LG prematurely outs Viewty II with 480p video
updated 09:20 am EDT, Wed April 15, 2009
LG Viewty II Company Leak
LG Germany today accidentally revealed the company's plans for the Viewty II in a company blog post ahead of an official schedule. Since admitting that the information had been posted a "few days" early in a retraction, the company confirms that the photo-centric handset will have an 8-megapixel camera and a new emphasis on video; a simpler interface will let users flip to video and video capture in a true 480p (720x480) resolution, or much higher than the at best 640x480 used by competing phones.
Part of the interface improvement will revolve around using the S-Class 3D front end borrowed from the KM900 Arena, indicating a quick-response capacitive touchscreen. The screen itself is also crisp at 800x480 and should display its recorded video at native detail.
Outside of these, the new Viewty should have a typical high-end feature set with 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi; the new model is also thinner at about 0.49 inches deep and lighter at just under 3.2 ounces. No launch information has surfaced, though the phone carries the Orange logo in one shot and so is likely to show on that network across Europe.
The Viewty II is likely to be one of LG's most important phones, as the original model has passed 10 million sales even with relatively modest demand; the 5-megapixel Arena netted 1 million pre-orders before it went on sale last month. [via Phone Arena]
and Apple is on 1 MB
04/15, 10:10am (2 replies) reply
and goes up to 3.2 in the next iPhone, talk about being left behind.
rytc
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Nice Screen
04/15, 10:43am reply
That looks like a great screen. I'd love to see the iPhone/iPod touch bump up the screen resolution to this!
Megapixels, schmegapixels... it's all about the size of the sensor.
With the amount of miniaturization necessary to cram an 8 megapixel camera into a smartphone, the sensor will be tiny and the photos won't be very good.
I have a nearly 7 year old 4 megapixel Nikon CoolPix 4500 that takes MUCH better photos (sharper, more accurate color, much lower noise) than a new 10 megapixel Olympus Stylus 1030SW.
I'd rather the iPhone (and hopefully the iPod touch) have a GOOD 3.2 megapixel camera than a mediocre 8.
JeffHarris
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Apple will do...
04/15, 11:10am (2 replies) reply
Apple will do as Apple usually does. It will sit back on its laurels, touting it's superior interface (which it is), all the while--refusing to recognize that interface (and iTunes/ATT) isn't what sells to everyone--as their lead is slowly whittled away. They did the same thing with the Mac. They refuse to compete on hardware, because they don't have to compete on hardware (they had monopoly control on the hardware that worked with their Mac software, like they have monopoly control on the network (ATT) and updating system (iTunes) that drives the iPhone), and thus they behave as a monopolist and do not innovate quickly in that area. It's basic psychology and they will continue to lose by it. Competition is just as important for the sellers as it is for the buyers.
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