LG Viewty: UK operators confirmed (including O2, despite iPhone)

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O2 might have signed an exclusive deal to sell Apple’s iPhone in the UK, but the operator appears to be hedging its bets by also signing up to sell LG’s Viewty – one of the iPhone’s fiercest rivals.

However, O2 won’t be the only UK operator selling the Viewty – they all will. That’s what I found out during a visit to LG’s Seoul demo centre today, anyway. Besides giving a hands-on demo of the Viewty, LG said that it’ll be sold through Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and 3 in Europe, and showed a model that was branded as O2.

The O2 angle is really interesting, especially when we see how much O2 sells the Viewty for, in comparison to iPhone’s £269 price tag.

We’ve written about the Viewty’s features before, and Susi shot a video back at the IFA show. So I’ll just add my impressions from this morning’s demo. LG showed off the handset’s TV-Out feature, playing the trailer for the ‘300’ film on a 42 or 50 inch display (I couldn’t quite tell which).

It was awesome considering it was coming from a phone, although with a decent TV, I’d still rather be watching the HD DVD or Blu-ray version, if I’m honest. LG is also proud of Viewty’s 120 frames-per-second video recording capabilities, and was showing off its slow-motion playback to prove it.

Us bloggers can bang on about Viewty being an iPhone killer, but LG isn’t overtly fuelling the comparison, saying it sees Viewty as more focused on photography than music, with its five-megapixel camera.

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4 comments

  • Hi,

    I am planning to buy lg viewty. I need to know when will be the launching and the price.

  • i am planning on purchasing the lg viewty (ku990) as soon as it is released, however there has been no set date for its release other than “mid october”… ive been checking every day online to see if its been released, but of course it hasnt come out yet. but my question is, will i know ahead of time when the official release date becomes known, or will the phone just randomly appear for sale on the day that it gets released??? also note that i live in the united states, so i will be buying it online… if anybody has any idea what i should expect, email me at [email protected] ! i might not check back on this post. thanks ahead of time for anybody with a reply!!

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