LG Viewty?

[Wu]

I'm going to buy a new phone soon, and I was thinking of getting the LG Viewty.



Specs below in the spoiler.

Spoiler!

LG Viewty Features And Full Specs:

GENERAL
Weight (in grams) 112
Dimensions (mm) 103.5x54.4x14.8 mm
Form Factor bar
Frequency Band(s) 1800,1900,800,900
SAR Rating (Ear) .83 W/Kg
See also: The top low-SAR phones

NETWORK SPECS
Voice Technology GSM
Downloadable Applications Format J2ME
PDA/Palmtop Phone yes
Sound Quality HR
PHONE FUNCTIONS
Silent or Vibrating alerts yes
MEMORY
Phone Book Entries variable
Internal Memory 130 MB
Memory Expansion Format Micro SD

DISPLAY / LCD SCREEN
Touch-Screen yes
See also: The latest touch phone (gallery)
Color Display / LCD Screen (Color mode: 262 144)
Main LCD Screen Technology TFT
LCD Screen Resolution (pixels) 3 pouces

PERSONALIZATION
Free Custom Ringtones See free ringtone possibilities
Polyphonic Ringtones (chords) 64

COMMUNICATIONS
Bluetooth yes
See also: 20 beautiful new Bluetooth phones
Bluetooth Profiles GAP
Wap WAP
Data Formats HSDPA, GPRS, EDGE

ENTERTAINMENT
Included Games yes
File Formats MP3
PHOTO & VIDEO
Camera (and resolution) 5-megapixel
See also: top camera phones
Camera Options Minuteur, MBde rafale
Camera flash Xénon
MUSIC FEATURES
Music Radio FM, MP3
A2DP Stereo Bluetooth yes

MESSAGING
SMS yes
MMS yes
EMS yes
TOOLS
Alarm clock yes
Voice Memo/Sound Recorder yes

BATTERY PERFORMANCE
Stand-by Time 340 hours
Talk Time 210 minutes
Battery Li-Ion
Battery Power 1000 mAh

Now I've read alot of reviews and half the user reviews were good and half were describing buying it as a huge mistake.

Does anyone here have any idea or experience with this phone?

Or should I get a different phone in general?

I want a prepaid phone and have a budget of about €120-150,-.

[asusi]

I have an E71 now..

but i would go for an Samsung Jet.. it has 2 cores
and HTC makes good shit too, HTC pro 2

[Wu]

I have an E71 now..

but i would go for an Samsung Jet.. it has 2 cores
and HTC makes good shit too, HTC pro 2

Thanks, but none of those are available for prepaid usage.

I don't need the newest of the newest, more of a decent 100-150ish euro prepaid phone.

[vietxboy911]

just buy an iphone

[Deadsolid]

Idk if prepaid phones come with OSes like WinMo 6, Web OS, Android or S60 but if you could find one with one of those systems you'll be happier than if you bought an LG with LG software. There is pretty much zero third party support for LG phones unfortunately. Phones with those other OSes will have apps and shit that you can download.

Happy Hunting. Have fun.

Edit: I see now that there are a few LG phones with WinMo on them, sorry.

[CrimsonNuker]

Looks good, but the HTC Diamond is also a good choice

[Panu]

Looks good, but the HTC Diamond is also a good choice

if you like a battery life of 2 hours.

[Priam]

Don't buy the viewty.. All i'm gonna say.

[XMoshe]

Don't buy the viewty.. All i'm gonna say.

Listen to him he works in a phone store :O

And lol..I don't think the viewty is 100-150 euro O_o

[woutR]

This is the touch thing right?
I think a friend of mine has it, he dislikes the touch aspect.

[DumboDii]

I just bought Nokia N97. I love it.

[skulldiver]

I have a lg phone myself, and even though I don't dislike it, I'm not going to buy an Lg again.
Fact is, the battery's of lg are horrid (just calling and smsing a full battery would last me 2 days...thats without recording/watching videos or listening to music.)

You can also break them really easy, one fall can do the trick in some cases.
So I'd suggest you get a samsung or soni ericson or something, but well, choice is up to you.

[heroo]

The viewty sucks.

[Wu]

Thanks for all the input.

Don't buy the viewty.. All i'm gonna say.

Could you please elaborate on that?

Because I'm wondering what makes this phone such a failure.. everybody mentions the short battery life; but if you disable G3 ànd don't use the magnetic pouch battery life should supposedly be around 3-4 days with moderately intense use.

Is there anything else that makes this phone suck?

This is the touch thing right?
I think a friend of mine has it, he dislikes the touch aspect.

Yeah it has a touchscreen, and I'm so tired of normal ceelphones it would be a fresh change to have a touchscreen haha Users say the screen is somewhat unresponsive but I wouldn't really mind, I'm aware I'm not getting a full €500,- PDA, I can live with some flaws.

For the price the phone looks appealing, since it plays DivX, mediocre camera (my current phone uses a VGA camera ), mp3, etc.

I don't think the viewty is 100-150 euro O_o

Viewty is now €139,95 at Belcompany, with a Vodafone pre-paid pack.

[Zypher]

env touch

[Priam]

Yes.

I work in a telephone store, weekly. Don't buy the viewty.

[Wu]

Hm.. allright thanks.

So far everyone here is pretty negative.. haha

But I still don't know whàt makes this phone so bad..

This is the only prepaid phone that plays avi and DivX, and I don't really plan on using the internet that much.

[Ash]

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?id ... hone1=2815

[Wu]

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone2=2537&idPhone1=2815

I saw the commercial, looks good, but it's only in combination with a subscription.

[woutR]

The camera on it is very good actually. I've never seen such quality. I remember my friend used it to record some ninja moves on my trampoline. It had a slow-mo mode built in and it worked pretty good. Quality was pretty pro too.
But it's touch. And touch sucks, seriously. I've played around with my fathers iPhone, and I really don't like touch screens.

[DumboDii]

Touch screen isn't that bad when you get used to it.

[Wu]

The camera on it is very good actually. I've never seen such quality. I remember my friend used it to record some ninja moves on my trampoline. It had a slow-mo mode built in and it worked pretty good. Quality was pretty pro too.
But it's touch. And touch sucks, seriously. I've played around with my fathers iPhone, and I really don't like touch screens.

Hm that sounds pretty good

And touch screen seems pretty sweet to me, something different than the eternal boring keypad o_O

[Priam]

See. That is exactly why i get so many repairs every week. It's people being told to not do something, yet they keep researching, and eventually still do it.

I tell people not to buy the viewty, they still buy it. I tell people not to buy the Omnia, they stil do it.

Then, 2 weeks later. They're all teary eyed in my store, blaming Farking me for them not listening.

[Toasty]

See. That is exactly why i get so many repairs every week. It's people being told to not do something, yet they keep researching, and eventually still do it.

I tell people not to buy the viewty, they still buy it. I tell people not to buy the Omnia, they stil do it.

Then, 2 weeks later. They're all teary eyed in my store, blaming Farking me for them not listening.

When your working do you give reasons behind your points? I can understand why people would carry on researching when all you say is not to buy it.

[Ash]

See. That is exactly why i get so many repairs every week. It's people being told to not do something, yet they keep researching, and eventually still do it.

I tell people not to buy the viewty, they still buy it. I tell people not to buy the Omnia, they stil do it.

Then, 2 weeks later. They're all teary eyed in my store, blaming Farking me for them not listening.

so what's the best touch screen cell phone? i'm switching to one soon coz i do a lot of txt'ing & it's way more easy to do it on a touch screen screen (tried it on my sis 5800)

[Wu]

See. That is exactly why i get so many repairs every week. It's people being told to not do something, yet they keep researching, and eventually still do it.

I tell people not to buy the viewty, they still buy it. I tell people not to buy the Omnia, they stil do it.

Then, 2 weeks later. They're all teary eyed in my store, blaming Farking me for them not listening.

haha, yeah I see what you mean.

But hey, it's a very attractive phone for that price, and supposedly at least better than the other LG phones

When your working do you give reasons behind your points? I can understand why people would carry on researching when all you say is not to buy it.

Hmm yeah, I mean, I do trust your more professional view on this, and I don't want to push you ofcourse.

But I'm still hoping that you could give, the maybe 1 or 2 best reasons not to buy this phone.. I still have my hopes up, a little bit.

I have no idea what I should go for if this phone blows.

Nearly all phones that come near what the Viewty can do are still in combination with a 1-2 year subscription only. :[

[Teddybeer]

Priam is serious bissnuz listen to him

mah first motivational^^

[olivierd]

i bought samsung star a month ago, is cheap and lot better than viewty.
didn't have any problems yet and its software is a lot faster than LG software.
Good price quality

[Wu]

^ I was looking at the Samsung star aswell, seems like a good phone.

Thanks alot for the input all, really gave me a good second thought.

[Priam]

See. That is exactly why i get so many repairs every week. It's people being told to not do something, yet they keep researching, and eventually still do it.

I tell people not to buy the viewty, they still buy it. I tell people not to buy the Omnia, they stil do it.

Then, 2 weeks later. They're all teary eyed in my store, blaming Farking me for them not listening.

When your working do you give reasons behind your points? I can understand why people would carry on researching when all you say is not to buy it.

Well obviously, I wouldn't sell anything if I didn't.

@Ash. The Nokia 5800 is more then decent. When looking at LG's, lowbudget would be the cookie, which is shit, but better then the viewty. Renoir and Arena would be decent to. Samsung has the Jet, touchwiz, and probably star, which wouldn't be a crime to buy. Ultratouch is good, but pricy. Don't ever buy an Omnia or Pixon, horrible phones. These are the only phones, with touchscreen, i'd recommend to a customer whom wants me to be honest.

Personally, I hate touchscreen. Rather don't have one, so I can't break one. Rolling with a Nokia E71 atm.

Don't know if i'm missing any, the European market is different from the US one, and I have no clue where you people are all from.