LG
KU990 Viewty
KU990 Viewty combines a3-inch touchscreen, Schneider optics, xenon flash and slow-motion video in a camera-focused feature phone, with a physical rear lens-ring control.
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- Platform
- 3G touchscreen feature phone
- Operating system
- LG proprietary touch-interface feature-phone software
Overview
KU990 Viewty combines a3-inch touchscreen, Schneider optics, xenon flash and slow-motion video in a camera-focused feature phone, with a physical rear lens-ring control.
Period and variants
LG announced Viewty on23 August2007 with October availability planned. The September review explicitly tested two preproduction versions. An October factory KU990 guide provides a later reference; review dates are not retail dates, and KU990i or other regional models remain separate.
The advertised5.1MP camera produces2592×1944 images in both guide and sample.120fps means QVGA capture with15fps slow playback; ordinary VGA recording is30fps. Stabilization is digital rather than OIS, and xenon flash is separate from the focus-assist lamp. The guide identifies the secondary camera as320×240, overriding the sample review’s VGA label.
100MB means shared user storage, not RAM. The guide specifies microSD up to2GB with battery removal for access. USB mass storage exposes card files rather than internal storage. Touch interaction, task switching and Java installation belong to LG’s feature-phone software, not Symbian, Windows Mobile or Android.
Sources
- LG — original KU990 Viewty announcement, 23 August 2007; Phys.org reprint
- LG — original UK Viewty press release issued 3 September 2007; DPNow reprint
- LG — original KU990 French user guide, 24 October 2007 layout; manual mirror
- GSMArena — actual Viewty preproduction inspection, 25 September 2007
- GSMArena — actual Viewty media / connectivity / Java test
- GSMArena — actual Viewty still-camera test
- GSMArena — actual Viewty VGA and 120fps slow-motion test
Image credit
Beamish4 — LG Viewty (Black) - Front.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.
Beamish4 — LG Viewty (Black) - Back.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.
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