Verizon's LG VX8700 has Shine-like finish

After everybody got crazy about the Chocolate, it's time for theShine to rule the world when it comes to fashion phones. Asia got itfirst, followed by European announcement and now we have a spy photo of clamshell version for Verizon Wireless with the same brushed-metal look. The LG VX8700 will replace the Chocolate-like VX8600exchanging the glossy black design with metal one. Still there is noinformation about the final specifications of the phone, but it willprobably the same size as its predecessor, with QVGA internal display and 2-megapixel camera, as the one used in the ENV.Also it is not sure if Verizon will use the "Shine" brand nameexclusively in the States (as it happened with Chocolate) or will justuse numeric model for the phone. Here are a few of the rumored specifications:

• 2-megapixel camera
• 262k TFT QVGA internal display; 65k external
• 0.5 or 1 GB of internal memory; microSD Slot
• Speakerphone
• miniUSB
• Updated Flash UI Themes

Expect it in the end of the Spring or in the early Summer.

source: EngadgetMobile