The LG Shine is finally making its long-awaited entry into the European mobile phone markets in the second quarter of 2007. These are exciting times as Korea’s technological jewel is set to hit European shores and, in an unsurprising way, , the manufacturer is the same one that gave us the wonderful ‘Chocolate’ phone, LG.
The LG Shine is a clever mix of high-end features with a rather nice slider design of the phone. Motorola’s RAZR series of phones has ensured that slim phones will remain in style at least for the foreseeable future and the LG Shine is sure to appeal to anyone even remotely aware of the latest fad. For those who don’t care about fashion or aesthetics (do they still exist?), the phone’s powerful features are sure to impress.
Starting with a 2.2″ 240×320 pixel display that gives the mirror effect when the phone is not active, to the powerful 2 megapixel camera, everything about the LG Shine is in a class of its own. The camera is equipped with lenses Schneider Kreuznach, makers of Kodak camera lenses which certainly puts it on a par with the best camera phones on the market.The look is brilliant, a very glossy slim slider which is complemented by the “mirror effect” display screen .
In terms of connectivity, the LG Shine is a quad-band GSM network compatible phone, something that should please all globetrotters reading this! In addition, the presence of GPRS and EDGE accelerates network speeds and data transfers. The Bluetooth is there to facilitate seamless local data transfers. The 70MB internal memory is quite remarkable and further amazes the user by having an external memory slot that will provide you with enough space to take your favorite music with you on the go.
Another cool aspect on the LG Shine is the scroll wheel which is application control along with two soft keys making it one of the few phones available in the market to sport scrolling. Scroll keys have always been popular with users and this app makes the phone quite easy to use.
