[Korea.net News, Science / Tech, January 29 2008] LG Electronics starts selling 'Viewty Phone' in China

LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s second-largest electronics maker, said Tuesday (Jan. 29) that it started selling one of its hit mobile phone models, the "Viewty Phone," in China as part of efforts to expand its presence in the world’s largest market with high-end products.

The Viewty Phone is one of the company’s latest mobile phone models, unveiled in October last year by the world’s fifth-largest manufacturer of handsets to target deep-pocketed customers in Europe.

Priced at around 740,000 won ($787), the phone is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera that provides semiprofessional-level digital camera features. It currently sells in 14 European countries including Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain.