LG Shine (KE970) Titanium Black



Available July 2007

The LG Shine is a pretty familiar
device to our readers, but this
time the Shine has gone much
darker with a Titanium Black
colour scheme.


At present, LG have announced
this scheme for the KE970
(GSM) version of the Shine, and
not the almost identical KU970
(3G) version. The handset is due
to hit major retailers in the UK,
Netherlands, France and Austria
at the end of July.


Whether or not this dark
coloured Shine is actually
appealing remains to be seen -
it's not always easy to judge
how a handset really looks from
press photography. It's certainly
a striking looking handset, and
as the LG Shine is pitched firmly
in the fashion phone marker
then it should turn a few heads.



Just in case you're not already
familiar with the technical
specifications on the LG Shine
KE970 , it comes with a 240 x
320 pixel display in 262 ,000
colours, a 2 megapixel camera
camera with a Schneider-
Kreuznach lens, autofocus and a
multishot capability. Memory
expansion is through a microSD
slot, stereo Bluetooth and the
LG Shine also has the usual
combination of MP3 player, email
client, web browser and
everything else you'd expect.
It's a bit heavier than most
similarly sized GSM phones at
119 grams, mostly due to the
metal parts in the construction.


Although the original KE970 is a
great looking handset, there
have been criticisms about
signal strength, battery life and
that the handset scratches
easily. This latter problem is
common to a lot of fashion
phones - the solution is to take
better care of it!



LG Shine (KE970) Titanium
Black at a glance



Available:

Q 3 2007

Network:

GSM 900 /1800 /1900

Data:

GPRS + EDGE

Screen:

240 x320 pixels, 262K colours

Camera:

2 megapixels

Size:

Medium slider

100 x 51 x 14 mm / 119 grams

Bluetooth:

Yes

Memory card:

microSD

Infra-red:

No

Polyphonic:

Yes

Java:

Yes

Battery life:

11 days standby