LG KU970 Shine
Release year: 2007
Launch price: 319 € April 2007
LG KU970 Shine is a distinctive phone as it features a stain-resistant steel casing and a mirrored LCD on the front that transforms into a high-definition color display when activated. It is a Tri band HSDPA phone equipped with a 256K color display and the ability to download wallpapers. Among its main features are bluetooth technology for short-range data transmission, vibration, 512 MB of memory, polyphonic and mp3 ringtones, multimedia messaging mms. It is in fact possible to send Mms, with text, music or speech and create a message to be easily sent as an attached file. Furthermore, it is possible to customize sounds, games and images. The camera is 2 Mpixel with flash and the ability to shoot video. Finally, it is equipped with an MP3/AAC/AAC+/MPEG4 player, e-mail client and Java MIDP 2.0.
Technical specifications
| Networks | Tri-band / Dual Mode - UMTS GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Dimensions | 98 x 51 x 14 mm |
| Weight with battery | 115 g |
| Battery | Lithium |
| Standby time | 72 h |
| Talk time | 3 h |
| Special edition |  |
In the box: Battery, manual, travel charger
Messaging
| SMS | |
| EMS | |
| MMS | |
| Predictive text (T9) | |
| Video messaging | |
| Chat |  |
Design and display
| Display | TFT display, 256K colors and resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. |
| Adjustable contrast | |
| Multi-line display | |
| Display color | 256K |
| Display size | 240 x 320 pixels |
| Backlit keypad | |
| Keypad lock | |
| One-touch phonebook access | |
| Antenna | internal |
| Vibration | |
| Headphone jack | |
Features
| SIM Application Toolkit | |
| Built-in speakerphone | |
| J2ME support | |
| Conference calling | |
| Voice recorder | |
| Phonebook entries | 1000 |
| Memory | 512 MB |
Connectivity
| UMTS | |
| GPRS | |
| EDGE | |
| WAP | |
| IrDA (infrared) | |
| Built-in modem | |
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| Bluetooth | |
| USB | |
Personalization
| MP3 player | |
| Custom ringtones | |
| Silent mode | |
| Downloadable ringtones | |
| Polyphonic ringtones | |
| Downloadable images and logos | |
| AM/FM stereo radio | |
| Games | |
| Downloadable games | |
| Alarm clock | |
| Calculator | |
Camera
| Camera | |
| Sensor | 2 Mpixel |
| Image resolution | 1600x1200 pixels |
| Zoom | Yes |
| Flash | Yes |
| Photo phonebook | |
| Image editor | |
| Self-timer | |
| Contrast and brightness adjustment | |
Video
| Video recording | |
| Quality settings | |
| Brightness adjustment | |
| Maximum resolution | |
| Video calling | |
Price history
319 € → 78 € (-76%) · minimum 64 €, maximum 319 € · 19 readings, Apr 2007 – Jul 2009