LG Shine CU720

The US variant of the LG Shine slider is a quad-band GSM with UMTS for 3G. It has similar design to the original one but replaces the 3-way scroll with standard 5-way joystick. The Shine has 70MB of memory expandable via microSD slot, features QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera and Stereo Bluetooth.

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LG Shine CU720 specifications

Pros

No pros

Cons

  • Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
  • Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
  • 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:
    • 3.93 x 1.99 x 0.59 (100 x 50.5 x 15 mm)
  • Weight:
    • 4.23 oz (120 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

    • 3.00 hours
      the average is 8 h (497 min)
  • Stand-by time:
    • 10.4 days (250 hours)
      the average is 21 days (496 h)
  • Capacity:
    • 900 mAh

Hardware

  • Built-in storage:
    • 70 MB
  • Storage expansion:
    • Slot Type:
      • microSD

Camera

  • Camera:
      • 2 megapixels
    • Flash:
      • Yes
    • Features:
      • Digital zoom
  • Camcorder:
      • 320x240 (QVGA)
    • Features:
      • Video calling

Internet browsing

  • Browser:
      • Yes
    • Supports:
      • WAP 2.0

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

Phone features

  • Phonebook:
    • 500 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
  • Organizer:
    • Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator, Tip calculator, Unit converter, World clock, Stopwatch, Notepad
  • Messaging:
    • SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input
  • E-mail:
      • Yes

Connectivity

  • Bluetooth:
      • 1.2
  • USB:
      • Yes
    • Features:

      Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.

      • Mass storage device
    • SyncML

Other features

  • Notifications:
    • Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones (72 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
    • Voice dialing (Speaker independent), Voice commands (Speaker independent), Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Availability

  • Officially announced:
    • 22 Nov 2007

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