Camera Phone Reviews

LG Vu

LG Vu Reviews

CrunchGear reviews the LG Vu and writes, "The 2-megapixel auto-focus camera does a decent job in low light, but if you need flash of any sort you’re SOL—the adjustable EV can only do so much. The video camera fairs just as well. It’s an ultra lightweight phone—a smidge over 3 ounces—and slim enough that you may forget it’s even there. Like many phones today, it’s an MP3 player as well and plays back video. But a paltry 4GB of storage via microSD ensures you won’t be carrying around your iTunes library."

CNET reviews the LG Vu and writes, "The Vu has a decent 2-megapixel autofocus camera, but we did wish it had a slightly higher megapixel count. You can take pictures in five resolutions (1,600x1,200; 1,280x960; 640x480; 320x240; 160x120), three quality settings, five white-balance settings, and four color effects. Other settings include up to 2x zoom, three shutter sounds with a silent option, a macro mode, a night mode, and a self-timer. Photo quality was quite good. Colors appeared accurate enough, and the autofocus was helpful in reducing the chance of a blurry photo. However, photos didn't look as sharp as we wanted, and we missed having a flash. The Vu also has a built-in camcorder that can record videos in two resolutions (320x240 and 176x144) with recording modes of up to 42 seconds for multimedia messages or up to the available storage space. Camcorder settings are similar to that on the still camera. Video quality was predictably bad for a camera phone, with a lot of pixelation during movement."

PCMag reviews the LG Vu CU920 and writes, "The 2-megapixel camera isn't great. It's got autofocus and a 320-by-240 resolution video-recording mode, but at 9 frames per second, videos are jerky, and stills are sometimes blurry, with bright highlights blown out. Its best use may be for AT&T's unusual Video Share service, which lets you beam live video to a friend in the middle of a phone call. For it to work, your friend also needs to have a Vu, a Motorola Z9, or one of several Samsung phones on AT&T, and you need to pay at least $5 per month for an additional Video Share subscription."