LG CU720 Shine Red Phone (AT&T)
| LG CU720 Shine Red Phone (AT&T) |
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 "Great if you don't want fancy" | 2009-04-20 |
| - Reviewed By brayjl | |
| I only needed a phone to make calls so didn't need anything fancy. I love the look of it and I've never had problems with reception, battery life, scratching (although I did get a film cover for the screen), dropped calls, etc. The camera is GREAT, way better than I expected. The only complaint I have is that the cursor is a pain for texting, but I don't text enough for it to matter anyways. Overall, I don't know how it is for internet and everything since I really only use it for calls and occasional texting...but it's great in that regard. | |
| "Sleek and Handsome. Good Sound Quality and Reception" | 2009-02-10 |
| - Reviewed By norman77 | |
| Pros: - Good sound quality. - It has a pretty good reception. - It is a nice sleek looking phone. Really handsome with simple lines and shape. Has a nice feel on your palm. I like the color of my wife's "Shine" even better which is deep red. Mine is silver. - MicroSD for additional memory. - Capable to do short videos - Long battery life (I tested the phone for a week without using the MP3 player and video. It lasted longer than my older phone which has a smaller screen). If you use the phone as an mp3 player, then that is another story. - Bluetooth, games, calculator, notepad... Cons: - The joystick is not quite a joy to use. - The back of the phone is too scratch prone. - Keypad has grooves to to help with identifying the keys by touch but it is not as intuitive as a regular keypad. It is difficult for texting. - Interface is a bit annoying. Got a little learning curve to get used to. - Heavier than most phones. Speaker phone is usable but does not sound very exciting. I like the easy slide that has a snap feel of the front cover to expose the keypad. It feels pretty and solid. The camera is OK. Very slow lens, but I am not really expecting much because most cell phones have extremely small lenses to gather enough light. 2 megs of resolution. Surprisingly it is equipped with a flash albeit it is tiny winy and almost next to useless. I am happy that It is big enough leap from my previous phone. | |
| "A cute, smart phone" | 2009-01-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3CIBUGJICUQN3 | |
| I love this phone. It was given to me as a replacement for my crappy razor. I love the camera,the fetures, and just the addorable look of the phone. The camera 2mp and you have 3 diffrent flash settings, not to mention a TON of free space. And if you feel you need more there is a conveniant micro sd slot on the side. The screen is large, with good resolution. The only bad thing i have to say is the buttons are kinda small. | |
| "This phone will grow on you!" | 2008-09-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3XNH0FAZGLV5 | |
| I've had the red LG Shine since late July. At first I was unsure about this phone and was considering taking it back, but it really does grow on you. Some complaints are that it is hard to type on, ringtones are quiet (I miss calls quite a bit), and the joystick is a bit touchy. Battery life is pretty good. When it starts dying, it continues to die for 5 hours, which is kind of strange. I've never had a phone that chirped that long before it died. The camera is great, takes great pics. It has 2 megapixels. I've Bluetoothed many of them to my computer and they have turned out great! Don't be misled by the commercial that advertised the mirror. The mirror is NOT like the commercial, though it has come in handy when I've had food in my teeth and such... I've gotten a lot of compliments on the phone, and even persuaded some friends to buy it! The phone feels really heavy duty when you hold it, which makes you feel more confident that it won't break easy! The keys are pretty narrow, and I have small fingers, so if it's tough for me to type, it might be tough for others with larger hands to type on it. I have to use my nail sometimes to text message. The joystick was a little hard to get used to at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's quite handy. I like the multi-task function. If you are texting someone and want to go into your address book, just hit the multi-task button and it will let you toggle between each of the windows! Neat! If you get the LG Shine and are unsure about it, you at least have 30 days to decide whether you want to return it, so you never know, it might grow on you like it did on me. | |
 "Not bad, but some minor features that could be improved..." | 2008-08-30 |
| - Reviewed By dasschicksal2 | |
| Not a bad phone at all. It's "cute," too. A couple things that could be improved are: - Although it's a nice-looking phone, when you open the phone the exposed back part is kinda' cheap-looking, because of a slightly different plastic that is used. Design-wise, that could've been improved and it wouldn't have been that hard to match the plastics to the same exact shade of red. - Why doesn't this phone let you program an alarm to go off even while the phone is off? Sometimes, I don't want to take any calls (like when I'm sleeping or working), but I want the alarm feature to remind me of a task, or to wake me up! It's silly that I have to keep my phone on with the volume up, in order to use the event reminder and alarm features. - I don't care much for the joystick navigator. When you're writing a text message, it makes it really easy to accidentally hit "send" before you're ready. | |
 "Sony Ericsson W580i vs LG Shine CU720" | 2008-08-07 |
| - Reviewed By genwang2 | |
| Background: Over the past two months, I have spent a great deal of time debating between whether to get the Sony Ericsson W580i or the LG Shine CU720. After making numerous threads at various forums regarding this question, reading countless reviews, watching many videos, looking at hundreds of pictures, and mapping out the pros and cons of each one multiple times, I have settled on the Sony Ericsson W580i. Since my family just got a family plan with ATT (3 lines/550 minutes shared) and one of my sisters got the Shine, I was able to do a comparison between the phones. Battery Life: The claim that Sony Ericsson has poor battery life, in short, is complete bull ****. Those that say they had short battery life... you just got a lemon (or are trying to reason yourself out of the fact that buying a shine was actually a poor decision). My OTHER sister, who also got a Sony Ericsson, also gets great battery life with hers. Rather than the claimed "3-4 day charge" that many people on this forum and others are claiming, I have found that the phone will last over a week (11-13 days). The LG Shine, which is said to have poor battery life, disappoints: its battery life is indeed very short. The papers that the LG Shine comes with claims that battery life is around 3 hours of talk time, up to 240 hours (10 days) of standby time, is standard marketing bull ****: through a test of 10 different charges with three different batteries, the phone has lasted no more than 3 days before it required a charging. SE: 10/10 Shine: 3/10 Durability: People say the LG Shine has a stronger build than the Sony Ericsson, but if you actually compare the two, you find that you cannot actually compare the two... Why? The SE is a plastic phone; the LG shine is a plastic phone with metallic components. One thing that is not usually noted is that the Shine actually has VERY little metal in its body; it's only the battery cover and some of the front. The LG shine doesn't really feel that much more durable than the SE. If you drop the shine, you will certainly damage the screen, and/or scratch the body, and/or break the phone. With something plastic, eg. Sony Ericsson, a drop will do no more than give a few scratches. Regarding the slider mechanism, the LG Shine's "snaps" when you open and close it, whereas the SE's slider is not as snappy. Due to the difference in the way that the phones slide, it isn't really accurate to say that one feels more durable than the other. Since the durability was one of my biggest concern in getting the phone, I did a test of each phone upon cracking open the box: I opened and closed each phone 300 times. Results: The LG Shine's slider remained the same; the SE's slider got smoother after the test. SE: 9/10 Shine: 6/10 Fingerprints/Scratchability: The claims that the Shine is a fingerprint magnet could not be more true. The Shine cannot stand to be touched at all. Walking around with the Shine put in my side jeans pocket for a day, the Shine went in looking stellar and came back looking pretty poor. The back plate had obviously been rubbed on, the front plate exhibited small, but noticeable scratches. I'm sure you could prevent the Shine from getting scratched by getting a screen protector and/or case, but the hassle of one is not something that I'd want to deal with (not to mention such protection would take away the "beauty" of the Shine). The Sony Ericsson, as one may predict, does not scratch easily. Same jeans, same walk, and the SE still looked great after. There was something that looked like a small scratch on the front screen on the SE, but nothing a wipe could clean off. Speaking of which, with the LG Shine, you cannot wipe the phone with any shirt; it will scratch if the fabric of the cloth/shirt is rough. A BIG reason people get the Shine is because it looks good. Well, if you don't take care of it like a newborn baby, it's going to look like **** and ipso facto, it was a poor decision to buy the phone for its looks. SE: 9/10 Shine: 1/10 Keypad: People always complain about the keypads of the Sony Ericsson and the LG Shine and say how small they are and how difficult it is to text with them... Most of these complainers are complaining from hearsay (they repeat what they read/hear from others, not from their own experience). The problem of cracking keypads is also a huge concern for potential buyers of the SE. First, to address the keypad. The size of the keypad is very usable for texting and other usage. I have 6'2" and have large hands and I can still manage to comfortable use the phones' keypads. Texting with both is very easy (albeit not as easy as texting on a RAZR). The SE's keypad is not as responsive as the Shine's, meaning the click down are not as solid, and that the row of numbers are connected so that one press on a number slightly depresses the row, but nonetheless, it is very solid. The LG Shine's keypad is like a smaller version of the RAZR. Regarding the cracking keys on the SE, I performed a test to see if this rumor was true. Over a period of 2 days, I had the phone off and during my spare time (which is a lot since it's summer), I've been clicking away at the keys (with a good amount of pressure I might add), and the keys exhibit no sign of cracking. Clearly the cracking keys is an issue with older phones (which you could potentially still buy if the reseller of your phone has old stock). SE: 9/10 Shine: 9/10 Navigation: Those that say navigation on the Shine is difficult are clearly retarded: physically or mentally. The joystick on the Shine takes no practice to nail. It is very easy to use, and is not too small. The SE, with no joystick, as imagined, is also very easy to use. My only caveat with the SE is that there's no dedicated end call button like my old Nokia. The numbered menus in the Shine are very easy to use. SE: 9/10 Shine: 9/10 Reception/Sound Quality: I live in Northern California in a well populated city, and everywhere I go, I get 5 bars with the SE and from 3 to 4 bars with the Shine. I have found the number of signal bars that you get has a big impact on the call quality (as it should)... The Shine frequently echoes what the other person says, and a background static seems to be present in all calls. To ensure that I didn't receive a lemon shine, I tested a friend's shine and sure enough, it was the same. My friend told me they didn't notice the static (he probably got use to the poor call quality)... The SE's reception and sound quality it top notch. No complaints whatsoever here. Even with 3 bars (in a tunnel), the call was still strong. SE:10/10 Shine: 5/10 Features: SE wins hands down. Read the features at each phone's respective website; I won't waste your time here. The LG Shine is the most basic of phones. The only thing its got over the SE is 3G. The Shine is all looks. SE: 10/10 Shine: 2/10 (absolutely pitiful for a phone be so lackluster in features) Other concerns and notes: - The speaker on the SE kills that one which is on the Shine - Both phones have ringtones are loud enough to be heard - Both phones can [be modified to] receive games and , but with the SE, you have more options. | |
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