Last year LG Electronics surprised the world by coming out with a touchscreen mobile phone that pre-empted Apple’s long-awaited iPhone launch by nearly six months. It was called the Prada, and as the name hinted, the device was more chic handbag accessory for the girl or boy about town than digital device for the dork. Nothing like a serious contender for the longed-for title “iPhone Killer”, the Prada was sleek and charming in its way, but footling and frustrating too.
Welcome now the LG KU990 Viewty. Yes, you read me right: Viewty. Someone probably got paid for that name. In real money. Shudder. Anyway, name aside, this is a more serious mobile, packed with features that are (for the most part) elegantly incorporated into a slim and stylish piano-black oblong.
