LG KE970 Shine review: High-gloss, high-class

09 April 2007
LG continues their Black Label series but this time the black is replaced with a bit of silver shine. The new LG KE970 Shine is the first of the truly shiny devices of the Korean manufacturer that landed on our test site. Packing some serious horse power, the LG KE970 Shine is among the most advanced GSM handsets by LG and certainly one of the most attractive – armed with a 2 megapixel camera with auto focus, a QVGA TFT display, a microSD memory card slot and a number of other goodies it is sure to grab your attention. Read on for more on that exclusive device.

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  • Caboose
  • yVK
  • 04 May 2007

im kinda dissappointed in this phone. as you all know the LG chocolate touch screen was perfect. they took this all away with the LG shine. i believe that i should be put back on this type of phone. also...with both the chocolate and 970 shine...the sound is very very low. it should have the little amps like the motorola has. the scroller sucks sometimes cause when u go to press an option you may scroll up and go to something else. the buttons i believe should be more glossy than soo plain.....cause the phone is shiny soo why the buttons shouldnt be.all and all this phone needs alittle improvement. very nice, very unique but just needs some tweeks

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    • marij
    • PDT
    • 03 May 2007

    ya i like the specification of this mobile n i want too buy this but u know student i really cant afford this soo in future i,ll buy this by theway its really a nice phone

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      • Aaron
      • mXW
      • 29 Apr 2007

      I've had this phone a little while now. And like one of the people below said. I don't have the same phone mentioned in the review.
      There is nothing to do with 'Bluetooth messaging' to be seen on my phone, and if anyone has found where it is, i'd be very thankful.
      My phone does play in teh background, if i press the mp3 button. But any file other than a mp3 file that i put onto my phone won't go into the mp3 playlist. Which is slightly irritating. I haven't found any way of making myself a new playlist.
      And the screne is rather hard to see through in daylight, especially because i ave power saving mode on.
      Bu if you just cast a shadow with your hand, you can see well enough.
      I can get my battery to last roughly 3 days with a little camera and mp3 usage. Providing the power save mode is on.
      The scroll wheel is a little slow. But nothing that is real bad.
      I love this phone and i feel the camera is very good, remembering it is a mobile phone afterall.
      Gsmarena got a few things wrong with this review. But not many.
      Highly reccomend getting this phone!!

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        • Serdal
        • jyk
        • 29 Apr 2007

        hello, Please help me where can I find the games for my KE970?? thanks you!!

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          • stefan
          • Sd2
          • 19 Apr 2007

          i prefer the samsung d840 above this one. But LG has made a step into the good direction
          There is only one problem and that is the sensitivity of the scroll wheel, this one sometime get loose within a week of use.

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            • brad
            • pYT
            • 14 Apr 2007

            my fne is different to that of wich woz reviewed mine didnt come wiv a memory card and my mp3 player dosent support playlists and in the setting menu their isnt the background music option but if i pres the mp3 key on the side my fne goes into bsm mode were tha music is played in background, i also have trouble seing my screen in daylight full stop beingthat i cant see anything its useless in sunlight.

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              • Anonymous
              • 4E1
              • 10 Apr 2007

              is this phone available for cingular if i have a sim card?

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                • Aaron
                • nEB
                • 10 Apr 2007

                I'm buying this phone tomorrow! [[Well.. Technicly it's today]]
                Because it's my birthday!!
                After reading this review I'm even more excited about it!!

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                  • Py%
                  • 09 Apr 2007

                  yeah yeah yeah..nice phone...really shine ooooo +.+

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                    • Cezar
                    • whB
                    • 09 Apr 2007

                    LG has it's own way of being great and famous. i don't even knew that the schneider lens was equipped in this phone but it does while not having any lens classifications written on the side of the lens just like what carl-zeiss phones in nokia done. the lens classification is just a marketing gimmick of the brands that's why SE don't use the label Carl-zeiss neither the Sony lens too instead they put cybershot which is nothing but the same marketing gimick too. good thing SAMSUNG, LG and sharp do not fool people with those kind of gimmicks which is senseless when it comes to reality. LG and samsung is going great without any marketing strategies, nice job for korean manufacturers!

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                      • Jason
                      • P}v
                      • 09 Apr 2007

                      Awesome design great features.
                      I've been using KE970 Shine for a month and I strongly recommend.

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                        • AGC
                        • 4Em
                        • 09 Apr 2007

                        First again AHAHAHA!!


                        seriously though...good lookin phone

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