LG GT405

  • Released 2010, April
    98g, 11.8mm thickness
    Feature phone
    60MB storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.0"
    240x400 pixels
  • 5MP
    Video recorder
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    Li-Ion

LG GT405 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2010, April. Released 2010, April
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 107 x 54.5 x 11.8 mm (4.21 x 2.15 x 0.46 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 3.0 inches, 25.6 cm2 (~43.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~155 ppi density)
 S-Class Touch UI
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 8 GB (dedicated slot)
Phonebook 1000 contacts, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 60MB
Main Camera Single 5 MP, AF
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Yes
Java No
 MP3/eAAC+ player
MP4/H.264 player
Organizer
Facebook application
Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF)
Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype apps (in UK phone version only)
Voice memo
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion battery
Stand-by Up to 260 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min
Misc Colors Silver Grey, Black
Price About 70 EUR

LG GT405 - User Reviews

  • I have this phone. It's my first mobile. I love this phone. But now my phone is messed up. It's power ic is messed up. So i need a power ic to start it again.

  • Try to change the battery, I did the same and now it works fine.

  • I've had this phone for over 3 years... There are several problems that came up through out these years but overall I am really glad that I bought this phone. The battery lasts about a week. I mostly use it for making phone calls and sending texts. I am not very active but still... 1 week is 1 week. The camera is decent. At first I thought it was shit but after taking pics with several other phones I came back to my LG and hugged it. Good camera with clear shots. Does good when zooming on a text. A few months ago I started having problems with the Bluetooth, since I can't receive any files anymore. I can send, however. (remember, it's been 3 years!) I filled it's internal memory really fast but that is ok since you can buy a memory card :) A pretty big problem (at least for me in the beginning) were the headphones. Being LG's, in my country at least, they are very hard to find and really expensive. The ones that I got with the phone broke rather quickly... It's a really resistant phone. I dropped it countless times and even though it has lots of scratches, it worked fine until 5 months ago... Just like anything, it has to go at some point, and now it's on it's deathbed. The touchscreen, that worked perfectly for more than 2 years is now really difficult to handle.... I am looking for a new phone right now but I thought I could pay my regards to the phone that served me well by posting this review. If you are looking for a long-lasting phone, with a super battery and decent photos, easy typing and lots of alarms this is the one!

  • I have this phone for one year. Now I have big problems: bluetooth does not always work. Battery is not weak. Now sometimes it just go off even battery is full. Do not buy.

  • love my phone!

  • i have a program with my phone it can not send sms

  • i have a problem with this phone it can not send message

  • the phone is good but no wifi

  • I've had nothing but problems with this phone. I've had to have the screen replaced 3 times after the touchscreen failed. Then the camera wouldn't work, then the message centre screwed up, now I've just dropped it in a toilet and it won't even turn on. I tried to get all the files out of the memory via USB, only for the inside of the jack to snap. Now I'm stuck with some shitty phone, which just acts as a sealed tomb for all contacts, videos, games and photos. The loss of photos is the worst. They were irreplaceable photos of my dead baby boy.

  • Its amazing I've had no problams woth it and I've had is for about 2 years now , you should buy this a bargain of £80 pounds I would get it if I was you crappy £200 pund phone , who needs them

  • had mine for almost two years & never had a problem with it. Screen works far better than most even my other half has no problem with it which pleases her as she can't use any of the capacitive screens at all. Over all a good phone, it may not have thousands of "apps" available but it has plenty of tools & if all you want to do is make & receive calls text & a bit of internet who needs rubbish that tells you the ambient temperature of Everest?

  • I've had mine for less than a year and had it repaired twice and i'm still not satisfied with it.I get so annoyed with it.

  • I've had this phone for awhile now, the touch screen calibration has started to play around and i cant do anything :/ its starting to really annoy me, thank god i'm upgrading soon!

  • This was the first phone I ever had, and for the first year or so I was generally happy despite the slowness, the battery life, the annoying calibration, and the small memory space. Then after 11 months or so?, I started having problems. The phone was continuously becoming slower and slower and it was started to get on my nerves if I had to do something quickly. The internet was absolutely awful. I couldn't go on any other websites aside from Facebook. The phone would freeze and turn off and such, which really annoyed me. Then, my phone fell into a river. I was horrified. It wouldn't turn on, even after I left it on the radiator for a week. For about three months I had to use a brick phone, which really got me appreciating the LG! However one night I decided to try the LG and see if it would turn on. Sure enough, it did! I was sooo relieved. I have to admit, the phone is very resilient! I'm not the most careful of people! I've dropped it, thrown it and sat on it but it has continued working! Even so, I would NOT recommend buying this phone. It makes you wary and annoyed. I must admit I can't wait to get rid of this phone.

  • Is ebuddy working in LG GT405..? & opera mini ?

  • Elvis, Ebay has a battery for under $20 search for "Battery LG GT405 Viewty GT-405"

  • this my first time when i buy this mobile phone ....exelent network and camera ...

  • Lost my battery can someone please tell me what battery is needed have tried all places even 3 (completly usless) no has one to fit.

  • this phone is good but has reported issues of low radio frequency so you might face network issues

  • Wonderful phone

  • I find the phone crappy to handle and there's certainly almost no support with it and as for the Pc suite and trying to find drivers, well I'll not even consider one of these again, pure rubbish.

  • I've had 2 of these now, It has a great camera even though NO flash,& phones software and internet are good. Both phones had problems with the screen. 1st wouldn't calibrate so if you pressed 1 you'd get a 4 instead, it made the phone useless. Replacement phone - predictive txt (T9) stopped working. Then even though it was just in my pocket in protective sleeve the screen cracked inside. screen to large for a thin plastic surround.

  • battery is horrible...

  • battery is very bad...

  • I have this phone and I haven't had a problem with it, clearly not many of you have this product. Very simple to use the camera is good and using the net on it is good. I realise it's not an Iphone but it does similar functions and is an excellent cheap alternative.

  • Excellent phone, really good for internet.

  • Hi Can Anyone tell me, is this phone compatible for video calling ??

  • Is this phone compatible for video calling ??

  • no flashlight? or did they just forget it?

  • have had loads o mobile's but throw them all away paid £25 from ebay used and this is the best i love it £200 phones who needs em

  • its seriously the BEST phone ever (but i lost mine)

  • how do i retrive a deleted video on my LG GT405 please help me the video is very important to me it was accidently deleted

  • I cant be doing with this phone anymore... the touch screen is inaccurate and often switches languages while texting, it holds very little texts and takes ages to load applications such as the music player. It has no flash or zoom and didnt come with a USB cable so to me, the camera function is utterly useless. Messages randomly appear in the middle of my inbox rather than at the top. Another seriously annoying problem is that i have messages in my outbox with the status 'sending' and when i try to cancel or delete, even after saying 'deleted' the messages wont budge. Perhaps im unlucky and have a faulty handset, but im going to try my hardest to get a new phone asap, i cant be on contract with this phone much longer.

  • hello everybody the phone lggt405 has got problem when i touch the screan and the rest of applications are good

  • what is wrong with u people? Doesnt anyone even tried it?

  • is there a flash on the phone

  • first LG phone I have used. not a big fan but good camera (though without flash)but this was the best replacement my network provider could offer me when had my Sony Ericcson W995 stolen

  • No one knows or tried it?

  • Hello everyone.. Can i install java application in this phone????? Can Java Applications be save in memory card???? Please...Anyone give me the info..

  • This phone is really good for Internet use and very easy to use!! fantastic Phone !!!

  • It is an Absolutly excellent phone and very slim

  • lol must be thick . but how do i get to the GPRS . ??

  • Thak you soo much!

  • it has an excellent camera....

  • it is an amazing phone

  • Hi, I have bought this set. I also bought external memory. But I dont know how to copy the phone images. ( from internal memory to external memory). Please let me know.

  • i have this phone from orange romania an it's pretty cool i have google maps 2.3.2 downloaded and working

  • have you tried ebay LYNN

  • Go onto the LG Accessories website, there's loads and they're all free.

  • I use Cellotape. If you put it on carefully it's better than the real thing.

  • I have just got this phone with 3 mobile. It is a easy phone to use but I am having a lot of trouble to find a screen cover and also a gel protective cover for the phone Please does anyone know where I can obtain these Thanks

  • its okay but i wanna get some apps for it but i dont know if there is any :S some 1 tell me if there is :P

  • amaizing phne

  • make a quick round with your finger and then is ok

  • Hi Sheila, If i'm correct, you will see 3 buttons on the top of the screen marked 1, 2, 3 ?? If so, then you just have to slide with your finger from the right to the left somewhere in the middle of the screen. It looks like the phone has 2 desktops and with one simple slide you can switch between the two. Hope i could help, S.

  • umbeliveble.....!!! this phone is not equiped with wirless!!! it´s equiped with a radio!!! ???

  • Yes, it does feature skype :)

  • I have got to this screen as well but how do I get rid of it - today with help I have found out it is a screen for making 'groups' ie the +/add sign at the bottom but I don't know how to get rid of them - can anyone help?

  • yes it is

  • I have an LG GT405 but it is my first touchscreen ever and my second mobile ever.My opinion for this mobile is that it is the best for me from the LGs.

  • hi james. can you tell me please if the gt 405 has flash on the camera.

  • Hiya,got my wife this phone,no instructions tho,pen stylus does come out,just pull a bit harder!Only annoying thing so far is when making automated calls the keyboard does not stay on the screen and the screen locks!Grrr!

  • Is this a skype phone.???

  • this phone has Java pre-installed, please change the:)

  • If Turkce means turkish then yes,on texting anyway.

  • 1 2 3 relats to phone book

  • Does the GT405 have Turkish as a language?

  • Go to settings - reset to factory settings, or something like that ;)

  • Can anybody tell me how to input an unlock code please?

  • If you haven't done it yet swipe your finger across the screen and you will see that the home screen changes. You should see your links reappear. Near the top of the screen you will see 2 circular icons which indicate what home screen you are on.

  • recently got this phone on new contract from 3. overall its a good phone touch screen pretty responsive landscape keyboard a bit small smart t9 good camera with a good focus no google maps app a little disopointing but not to bothered opera mini works well on it so does the built in browser. i like the mp3 widget the rest to me seem a waste of time. overall good phone for £15 a month though

  • how is the internet speed like ?

  • hi . just got phone daughter played on it now says 1 2 3 on home screen but no links to widgits !!! help cant get it back !!!!

  • i just bought the usb, and it is asking me for the CD... but this phone never came with the CD...Help?

  • No, because ii tried to search for new themes and there was no result.

  • great phone ,nice camera

  • hello.. can you please tell me how to put songs ? and how can you use the usb to put music and pictures ? please , please tell me i just got it today and have no clue thankyou very much x

  • If you want to know what this phone looks like check it in the flesh out here You will notice that it does not have the S-Class UI as mentioned in the GSMARENA spec.....

  • This phone does not support google maps when you try to download the app you are told to use the web version. How do I know? because I have this phone which is now sitting in a draw.....

  • amazingggg

  • By the looks of the Spec. list above, yes. Yes it does support Google Maps.

  • so this phone does not support Google maps???

  • In today's world video call is becoming common thing, so this type of phone should have the specification otherwise it is missing something.

  • I really need an answer at this question... Please,anybody... LG GT405 supports themes?

  • I like the phone. Though, Three has misled customers into thinking that the phone can run Google Maps. Three have recognised the error and say they will rectify it by correcting the phone's specification. This is no compensation for those who purchased a phone which is not fit for purpose.

  • no reciept of lg gto5 uplink disc and connecting cale

  • hi, so ur saying that at the top right hand corner of the phone is a pen? i tried to pulll it out but will only go out so far!! so i thought it might be an areal or something!! lol

  • at the side of the phone there's a pen which you can pull out.its thin so it;s easer to just press one button it will not break your phone. also it connects to your computer there is no usb because supposedly you don't need one but was meant to get a CD so you can connect your phone to the computer.

  • I oncur, I t know why these sites give FALSE information. I tried to download google maps, and it kept on telling me that the LG VIEWTY GT405 phone will not support this app. So I contacted LG and they themselves had said as quoted: " Due to the new software of the Viewty GT405, its does not support google maps technology, However, we are looking to our software technicians into this matter, to try come up with a google maps type application, to be added to all LG Viewty GT 405 and other models from there on. " As you see. this site and many has given you false information. I hate sites likes these that dont do ther homework properly. SHame on you GSMARENA.

  • if you go to three website they give u free app download.this link will help you....regards

  • I wonder why the adverts say this phone comes preloaded with google maps, messenger and skype apps. It doesn't have google maps as advertised (you wont even be able to download it), it doesn't come with messenger and skype (can be downloaded and installed). Is anyone thinking legal action or what???

  • I got mine from tele sales i like it but i find my fingers are pressing 2 keys when ime texting ,can anybody tell me if they got a usb lead in there box becouse i didnt its a bit boring without any music on it

  • My gt405 from 3uk didnt come with windows live messenger or skype or google maps preinstalled as 3 phones usually do, is there somewhere I could download them from or why it might not have come with them preinstalled, as implied by advertising the phone with skype and messenger written on the front?

  • um... was just giving you the information. i didn't think that LG were in the habit of letting other companies name their phones. i'd point out that the best description for my post was "pedantic" but i fear you'd implode with the irony. ;o)

  • First of all don't come on this site and start insulting people! I actually looked at the specs on this site and they mentioned an S-Class interface and as this site had the most detailed specs at the time I decided to go for it. Secondly I already have the original LG Viewty for a couple of years now so already know how good the camera is on it. For those of you have have come on here for information....the phone is actually quite nice and slim and pleasant to use. The screen is bright and clear, the menu is an improvement on the KU990, the sound is better but as I said before the video camera is not as good. So it depends on what matters to you most. Also I've found that the battery seems to last longer on the GT405.

  • oops. there's the link.

  • £129 on pay as you go or free on contract (a 2 year one though...)

  • Just to add one more comment, this phone is described as the LG Viewty GT by 3. Don't be fooled into thinking that the video camera on this phone is as good as that on the original Viewty. The video camera does not have 120fps recording let alone 30fps. It looks more like 15fps.

  • I got this phone on 3 and discovered that it does not have the S-Class UI as the Arena or even the LG Pop. Also I tried to download Google maps on this phone and got the message back that the map application is not compatible with this handset. However I was pointed to the mobile web version. As far as I can tell this phone is identical in look and menu system to the LG GT500 Puccini (see demo on you tube) except that there is no WiFi and also no camera flash. For a resistive screen the fluidity of the interface is not bad but I am disappointed as I was expecting the S-Class interface which looks much better.

  • you should be able to use skype no problem on this. it comes with Skype as standard on the 3 network in the UK.

  • Congratulations Stadtionalist - maybe i said that so they could check out the confirmed specs for the phone and post them on the website?..

  • Styling stolen from HTC Diamond 2. Don't you agree?

  • May i know can use this phone sign in skype and use skype account credit call to mobilephone?

  • Lg GT405 S.E. Vivaz look similar to omnia hd but they are not even near.

  • nothing inting about this phone , boring nothing on it unless its cheap

  • Lg GT405 S.E. Vivaz look similar to omnia hd but they are not even near.

  • it looks like samsung Omnia hd. Mid range phone

  • @ sdsdf asdf: I believe this page actually says (on top of the specslist):"Also known as LG Viewty GT".

  • Have on 3 mobile- No flash or lens cover, only tri band GSM, not good enough

  • This is The LG Viewty GT - I work for 3 mobile - check out stock list

  • nice

  • looks good... and basic...