| LG Shine, launched in January 2007 is the part of the | | | | hidden away beneath the mirrored face. The display is |
| Black Label series. The LG KE970 is truly shiny and | | | | quite brilliant boasts 256K colours and graphics with |
| packs serious horsepower as well. This is certainly one | | | | rich detail. It's easy to customize the backlighting time, |
| of LG's advanced handsets and can also be | | | | brightness and the dialing font style, but the changes |
| considered the most attractive as well. | | | | apply when the phone is opened. The menu interface |
| It has microSD memory card sloth, a QVGA TFT | | | | is uncomplicated and very user friendly, and it comes in |
| Display and a 2MP camera with auto focus and a | | | | two different styles. |
| Schneider-Kreuznach lens. The most obvious feature | | | | Other features which give Shine a positive ranking is |
| in the LG KE970 Shine is the all metal design with a | | | | the large photocall phone book with 50 call records, |
| mirror finish display. It also has scroller navigation, and | | | | Bluetooth version 2.0 A2DP, and GPRS. It includes |
| an office documents viewer. | | | | Java MIDP 2.0, - MP3/AAC++, 3GP, and MPEG4 |
| In addition to the LG KE970 Shine, there is also a LG | | | | player, an organiser, voice memo, and document |
| KU970 Shine that's 3G-enabled. The KE970 Shine has | | | | viewer. |
| managed to retain the 'wow' factor of the earlier | | | | The camera is 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, with autofocus, |
| handsets such as the Chocolate, while improving the | | | | video(QCIF), and flash |
| functionality. | | | | The mirror finish design should be attractive to either |
| Although the LG KE970 Shine is not a large handset, | | | | men or women. This finish is the big selling point for the |
| with measurements of 99.8 x 50.6 x 13.8 mm, its all | | | | phone. The other features are satisfactory and are |
| metal casing accounts for the substantial weight of 119 | | | | very suitable for a mid range phone. |
| g. In spite of the weight, the handset manages not to | | | | Battery operation is rated at up to 280 hours of |
| feel heavy. In fact it feels solid. | | | | standby time with up to 3 hours. |
| The large 2.25-inch (240x320 pixels) display screen is | | | | |