 LG shine - worth it? 145 of 168 people found this review helpful.
I will simply do this as a pro and con list for your ease.
Firstly, as ever, the pros:
*Attractive - people will be impressed with its sleek professional look
*Functionally, a good shape - nice and slim; this phone fits nicely in to a suit jacket inside pocket and is herdly noticed. Not too wide either.
*Big buttons - these large keys give good tactile feedback making it hard to hit the wrong key (unlike some of the smaller phones)
*Good battery life - will easily last a weekend without charge. It aslo cherges quickly making it versitile.
*Easy to understand menu - straight forward. No real need for the instruction manual.
Cons:
*The screen scratches so easily - normal pocket wear ruins the stylish reflective screen within hours.
*Signal strength is poor - Unfortunately, I live in a low signal zone anyway but my previous phones have just coped. This one does not cope at all well.
*So very delecate - don't drop this phone. If you think that, like most phones, you might get away with it once or twice you'd be wrong!
*Bad ergonomics for active slide - for some reason it resists the slide. I'm not being feeble; there is just nowhere to put your thumb!
*Needlessly complex text sending method - you can't just type, select name and send, you need to negotiate your way through the selections and hope for the best!
*Not a great range of attachments / accessories etc - a protective case would be nice.
Generally this is a good phone - for the right person. If you are a suit wearing, gentle person who treats each posession like a precious jewel and live in a city (with good signal) then this phone will suit you.
For those who like to use their phones from time to time and don't carry a polishing cloth around this phone is best avoided.
So to sum up - this phone looks and feels great but to use it as a phone seriously damages its appeal! the choice is yours. Happy bidding ;)
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Amazing looks and feel,
The phone is brilliant, but my one and main gripe is the scroll button. This will take some getting used to as it constantly selects another option if you're not extremely careful, as it's way too sensitive. This makes using the two smaller buttons on either side of it more tedious. Apart from that, it's a solid phone, nice metal care, excellent display, good features and decent sound quality. The camera does the trick, with clear pictures and a long video record time. Hours of fun!
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