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LG Viewty (KU990) review: A 2007 touchscreen cameraphone with a 5 MP Schneider lens and 120 fps video.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2007·$500
Overall
36/100
Class rank
#1 of 1
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The slow-motion cameraphone.

The LG Viewty was a 2007 touchscreen cameraphone that punched above its class — a 5 MP Schneider-Kreuznach lens with a Xenon flash and 120 fps slow-motion capture. The resistive screen and closed OS limited it, but as a pre-smartphone imaging device it was ambitious.

01Display

44/100

44/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2007.

TypeResistive TFT
Size3.0 inches
Resolution240 × 400 px

02Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2007.

Main5 MP, Schneider-Kreuznach, autofocus, Xenon
Video120 fps slow-motion
FrontVGA

03Performance

36/100

36/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2007.

ChipsetFeature-phone platform
RAM
Storage128 MB · microSD

04Battery

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2007.

Capacity1,000 mAh (removable)
Standby~ 300 hours

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2007.

06Value

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2007.

What works
  • 5 MP Schneider lens with a Xenon flash.
  • 120 fps slow-motion video — rare for 2007.
  • Touchscreen with haptics.
  • microSD expansion.
What doesn't
  • Resistive screen.
  • Feature-phone OS, no apps.
  • No Wi-Fi or 3.5 mm jack.
  • Small battery.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .