Samsung unveiled it’s new touch phone - SGH-F490 on Consumer Electronics Show 2008 in Las Vegas. With growing popularity of touch phones, Samsung has entered market with this model, which is very similar to LG’s KU990 Viewty model.
| LG KU990 Viewty | Samsung SGH-F490 |
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LG Viewty is already available in UK and Samsung is planning to launch SGH-F490 in Europe end of January retailing at 530 euros (approx. £400).
Here is a small comparison table of features of both phones:
| Feature | LG KU990 Viewty | Samsung SGH-F490 |
| Camera | 5.0 mega-pixels | 5.0 mega-pixels |
| 3G | yes | yes |
| Mobile broadband | up to 3.6 Mbps | up to 3.6 Mbps |
| Video capture | yes | yes |
| Bluetooth | yes | yes |
| USB 2.0 | yes | yes |
| Memory | 100 MB internal | 130 MB internal |
| Screen | 3 inches, touch sensitive | 3.2 inches, touch sensitive |
| Resolution | 262,144 colors | 262,144 colors |
| Memory Slot | MicroSD | MicroSD |
| Weight | 112g | 102g |
