LG Shine (LG-SV420)
Available
Q2 2006 (Korea) 24th October 2006
For
information on the European version, click
here.
We don't often look at handsets for
the Korean market, but the LG-SV420 (called the "Shine")
is something that we might see outside of Korea pretty
soon.
The LG-SV420 is part of LG's "Black
Label" range, which includes the LG
Chocolate, although there are many different "Chocolate"
handsets in different markets. So, this Korean CDMA
version of the LG Shine is called the LG-SV420, but
any derivative for worldwide markets would be slightly
different.
(And yes, confusingly the LG Shine actually
says "Cyon" on the front, which is LG's mobile
brand in Korea).
Really, the LG-SV420 is about looks
rather than raw technology. It's a sleek looking slim
slider, which is certainly very shiny and is nicely
alliterative. The large 2.2" screen has a mirrored
effect which complements the overall design. The
primary control is a scroll key arrangement in
the middle of the handset, plus a couple of selector
buttons. The LG-SV420's keypad unslides to reveal a
pretty conventional keypad with a discrete checkerboard
pattern.
It does look familiar though, and there's
more than a passing resemblance to the Motorola
RIZR complete with a RAZR-style step at the bottom,
but it's a far more polished (ahem) design that gives
the LG Shine an edge over the competition.
Underneath,
the LG-SV420 is decent enough but not all that exceptional,
with a 240x320 pixel display, 2 megapixel camera
with flash, 1Gb of memory, an MP3 player and all the
usual stuff. The LG-SV420 is an EV-DO handset (which
makes it 3G), weighing in at 115 grams and measuring
94x51x14mm - which isn't too bad. Talktime is around
3 hours with up to 3 days standby time. You can expect
any worldwide version of the LG Shine to be similarly
specified.
As with the Chocolate, the LG Shine
is a fairly standard handset with a sprinkling of special
features.. but one that looks fantastic. Given that
the Chocolate has been a huge sales success in Europe,
it's quite likely that any version of the LG Shine would
be equally successful, and will be hotly anticipated.
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LG-SV420
/ LG Shine
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Available:
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Q4
2006
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Network:
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CDMA
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Data:
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EV-DO
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 260k colours
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Camera:
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2
megapixels
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Size:
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Slim
slider 94x51x14mm / 115
grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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No
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Infra-red:
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Not
specified
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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3 hours talk / 3 days standby
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