Viewty, you beauty!
This entry was posted on November 28, 2007
I’ve been wanting a new phone for some time, and after much consideration I finally settled on the LG Prada. It had everything I was after : music, camera, document viewer - all on a phone!
And then I found the LG Viewty. After reading Lil’s blog entry about it and doing some research, I promptly changed my mind and went for the Viewty instead. It’s a spiffy touch-screen phone that I like to describe as “better value for money than the iPhone”.
The LG Viewty may not be an iPhone killer, but that’s because it’s being marketed in a completely different way. The iPhone is basically an iPod with phone capabilities, which also has a camera. In that respect, the Viewty is basically a camera with phone capabilities, which also has music features.
I pay the same amount per month for the Viewty as I would for the iPhone, except I get three times as many minutes, five times as many texts, and I didn’t have to pay £269 for the handset. Not a bad deal, I don’t think.
The Viewty comes with a 5 megapixel camera (that’s only 1MP less than my actual camera!), and the touch-screen is more fun than any phone I’ve used before. I haven’t had any trouble hitting the wrong buttons or having the buttons be unresponsive. In fact, I wish all technology was touch-screen. I wonder if I can get a touch-screen (or touch-key) keyboard for my computer.
So far I’ve only encountered one problem with sending text messages, and that is that I can’t find the delete button! If I make a mistake, I have to wipe the whole thing and start fresh. That’s a serious usability issue right there. Luckily, I don’t find many mistakes. There probably is a delete button somewhere, I just can’t seem to find it.
If you’re after a new phone, I definitely recommend the Viewty! If you’ve got a new phone recently, or are planning on getting one that isn’t the Viewty - what put you off?
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