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Posted: 27 May 2009 Announced: 16 Nov 2009
Market Status: Released
Release date: 23 Nov 2009
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US carrier availability: AT&T - Discontinued
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The LG Shine II GD710 is the successor of the Shine and it's a stylish quad-band GSM slider with dual-band 3G support. In addition, it sports a 2-megapixel camera with fixed focus, GPS, Stereo Bluetooth and a microSDHC cards support.

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LG Shine II specifications

also known as LG GD710

Pros

No pros

Cons

Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Low-resolution video capture
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Slider
Dimensions:
- 4.20 x 2.00 x 0.53 (107 x 51 x 13 mm)
Weight:
- 4.40 oz (125 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Physical size:
- 2.20 inches
Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 182 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 3.30 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 12.5 days (300 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 900 mAh

Hardware

Built-in storage:
- 100 MB
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD, microSDHC

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Flash:
  - LED
- Features:
  - Digital zoom
Camcorder:
- - 320x240 (QVGA)
- Features:
  - Video sharing

Multimedia

Radio:
- - FM, RDS

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS:
UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service, also called WCDMA, is a 3G (Third Generation) packet-based transmission of text, digitized voice, video, and multimedia at data rates up to 2 Mbps. It is based on GSM standard and is supported by major standards bodies and manufacturers
- 850, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE
Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.
- GPS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 1000 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Tip calculator, Unit converter, World clock, Stopwatch, Notes
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.0, EDR
USB:
- - USB 2.0
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing (Speaker independent), Voice commands (Speaker independent), Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Availability

Officially announced:
- 16 Nov 2009

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