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LG Vu KU990 Viewty review: 2007 5 MP touchscreen Viewty.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2007·$500
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#2 of 8
Tier
Feature Phone
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Vu KU990 Viewty.

LG's 2007 Viewty led with 5 MP Schneider + Xenon flash + industry-first 120 fps slow-mo video.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among feature phone phones of 2007 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeResistive TFT
Size3.0"
Resolution240 x 400

02Music

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2007.

03Camera

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among feature phone phones of 2007 — 17 points above the cohort average.

Main5.0 MP Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon
Video120 fps slow-mo

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2007.

Capacity1,000 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for feature phone phones of 2007.

What works
  • 5 MP Schneider-Kreuznach lens.
  • Xenon flash.
  • 120 fps slow-mo video.
  • iPhone rival aesthetic.
What doesn't
  • Resistive touch.
  • Proprietary OS.
  • 100 MB only.
  • No Wi-Fi.

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 8-phone cohort of feature phone devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .