LG Viewty GC900 Expert Reviews

The LG GC900 Viewty Smart is LG's follow-up to its popular Viewty camera phone. Russell checks out this latest Viewty model, now equipped with an 8 megapixel camera, and writes up his thoughts in this review, which includes two HD videos.

Considering the name of the LG GC900 Viewty Smart cell phone's predecessor, it's difficult to take the whole this cell phone seriously, but the high quality 5 megapixel camera and video features of the device proves that it means business.

It's been almost two years since the original Viewty now and the LG Viewty Smart GC900 has just put on its first appearance. It comes in new shiny clothes, pumped up camera resolution, ......

. If you want to know more, please read our exhaustive review, since we are simply going over its more prominent features here

The LG Viewty Smart (AKA the LG GC900) is smarter than most cell phones, and comes with multimedia specifications that match most smartphones.

The phone also sports European HSDPA support (7.2 Mbps), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, A-GPS based geotagging, 1.5 GB internal memory (!) as well as an microSD memory slot supporting up to 32GB cards. The LG Viewty Smart succeeds the original LG ...

Featuring a large 3.0" 800 x 480 pixel touch-sensitive display, an 8.0 megapixel camera with an LED flash, 3.5G support, WiFi and integrated GPS, the Viewty Smart is an impressive device. It also features LG's new S-Class user interface (as found on ...

The follow-up to the popular Viewty KU990, the touchscreen Viewty Smart GC900 packs an 8-megapixel camera into a slim package, sports a bright and clear screen, and offers a wealth of camera and editing options. But can this slip of a phone really ...

Good colour reproduction ; slow- and fast-motion video options ; attractive camera user interface ; easy to upload to YouTube ; wealth of camera and editing options ; sharp screen

Unresponsive on-screen keypad makes typing difficult ; video looks overly compressed ; 2-second shutter lag ; very noisy dark areas in photos ; sluggish multitouch zoom ; confusing, inflexible syncing software

The LG Viewty Smart GC900 takes fairly good photos for a camera phone, but don't be duped by its heavyweight megapixel count -- it doesn't come close to even a budget compact camera, due to its slow shutter speed and noisy shots. And, unfortunately, ...

Smart by name. Smart by nature?

Good camera performance, good video, S-Class UI

Possible lack of application support, no 3.5mm jack

If you are in the market for a camera phone, be sure to check this one out

Sports an 8 Megapixel camera and runs the new S-Class interface

Great design and build quality, display quality (indoors), responsive touchscreen, audio quality, GPS, Wi-Fi

Poor camera quality, display visibility under sunlight, no 3.5mm headphone jack, unimpressive web browser, cannot play DivX/XviD files directly without conversion, volume keys on the side are too flush, no TV Out cable supplied

Characters are not case sensitive

For the GC900 to bare the "Viewty" badge, it needs to live up and improve on the expectations which have been inherited from its highly reputable predecessor, the original Viewty. In this part of our Viewty Smart review, we've focused on testing the ...

Improved exterior design compared to many previous LG phones (for example, easier to access microSD card slot) ; S-Class (3D Cube) user interface connects well with the Viewty Smart's range of functions, especially connectivities and continues to be ...

Camera button doesn't start up the camera (or video camera) when pressed in the home screen ; Browser does not support flash ; Video player was slightly disappointing as it only supported a limited range of video file formats ; For those who fancy ...

Overall, through comparing various highly demanded features on the new LG Viewty Smart GC900 (part 1 and part 2 also), we felt the GC900 had lived up to the expectations which we had. Baring the Viewty badge didn't ease our demand for its predecessor ...

It's the official follow up to the much-loved LG Viewty, now with 8-megapixel camera

LG is trying to enhance its portfolio by using the same platform to spawn a range of handsets aimed at different markets. The Viewty Smart is the cameraphone version of the Arena (which was more about multimedia), but the lack of the Xenon flash is a ...