008 I bought this phone when it first came out, and yes i do agree at first I thought it was amazing! But then it hit about a month and a half, and the touch screen broke! I can hardly see the screen from all the scrathes that it has got, and before you say it I did have a full cover (including screen) but when you take the cover down and start using it it just scratches! Also the blue tooth is terrible, I was at a party with about 50 people and nearly all of them had bluetooh on, guess what, the phone only picked up 3 of them, and with my luck the one I wanted wasn't on there! So anyone who has their heart set on this phone, my advice is DONT GET IT! You may think it's amazing at first but it actually isn't take it from me! There are loads of wicked phone's out there at the moment - this just isn't one! Happy shopping! Henry Roberts *. Rating: Reviewed by chris on 08/12/2008 brilliant phone, better than the i-phone 100% the battery life is not a problem for me i can happily charge it every night. i still get the best out of this brilliant phone. Rating: Reviewed by jam on 08/12/2008 This is a good phone. Battery life is perfectly fine. I was a bit worried about the size of the phone but its turned out to be totally fine and feels very light. I find the qwerty keypad option great for txt's. The only thing that i haven't been too impressed with is the camera. It is capable of taking great pictures but it takes some messing about with sometimes and i was hoping to take better pictures at night. But the flash isn't much use as with most phones. Overall though I'd say for the price it is the best phone you can buy. Meanwhile I am going to be getting the Nokia n82 as it has the best camera of any phone i have come accross. Rating: Reviewed by Amanda-rose on 07/12/2008 This is the single best phone I've had ever. It's easy to use and it's gorgeous, I'm glad I bought it, would never look back. It's like the GHD of the phone industry :) Rating: Reviewed by Jess on 07/12/2008 I hate this phone, the touch screen is rubbish so makes EVERYTHING difficult to do. It is just rubbish in general. DO NOT BUY IT!! Rating: Reviewed by Charli on 07/12/2008 This phone is amazing! Its really easy to use, the camera is good... everything is good basically! I would defo reccomend this phone =) Rating: Reviewed by Shane on 06/12/2008 Having had the phone for about 3 months now I can inform it is a very good mobile. Although now that I know the phone pretty well and played around with it several times my opinion now is perhaps a bit tarnished as you'll figure further down but it's still a good phone. If this is the first touch screen mobile you've had you might find it a little daunting at first (I did for some reason and quickly snapped out of it). To cut a long story short its good points are many - (despite several other having criticised..) you can text pretty fast on it, it makes you look fancy and important, considering I've dropped it once or twice on hard surfaces the phone seems pretty well built, it takes much better photos than my previous Samsung D900i and Nokia 7250i! And its intuitive to use and excluding its exterior its very adaptable to your tastes ie ringtone, wallpaper, etc Criticisms albeit most not huge ones are: the volume when listening through headphones doesn't go loud enough, unlike my aforementioned D900i there is no flashlight function (I miss this a lot), the text memory is limited to 300, you can't upload text messages on to the PC, the PC interface isn't as good and intuitive as my previous Samsung, battery life is indeed mediocre, there is no stopwatch (believe it or not I needed it a few times - for benchmarking purposes) and finally there are no free games! Hence, on balance I rate this phone a generous 4 out of 5. Rating: Reviewed by Karl on 06/12/2008 Had the phone for a week and battery started to go. Bought a new one and it turned out to be the phone. Sent it off for repairs and got it back with 15 mins battery. Rest of phone is alright but nothing special, the OS is rubbish and texting is slow. Rating: Reviewed by Karl on 06/12/2008 Had the phone for a week and battery started to go, bought a new one and it turned out to be the phone. Sent it off for repairs and got it back with 15 mins battery life so it became USELESS. Rest of phone is boring and nothing special, the OS is rubbish and texting is slow so went back to an old Nokia. Rating: Reviewed by Chris on 05/12/2008 This phone is good but i find texting hard. Some people dont. Tin other problem is how do i install themes? Rating: Reviewed by michelle on 05/12/2008 I LOVE THIS FONE!! ITS SO STYLISH!! BEST PHONE TO CHOOSE! DONT MISS IT! Rating: Reviewed by Nick Templar on 04/12/2008 I have been asked to sell a KU990 on eBay and the seller has asked me to move the photo's onto a CD. Ok I think I am pretty computer savvy and contrary to normal, I have sat down and thoroughly read the instruction manual for this 'phone. As far as I can see, unless you have a micro SD card handy (I don't) it's NOT possible to move the photos directly onto a PC. The user interface isn't helpful and I'm at a complete loss what to do next. This phone looks nice and may take nice photos but in my view, someone hasn't though the process through to the end and the instructions are no help. Rating: Reviewed by AndrewP on 04/12/2008 Got one of these phones as an "upgrade" after having a couple of Sonys. First impressions were good. Looks great and full touch screen was a novelty to me. Took it away on holiday in France where I began to suspect it was not all it was cracked up to be. Struggled to keep a signal where other phones were fine. Battery life was shocking, sometimes going flat in a matter of an hour( waking me up to tell me it was going flat an hour after taking it off charge). Sending texts drained battery excessively. Sending a photo message or using the internet(v. slow)=flat battery. Taking photos was a bit of a joke, couldn't see the screen at all in most outdoor conditions so put the brightness up= flat battery. Kept resetting to basic settings. Came back and returned it for repair. All seemed well until the charge in the battery went then back to the same. Then the camera wouldn't focus then the flash failed and the menus were slow to respond. I have now rejected the phone and will reject my supplier if they send the same back. Those of you who like yours, I'm glad, but mine was very unreliable. Wouldn't want another. All Show and no Go Rating: Reviewed by Pete on 03/12/2008 I just got this phone yesterday. Haven't had a problem with it yet. I read this page before buying. People have complained of a few things, one being the scrolling wheel. I never even use it anyway! lol. It is very easy to get used to scrolling just with the touchscreen and very cool. The large screen is just wat i need for playing videos or browsing the net. Definitely a phone for internet users, the large screen and scrolling technique provides a great browsing experience. The slo-mo video recording is lots of fun. There are 4 different writing input methods!! Normal keypad on screen, a handwriting page, a handwriting box for writing one letter at a time (very easy and quick, more so than it sounds), and a full screen keyboard which is excellent (it looks like it might be difficult to type on since the letters seem pretty close together but that's not the case, it's remarkably accurate and fast). I've had quite a few phones, this is my 4th phone this year (2 stolen and 1 broken :( ), and it's definitely the best. To be honest though the only gripe I have is that the sound quality for playing music leaves a bit to be desired. I haven't tried with earphones yet and I will, I'm sure that will be fine, but for playing music on the speaker, it ain't great. That is my only complaint with this phone, everything else about it is awesome! Not to mention it looks extremely cool. Love my new phone :o) Rating: Reviewed by shell on 03/12/2008 i love my phone but i cannot get my pictures onto laptop because i have windows vista. Has anyone experienced the same problem. Rating: Reviewed by martyn horton on 03/12/2008 my viewty is the best phone ive had. nice size,good functions,easy to operate even without the manual. i like the fm radio that seems to have very good signal,not going fuzzy when you move about. battery life is good and my one was secound hand. music player easily as good as a walkman. camera good but could do with a lens cover to keep grime off. at first i thought the phone may be a bit sensative to damage but this has not turned out to be. Rating: Reviewed by Rhiannon Jones on 03/12/2008 Just got the Viewty today - was originally going to get the Samsung Omnia or Tocco, but was persuaded to try the Viewty instead. Its a lovely looking phone - althought i keep trying to slide it open lol After playing around a little with the menu;s and getting used to the way the screen works it does seem like an nice phone. Comes with lots of accessories - the pc connectivity is excellent, texting isn't as hard as others have mentioned here, just takes a bit of getting used to as with any new phone - the only gripe I have is with the memory and i am having a problem using a MicroSD Card - cards aren't registering on the handset - now this could be a problem with the card or the phone - have ordered a brand new sd card so hopefully this will rectify the problem. On first inspection i wasn't sure this phone was going to suit me, but having spent some time playing around and reading the manual i think i will learn to love the phone - its certainly better than my frien ds Iphone. Over all good all round phone, takes some getting used to but once you've got the touch screen sorted is a very comfortable and gadgety little phone!! Good work LG Rating: Reviewed by jessica on 03/12/2008 i think its awsomeee Rating: Reviewed by rachel on 03/12/2008 pls avoid this phone at all costs Rating: Reviewed by gavin on 03/12/2008 iv just got this phone and its absolutly awsome it doesnt compare to the i-phone deffinatly recommend Rating: Reviewed by ... on 02/12/2008 Hi This Fone Is Good But To Sensitive I Think Any Its Te Old Version Of Cookie Right Rating: Reviewed by Lou on 01/12/2008 I really wanted this phone but when I got it I was very disappointed. The camera, although 5 mega pixels is poor. The colours in the photo's aren't vibrant and it's difficult to get a cristal clear pic (which I could get on the 3.2 mega pixel sony erricson)and I've played around with all the settings. Also, connecting it to your computer to do anything takes ages and is a really long process, not user friendly. Texting is ok, but not great. No timer, has to be on normal or "customised profile" in order to get the alarm to actually sound (if you leave it on vibrate or silent, you won't hear your alarm) Overall, I can't wait to get rid of it! Rating: Reviewed by U.R Mum on 01/12/2008 u shud buy this phone its good Rating: Reviewed by A Salford on 30/11/2008 This phone is truely awful, and I can only assume that favourable reviews came from LG employees or people who have not actually used the phone much. The phone has been locked in so many ways that you the consumer cannot customise it much. For example the most annoying camera and video sounds cannot be switched off. The screen icons(which love to connect to the internet by themselves) cannot be customised. The screen lock cannot be customised, meaning frustration when you are asked to press for...... Predictive text is an absolute nightmare (has a mind of its own), and if you are on the three network, then do'nt even bother calling either three or LG when things go wrong; LG seems to have disowned the phone and three have'nt got a clue. Save your money and sanity and get somthing else. Rating: Reviewed by T.K. on 30/11/2008 love thee fne had it for 3wks nw!!! its da bomb the ui is awsum i love sending texts with the full screen qwerty keyboard and internet browzing is awsum!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Amay Patil on 30/11/2008 very nice Phone ***** Rating: Reviewed by ANDREW on 30/11/2008 OH ITS AMAZING Rating: Reviewed by james on 30/11/2008 bought this phone about 4 months ago and i am delighted with it. a smooth interface, and a graet camera are the highlights, and the 3g comes in handy. it doesnt have a lens cover though. and is therea difference between this and the ku990r? Rating: Reviewed by Joanna on 29/11/2008 I love my LG Viewty, the best phone i have ever had! The camera is a slight let down but i dont use it too much, it doesnt really bother me! The video on it is really good quality and you can record for ages! The touch screen is definatly the best feature, i love, i find it fun to use my phone now! Lots of people say it is hard to text, and yes it is at the beginning but once you have got the hang of it its really easy! I hear lots of people saying that when you are on the phone it echos what you are saying, and yes that sometimes happens to me but its only when i have bad signal, it happens with all phones! I think that this phone is just brilliant and if you are thinking of buying this then do, i am sure you will love it as much as i do! x Rating: Reviewed by Babe X on 29/11/2008 Had the hone for about 3 months now (: It is thee best phone in the world. I have been through that many phones..you wouldnt belive! This has had some serious batterings fair play! Its been in 2 puddles and had been fropped from a car window whilst the car was moving!! Its all scratched and dented..but i still love it to death! Can fiddle with it all day..just sprot about on it. The pen is ace.. (: Its a charm alright! Battery can go for about 2 days with me..but i am on it allllll the time so would expliain why i charge it so much. Cameraa is ace :D Quick and easy to use with hundreds of different settings so great for wanna be photographers :P Edititng is cool too :D I could go on forever..but its all goinng to be good stuff cause my phone is theeeee best phone in the world..way better than the iPhone and tocco cause ive had both of them and this one is way better :D Hope i help a bit X Rating: Reviewed by olivia on 28/11/2008 very good mobile i live evrything about it !!! Rating: Reviewed by Dan Buck on 28/11/2008 Ive had plenty of phones over the years now and upgrade every year. This is by far the worst phone I have ever had. Main reason is the signal quality is so bad. I have 2 phone, this one and a £10 sagem my411v which i use for work. Im an electrician so the phones are with me in my pocket. everyone has to call me on the sagem as I get a good signal and can hear them clearly. waste of time having the LG. when i finally get to make a call I can hear the person I've called but they cant hear me. 99% of the time I try calling someone and I'm listening and listening and the phone does nothing. when I take the phone away from my ear and have a look at it, its gone back to the wallpaper. The speaker volume is controlled by the camera zoom so you find yourself touching the zoom during calls and the persons voice just fades away. Touch screen is mainly ok but is a little un responsive on occasions. the screen also scratches easy. Ive just bought a blackberry pearl 8100 on ebay for £50 to replace this LG until I can get a new phone in March but after reading the reviews I wish I hadn't. I'll try it for a couple of months though until I upgrade to a better balckberry. Rating: Reviewed by Kirsty Allison on 28/11/2008 Im in love with my viewty best phone i had ever. Rating: Reviewed by Carole on 28/11/2008 I love the style and functions of the Viewty, but the battery life is rubbish - i hardly use it during the day and i have all my power save settings to the lowest and i STILL have to charge it up every day. Sometimes it switches itself off when battery still has life in it and it wont switch back on until i put the charger in. Also (and this is a BIG gripe) I keep getting "emergency calls only" on the screen and i can go days without being able to call out or recieve calls. So I have gone back to my old Nokia N73. Rating: Reviewed by Mark Edwards on 27/11/2008 the camera is amazing,the features are extremely the kooland the style is off the chain hype. Rating: Reviewed by unsure on 26/11/2008 i got the viewty a couple of weeks ago, and at first i nearly died with happiness!! but after a couple of days, i found some faults: the touch screen is sometimes sticky or laggy when u scroll, the camera is poor in bad light, no wi-fi and the games that u download onto the phone are all rubbish, using an improvised keypad on the phone instead of actually doing anything with the touch funtion. overall, the phone is still ausome but i wouldnt recommend it to anyone who likes playing a lot of games on their phone or wants to be able to access the internet without signing up 2 one of those overpriced internet packs!!! but apart from that, its a great phone Rating: Reviewed by Suze on 26/11/2008 I'm quite dissapointed, I mainly want a phone, a) to do its job, phone and text people and b) so i can take photos, to save me from taking a camera AND a phone when i go out.. For option a, the phone is fine, but as far as option b is concerned i am extremely dissapointed with the picture quality of the camera. For a 5MP camera, the picture quality is shocking. My previous phone is a 2MP and the picture quality far excedes the quality of the Viewty. So in my opinion if you want a snazzy phone, this is fine but if you want a phone that saves space and takes good photos, then don't choose this one! There are far better cheaper options for a good picture. Rating: Reviewed by April on 25/11/2008 I had this phone but I lost it, I was gutted! It's a great phone and some of the comments aren't fair! It takes a while to turn on, but dont all LG phones? The camera prefers different lighting, but again don't all camera phones? The touchscreen is easy to use, but some people find it easy and some people find it hard. I think this phone is great and yu should buy it! Rating: Reviewed by Thomas on 25/11/2008 Simply the worst phone I could have chosen! Once i got used to the touch screen got on with it reasonably well, the pen not being integrated is a stupid oversight! After several weeks of heavy, but careful use the zoom adjuster on the camera fell off, meaning both the zoom and call volume are now fixed. Few more weeks on, parts of the touch screen go dead and are not atall receptive to touch, i complained to Orange however my company hadnt opted for insurance! A few more weeks on, and with a fixed zoom i took a few pics, handset memory full! Purchased a card and worked fine! Now 5 months after ive had the phone the cancel button has not decided not to work! After a long conversation with Orange then are now changing the phone...RESULT i thought, however the Viewty had one more suprise up its sleeve! After saving all contacts and pics onto the external card and removing it i deleted everything from the phone memory! As i nee the phone for the two days until collectio n I put the card in and expected it to work as normal, then remove the card and insert into new phone! Sounds simple, however the phone autodeleted all images and contacts that I had deleted from the phone memory! Whilst I accept i should have backed up and that phones are having more and more time saving features on them, auto delete is not something I would rely on! Luckily contacts are backed up on my work system, however 200 pics of my wife, children, friends and holiday are now gone! Quite frankly Im irrated that Orange are collecting the phone, as there are a number of things I would rather do to it! IF YOU VALUE YOUR PATIENCE DONOT BUY THIS PHONE, YOU SPEND TWO WEEKS LEARNING HOW TO USE IT THEN WATCH AS IT SLOWLY DIES BEFORE YOU!!! Personally I will now never purchase anything from LG, they should clearly stick to hoovers! Just for the record, one star is the lowest you can give, frankly my experience deserves less than that (also blamed on Orange, however if the phon e worked in the first place!) I will point out some positives of the phone: If you enjoy charging your phone everyother night you will love it! Seriously though, the camera is very good quality for a phone (if it doesnt delete the pics) and the music and dvd player on it is very good and fairly simple to use once ur used to it! The software they provide is very limiting and not great, but if you are competent on a computer you can upload most things without having to use it!....Recapping, DONT BUY UNLESS YOU ENJOY SLOW PAINFULL AND IRRITATING DEATHS Rating: Reviewed by hard lad on 25/11/2008 its sick Rating: Reviewed by casey on 24/11/2008 i have never been more dissapointed with a phone. when i first bought it i thought it was great but that battery life totally sucks and when i bought a battery replacement it just stopped working completely. waste of money! Rating: Reviewed by Tahir k on 24/11/2008 got my viewty two wks ago its awsum the ui is great a bit har to use the touch screen controls though nd my viewty swithced off a couple of time but other than that its a hot phne!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by nicola on 23/11/2008 i have had the LG Viewty since 25.12.07 and just lately i have had trouble with it but i never really found the memory to be anough for me i only had 16 songs and 125 pictures and i couldnt fit anything else on my phone but because i am only 12 years old i need a lot of space on my phone i wanted to have something like 125 songs and plenty of pictures but thtat was inpossible i am not saying the Viewty isnt A good phone but if you are looking for memory this is not the phone for you !!! the camera is good but it takes a while to take a picture ! the touchscreen is good after 3 mounths you need to press harder and right this very moment my phone is broke i toke it to the repair shop becz the screen wouldnt work anymore and they said it was due to water damage which is IMPOSSIBLE they said "it might be the heat off your hands or maybe mist (THE WEATHER) " i think personaly that is rubbish! but if you are looking for a flashy phone then this is the phone for you but if you are looking for a long term phone you should leave it in the box Rating: Reviewed by Thanh Nguyen on 23/11/2008 All good but not as user friendly as a motorolla. Lack of support for customised/short cut keys therefore usually takes a few touches to get to the desired function. Battery life is not the best either. Went flat within the day the first time I used it. This might have been because it was because of the touch screen technology which may not agree with the rather strong magnet on my old motorolla pouch'c cover lid??? The battery would otherwise last for about a week, with miminal use and also turned off at night. This is no where close to what I had expected from one that was specified by the manufacturer as having life of 450hours on standby (2 full weeks 24/24). Rating: Reviewed by Jonxy on 22/11/2008 Overall this phone is amazing but there is one downside. The battery life. If you are lucky it will last about two days. On the other hand the apps make up for it all Rating: Reviewed by Maisy on 22/11/2008 I do not have the phone, but my friend let me use hers and I am now asking for one for Christmas! My favourite part of the phone is definately writing a message, as you hold the phone side-ways and a keyboard comes up on the screen and you simply touch the buttons! I haven't explored the phone enough to make a complete judgement, but from what I have seen, and just read in these comments, I would really recomend the LG Viewty as a top buy. It is sleek and stylish and from the back you can mistake it for a real digital camera! 5 stars, definately! ;) Rating: Reviewed by greg on 21/11/2008 Annoying phone in some ways. The hardware is pretty good but it's let down by the software. OK they all have bugs to start with but most manufacturers manage to release firmware updates - not LG. Which is a shame because some of the bugs are really annoying. One bug puts the phone in a state where it drains the battery in a couple of hours. This can be triggered by something as innocuous as charging via USB. And talking of charging if you charge it up and leave it plugged in its starts to run down again - no trickle charging to keep it topped up. This bug can usually be avoided once you understand it but there are other limitations as well. Limitations include: only five memos allowed (why?); can view pdf documents but not plain text files; only allows up to 2GB of card space (tho' you can use bigger cards as long as they never have more than 2GB free); you can't create your own shortcuts to favourite functions; can't assign an mp3 as alarm tone; can't set the length of the SMS alert - and you can't even cancel it by viewing the SMS, it will still play 6 seconds; will play DivX movies but won't play XviD unless you use an app to change the header to DivX (why?). And it does all of this just a little too slowly for comfort. All-in-all it adds up to a bit of frustration that it could so easily be so much more fun to use, if only LG would support it. There is a lot of talk about the camera being disappointing. It will take good pictures with a bit of care and decent light, but like most phone cameras it's not good at low light shooting. And unfortunately it's all a bit slow so you probably miss the shot you wanted anyway. The video shooting is particularly good for a phone but again: why can you only edit videos at some resolutions and not all? I wanted a phone which would do enough that I could carry just a phone and leave my PDA and camera at home. The Viewty sort of does that but does it annoyingly enough to make me wish I had enough pockets for a PDA and a camera too. In the end LG's unwillingness to support what could still be a good phone means it's very unlikely I'll buy anything LG-branded until I hear they've changed tactics. Rating: Reviewed by Tom on 21/11/2008 Amazing phone. Great camera, easy to press touch screen, no tapping 3 or 4 times, 1st time usually. Looks good also, one of the best phones availble right now in my opinion!! =D Rating: Reviewed by Emma on 21/11/2008 I LOVEE THISS PHONEE :D Rating: Reviewed by Alon Eliashar on 21/11/2008 baught it today, 100% happy! Phones are turning into mini mad machines! Rating: Reviewed by Ameer N Hussain on 19/11/2008 in 2 words all i can say is its good you should defnitley buy it 1 of the best phones ever Rating: Reviewed by Ameer on 19/11/2008 Great phone ive had this for about a year now i would get it if i was u. Its great.It would be a good xmas present. The features are great, dont think theres any bad things about it Rating: Reviewed by Jaymz on 19/11/2008 This phone is the best phone i have EVER used. I've had it for a long time now actually and even though it can crash a fair bit it always pulls through and i really do love it. People are complaining about the scroll wheel? Mine was smooth, the display was amazing, the camera blew me away and i always get quality photos. The sound quality is also pretty impressive. I have also sat on this phone and dropped it A LOT, its actually indestructable. I'm so happy with my Viewty, i really am. I recommend it, very much. Rating: Reviewed by sharon on 19/11/2008 cool Rating: Reviewed by lg addict on 18/11/2008 i love this fone it dah best its stunnin! i want it soow bad! xx Rating: Reviewed by claire on 18/11/2008 Ive had this phone for about two months now and i love it!! I got a good deal on it from tesco and i got it unlocked for about 50 pounds! The touch screen takes a while to get used to but the camera is amazing! memory isnt that much without the memory card, and texting gives lots of options to do it with, whether its to hand write it or simply use the keypad. The battery lasts a long time and getting music and uploading pictures is simple. Only thing i could say if the camera needs a lens cover. Oh another thing is, there isnt just one camera, THERES TWO!! one of the screen so you can take pictures and see how you look, being a girl i love it! I havent got the internet working yet, i dont know what to do about that one but i love this phone!! You can edit pictures and put writing on it and its great! you can also make slideshows! I also really like the fact, you can listen to music and text at the same time. You can do lots of multitasking on it, either by listening to the radio and looking at pics! anything! The phonebook is also divided and organised into the letters in the alphabet. To get the most out of your camera set it to your own preferences. I only have two problems at the minute and one of them is my fault. The stylus pen broke and ive got to blame LG for that because this happened by me just pulling it in and out. The camera has broke but thats because i dropped the phone and i should get that sorted out soon. Other than that GO BUY THAT PHONE! you'll love it! Rating: Reviewed by Danny on 18/11/2008 Makes me laugh, all the bad reviews are from muppets who either A. Dont know how to use it or B. Have no patience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read the instructions and play around with it for at least a few days instead of opening the box, turning it on and crying because you are technologicaly inept!!! It's a great phone once you get to grips with it but just like my missus it can be a pain sometimes but it serves its purpose and does it well :-) Rating: Reviewed by MaryAnn on 18/11/2008 I've only had for a week. I love the look and touch screen. My problems with it is me, cause I'm not that familiar with the new tech. I inadvertingly blocked my calendar and couldn't access until I cleared the memory. I haven't been able to figure out how to download music from PC to ph yet, but that will come in time. I don't think the manual is an easy guide for those technically challenged. I love it though cause it has a nice big screen which I can read and view my photos without my glasses. I'm still getting use to it at this point. Texting messages isn't easier at this time cause I haven't found a fwd/bck key and so in the pre-dictive texting can't shortcut it using fwd key to create words not in the dictionary. Battery life is good for my useage, I don't talk on it for long periods. It was recommended to me by dealer to switch off nightly to let the phone reset or something! so i do this. The camera is good, but I don't rely on this feature as my memory keepsake, and I'm am still getting acquainted with it. The game on it I can actually work. Anyway to date I really like this phone. Rating: Reviewed by sasha on 18/11/2008 i is well cool Rating: Reviewed by Gary from Liverpool. on 18/11/2008 Ad my Viewty a few days now & just love ive ad Sonys 4 the last few years & this makes a nice change. Only proplem has bin txtin but sure i'll work it out. Rating: Reviewed by verney farnhill on 17/11/2008 good phone i love but has setbacks- easy to scratch- biggest setback- software not compatable with Vista Rating: Reviewed by miles on 16/11/2008 yeah great phone, awesome camera so many features, easily iphone x10.couple of adjustments id make : add wifi and when you take a picture it very slightley blurs after autofocusing. on the whole kick assss phone Rating: Reviewed by Ely on 16/11/2008 I have had this phone for about a week and absouloutly love it. Im 14, and always change my phones, but i dont think ill change this for a while, had the Iphone before this one, and thought it was awful. Hard to use, and the manual was awful. I then changed to this phone, and it is so easy to use, and the camera, memory and everything on it is amazing! The MP3 sound is excellent, and have yet to find something i dont like about this phone. I would recommend it to anyone, as it is so easy to use, and has everything i or most people would need on it including great memory for about 50 songs so far on it! Rating: Reviewed by tom on 15/11/2008 yh got it earlier, this phone is miles better than the iphone which i got 6 months ago, i had to return it because it was to hard to navigate... but the viewty WOW its amazing and it works better than any other touch screen phone i have ever had, the LG kp 500 cookie was also a very good phone but i prefer this....10/10 Rating: Reviewed by Liam Murty on 14/11/2008 Top Class Phone, Got It On Release Day, Have Loved It, Runs Bit Slow If You Use Over 4GB MicroSD Takes A Day Or So To Get Used To Rating: Reviewed by pir arshad on 14/11/2008 this is a complete 3g phone with outstanding quality of picture, sound and beauty. Rating: Reviewed by Alex on 14/11/2008 This phone is shockingly bad. It has all the good gadgetty things going for it, good camera, touch screen all that lot, but when it comes to baterry life it is just useless. I can charge it up over night, the following day I can make a 5 minute call if i'm lucky before it turns off. This may be a fault with the phone anyway, but nevertheless it shouldnt be happening after around 8 months of having the phone. I have already sent it away once before now because the 'c' button stopped functioning, the touch screen was almost completely useless in that you couldnt navigate or text at all without messing up and it taking forever to get back to where you want to be. Overall this phone is a nice looking easy to use phone up until its first fault, and then after that it just carries on getting more different ones meaning sending it back time and timea again. I'd probably aviod it, and the majority of the LG range (Last phone LG Chocolate...also aweful and bad battery etc) Rating: Reviewed by Scott on 14/11/2008 hey....just swapped this phone....get very borin and i aint a fan of the touch screen generation...... other than the camera it doesnt have much goin for it....not the most stylish phone out there... or the most action pack....so do as i did and get rid! Rating: Reviewed by Joe on 13/11/2008 The Viewty is a pretty phone but it's not worth 4/5 stars, more like 2-3/5. The camera is not very good for a 5MP model and the speaker is so quiet that unless you are using the phone in solitary confinement, you won't be able to hear the other person speak! I have to put it on loudspeaker for normal conversations, which is rubbish. Touch screen is very good though Rating: Reviewed by Dimi on 13/11/2008 BEST FONE EVER 10/10 Rating: Reviewed by carole on 12/11/2008 before i bought this phone i read all the reviews about it some bad some great in the end i decided to go for it and i love this phone it depends on the individual and what you want from a phone. i have had it now for a couple of months and its the best phone i have had up to now. its so easy to use and the touch screen is great . i like the fact that when you want to write a message you can change the screen to be a keyboard which is like a computer console instead of the normal keypad and using the stylus pen it is so much quicker to type in the message you want to send. the 5mp camera is great and very clear and easy to use even my 31/2 year old grandaughter can work this phone to take pictures thats how easy it is ,the camera has so many different functions and features read the manual to get full benifit of them. there were complaints about the sound being low but ive not found that to be true its louder that my last phone which was a samsung w880i. the viewty itself has so many features and if you take the time to read the manual you can get full use of them. i find the large screen great and much better when using the internet than the smaller phones.scrolling is easy i use the stylus a lot because i find it so much easier and accurate . battery life is great not as bad as some people made it out to be depends what feature you have been using it does drain slightly quicker on some i usually charge my phone every 3 days overall its not that bad at all. it comes with a lense cover which is great for protecting the screen and replacements are easy to buy as are protective phone covers for the whole phone. if you are thinking of getting this phone you will not be dissapointed its a great phone i spent ages messing about with it when i got it and checking out the features its amazing what you learn by doing that. the viewty is an amazing phone and very easy to use and like the person below says if anyone tell you different ignore th em i did and am glad i did because i cant say enough good this about this phone. i fully recommend it. Rating: Reviewed by Ben on 11/11/2008 THIS PHONE IS APPALLING!!! DO NOT BUY IT! First the good stuff though. Yes, it has a decent camera (but most phones do now). It plays music (again, many other phones do). The touch screen is pretty cool, and it has a decent user interface, so if there was a zero star rating, I'd still give it one star. It's more like a computer than a phone in appearance, but as an actual prcatical phone that you intend to use as a communication device, it's abysmal. The battery lasts no time at all. Mid morning, you could have 3 bars of battery left, then by the evening it will have completely drained, so you have a very short warning time too. The delete button on mine stopped working within 5 months, so trying to correct mistakes in text messages etc is a nightmare. My friend has the same phone, and his 'hang-up' button has stopped working! He also has a strange line going accross the screen (within the pixels, it's not a crack from dropping it) which completely obscures his view . Basically, this phone was a nice idea, but in practice it's been made to a shoddy standard, and the lack of battery life will leave you very, very frustrated. Avoid! Rating: Reviewed by josh barry on 10/11/2008 its a beast Rating: Reviewed by mohammed on 09/11/2008 i love this phone Rating: Reviewed by lacie on 09/11/2008 i only got this phone a few days ago but i am in love with it. the touch screen didn't take long to get used to, the music player has amazing sound and amazing quality sound, the video is also extremely good, the battery life has been fine so far and the texting isn't as slow as i thought it was going to be. i'd deffinately recommend it. Rating: Reviewed by Jacko on 09/11/2008 Brilliant phone. You have to buy it. Espiccally if you are a teenager! Rating: Reviewed by Mary Smith on 08/11/2008 sound quality...perfect camera..........perfect everything about this phone is brilliant Rating: Reviewed by matty on 08/11/2008 i think the lg viewty rocks! it mabey does not beat the i phone but is surely a good compettator =] matty. Rating: Reviewed by Antonello Lobianco on 08/11/2008 Don't agree at all with the review. Attracted by its style, I bought this phone for my girl that lost its previous Nokia N71, and got it back after few feeks as "overcomplicated". I tought very masculinely that girls... u know... Well, I was right. Nothing on this phone works easy as it should be. It is extremely user-unfriendly. The screen also has a very lower sensibility.. it is ok with a single click, but became a problem when you have to make simple gestures, eg. to scroll the pages. Furthermore the phone we own is very buggy.. The browser make the phone crashing quite offen (including when to try the own lgmobile web site!). An other very nasty bug is that, using the slide rule, you can't reach the last options. I kept on its default firmware, so I don't know if this problems has been solved with solved with future releases. By the way, to update it rely on an external software that requires a PC with Windows.. I don't know why you can't update directly from the device. To be fear, one good point is that when used as a modem (USB connected with a PC) it is quite fast, faster than USB-key modem (I have also a Huawey) Rating: Reviewed by John on 08/11/2008 i don't get how these people cant like this phone. it is the best phone i had ever had. i should my friend this because he has got a iphone and he said he had wish he had got this instead it has got a better camera and lots of other things. So i would say buy this phone if you want a outstanding touch screen phone and withe a outstanding camera!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Matthew on 07/11/2008 Just thought i would say after owning this phone for a year and was a bit bored decided to look around to see what others thought of this phone i am worried for the people that didnt realise that you dont need to use the wheel on the back to scroll menus . just simply put your finger on the screen and push up or down . so for those who dont read intructions and them put comments up bashing the phone would you please read instructions or just use your logic , anyway this phone is amazing Rating: Reviewed by Catherine on 06/11/2008 i've had the viewty for 5 months now, and tbh, it gets verrrrrry boring & annoying i want to trade it in! Rating: Reviewed by Gemma vincent on 05/11/2008 I absolutly hate the phone this is the 2nd time ive wrote this mesage due to a slight slip of the pen the whole mesage deleted itself ive had it on contract for 6 months and feel its one of the worst phones ive ever had at first its a novelty yes the camera is amazing but its about the only thing that is if i wasnt payin a contract every month id throw it at the wall Rating: Reviewed by holly82 on 04/11/2008 I have had this phone for 11 months have really enjoyed having this phone, but battery life is bad. Rating: Reviewed by George on 04/11/2008 The battery life is absolutely appalling. its just been 6 months but the battery needs charging every night. Rating: Reviewed by Joe on 04/11/2008 I too thought this phone was a bit of a waste of an upgrade! I know theyre two completely different phones, but the touchscreen on this phone HAS to be used with a stylus as i dont have long nails, whereas with the Prada phone, you could just use your fingers. The camera is absolutely appauling too, i have not yet taken 1 good picture! Rating: Reviewed by parasuram on 03/11/2008 i am hvng ths phone for a week,let me knw is there any equalizer settings?camere is nt as gud as carl zeiss 3.2 .video recording is stunning.absolutely superb.music ovr headset is very poor.brwsng is also nice.pls reply ,if there is any way to imprve sound. Rating: Reviewed by John A. Ryan. Cambridge, UK on 03/11/2008 Firstly I've had this phone for about FIVE MONTHS – so this is a considered, independent review – not just a "Wow my phone is brilliant cos I just got it" kind of gushing review that appears too often here. So in no particular order:- Weight – 112g is heavy compared to phones which just make calls, take photos and play music, but about average for your standard "Smart Phone". The question is – is this phone "smart"? Music Player – Can't comment upon quality, as I dislike the fact that you've got to use the supplied headphones – I've got existing, very expensive phones, and I didn't like either the set supplied with the LG or the fact I couldn't plug in my own. Connectivity inc 3G – USB and Bluetooth work fine – HSDPA (High Speed Data Package Access is just a joke). Remember life before broadband? If you can't – then imagine waiting a minute for each web page to display? Great idea - Utterly useless in reality. To be fair though, this is probably a feature of the network (I've used Orange and Three so far), but it does indicates you shouldn't buy the phone for the internet access features. Camera and Video – Both are fantastic. The fact the mobile actually looks like a camera (wide screen), is a hint. This is basically a camera which receives phone calls. Video quality is great and sound quality reasonable direct from the handset. Top marks. You cannot fault this as a camera. Messaging – Again great. The ability to display a full keyboard or use handwriting recognition in addition to the standard predictive text is a bonus. For me the full keyboard is a stand out feature – I've sent more texts on this phone than during my entire life. Battery Life – Awful, terrible. My previous phones have lasted 4-7 days on standby including a few light calls. This handset lasts 3 days maximum with a 10 minute call in the middle. Worst still – is the rate of decline. You go from "full charge" to "80% full" and then about four hours later your phone dies. Just not enough notice to re-charge. This was so painful, I now have THREE CHARGERS – for each of the places I regularly stay. Useless. Touch Screen – No problems. Having seen the Apple iPhone – the LG just doesn't compare, but I don't have any serious reservations. It works OK for me. Additional bells and whistles – rubbish. The organiser is awful, and from a usability viewpoint – I wish I'd stuck to a Nokia – a billion times better. The iPhone appears to include a huge amount more (although for a huge amount more money!) On Balance. A great camera/video which also receives phone calls, the battery life is terrible, and internet connectivity useless. So given (for me at least) it's just an over-heavy bog-standard camera phone is it worth buying? No. Buy a Nokia or an Apple iPhone instead. Rating: Reviewed by Doug Breeth on 03/11/2008 I LOVE my LG viewty, NO complaints!!! Rating: Reviewed by Melissa on 03/11/2008 Only just got phone and had it for a few hours. Thought Id write initial reaction and then report back in a week : ) Iv had my trusty sony ericsson w950i for well over a year now, and it'll take alot to get me away from it. I dropped it one too many times, and although its built like a brick, the drop down 2 flights of concrete stairs destroyed the touch screen. time for the viewty. Since having a touch screen for so long, i find buttons difficult, and after reading the reviews on viewty, i was instantly intreged. My biggest concern were the lack of buttons as my old phone allowed you to text the traditional way and being a student, i text alot! Today I went for it and bought the red viewty on vodafone and so far so good. The touch screen is so simple that I even find it easier than my old one. The video quality is also very good and im really happy to have a camera again after being over a year without one. the little vibrations everytime you press an icon are subtle and hardly noticable and not an annoyance in the least. its also extremely comfortable to hold and very sexy looking : ) the screen is very bright and easy to see and PLEASE dont be put off by the lack of buttons. Handwriting, i feel is a novelty though, and although easier that the w950i, it is still quite difficult and it is MUCH easier to use screen buttons or keyboard. You pick it up surprisingly quickly and the screen protector provided saves you from all the unsightly fingerprints. Now, sorry, for the let downs. In all honesty, the 5 megapixel camera isn't any where near perfect. I have seen better photo's on camera phones sporting only 3.5 mp, BUT video quality is outstanding and I doubt can be easily beaten. Also i found myself a little disappointed that it doesnt do the nifty thing the iphone does when you turn it on its side. Ignore you tube, viewty does not have motion sensors! this however is a minor disappointment. i havnt had chance to test the sound quality, but LG are not going to win any prizes for their headphones. think ill be using my old ericsson ones! Also, I havnt found the position of the jog wheel a problem YET, but the camera could really use a cover. and finally, the charger feels quite loose, which is very irritating when it keeps falling out. can imagine great embarrisment on bus when headphones fall out and your embarrasing sound tracks blast into the ears of everyone on board!!! As for the stylus - I love it. LG DOES NOT NEED SLOT FOR STYLUS. trust me on this, the w950i came with a stylus that sloted into the top of the phone and it was such a pain as it fell out constantly. I had to buy more from hong kong and still i kept loseing them to the point that I just made do without it. I felt like shaking the sony people and screaming 'WHY! WHY CAN YOU NOT ATTACH THE STUPID THING TO THE PHONE!@ thank you for listening LG ; ) It is much easier to use your fingers than the stylus as you have to pause slightly with the stylus and press quite hard for it to recognise it and scrolling is a bit of a pain. However, my friend has iphone, and altough its flashier, the viewty is a good contender. Its also much more comfortable to hold and use. Ditch apple and give LG a chance as this is currently the best phone on the market. don't kid yourself though, all phones have their flaws, the viewty's are tolerable and makes up for them in so many ways : ) Pretty, stylish and functionable Rating: Reviewed by Gavin Langley on 02/11/2008 Bought this phone based on the good reviews. However its absolute rubbish. Here's why. - Touch screen inaccurate no matter how many times I calibrate it. - Battery life pathetic. Truly pathetic. Even with all the power saving techniques, it doesn't last me from the time I get to work to the time I leave (9 to 5). - Camera is 5megapixel but quality poorer than most 3.2mp phones. Flash only comes on when it wants to. Wont come in in pitch black darkness either. - Phone rattles when vibrating (which is every time you touch the screen). - Interface lags and is slow. - For a high end phone the message memory capacity is pathetic - Screen is soft plastic, scratches too easily - Battery standy 450 hours??? Try 10. Don't even get me started on talk time... won't get you past an hour This phone came close to ruining my life and I'm not even joking. It's just plain pathetic! I dont even believe I have a dud phone here, I believe it's just how it is. Stay away. Rating: Reviewed by adam on 02/11/2008 i think that this phone is a complete beast! ! even thougth some people say that the battery life is excellent, i would disagree as my phone isnt used frequently and still the battery life depletes overnight. this would be the only downfall in my opinion and i think that the phone is great Rating: Reviewed by Ash on 31/10/2008 DO NOT GET THS PHONE!!! Loved this phone at first, but the touch screen is absolute rubbish. After 6 months it longer correctly recognises the buttons I am pressing correctly, even after recalibrating it. VERY annoying when I'm trying to enter a phone number and een more so when I'm trying to type a text message. Build quality is completely rubbish. Everytime I use it I want to smash it. DO NOT GET THIS PHONE!! Rating: Reviewed by piper on 31/10/2008 im in australia. and i brought this phone there too. but before i brought it, i read all these rewiews. i was convinced so i brought it. well its been about 3 weeks, and the phone is great. i really like it, but mine didnt come with a sstylus, or games. so that was a bummer. other than that i was really happy i brought it. it looks awesome too. i think lg did a great job! Rating: Reviewed by Nicola on 29/10/2008 Dont like it at all,the fone cuts out when talking to some one,camaras rubbish,touch screen not that good,sometimes dunt let me make calls,cant wait till my contracts finished so i can get a different fone. Rating: Reviewed by Jayne on 28/10/2008 I got the Viewty for my birthday and it is just perfect (for me). I have just one question - where is the socket for the headphones? The phone suggests it is the same place as the USB socket, but I can't see it. Please help me complete my love of this phone!!!! Rating: Reviewed by tony montana on 27/10/2008 my phone was ok when i got it but now it is unresponsive and impossible to send a txt its driving me mad Rating: Reviewed by jack on 27/10/2008 5 outstanding Rating: Reviewed by sharon.stevens@talktalk.net on 25/10/2008 The viewty is a grat phone to use put i have had a problem with the software and am unable to download directly from the phoone only from the memory cards and it proves impossible to download messages to the computer. LG are aware of the problem so check this out if you buy the phone Rating: Reviewed by Tiggykanga on 25/10/2008 I read these reviews with interest and it is pretty clear that there are as many people who love the Viewty as there are those who dislike it - and I am one of the latter. I found (compared to my previous Sony Ericsson's W800i and K800i) the battery life was poor, the camera could not (at 5mp) produce as good a picture as the 3mp on my K800i and I found the menu's quite clumsy to navigate (could be my age!). I was very disappointed because visually the Viewty is great. I sold it on and purchased a brand new Sony Ericsson K850i instead - also not something I would recommend in retrospect however if you plan on getting the SE K850i - DON'T DO IT until you have read as many reviews as possible and making a fully informed choice as a result. PS. I would love to know how one of the reviewers below got web access from Orange for free! Rating: Reviewed by Jess on 23/10/2008 I've has this phone for about 3 weeks now and i am still loving it as much as when i first got it! it wasn't my first choice as i wanted the samsung tocco but i couldn't get it as it was on contract and i'm under 18 so it was unavilble to me but i am so glad i got the LG viewty now, i honestly believe it is much better than any other phone out there, aesthetics, ergonomics, function etc I have the purple one on orange network which makes thing so much better! i love the internet on the phone...free on orange ;) the screen is nice and big, very clear, quite sensitive and reacts well to my tapping, only sometimes it does not respond well when i am on the internet, sometimes even when i tap reallly reallly hard it still doesn't respond, but it's not a big problem i love the cameras, i love the front camera too even if the quality isn't very good the back camera is amazing..not as good at nightimes with the flash on but i still can't complain! only problem with this phone (for me) is that i can't figure out how to upload pictures onto my computer..or get tracks from the computer onto my phone? the PC suite that came with it is really confusing.. Rating: Reviewed by James on 23/10/2008 I bought the silver version a few months ago, and it is excellent. The camera is just above average, but that is made up for by the recording quality! The phone has a very good battery life, constantly taking videos and photos, it lasted a day. The interface is good, but you need to use it a few times to understand it. The internet browser is good, and you will want to use it, as it is smooth and easier to use than most other phones. Its only problems are the lack of an accelometer and the phone heats up if it use a lot, though this hasn't caused any promblems. If you were thinking of buying this phone, then do, as long it is a new one, which has many of the original problems fixed!!! Rating: Reviewed by ali pally on 22/10/2008 brilliant! it is so coool! the vibraition in the menue is a nice touch, bit like a sony ericsson, but it really is the lg flagship Rating: Reviewed by andy on 22/10/2008 please be aware the lg viewty ku990 software is not compatable with windows vista... Rating: Reviewed by chris windsor from swindon on 22/10/2008 personally i have had 2 of them and the first one wasnt too bad but the camera went on it all fuzzy, second one did the same. its a good fone to have usual stuff but it let down wen the camera went on it Rating: Reviewed by Wayne on 21/10/2008 Is it just me or is the camera rubbish on this phone? the flash doesnt seem to want to work when needed most (ISO100 indoors etc) the focusing is slow and picture quality very poor. Battery life is erratic, some times it will last a couple of days other times it will drain itself overnight when not being used. It/s not all bad. As a phone it works fine and i find the touch screen really easy to use. BUT... I think i'll be going back to sony ericsson for my next camera phone Rating: Reviewed by Sam on 21/10/2008 Loving the viewty had it since last christmas. I have been pleased so far by everything about it, although I think you have to be careful with contract packages as I have probably a slightly ripped off.The only issues I have with this phone are the fact you cant send ur ultra cool slow motion vids to other phones, your computer finds it difficult to read the videos you take, you always have to be careful about the screen and you cant save a number in your phone as a +44 or whatever, it has to be changed to an 07 which means you have to write it out onto a peice of paper. p.s people saying that there are problems with deleting all messages at once simply scroll down to the mark/unmark option, then press the top one which will mark all the messages and press delete. thanks LG for this awesome reliable phone. and btw the stylus is unneccesary, all the buttons are easy enough to tough with a finger or a nail. Rating: Reviewed by robert@oatlab.com on 19/10/2008 you get what you pay for' We say so in the states, but not with the veiewty. This phone ran me US 360 and its half as good as my old Sony Ericsson s500i which I paid US 185 for. This phone is a cheap piece of junk ... :( Rating: Reviewed by steve seccombe on 17/10/2008 just got the lg viewty after using sony ericsson cybershot k800 and k850i phones. the large screen is impressive and touchscreen is a novelty. It has a professional look to the graphics but takes a while to get used to working it as the sony ericsson is far more straight forward. good points generous internal memory camera video camera able to choos your own greeting tone, the down side is the music player is not very loud through it`s own speaker and there is no graphic equaliser like on the sony ericssons. the k850 is about one of the best phones for using the walkman through it`s own speaker and comes accros loud. also you can`t uuse individual tones for each contact it`s just an all round ringtone. All in all a great phone for occuping yourself with still working stuff out on it Rating: Reviewed by nicola burns on 16/10/2008 I got this phone in january on contract and have been extremely disappointed with it's performance. Having had windows vista since last july i was very confused as to why my new phone did not seem to work with my computer and so contacted lg who told me that they were not compatible but that a download would soon be available. However, this did not happen and apparently now lg have no intentions of making this phone compatible with lg and so i have been stuck with a big and heavy phone with no songs or computer pics since january and am now cannot wait till i can get out of my contract as i have wasted far too much money on this phone. the battery life is also poor. Rating: Reviewed by Clive West on 16/10/2008 Well what can I add to the compliments already made. I have had this phone for just over a week now, and all I can say is the Viewty is a beauty. I have always had Sony Ericcson phones and always been very hapy with them, sarting with a K700, then K750 and my last one a K800i which was undoubtedly the best one. This time I wanted a change, and having read many reviews, I decided to plump for the Viewty. I was a little uncertain, as the Sony menu's are so intuative I was reluctant to move, but having had this phone for a week, I am really impressed. This phone is such a smooth operator. The display is big and clear, and navigating your way around is really easy, though not as intuative as the Sony phones. Texting is quite easy when you get used to the touch screen. the haptic feedback works well, though I have it on the lowest setting. Thats enough to confirn you have pressed a button. Texting is slower than a conventional phone, though I find the quickest way is to use the qwerty keyboard. The writing recognition thing is OK, but I have found it has problems with N for some reason. Not bother though as I don't use it. The phone has a qualty feel to it, and is very well made. It's one of those projusts that feels nice in the hane. I love the curvey front edge. slides in the pocket beautifully. On the negative side I have to say that the camera is a rwal disapointment, and though it boasts 5 Megapixels, my old Sony K800i blows it away. The colours on my Viewty are very cold and pictures are not sharp at all. I have adjusted and tweeked the camera but no improvement at all.If you are buying this for is photo skills, don't, you will be disapointed. This is primarily a phone. The camera really comes second to Viewty's other abilities. It's a shame as the camera menu's are very good and easy to use, though I would have liked to see a forced flash option on the phone as this brightens up most photo's no end. A couple of things I miss compared to my K800i is no photo of the contact when you recieve a text (though this doe's work when they call you), no egg timer and stop watch, and no text message counter, though there is a call time counter. All in all I rate this phone very highly indeed. Many people are reluctant understandably to change to another brand mainly because you get familiar with a brands menus, and when they are as good as Sony Ericssons, that understandable, but do not let this put you off the LG. Within a couple of days you will have it craked. Also the software that hooks the phone up to your PC is far better than the Sony. Very easy to use. I would say apart from my reservations mentioned above this is definately the nicest phone I have owned. Go and treat yourself before they run out. Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 16/10/2008 Nicola, I use Vista with my Viewty. The way round it is to use the bluetooth option. Mine worked with the USB lead but was very picky when deciding to work Rating: Reviewed by Steve on 16/10/2008 The phone is great never had a problem......until now. Had it since November but now the battery doesn't hold the charge anymore. T-Mobile refuse to do anything about about it because "LG supplied the phone, we didn't." LG want the phone for a minimum of 5 working days to see if it is a problem with the phone BEFORE checking the battery and do not provide a loan phone service. The battery only has a 6 month warrenty with the phone has a 12 month warrenty. So beware of the battery problem which apparently is quite common with LG phones. Rating: Reviewed by Adam on 15/10/2008 well lets just say, id rarther have one of these than a wife. well there is just one thing, im 16 Rating: Reviewed by Kelly on 14/10/2008 Well where shall i start. My 4th LG Viewty went back to O2 today, 2 have switched themselves off and never came back to life (they were unfixable) my 3rd was stolen and my 4th has frozen, nothing on the touch screen works at all, i can get to my last dialled and that is it! Am very frustrated as i actually love the phone, it is really easy to use, takes a good photo and i found the battery life to be good. I may have just been very unlucky and have had 4 bad phones (i am trying to stay positive) but i did also have a problem with the LG shine as the screen was proone to shattering! O2 said they could only send me a replacement Viewty which is fine as i am willing to give it a 5th chance but i have been sent a LG KF700 instead. I have only had it an hour and maybe i am being hasty, but i am unimpressed, it just isn't a viewty and definately is not an upgraded version! SO if you are looking for a stylish touch screen phone which is easy to use then i definately recommend the viewty just be wary that they are prone to mechanical faults! Rating: Reviewed by Dan on 14/10/2008 I got my Viewty nearly a week ago now and I have to say I love it!! First things first, I don't know why they had to call it the viewty, but in the long run, that doesnt matter when you consider all the great features it boasts. Despite what you may have heard, the touvhscreen is fine, there is no delay at all. The 5mp camera is fanstastic quality although as many other reviews have said, a lens cover wouldn't go a miss. The layout and the navigation of the menus is very easy and composing a text message isnt slow at all, it just takes getting used to. The handwriting recognition is abit temperamental but when it annoys me I just change it back to the keypad style and just text normally. One thing to say, if you only have a windows vista computer, do not buy this phone as it is not compatible. Luckily I have both an XP and vista computer so I am ok. Speaker is nice and loud which is good although I am having problems putting music on as MP4 files are also not recogn ised, so if you have itunes you need to be careful. Overall a very good phone! Rating: Reviewed by Lou on 13/10/2008 Well, after much thought I decided to go for the LG Viewty, after being burnt with so many rubbish phones over the years I wanted something that was gonna stand the test of time. I've had it now for 4 days and I am really impressed so far. The camera is just amazing, I still haven't played with all of it yet but wot I have done has really impressed me and my Husband!!! The interface is really easy, I looked at the manual but kinda figured it out really quickly. The scrolling does take a bit of getting use to and it was a bit fustrating at first but stick with it, it does get easier once you know how. The touch screen is really good, I was abit worried as I've never had one before but I find it very responsive. Texting is good, I love the keyboard version you can choose, it does speed it up as I am use to a keyboard. I admit that when I get a phone I usually only use it for calling, texting and photo's which this phone does amazingly, the look of it is cool and it kinda has a bit of class about it too. The battery life so far I find is pretty good, what phone has a good battery life these days anyhow!!! I charged it on the 1st day for 2 hours and it lasted me 3 days which I thought was quite good!!!! So far I love this phone, maybe the best phone I have had? Yea I definantly think so!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Jim on 13/10/2008 I love this phone i just got it and its been brilliant, good camera, good features. The touch screen is brilliant and the battery life is quite good aswell. This phone is defiently not a waste of money!!! Rating: Reviewed by Louise on 13/10/2008 Rubbish phone, returned it after a few days, battery life is very poor, was charging battery 3 times a day after only talking on the phone for 15mins, not normal, everything about this phone is wrong! Rating: Reviewed by k on 11/10/2008 IT'S REALLY REALLY POOR. DON'T BOTHER. Rating: Reviewed by charli on 10/10/2008 amazing Rating: Reviewed by Simon on 10/10/2008 This isn't a review, however I do think the phone is good. I came across this site while trying to find the answer to: How do you delete all the text messages on a LG KU990 at once? The answer is select Mark/UnMark while in the inbox options menu. You can then tap the box at the top to select all messages (similar to an e-mail inbox) and press delete at the bottom on the page. Hope this is helpful to anyone that has had the same problem! Rating: Reviewed by tullie on 09/10/2008 Quite amazed at some of the moronic reviews,this is the best mobile i have ever had,easy to use either for calls texts,camera and radio.Suggest that some of the reviewers take a look at themselves before complaining. Rating: Reviewed by Karen on 08/10/2008 Absolutly amazing.No faults at all.If you want a faboulous phone,this is the on.It combines all the aspects of a great phone into one Rating: Reviewed by Jade on 08/10/2008 ive had mine 4 24 hours n i love it its got everything Rating: Reviewed by Zoe on 06/10/2008 Best mobile ever. I recommend this mobile to anyone because its great. The camera and video quality is great. Most reviews say its hard to text im my opinion its quite normall. Rating: Reviewed by timothy neil smith on 06/10/2008 if you want a great phone then don't look any further, i was concerned at first with buying a touch screen phone but it is so easy to use, the camera exceeded expectations and is amazing, the phone can hold tons of games videos and music,the style of the phone makes it stand out in a crowd (i have the silver phone) and i have had many jealous looks, i love the way you can put photos or videos into sub folders if they are of a personal nature and you don't want them on your main photo viewing, please for the love of god try this phone, you wont be disapointed, Rating: Reviewed by Sarah on 05/10/2008 I've had my Viewty for nearly a year now and it is a superb phone. The camera is fantastic, I have managed to find games (at long last) on the web which are especially for a touchscreen, and overall it's a beautiful phone. Yes there are a few things that annoy me: you have to delete your text messages one by one, rather than by aging, the reception for 02 is very poor where I live - or may be it's the phone, all I know is that no-one can hear me! Rating: Reviewed by Kate Lee on 04/10/2008 I'm afraid I don't agree with your review one bit! I am a Nokia fan but thought I'd venture out and try something new...big mistake...sending it back and ordered the N96! Scrolling is a total mare- if u type a long text, if you haven't stamped on it out of frustration from hitting the wrong keys, try reviewing your message by scrolling up...good luck! Also, if you have to call a number where there's an answer system and you have to type in options, that's a pain...first find where your phone key pad is as it disappears once you've made an initial call, then it will apply a lock. Other things...no soft backspace key, just a hard one, and a soft one that looks like a backspace but isn't and takes you completely out of the message you are typing.... there is a pen with it too, but you can't slot it neatly into your phone, you just have to carry it round with you and it looks like some deformed lipstick....and to top it all, battery life is unbelievably short! Buy at your peril! Rating: Reviewed by Dave from Hindley on 04/10/2008 I bought the Viewty on the strength of the review on this site and it was the worst phone I've ever used. Really really bad. I'll stick with my K800i. It's superior in every way. Rating: Reviewed by Karl, England on 04/10/2008 Don't buy it. It really is bad. Rating: Reviewed by Emma on 04/10/2008 both me and my brother have Viewtys and on the whole they're brilliant with all the extra little functions you have, but the only down two down falls are that the phone is to easy to unlock when in a pocket or bad and also when ypu attach the usb cable to the phone you do have to sit and hold the cable otherwise it will disconnect Rating: Reviewed by Tom on 03/10/2008 Hate it!!!!!!! Rating: Reviewed by Ryan on 03/10/2008 This Phone Is Amazing Rating: Reviewed by Meg on 02/10/2008 I've had my black viewty for like a month.It's amazing and everyones jealous and tries to mug me x3. [of course they're just kidding].Great looks,nice package and fairly easy to use. Rating: Reviewed by StuartG on 01/10/2008 I've had a Viewty now for a couple of months. It's good in so many ways but it was a mistake for me. I'm a heavy smartphone user - contacts, calendar, to do list, etc - and an even heavier texter. I help to run a rugby club and need to text out to 50 to 60 players three times every week and the Viewty is not the world's best text phone. Although you can create groups of almost any size (1st team, 2nd team etc.) you can only pick ten names from a group at a time to send a text to and you have to go through the group to add the names manually to the text list. The screen shows only 3 lines of text with the bulk of the display making way for the on-screen buttons. for short texts that's ok but navigating several lines of texts is very difficult. The jog wheel helps but inserting or deleting the odd word or character is still very difficult. In all other respects it's a lovely phone, beautifully made, looks great, feels good, great camera, great internet, pretty good at synching with Outlook but oh for the ability to send a single text to 50 or so people like my old Nokia 6680. Rating: Reviewed by heloise on 30/09/2008 i dont think i would get tired of this phone in a hurry.it has everything u would ask 4 in a phn&then some.And somebody help me fix a telephoto attachment 2 the same pls.contact me at-chsahasya@gmail.com. Rating: Reviewed by calum on 30/09/2008 I got the viewty this morning for my birthday as a replacment for my motarolla V3 and have nothing but good things to say about it. downloading mp3s was fast and easy and the sound quality was exelent. the bluetooth was great and while the scrolling was hard at first, with ten minites practies it was realy easy, sending texts was alot faster than my old phone, using the camera and vidio camera was easy and quick to use and editing them was fun the menus were easy to navagate. I completly disagree with anyone who thinks this is a rubish phone. If your thinking of buying this phone, just go for it, I promise you wont regret it Rating: Reviewed by Gordon on 29/09/2008 I dont understand why people love this phone so much. I decided to get one as my contract was up and I was due a new free upgrade. Screen is large which is nice...for not alot. Touchscreen becomes a pain in the arse once the novelty wares off. The battery life is horrible compared to anything else ive ever had. Im going back to my W810i. Rating: Reviewed by Ricks on 29/09/2008 Had this phone a week now and lets just say i cannot put the thing down. It looks great, feels great and the features are amazing. Like some have said, it does help if you read the manual to know what it is capable of. I thought i would be able to pick the phone up and have play around to see what its capable of...how wrong i was! Not finding the scrolling and touch screen difficult to use at all and navigation is really easy too...i was a bit afraid coming away from a nokia's ease of use...but this ticks all the boxes...everything is where you would imagine it to be. I previously had the E61 and I am so glad that this doesnt have the same clunky software that made sending messages a nightmare. The camera is pretty good too, has made my camera redundant. you actually feel quite involved with this phone. it responds with a subtle vibration when you touch a key... any gripes??? nope...i know i have only had it a week but i literally havent put the thing down...and the best part is that i have only had to charge it once in the week i have had it. my opinion, get this if you like a flashy gadget phone that is also practical. Does everything you want it to without clunky software and most of all it looks great. a must for any gadget seeker. Rating: Reviewed by zhao luo on 26/09/2008 very good phone Rating: Reviewed by Pete on 25/09/2008 Thsi phone takes a little time to get to know but is definitely worth it. Most of the negative comments seem to be born of impatience. There is a lot to learn about this phone as it is so feature rich. I have not had any problems setting it up for email or connecting to my PC via bluetooth. The camera is good but the video functionality is fantastic. All in all it is a great piece of convergent technology! Rating: Reviewed by TROVER on 25/09/2008 come on. this phone cannot be compared with iphone. i had lg prada before, it was very very good until i used the iphone. I also had the chance to view this phone an upper level of lg prada its nice too with manuel auto focus 5mp camera touch screen also good, you can get used to it ina couple of days. But no wifi (the biggest minus for this phone). I also used the omnia but none of the touchscreens of the phones can beat iphone's (very sensitive and easy). So as a conclusion if you haven't used iphone yet this phone can make you very happy. Otherwise keep on with iphone. Rating: Reviewed by Alan on 24/09/2008 Rubbish! I had a really old BT Jet breeze block that I replaced with the Viewty. Big mistake. The Viewty has suffered 3 screen failures, absolutely useless in the sun as you cant see the screen and dodgy software. Alright for gimmicks and things you'll never use. It has nothing that the Jet hasn't got except for the camera that I hardly ever use. Its a case of its comes out you must have one...why! You will also need a small nuclear power station to drive the battery as it goes flat every 2 days compared to the Jet that I recharge every week! In other words don't bother, leave the hype behind! Rating: Reviewed by Claire, South Yorkshire on 24/09/2008 When i went for a new phone i wasnt looking to have this one at all, i thought it looked "like a brick" compared to some of the others. However, the woman in the shop let me have a play about with it and within minutes i fell in love with it. The touch screen is brilliant, altho i think it will scratch over time. I have read reviews which say it is impossible to text on, it isnt. It is slightly slower than your normal key pad but because of the vibration on touching a letter, it is more than quick enough for me (and i'm a texter. The battery life is excellent, i have only have to charge it over perhaps once every 3 days. Transferring files such as music etc from your PC is a doddle. If i had one gripe it would be the camera. My previous phone was a Sony K800i on which the camera is amazing and although this has a 5 mega pixel camera they arent as clear. I have tried all different settings. Overall though i would recommend this phone. Excellent!! Rating: Reviewed by Dusan on 24/09/2008 This is best phone ever!!! Rating: Reviewed by Alistair Wiseman on 23/09/2008 okies, lets see if we can set a few things straight. I've worked for 20/20 and dextra in Crewe uk on mobile phone repairs / returns, and also for a Master Photographer so I understand both phones and cameras pretty well. Firstly, the touch screen interface : Excellent. Works like a charm and easy to get used to. The menus are reasonable too, and nifty shortcuts for camera and video and pictures. However.. No short cut for the mp3 player. Secondly.. and still relating to the mp3.. the speaker sound on the phone is frankly poor. I have owned a Motorola Rokr for a few years now and have found no other phone that comes close to the sound quality given out by that. The Viewty has a sound that puts me in mind of an old analogue B n W tv. I use my phone for music in the bathroom / loo but this just isn't cutting the mustard when trying to overpower the sound of running water from the shower. The headphone quality of music is ok, but then how can it not be, its a digital representation and as long as you have decent headphones you get good music quality. Third.. the video... excellent. Sat at the Amsterdam tournament yesterday I was luck enough to capture a goal on "film". Was able to reply it at good quality while people all around viewed to establish "Was it off side?!". The capacity to play divx is brilliant, and the bundled divx converter, a smart move. Watching video on the move? This is ideal. Simple to use and with only one issue, but that probably linked to the camera lens / firmware which is point 4.. Fourth.. The camera. Supposedly the highpoint of the phone. Its... ummm... Its difficult to explain about. One massive flaw... not one that people might even notice in day to day situations, but one which I picked up on after a few days.. the camera is incapable of reproducing a vibrant red. It's pink! Pink every time. It's not the contrast, all the settings tweeked / fiddled with etc and still, with both camera and video, red comes out pink. You don't wear/photograph red? Fine... but if you do... its grimmer than grim death on a grim day! As it happens, my wife has the G800 and we ran comparisons, and the end result was she said, "well if you want to record/play video use your Viewty, if you want to take pics you can borrow mine.", which is great, but thats not what this phone should be about. In truth, there is a lag on the camera too, and the focus can be a little suspect at times, the flash wont light a room, and the iso at a high rate generates noise. One last little niggle too... you will, without doubt, have to keep the plastic covering over the screen and the lens for this phone not to be scratched to death, and that means bubbles and peeling and generally a nasty appearance from what would be (if it were practical to remove the covering) a good looking phone! Advice. Given the choice, get a G800 for the camera, the viewty for video playback, an old motorola rokr for the sound and mp3 representation. You want all in the same package? Ah.. you may have a problem! From my own point of view, for what this phone is supposed to deliver, when correlated against the price and expectation, I am about to return the phone to the shop, continue to lug around my impractical canon 350d, and wait a little longer for something that does what it's supposed to, rather than making me see red (or pink as the case may be) at the frustrations surrounding this phone. Rating: Reviewed by uzma on 21/09/2008 i got this phone for ma bday i think its the best gift ever battery life is long picture quality is great love the touch screen phone is loud which is good if u love music like me overall the phone is amazing i love it Rating: Reviewed by Nikaela Hollick on 21/09/2008 I have read alot of reviews on this phone before i got it, and they all sounded pretty good. I previously have the Sony Ericsson V630i which was an average phone with 2mp camera. I had experienced lots of probs with it so decided to get this one. I was very impressed when i heard it have 120fps. When i recieved this phone, i checked out the camera. It was pretty good, maybe not AS good as i thought, but better than my other one, and thats what mattered. You have to alter the settings i guess to make it better quality. The 120fps Video Is Excellent ! the quality of it aswell is amazing. The touch screen responds pretty fast, i havent tried it with the stylus, at the set didnt come with one ;| Texting can be difficult to press the right letters on the qwerty keyboard, but i guess you have to get used to it. Using A stylus would be easier as the letters are small. Sound quality is Pretty Good i must admit. Theres Only 4 themes on the phone, and i want more, but dont have a clue how to get them on it and install them, so if ANYBODY KNOWS, PLEASE TELL ME =) THANKS. overall, i would give this 4/5. im happy with it, but not 100% impressed. Rating: Reviewed by rory on 20/09/2008 got this fone less than a week ago from tesco mobile its already back with them. only found out after i bought it there are problems with the harddrive on most of these fones. you cant delete songs from your phone (or at least most dont) sounf quality is ok. the only good thing was the camera which was superb. would definetly stay clear of the phone. Rating: Reviewed by Johnny on 20/09/2008 In one word rubbish! I had this phone a week and I just can't get away with it. The camera is Rubbish when compared to my old N73. The screen are very unresponsive. It take ages for the phone to access the Micro SD card sometimes even just give up! The signal is rubbish I'm forever turning the phone off to reboot it and get a signal. The sound quality from the headset speaker when in a call is muffled. The only good thing that good about it is the Video camera is great and loads of options for editing. But the camera is a real let down. Pictures lacking colour and undefined. And yes I have it set on maximum quality. Rating: Reviewed by Steven Murray on 20/09/2008 THis a wonderful phone and i think this is lg's best phone so far although in the 3rd quarter of next year they will be releasing the kc910 which is the ultimate upgrade to the viewty but for now this is definitely the hottest phone and has all the essential features so its a wonderful phone n right now its n.o1!!!!!!!!!!!!:) Rating: Reviewed by Kayo on 19/09/2008 I Got my lg viewty two days ago, at first i didn't see anything special about it but then when i hacked it and loaded themes on it, I realized that this is the coolest phone that was ever invented!!! Its so much better than the iphone, so anyone who is hesitated to go out and buy one,go do it now, you wont regret it, plus its a great deal! Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 19/09/2008 Love this phone, very easy to use, user friendly ui(even if you don't read the manual), love all the features, the camera is amazing, the vibra is so cool, sensitive touchscreen(almost like Iphone but much cheaper), a true beauty..thats LG Viewty(btw my model is LG KU990R) with R. lolz Rating: Reviewed by rory on 19/09/2008 love this phone but i dont understand why you cant delete music. whats the point you have to delete every thing to delete one song. camera is great sound video all is great but i dont know if i will keep it. cant recomend Rating: Reviewed by chris on 18/09/2008 3G capable, but no matter where I am even if Im standing still the 3G drops out. The screen is nowhere near as smooth as my old iphone, and it just feels clunky on the whole. I bought this because I am on a contract with Vodafone and knew I could not use my iphone to go online unless I was with O2. I gotta say even though the Iphone is not as good as the hype its still alot easier to use than this. The sound quality is average and the volumne is low. To connect to my PC is hardwork too. But its still got every feature going and a top camera, watching movies on it is very decent and browsing the web is fairly ok. Main gripe is that its so awkward to use the damn thing. Rating: Reviewed by Michaela on 16/09/2008 I'm getting an Lg viewty ku990 in 2 months for my birthdayy..heaps of people at my school have it they say its really good ive been looking it up on youtube and its seriouslly better than ANY PHONE!!! Rating: Reviewed by Anon on 15/09/2008 Loved the phone at first - great picture quality and awesome video playback. The biggest problem is the pc suite software that comes with the phone. It doesn't allow you to back up sms messages to pc!! According to LG's support team you can only do that on the u990 (3mobile's version). I'm now looking to replace the phone ASAP. A shame since I previously regarded it as one of the best phones that I had ever used! Rating: Reviewed by gary on 14/09/2008 Not an easy phone to use! I had battery problems shortly after recieving the phone, battery life very poor even with normal call usage, freezes regularly. I returned it after five days and intend to look for another nokia? Rating: Reviewed by Nick on 14/09/2008 Phone sets a great first impression but i have owned this phone for approximately 8months now and there are several things that frustrate me: 1. You can not save pictures or any content from the phone's internet browser 2. The 5MP camera produces identical quality to the k800 3.2MP but the flash is aweful meaning photos at night/dark do not turn out at all.(If like me you take most of your photos out on an evening with friends then this is not the phone for you) 3. The touch sensitive vibration you get from the screen to make the virtual buttons feel better only works when the phone's sound is turned on meaning if you keep the phone on silent or vibrate for most of the time there is no touch feedback from the screen. 4. The touch screen technology is miles away from other touch phones meaning that when small buttons are near the corners of the screen it will take 2 or 3 stabs at it to get it, also for the same reason if typing a txt msg and you screw a word up you can not simply "go back" to that word without deleting everything you have written up to that point because if you try to use the touch screen it is not advanced enough to know which word you are trying to correct. 5. No Space for stylus so you need to carry it around with you or use your fingers thus making the above issues worse. With all that said the phone has a v.impressive video capability and the music player and radio is top notch. A good phone with just a few niggles which become extremely frustrating over time. Rating: Reviewed by gg on 13/09/2008 worst phone ever press one button another responds carnt wait till contracr ends going to throw it straight in bin Rating: Reviewed by Barney on 12/09/2008 I absolutely love the viewty as its simple to use and easy to navigate around. The camera is great and the 120 fps video is fantastic for mucking around with!! The only downside is that Im actually on my 4th phone from Orange due to the first three having major battery issues. The one I have now still wont last past 24 hours on a full charge even with all the low power settings and I've even had a day where I left it on and used my old phone instead to see how long it lasted not using it at all! I'd agree with everyone else (pretty much) that this is still the best phone on the market in the UK at the moment. I'd give the Nokia 6220 a go if touchscreen is not your thing but for style and substance it has to be the Viewty... Rating: Reviewed by Jamie on 10/09/2008 the lg viewty make the iphone 3g look like a nokia 3310 compaered to the iphone the lg viewty is amazingg best phone ever. if you have a iphone i would trade it in for this lg viewty cos it look must better and it works better. thank you LG for making such a amazinggg phonee :) Rating: Reviewed by Derek on 10/09/2008 Bought a Viewty last week, and would consider myself to be well versed in phone mods, pro's and con's. Firstly, it is a sleek, nice and light phone. However it is NOT, I repeat NOT, an i-phone rival! I also have a gripe about the call quality of the earphone. It is "tinny", distorts easily and is in no way as good as Nokia or Sony. I thought this may have been a fault with my headset, and even exchanged it at the shop...only to find the replacement was exactly the same. I also found the external speaker poor. On the plus side, it is easy to use, and does have some good features. Thanks. Rating: Reviewed by John on 08/09/2008 if you are considering an iphone or the Omnia you should buy this phone. it is extremely stable and it hasnt crashed on me yet, even though ive had it for 6 months now. the camera is excellent, the interface easy to use, the media player bit is very good, and so is the video. texting is quick and easy, especially when you get used to using 2 thumbs on the QWERTY keyboard. the battery life is excellent for a screen of that size. it is also a damn near indestructable phone: i have given it 1 hour in the washing machine (accidental) whilst the phone was on, i have dropped it out my bedroom window (accidental again) and i accidentally left it in my freezer for 3 days (dont ask) and it still worked :D. i had it replaced anyway for £70 as the camera was a bit buggered, and the microphone a bit static-y. but the point is it still worked. my last phone completely died (samsung e720) because i dropped it in a glass of water. i cant fault this phone at all, except maybe the fact it doesnt have a lens cover but that doesnt matter too much. and you can use more than 2 GB of memory aswell if you do a bit of tweaking and use google ;) Rating: Reviewed by Simon on 07/09/2008 I read reviews about this phone from all over the internet; from cnet uk, reevoo, here, mobile choice and alike and lots of people made negative comments including 1) Texting being difficult 2) camera quality 3) uploading file to the phone. Now texting does take getting used to, but im a fast texter and I have NO issues using this phone just as fast as I did my k800i, the camera quality is great but the photos are best viewed on a computer and uploading files is FAST when using the phone in mass storage format. This is a VERY good phone, but its NOT a smart phone and its NOT trying to be an iphone killer. This is just a very simple to use, extremely attractive, functional phone that does what you need it do. I would recommend this to both tech junkies and non-tech junkies alike. The internet access is fast, and it gives you a lot more space to view websites then a smaller phone like the k800i, and everything about it is just simply neat and impressive. Granted I hav e only had this phone for two days and maybe issues will apear later on like battery life but so far I have NO real issues. How ever its not a perfect phone despite the 5 stars... the scroll wheel being at the back of the phone is pointless and should be at the side as two buttons to navigate menus and zoom in and out, but its not a huge issue. Scrolling menus is a bit slow and the scroll bars arent that easy to activate, but again its not frustrating. The only larger issue is that inability to set alarm volumes and camera sounds seperate from the profile settings. I have mine set up perfectly to be silent and still give me vibration feedback, but I cant find a way to make the alarm sound on a morning? I also cant find a way to make the camera shutter noice or recording noise be silent at all? But despite those issues, those are NO reason not to check this phone out. With a 5meg camera and good quality video, easy navigation and texting and alike its perfect for those who wa nt a simple to use phone. Rating: Reviewed by Jimmy on 07/09/2008 I have had 3 recplacement phones, this is by far the worst phone i have had, very short battery life, overheats after fair usage and cuts off in mid call, stay away from this phone! Rating: Reviewed by geoff from leicester on 07/09/2008 ???does any one know if you can connect to tom tom 510 as i cannot apart from this prob the best phone ive had Rating: Reviewed by ESFARQUE on 06/09/2008 THIS PHONE IS SAID TO BE THE BEST CAMERA PHONES EVER MADE AND PRODUCE BY LG. NO OTHER PHONE CAN MATCH IT'S CAMERA AND SO ON..BUT,WHY ERE MANY PEOPLE OUT THE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 'SUPER PHONES'... THE TOUCH SCREEN, AND OTHERS APPLICATION IS QUESTIONABLE.. THIS NOT INCLUDE THE OPERATIVE TIME NEEDED TO OPENED CERTAIN APPLICATION..THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU CHOOSE.. Rating: Reviewed by Stuart on 06/09/2008 I bought the Viewty solely on account of your review. I don't deny all the positives you listed about this phone are indeed true. However, I'm amazed you don't mention the numerous flaws that this phone has (and I've since found out, if you look at ku990 forums, that there's a hell of a lot of them!). For example, predictive text. For some reason, it is not possible to clear any words from the dictionary. This means it's impossible to write a text message without it reading Hoy instead of 'how', HP instead of 'is' or 46 instead of 'in'. Yes, this phone has tons of fancy gadgets - but it's very frustrating when just trying to type a simple text message! Can we go back to focusing on the functionality of the phones, please? Rating: Reviewed by Rob on 04/09/2008 Okay, the KU990 is a very nice touch screen phone, with a great camrea, and an excellent video calling camrea. It's a hybrid, now this is shocking, but LG have made the cancel buttion is a normal push buttion, which is good! Okay now, it's rivals are U700, U800, and the U900. Notice a pattern? They are all samsungs, part of the soul selection. LG is irritated by this, so their new touch screen LG Synthesis, will revolonise the phone market! I recommend the KU990! Rating: Reviewed by Stephanie on 03/09/2008 I love my viewty!! The best phone I've ever had! The functions are great, internet is good, camera is ace, an all round good phone. The touch screen takes a while to get used to, but its easy enough to use. I would say once you have read the instruction manual and had a play around on it you will be sorted! Only beef would be the battery, if you use some of the feartures alot as I do (camera, MP3, internet) it will need charging by the end of the second day LATEST. When I don't use them the battery is great! All in all I would seriously recommend this phone! Rating: Reviewed by TomTom on 01/09/2008 Unbelievable, this phone is a star, i got it on three (which rules the world) and at only £22 a month with 300 mix and match credits its a bargain, after having this phone a week, i have noticed that the screen is coming up at one side and that this could cause me problems, other than that the best phone ive ever had, i used to have the samsung u600, what a mess that phone was, well this phone isnt its marvelous, GET IT (scuse the caps) Rating: Reviewed by puretoon on 31/08/2008 So Kev from Midlands saying ignore reviews that say different to his?! Does he not realise that everyone and I mean EVERYONE is entitled to their own views? My own reaction to this phone is this: I too loved the Viewty when I first got it, but after that one and next 3 going wrong, I'm sorry but no, I wouldn't recommend it at all. The touch screen is a tadge slow in responding and trying to correct texting typos-forget it! we aren't perfect in typing and this phone doesn't help as its too hard to place the curser where you want it-even using the stylus doesn't help. Scrolling is hard too as the screen can shoot up too fast. There's the zoom part of the camera which is mutimoded so can be used to go one name at a time when using the directory, but its very fiddly. On the plus side-it takes excellent photos and vids-play back is superb too. The battery isn't bad at all and last a few days. I'll end by saying I had a very interesting talk with someone from a mobile company and was told LG ackowledge there has been problems with this phone, infact they even took it off the market! After reading my review you think again about buying the Viewty, but by all means try it for yourself. My mate's had two, loved it, but is now looking to change. I think its each to their own-and the Viewtys not my choice now. Rating: Reviewed by Patrick on 31/08/2008 The LG Viewty is OK, i guess. Camera's fantastic, memory is good, but its the touch screen I'm not mad about tbh. Bit of a struggle to text on it, as the keyboard keys are immensely tiny and the size of my finger and thumb... aren't so tiny. And the attachable pen looks like a woman's eyeliner tbh. If your into touchscreen and cameras, i guess you should get it. You might aswell just get the iPhone. much better tbh. x Rating: Reviewed by Mark Seymour on 31/08/2008 Only had this phone 3 days and the battery shot already,gets so hot you can use it as a hand warmer or the phone itself is not charging properly , will try a new battery and see what happens, apart from that it's quite a good phone. Rating: Reviewed by Paul Clements on 30/08/2008 I love this phone in every way loads of features and great video playback once converted in DivX. Only one small problem I found is No graphic equalizer for music playback and the headphones are not that great in sound compared to my ex Sony K800i but if you buy bluetooth stereo headphones the sound is alot better even without a graphic equalizer. If anyone knows a good set of headphones not bluetooth that sound great I would love to know email me at paulclemo46@hotmail.com . Apart from that well done LG a great phone love it :-). Rating: Reviewed by Daz on 29/08/2008 The majority of things people are whining about in regard to this phone are down to user error or ignorrance! A) If you have an SD memory card you can buy an adaptor to insert the memory card directly into your computer regardless of the operating system as it will just appear as a mass storage device. Its also a much faster way to transfer any files! (You can also connect via bluetooth! a blutetooth receiver for your computer only costs about £5) B) The blurry pictures are usually a result of not setting the ISO to a decent speed i.e. 800 C) You can create a short cut on the mani screen for your MP3 player D) The battery life is going to last a lot less time if you are playing music or video on it as it is processing a lot more information and having to amplify sound, just like any battery operated mutlimedia device! E) The person who said they could not delete a letter whilst texting ???? Try the "C" button between your send and hangup buttons! jesus! read the manual! F) People whining about the screen getting scratched or cracked! its a delicate piece of electronics! if you leave it in a pocket with keys or change, it will get scratched! If you apply excessive pressure it will crack like most glass! best to use your common sense I would have thought G) People whining about poor network reception? guess what? its down to your network provider! I am with O2 and I get perfect reception! The fact is it is one of the best designed phones on the market both aesthetically and functionally! and as one reviewer said it does attract attention so best not use it in a bad area of town ;-) It will inevitably be swiped from your hand! I have had countless people ask if they could see my phone n they love it! As per most LG products it looks great and works great so stop you're moaning you technically inept people n read the manual! Rating: Reviewed by ron on 29/08/2008 Be Warned If you've got vista and want to access you phone content from your PC you can't.... NOT a helpful response from LG ! -----------Reply to Customer Enquiry------------ Thank you for your email Unfortunately, the LG PC software will not sync with Windows Vista and there is no software upgrade that will allow the connection. We apologise for any inconvience caused. Best regards, LG Electronics UK Helpdesk ---------------------------------- LG Customer Services UK: 0844 847 1400 Ireland: 0818 27 6954 Mon-Fri 9am to 8pm Sat 9am-6pm Rating: Reviewed by steve on 29/08/2008 i like it Rating: Reviewed by courtney j on 29/08/2008 awesome man Rating: Reviewed by Mary on 28/08/2008 The LG Viewty is an amazing phone!I also have not had any problems with it and I'm sure no-one else has!All it is that, like any other phone,you need to READ THE MANUAL and you'll soon get the catch.Yes,LG did have a problem with faulty screens, but that has been sorted well and truly.(p.s, mabye it would also help to charge yur phone every once in a while)! Rating: Reviewed by Eli on 28/08/2008 hey I love this phone its so much better then the I phone the I phone texting is way hard o and its so perfect LOL someone even stole it from me so now I'm using a ghetto I phone I'll buy a new one Rating: Reviewed by carl barrow on 27/08/2008 this all sounds great but what you dont mention about the MP3 player, is if your trying to transfier files from your computer running windows vista "you cant" its not compatable!!!!! and you wont be able to transfer vidio ! Rating: Reviewed by Brian Sigsworth on 27/08/2008 Nice phone, had it one month and on the THREE network (who are superb) but the battery life is dire, absolutely rubbish... you start off with 4 bars, then it goes down to 2 bars, you receive an audible warning, then it dies....... and you cannot use it til the battery is recharged. At least with my previous lovely phone, Nokia N73, you could use it whilst recharging. Also the Nokia battery life was amazingly long. The scroll on the Viewty is pathetic and often you enter an application you did not want to. No case is any good due to the scroll wheel/zoom wheel being on the back and any case covers it. If you don't use a case, as I did for 2 days, the casing scratches easily and scuffs even in a pocket. All in all, I made a mistake leaving Nokia..... Rating: Reviewed by Chris Lewis on 27/08/2008 While this phone has excellent features and a very crisp camera I can't help but feel let down by its longevity. I have only had the phone eight months and I have had to get a new battery. Also the camera lens cover has cracked the pointer pen no longer clicks into position and the silver finish is wearing off. However to top it all it no longer accepts a charge and will not accept the usb cable so it is now completely defunct. I cannot recommend this phone and would suggest that you lok for something with a better build quality. LG are my preferred phone manufacturer and I have owned a few of their phones before. This is the first with such a low life. I am told the LG secret is a far better alternative and when I return to the UK I will be changing my handset. But keeping the simcard!Thank you. Rating: Reviewed by raffa on 26/08/2008 quality phone and i dont just mean the features (Which there are many) it is very well made! hard to see why people are so dissapointed Rating: Reviewed by abinass on 26/08/2008 it is a outstanding phone and it have a good look Rating: Reviewed by EMILY on 24/08/2008 ALL YOU FAT , STUPID PEOPLE WHO ARE SO LAZY THAT THEY DON'T READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND CANT USE IT , SHAME ON YOU. EVERY ONE WHO IS READING , THIS IS THE BEST PHONE EVER . I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE ONE. ITS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BUY 1 I RECOMEND IT. Rating: Reviewed by Jason on 24/08/2008 This phone is ok, a little bit difficult to use but the phones great style makes up for it. The only thing that did my head in and made me take it back is thte fact that you cant delete a letter when typing a text,also you cant move the cursor along when typing a text you have to do it automatically which is quite annoying and frustrating. Rating: Reviewed by benji on 22/08/2008 i found the ku990 a brilliant phone to use as a phone with the added bonus of beeing touch sensitiv, the main menu of the phone are attractive and very easy to use, the phone its self is attractive and a pleasure to look at in ether a business or social situation, my one main concern is that the music playey cannont be mimimised when the phone is locked, also you must be extra carful with the screen as it my scratch or even crack easily, as i learned from personal experiance. Rating: Reviewed by Emily on 21/08/2008 ive had this phone for a while now and i reely dont think its any thing special any more. the battery life is rubbish i always have 2 charge it up! also i cant connect it to the computer which is really annoying. and im so used to my old sonny erickson and this phone just doesnt compare- the memory is also rubbish i thought it would be a lot better. if any one knows how to conect it to the computer could you please email me to emily_harper123@yahoo.co.uk- thanx! butt i do think the camera is mint and i love the tuch screen even tho it anoys me is quite cool! Rating: Reviewed by topdraw on 19/08/2008 Had many phones in time but am really really impressed with this one, to be honest with you when it came my plan was to use it for two weeks have a good look at it and send it back for n95 8g. The fact of the matter is im keeping it!! it s the dogs!!! yes menu is a little hard on the scroll but everything else makes up for it, what a phone!! By the way you use the little c in the centre to delete single text items. Rating: Reviewed by Rachael on 17/08/2008 I love this phone! I debated over getting it for around 3 months, reading both good and bad reviews when i finnaly went for the plunge. Everything about thia phone is perfect. Typing is hard tio get used to at first but once you have its brilliant. Camera is fantastic once you know how to apply the settings and the video is very good quality. Mp3 is very good and with a 2gb memory card which i have it can hold alot of songs. Signal is hard to keep but thats just a pateince matter. The phone for its build is very light. You can also customise you own ringtone setting so if you want it top vibrate on touch and message you can coustomise this. i got this phone on t-mobile for 35pound a month 800minuites and unlimited texts. a great deal and a great phone. Rating: Reviewed by Jay on 17/08/2008 I realy tried hard to love this phone and as regards to the camera and video capabilities it cant be faulted, its awsonme! but im afraid i just found the touch screen too anoying eventualy, it seems to work well but then you find you ring a call center and they say "press 1 to do this press 2 to do this" you know the score, but when you come to do this the keypad is gone, and when you do get the keypad up it needs unlocking?? very frustrating. And whats going on with the battery maby it was just my phone but i would charge it, leave it for 10 mins and low and behold its gome off flat??? But like i said the camera and video was so good i dint realy want to get rid, although in the end i did. Rating: Reviewed by Chapman on 17/08/2008 This phone is the best i have ever had no faults with the phone the only problem is there is no case to protect the screen but u can pick 1 up off amazon easily.XxX Rating: Reviewed by Bob Rosamond on 15/08/2008 The Viewty is great in all aspects except as a mobile phone. Reception is the worst I have come across and not a patch on my old Nokia 6300. I can't wait for next June when I can get rid of it. Rating: Reviewed by Paul on 15/08/2008 I trialed this phone for 3 days from a friend, and coming from a Samsung D600, i think its a breath of fresh air. Its quick to use, texting is so simple, and after the initial hour or so to get used to it, your flying like u had the phone for years. touchscreen response can sometimes be laggy however there has to be an element of lag due to any mistake presses i guess. I loved the phone that much i offered to buy it from my pal which he obliged :) My only concern is how the face will bear up to continued use, and if it scratches easily. Other than that i think if your moving from an older handset to this, you wont be disappointed. People that say the phone is rubbish, either have a lemon or they are comparing it to the iPhone. Nothing rivals Apples touchscreen, however the iPhone is rubbish at everything the LG isnt so, my money is on the LG :D Rating: Reviewed by john mcgowan on 15/08/2008 this phone is far better than any phone out there at the moment cam is great and the vid is divix which is great, after seein some of the bad storys below is funny as they say cam is poor but the cam is always set to worst standered and not hard to change it to the best unless your a reatard! you should get an sd micro card for the phone so lots more memory and that was the only problem i had with the phone but so easy to sort and most places give u cards now if gettin a contract. Rating: Reviewed by PX on 15/08/2008 Absolutely like junk. The touchscreen keeps dying on me and I keep it in a crystal case protector. Camera is also sub standard if you compare it with nokia's n95 Viewty's camera is a joke. Its grainy and the colors are off no matter what settings you use. I would not consider this phone unless it is free. Regretted my decision and i will never buy a LG phone ever again. Rating: Reviewed by k on 14/08/2008 i like the camra Rating: Reviewed by becca *<3*..x on 14/08/2008 dis phone is da bst ii love itt ta bitzz ....x Rating: Reviewed by Em on 13/08/2008 I have recently got this phone phone and have been amazed at its standard. I used have the nokia 7373 and wasn't really pleased with its speakers when i played my music but this phone, wow! what a difference. the only thing i struggle with is texting as fast as i did on my nokia but have gradually got to grips with the touch screen. this phone just keeps on amazing me. go and get it! Rating: Reviewed by Colin Plymouth Devon on 11/08/2008 Well it would seem I am slightly lagging behind the previous reviers as I have only just got the Viewty August 2008, first to make clear I am one those people that reads every review out on the internet before taking taking the plunge and the three phones I short listed were the Tocco, Viewty, Secret,I decided on the Viewty based on the overall ratings. And let me say I am so pleased I did because the Viewty is indeed a Beauty not only in looks but performance as well, the screen size and images are truly delicous and eye catching, the scrolling and menu system a breeze to use, I love the feedback the screen gives you wehn tapping it, the camera and video superb with slow motion and lots of editing options as well. At first the texting was a little tricky to get used to but I now find it easy, I find if you type really quickly the phone will keep up with you better. I have read reports such as the battery life is rubbish, I think this has to do with the way you initialy charge the phone, I am getting over 4 to 5 days standby on mine, I dare say some people that inpatient charge it quickly thus not giving it a full charge , all this does is confuse the poor battery, I can only echo previous reviewers comments be patient, read the manual, take the trouble to get to know the phone and the technology and you will truly love this phone, I know I am Rating: Reviewed by Ralph on 11/08/2008 I have had this phone for a few months now so I feel that I have worked out what I like and dislike. Firstly I think it looks stunning. It still gets comments when you use it and people can not work out if it is a camera or a phone. The phone is clear and easy to use. The voice sounds is loud enough to hear and it seems to have a good signal in most places. Battery is very good and does seem to last a long time. The touch screen seems to work well, although scrolling can be a bit tricky. Sometimes you need to use the screen to scroll and sometimes the wheel. Texting seems ok, although do not expect to learn to use it straight away. It is slightly different and may take a few days / weeks to get used to it (this is not a negative – just a fact of using a new phone). Radio also sounds good through the standard supplied headphones and the hands free is clear and easy to use (yes you still look like you are talking to yourself though) However there are a few issues with it that you should be aware if you are thinking of this phone. The camera is not at all good in dark conditions. In fact it is very poor. I have played around with the settings and can not improve it at all. It is certainly no where near as good the camera than my old SE K800i. This is a huge shame for me, as was one of the main reasons I chose this one. I like having a camera with me when out at night, but in truth is not worth taking any pictures with this phone in darker conditions (pub etc). The video seems to give good results in good light, but have not bothered to try it at night. The syncing up with my outlook calendar seems to work to a degree. Not always sure all the appointments have transferred over, so not always 100% confident that I have the information in my phone. I am looking at the settings to work out the best way to ensure it works better, but think it may be a glitch in the software. Moving contacts about works well though, so I have been able to back up my entire phone book onto my PC quickly and easily. Overall this is a nice phone and works very well as a phone with a few ‘features’ to keep it interesting. The only real down side is the camera, which I feel is very poor. However if this is not important to you, then go for it. Rating: Reviewed by Alistair Wiseman on 10/08/2008 okies, lets see if we can set a few things straight. I've worked for 20/20 and dextra in Crewe uk on mobile phone repairs / returns, and also for a Master Photographer so I understand both phones and cameras pretty well. Firstly, the touch screen interface : Excellent. Works like a charm and easy to get used to. The menus are reasonable too, and nifty shortcuts for camera and video and pictures. However.. No short cut for the mp3 player. Secondly.. and still relating to the mp3.. the speaker sound on the phone is frankly poor. I have owned a Motorola Rokr for a few years now and have found no other phone that comes close to the sound quality given out by that. The Viewty has a sound that puts me in mind of an old analogue B n W tv. I use my phone for music in the bathroom / loo but this just isn't cutting the mustard when trying to overpower the sound of running water from the shower. The headphone quality of music is ok, but then how can it not be, its a digital representation and as long as you have decent headphones you get good music quality. Third.. the video... excellent. Sat at the Amsterdam tournament yesterday I was luck enough to capture a goal on "film". Was able to reply it at good quality while people all around viewed to establish "Was it off side?!". The capacity to play divx is brilliant, and the bundled divx converter, a smart move. Watching video on the move? This is ideal. Simple to use and with only one issue, but that probably linked to the camera lens / firmware which is point 4.. Fourth.. The camera. Supposedly the highpoint of the phone. Its... ummm... Its difficult to explain about. One massive flaw... not one that people might even notice in day to day situations, but one which I picked up on after a few days.. the camera is incapable of reproducing a vibrant red. It's pink! Pink every time. It's not the contrast, all the settings tweeked / fiddled with etc and still, with both camera and video, red comes out pink. You don't wear/photograph red? Fine... but if you do... its grimmer than grim death on a grim day! As it happens, my wife has the G800 and we ran comparisons, and the end result was she said, "well if you want to record/play video use your Viewty, if you want to take pics you can borrow mine.", which is great, but thats not what this phone should be about. In truth, there is a lag on the camera too, and the focus can be a little suspect at times, the flash wont light a room, and the iso at a high rate generates noise. One last little niggle too... you will, without doubt, have to keep the plastic covering over the screen and the lens for this phone not to be scratched to death, and that means bubbles and peeling and generally a nasty appearance from what would be (if it were practical to remove the covering) a good looking phone! Advice. Given the choice, get a G800 for the camera, the viewty for video playback, an old motorola rokr for the sound and mp3 representation. You want all in the same package? Ah.. you may have a problem! From my own point of view, for what this phone is supposed to deliver, when correlated against the price and expectation, I am about to return the phone to the shop, continue to lug around my impractical canon 350d, and wait a little longer for something that does what it's supposed to, rather than making me see red (or pink as the case may be) at the frustrations surrounding this phone. Rating: Reviewed by Dave on 09/08/2008 had this phone for 2 weeks and all i can say is very impressed.the only problem i have is about the security settings,i want to change the pin number but i cant find the default number for the phone can anyone help ? Rating: Reviewed by SED on 09/08/2008 A great phone, but not really sensible for business use. The synchronisation is dreadful, unless you input all contacts and diary entries onto the phone first. There is a limitaion on the number of contacts. If you enter a contact or date into Outlook on your PC, you then have to maually tell the synchronisation program to update the phone. Rating: Reviewed by amy on 09/08/2008 well i brought this phone and i think its great. At first it was quite confusing but now its really easy to use. I just cant stop fiddling with the phone! Rating: Reviewed by chapman 0 on 07/08/2008 Its the best phone i have ever had.I would recomend this 2 any1. Can any1 tell me if you can put a 4gb micro SD card in and it still works.IT would be a great help cheers (: Rating: Reviewed by jono on 07/08/2008 Great phone, only 2 problems, the first being the camera, most pictures come out blurred but lots come out perfect so that is ok. The other problem is that it will no longer let me set a song as my ring tone, instead, when i click it, it comes up with an error message saying "invalid file." Apart from these issues the lg viewty has been a perfect phone. Rating: Reviewed by Martin on 07/08/2008 Don't buy this phone if you have a Mac!! - I loved the thing when I took it out of the box, only to find I wouldnt be able to upload any photos (camera is great, by the way!), so I'm gutted as I will have to take it back tomorrow. would have given it 5, but the incompatibility with Mac is a major flaw, and lets face it they are missing a huge market. Rating: Reviewed by Leanne xx on 06/08/2008 I wasn;t sure at first, but after a little play n fiddle it's FAB. The only thing that is bothering me is the stylus is a magnet for the kids. Rating: Reviewed by Mike on 02/08/2008 Let's get one thing straight; this is not a smart phone. I suppose it's not priced as a smart phone and so it's forgiven a little, but there are some basic things that I wanted that were not present and some annoyances that made me return it for a refund (thanks to phones4u who do a 14 days money back trial). As most have said the camera is great, the music player adequate and the user interface (touch screen) is very good. Now the annoyances; 1) I wanted to add an event to the calendar so that on the day the main screen/page would show me what I was up to that day(appointment, gig whatever) but I could not do it, maybe it was me, but the guy in P4U couldn't do it either. 2) I wanted to write a short note or two (or lots in fact) and then transfer them to my PC- nope, (possibly with bluetooth, but I didn't have the facility) not with USB. 3) I transferred a text file (notepad) to the phone (over USB using mass storage mode) but the phone cannot read simple text, it has to be MS word. 4) I could not read my TXT messages from my PC with the included software only email. 5) When I chose to view documents or photos or whatever, the phone scans the entire memory storage, including my 2Gb micro flash and lists everything it finds (except text files and anything else it doesn't understand) making is difficult to locate things. These things are probably not a worry for most people, but these are things I need or things that annoyed me. It's a very capable phone/camera/music&video player and the touch screen is very good (the scrolling takes a bit of practice), but it's not for me. Rating: Reviewed by Dave on 01/08/2008 Half the price of an iphone and 10 times better, i guess thats what commericalising does for you. Rating: Reviewed by alex on 01/08/2008 best phone i've had in a long time it must be good as i normally change my phone once every 4 weeks but had this one since febuary got rid n81 8gig nice 1 lg Rating: Reviewed by Amy on 01/08/2008 Message to Sammy - did you find an answer to your question regarding putting a security code on messages, pictures, etc? I have had my viewty for 2 weeks and I love it, it does take a while to get used to the touch screen but once you do its ace! Sound quality is really good and photo quality is amazing. The battery life could be better but is not as bad as what others have stated - mine last for 2/3 days with general usage. If you are looking for something a bit different from the norm then go for this phone! Rating: Reviewed by Carlos on 01/08/2008 I loved the looks of this phone. Very easy to navigate too. I would be completely in love with it and would give it a 10 stars. However, I'm on my second handset because the first one had problems with camera. It used to freeze after 2 or 3 shots and the only way to get the phone back to work was by opening the cover, taking the battery off and putting it back again. I complained to Orange and they sent me a new handset. The camera this time is working well and actually it's a very good camera. But let's be honest: i need a phone mostly because I want to talk and txt to friends and family. LG signal strength is RUBBISH!!! I had the same problem with the 2 handsets. I also have a friend who has the same problem. The phone most of the time is only able to make emergency calls. When talking, i used to get cut all the time. I had a txt message delivered to me about 10 hours later. Had 3 txt messages delivered to me 2 hours later (and i missed a date and ruined my evening out). The phone usually doesnt ring because there's no signal and then after minutes or hours i would get a txt message saying that i had a missed call. It's really a shame because the handset is fantastic and very nice to play with. As i said before i'm really in love with this handset but i need a phone that works for its main purposes which is calling and texting. Im giving NO STARS to the phone itself. it's rubbish...but 1 star just because im in love with the looks. I'm sending it back now and gonna try Samsung F480 Tocco (touchscreen). I hope to have better luck! Rating: Reviewed by Tim on 01/08/2008 Battery life on standby is about 6 hours even though one of the first things I did was to buy spare batteries to substitute. I've had to stop using it. Great! ..it's a new phone with with whatever features it has I can't use. Rating: Reviewed by mimi on 31/07/2008 the lg viewty is a whole new phone loaded up with some cool pics and videos + you can down load the most coolest music in town. i am getting this phone deliverd to me today between 8-1 in the morrning i can't waite for it im so exited its just soo hard cause this is the best phone eva xxx Rating: Reviewed by Martin on 23/07/2008 I bought this phone very concerned about what people had said about it and LG's rep as a poor mobile phone maker from my past experience. I was suprised how grat the phone really is. Easy to use. The touch screen works well. Inputting text is easy and great. Camera and screen is fantastic. The phone is almost the same as a Motorola V3 which was surprising. This phone is basically an MP3 player, Camera, Video Camera, 3G data card to make any laptop have mobile broadband, E-Mail, Personal Organiser and FM radio all in one little box. If I had to say what are the down sides to it. One would be the Scrolling jog wheel around the lens is poor. I feel they could have used solid buttons at the side somehow. Secondly the web interface isn't great as on mobiles the screen is just a little too small to really be able to use the full internet but otherwise most sites work well. Battery life, it lasts about 3 days with standard usage. Conclusion. I was going to get the Sumsung Tocca but the waiting list was to long and I'm glad I didn't. This phone any smaller like the Tocca wouldn't be any good. If anything you need them bigger. I think it is a great phone and if it stays reliable then probably the best phone I have had. Rating: Reviewed by claire on 23/07/2008 Love the viewty, havent had any of the problems below. Just a question really, have read the manual and still cant seem toi find the answer-have set contact pictures for numbers but they dont come up when people call or text so Im sure there must be one little thing that i need to do to activate this-just not sure what! any ideas? thanks! Rating: Reviewed by Johnson on 22/07/2008 I’ve noticed a lack of reviews on this phone recently, so will add mine belatedly. I like the LG Viewty, and was a convert from SE K800i, which served me very well. Main reason was the 120FPS video speed so I could get decent video of my little girl without getting the JVC out! The reasons (the camera) I switched have been excellent – the camera is truly awesome and highly recommended, though as with complex things like this you do need to read the manual. My main issues are: Battery life – as I do find it gobbles up battery in an instant. I have purchased a second battery to compensate for this, but generally charge up every day. E-mail Configuration – I have tried endlessly to set up to be able to send from my Tiscali webmail account, without success. I can receive OK but even contact LG and Tiscali have not managed to resolve this. This is very annoying. It is also frustrating that when I collect e-mails it only gets the sender and date, and has to reconnect to collect the detail of the message. Music Player – no graphic equaliser and I don’t find the sound quality particularly good. Internet – I don’t find this as reliable as the SE 800i. Connecting seems slower and less reliable. Lens cover – sorry but how can LG expect the lens to remain in tact – even if I treat the camera like an egg – over the course of a 12 or 18 month contract. I am concerned that after 6-8 months I will look for a replacement as it gets smudged all the time and I am forever cleaning off smears or dust – not even got to any scratches yet. Accessories – it seems really hard to get any LG accessories at all. I have bought a case from an online auction shop – but it is magnetic which seems to drain the battery even quicker (full battery goes in 5 hours without any use at all). This is not to detract from the quality of this phone. Connecting up to a TV is excellent for videos (get a cable from on-line auction site and get your resolution set correctly or it will not work). The ‘Muvee’ studio is good fun (though it would be good to be able to put them on the TV, but the resolution is too low). Call and message functionality also works O.K., and there are many configuration bits I think I could probably sort out but haven’t. I guess the question is would I stick with LG when my contract expires – if they address a few of the above issues – probably. If not, I doubt I would and would probably revert to an SE902i and live with the not as good video functionality. Rating: Reviewed by kenny on 22/07/2008 i love the features, everything is great. Wel, was great. After afew months my touchpad is not working so well. Buttons fail to press an icon, etc. Rating: Reviewed by oscar on 21/07/2008 ive had four of these know on contract and everyone i had has stopped working first two the speakers stopped working then third one the phone just lg viewty just started freezing all of the time yhen the last one started freezing when taking pics Rating: Reviewed by TC on 21/07/2008 Battery Life is rubbish. I've had this phone for only 4 weeks and it is rubbish. It replace my blackberry Pearl which I also dislike but I'm going back too. Rating: Reviewed by Sophie on 21/07/2008 Is anyone else having problems with the battery life? I charged mine up this morning and it has just died on me! Other than that brilliant phone, but this is a bif off putter! Rating: Reviewed by Elliot on 20/07/2008 I know the phone has a terrible name but apart from that the lg viewty i pure genius. it looks fantastic and has an amazin 5mp camera. it is hard to use at first but once you gt the hand of it the lg viewty is fantastic!!! Rating: Reviewed by mark on 19/07/2008 Had this phone for a few days.This has got to be the best phone i have ever had.People have been saying that if your a txter this phone is no good. Well i think that this phone is the simplest phone to txt on.Those people must be so usless at wat they do.I cant say a word wrong about it.Wat an exellent phone Rating: Reviewed by DOUBLE BATTERY LIFE...EASY!!!!! on 18/07/2008 Don't forget that the beauty [Of the Viewty ;) }is that having a REPLACABLE BATTERY you can carry around that tiny fully charged SPARE to easilly DOUBLE BATTERY LIFE. (just like every other mobile made in existence today except GREEDY MALIGNANT APPLES, who not only make you pay an extorsionate amount to send it away for battery replacement you have to do without your mobile for weeks aswell!!!!). Spell 'con' = A-P-P-L-E :( Rating: Reviewed by Andy on 18/07/2008 Ok, I've had this phone since December, the camera is good. I don't use the video camera so can't comment on that. The touchscreen works quite well, but its a novelty and after having it this long i've become quite sick of it. This is because texting etc. can't be done as quickly. Battery life isn't great. If you want something a little different then get this phone, but I can't wait to move on to something different now. Rating: Reviewed by manan on 17/07/2008 Excellent phone except battery life....just switch off itself... Rating: Reviewed by sue thomas on 17/07/2008 have had my Viewty for a few days now and it is brill !!!! easy to use and very brigt in purple. I read all the reviws and glad i got mine, if you are lookingto buy this phone go ahead it ticks all the boxes BUT would have liked bubble breaker on it as the loaded game is a bit naff Rating: Reviewed by becca on 17/07/2008 i have the lg viewty i like the phone for the look and the camera is really good but i was disappointed as i dint no the battery life was so rubbish. i have to charge it every day as it will die on me half way through my day which is not good!! Rating: Reviewed by Darren on 16/07/2008 Do not buy this phone, the battery lasts less than 24 hours even without talking on it. Rating: Reviewed by tom on 16/07/2008 good stuff Rating: Reviewed by liz x on 16/07/2008 its ok. the touch screen is rubbish though! i think you should get the nokia 95 or 6 instead because there better and easiey to use! Rating: Reviewed by JOINT #2 on 15/07/2008 This phone is the best phone I've ever had. The technology is amazing, the touch-screen feature is very good and responsive. The texting is not hard or annoying like other people have said in past reviews, you just have to give the phone a chance and get used to it as it is very different from the normal keypad phones most people had before they purchased the LG Viewty. I love this phone (my friend 'JOINT' below would know this) and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a little gadget and is willing to give it more than 5 minutes before they decide they don't like the LG Viewty!!! Rating: Reviewed by Sam on 15/07/2008 Rubbish phone to be frank. I regret buying it, and will never own a touch screen phone again. It's a brick, it hardly works, its a nightmare to text, and its just a total waste of money. The only good thing about it is the Camera - and even that has its moments when it refuses to focus properly. * Can't delete text messages in bulk - have to do it one by one otherwise you lose your photos. * The scrolling system on it is damn right awful. * Its impossible to text - so if you're a regular texter like myself then don't even think twice about buying this phone. I start a text and just end up giving up due to being so frustrating. * The battery's rubbish. * The screen scratches way too quickly. * There's no cover for the back camera so if you get it scratch that's your photo's ruined. * It has such a bad responce time on it. It takes ages before it actually notices you're pressing the damn button. * The video quality is awful. ... I could go on for ages with this rant. Just don't buy it. Wouldn't buy it again. Rating: Reviewed by JOINT on 14/07/2008 this phones ok i suppose not to happy with it becaus IT BROKE!!!!!!! fradgile phone if it wasnt it would be ok but i dont like it Rating: Reviewed by Liam on 13/07/2008 Quoting 'jhodgski': "The phone signal strength is poor compared to my k800i." Well, the signal strength is not determined by the type of phone, it's the network provider. Try having a knowledge of phones before you write a bad review about the LG Viewty. I have just ordered this phone and it should arrive tomorrow. I am very optimistic and after reading the user reviews I can't wait for it to arrive. My friend has the LG Prada and I have had a go on it and it seems that by the reviews of this phone, it is better than the LG Prada, which I think is extremely good anyway. So, all in all, before even getting the phone into my hands, I'd like to say that this phone is extremely good =] Rating: Reviewed by igor on 12/07/2008 camera is not so good.. im disapointed.. battery life sucks.. and the phone is slow.. touchscreen is kinda cool. but that doesnt change my opinnion of this phone.. Rating: Reviewed by Beckah on 12/07/2008 If you want a new fone 6 month after you've baught this one then this is the fone for you. I got minefor christmas and its not the middle of July & the screen has lifted in the bottom right hand corner. This means I'm gona have to get a new fone now cause the touchscreen is broken. Although this is the best fone ive had I dont apreciate havig to get a new one just over half a year after getting it. Highly reccomended to someone who has enough money to buy a new fone. Rating: Reviewed by nihal on 12/07/2008 the world's best phone Rating: Reviewed by kirparam pokhriyal on 12/07/2008 phone is fine its vedio recording is very good but its camera is not ok Rating: Reviewed by Jane on 11/07/2008 LOVE THIS PHONE!!! I wouldnt go back to normal phones now (unless something really snazzy came along)...The battery life is fine (about 2-3 days unless you play games which is then 1 day)... The ring volume is no problem and the touch screen is easy to use... I find texting better with the computer keypad option than the usual one. Everything is so easy to understand and use.. I had a nokia 6680 before and i could not understand all the memory card transfer files stuff for the life of me... The viewty makes it much easier... The camera is good too. Takes good pictures although not as good as a normal digi camera but then it is a mobile phone! THe only thing that took me a couple of days to get used to is how to scroll my lists in their, i either went to fast or clicked on someone when i was trying to scroll... I have figured it out now and got used to it so its no problems now... I wish there was a place where the stylus could be slotted into though. i dont use mine but it would be so annoying having it flapping about when attached to by its cord... My stylus is now on my car keys and i have never used it but as i always carry my keys and phone i know it is there if i need it! I recommend this phone very highly!!! Rating: Reviewed by Rich on 10/07/2008 had phone since feb, no problems yet, recently went to glastonbury and battery lasted 3 days with the bluetooth turned off outlasting my girlfriend`s w850i and a friends n95 with similar usage. Rating: Reviewed by Ronald on 09/07/2008 Good phone, but battery is a problem, I have to charge every 2 days, everything else is very good, the touch screen is fantastic, Rating: Reviewed by harry on 07/07/2008 I think the phone is a very good pice of machinery. I do think the camera can be a bit tempramental. And the quality can be a bit poor for a 5mp camera phone as compared to the sony erricssons. Rating: Reviewed by Balde on 04/07/2008 What a load of rubbish,i am now on my second phone battery life is useless 15 hrs stand by 7 mins talk time complete waist of time.Gutted. Rating: Reviewed by Jack on 03/07/2008 DO NOT GET THIS PHONE. I received this fone of T-Mobile on 26th December 2007 or at least I should have (It arrived 19 January and I still had to pay for that months contract) but back to the point. I received the fone and it worked perfectly for the first few weeks only problems were getting adjusted to the touch screen instead of the usual buttons. But within a matter of weeks the pins of the charger broke and when I rang up LG they told me it wasn't in the warranty and that I woyld have to just buy a new one, which I did only to have it do the same thing in the same week. So I got used to using the USB cable for charging it even if it did mean I couldn't charge it at other people's homes. To add to the problem even when I did have it in the charger it would keep flashing up that it was connected to my PC and keep vibrating meaning the alarm wouldn't go off which was a vital thing for me as I am 14 and need it to wake up for school. After a while of using the USB cable as my charger it began to disconnect if I moved the phone in the slightest way and would take up to 15 minutes reconnecting, this would also happen half way through uploading songs and pictures to and from the phone. To add to this the headphones broke very easily and now I don't have headphones, a charger or a working USB cable. I am in this contract for 18 months and have ended up using an old Sony Ericsson mobile as I find these very reliable. However the camera was superb at taking pictures. Rating: Reviewed by Jodie on 02/07/2008 For what its worth I LOVE my Viewty, its exactly what I want in a phone and for the complaining about battery life, Put It On Power Saving mode .. the battery life is well better and you hardly even notice. Also, I noticed that not many people told you it came with a funky stylus which is amazing and they didnt tell you it had handwriting recogntion. Much better than the iPhone.!! Rating: Reviewed by Michelle on 01/07/2008 I have had the phone for 3 days and I think the phone has some good features So far I find it very easy to use! One thing I must say is that my battery seems to need charging every day! I do not use internet and haven’t spoken to anyone for more than 2hrs in total. Is this a fault or should I give it a few more days? Rating: Reviewed by big bob on 01/07/2008 The LG Viewty ku990. Well what can i say. It is a very very good phone but and there is a but and a big but it is the softwear that comes with it is not good you cant download thems to it i have tried countlis times to do so and it well not do it Rating: |
