Introduction & Design
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The LG Shine is the latest phone from LG and is a part of their new Black Series line-up. The LG Shine is also known as the KE970 and in my opinion is the slickest and sexiest phone to be released by LG thus far. When the screen is off it looks beautiful, the whole front panel is a mirror and looks all chrome. The back of the phone resembles a digital camera and is made up of stainless steel. Slide up the screen to reveal the awesome keypad which resembles the laser etched RAZR numeric keypad. Apart from its looks how is the phone overall? Is the interface UI exactly like the LG chocolate? What new features does the Shine include? Will my service provider offer the Shine? Read on to find out!!The LG shine is one of the best looking phones from LG thus far. For some, features are not even a factor because the looks say it all!!
The LG shine has a mirror type display. It works like a two way mirror, when the screen is off it’s a mirror and when the backlight is on the display is revealed. The phone looks awesome however there is sometimes a big glare when looking at the display. During the day and especially when it’s bright out, there is a huge glare and it gets hard to read the screen. I still think it’s a small price to pay considering how good the phone looks.
The back of the phone looks awesome too. The stainless steel finish makes it stand out like no other. The camera is located at the back and is two mega-pixels with auto focus and a great flash.
The Shine has a two soft keys and a new D-pad located under the display. The new D-pad is a new roller knob which makes it very easy to navigate up/down but sometimes has a slow response and you accidently select the wrong option. Beside the roller knob is the left and right navigation buttons which work great. There are also dedicated media buttons located on the right side of the phone which consist of the MP3 hot key, camera button and volume up/down control. When you hold the MP3 or camera button the application automatically launches.
The numeric keypad is great and resembles the Motorola Razr keypad. The keys are easy to press when dialing a number but I think the talk, clear and end button are too close to the top and therefore sometimes difficult to press.
There is no dedicated speaker for music and the player uses the same speaker for calling. Even though there is no dedicated speaker the volume is still very loud. The speaker is great for listening to music and is a lot louder than expected.
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