Gizmodo: Verizon, Shine

Verizon's LG VX8700 Reviewed (Verdict: A Decent and Shiny Multimedia Phone)

Jason Chen — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:30:44 EDT

Even though we weren't that impressed with what was under the beautiful exterior of the LG Shine, Mark at Laptop Mag seems to like its brother, the VX8700, a bit more. He points out that it's definitely the sexiest V CAST phone on Verizon, even beating out the chocolatey VX8600.

They thought the video recording with 320x240 resolution at 15fps was decent enough, and the V CAST streaming over EV-DO was good as well. The phone needs to be recharged every other day, which is short for a phone that doesn't offer that much in the way of features. All in all it's a pretty sexy phone that's good for the crowd who cares more about how the phone looks than how many extra features the manufacturer can cram inside. – Jason Chen

LG VX8700 [LaptopMag]

LG VX8700 Launched on Verizon: Good News

Brian Lam — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:14:03 EDT

What timing. Yesterday, I reviewed the LG Shine long enough to give it a thumbs down. Today, Verizon launched the LG VX8700, the flip version of the same Shine with the same 2MP camera with design to die for and boring OS. The two share DNA, yet this one is worth considering. It's all about context.

Next to the other clamshells and LG's crappy Chocolate phone, the LG VX8700 looks like valedictorian in a class of special-ed kids. So consider it welcome relief from drudgery if you're sticking with Verizon.

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Verizon's setup also has EVDO data, Bluetooth, 240 x 320 pixel screen, a 3 line external monitor, and Verizon's location based services (for a fee, of course.)–Brian Lam
Verizon's LG VX8700 [via Engadget]

LG VX8700 Official for Verizon

Jason Chen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:59:51 EDT

The LG VX8700 Shine flipper gets official for Verizon, as we saw before. It's a part of the Shine family—the daddy Shine isn't making it to the states—but the entirely-covered-in-steel baby is. We're much more excited for Prada and Prada-like phones from LG, but some people love the Shine. – Jason Chen

LG Announces New Clamshell Music Phones [Digital Trends]

LG Shine Heading to Europe, US

Jason Chen — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:30:38 EST

LG's shiny metallic slider, the Shine, is finally heading toward the States some time in '07. Part of its "Black Label" series of phones, which includes the Chocolate, the Shine features a 2-megapixel camera, a scroller, Bluetooth and MP3 playback. The Black Label, by the way, is a fancy way of saying "this is a pretty phone that doesn't really have a lot of features."

There's both CDMA and GSM versions planned, so it's up in the air whether Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile or Cingular will get it first. Our guess is on Verizon, seeing as LG's got a pretty good working relationship with them already. – Jason Chen

LG Shine Phone Set to Hit EU and US Markets [Far East Gizmos via Slashgear]