Using A Mobile To Your Advantage

LG’s next release in its “Black Label” series is the Shine. Like the Chocolate, the LG Shine is a slide-design phone, and is very much intended as a fashion statement. Whereas the Chocolate was dark and mysterious, with its hidden touch sensitive keypad, the Shine positively sparkles with light and has a more conventional keypad. The reason for the name “Shine” is that the phone is highly reflective, having a shiny stainless steel body and a large LCD display that turns into a mirror when not in use. It’s definitely a cool-looking phone and one that will attract attention. The photo here doesn’t do it justice. Be aware though that the metal casing does have a tendency to pick up fingerprints and scratches.

In terms of features, the Shine is not lacking. The camera has 2 megapixels and uses a Schneider-Kreuznach lens. The Shine does produce good quality pictures for a phone. The camera is equipped with autofocus, and has a light for night-time photography. It also has a video camera. The display is of high quality, being a TFT screen with 262,00 colours and 240 x 320 pixels - virtually the industry standard for high-end phones thesedays. As already mentioned, there’s an MP3 player that supports a wide range of file formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+ and AAC++. A stereo headset is supplied, and an optional stereo Bluetooth headset is also available. The LG Shine supports MicroSD memory cards with capacity of up to 2 Gbytes, so there’s plenty of storage for music. You could realistically use a phone like this as an iPod replacement. Other features worth noting are Java games, a fast EDGE connection for downloading data. The battery life of the Shine is probably a couple of days in normal use, although the battery indicator doesn’t seem to be very reliable.

We like the LG Shine, but it has more than its fair share of issues. It creates a very good first impression, with its metal and mirror looks, and when handling the phone, we get an impression of quality and durability. The stainless steel casing adds to the weight, but the phone is very slim and feels nice in the hand. Although, there are downsides to having a shiny metal phone: it scratches and gets covered in fingerprints, and the mirror screen is difficult to see in sunlight. The roller is simply unnecessary and annoying. The ringtone volume is too low and the reception seems to be worse than average. The Shine looks good, but just like the Chocolate, it’s not the most user friendly phone that you can buy.

To summaries the LG Shine Features include:

2 megapixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, autofocus, flash and 2x digital zoom
Video recorder
Display: TFT, 262,000 colours, 240 x 320 pixels
Stereo music player (MP3, AAC, AAC+ and AAC++ file formats)
MP3, AAC and AAC+ ringtones (40 voice polyphonic)
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
3D Java games
Document Viewer (.ppt, .doc, .pdf, .xls and .txt files)
Flight Mode
Caller ID (photo / video)
Connectivity: Bluetooth 1.2, USB
Memory: MicroSD memory card (up to 2 Gbytes)
WAP 2.0, EDGE
Triband
Size: 100 x 51 x 14 mm
Weight: 119g
Battery standby: 280 hours

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