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Bell picks up LG Shine, if you can really call it that


'Round here, we think of a slider when you tell us so-and-so is launching the LG Shine, but Bell apparently has something a little different in mind. Canadians can now pick up the metal-clad Shine flip (again -- Bell's name, not ours) for a cool $130 CADきゃど (about $134) on a three-year contract, offering the same EV-DO data, 2 megapixel cam, A2DP, and funky sideways external display as its VX8700 cousin on Verizon. For Bell's sake, we hope they don't go launching a Shine slider down the road -- 'cause what the heck are you going to call that then? Hmm?

[Via Mobile In Canada]

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elgee02 @ Oct 25th 2007 8:11PM

That's pretty much the same phone as the VX8700 currently on VZW.

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Donald @ Oct 25th 2007 8:39PM

They're trying to play off the name, nothing more.

Rogers is apparently getting a traditional Shine next month with HSDPA and quadband GSM.

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Jhonson Sok @ Oct 25th 2007 9:02PM

Yeah Rogers is going to be launching the TU720 with HSDPA goodness. The real shine!

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Daniel Perz @ Oct 25th 2007 9:07PM

Erm Telus has had their Shine (identical to the Bell and Verizon versions) for like a month now. So I don't see why Bell getting it is newsworthy.

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the.edge @ Oct 25th 2007 9:11PM

just so you know, the canadian dollar is currently higher than the USD

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pete @ Oct 25th 2007 9:40PM

yay for Canada...

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Dylan @ Oct 25th 2007 10:50PM

Through recent research for a project I'm currently working on for a Canadian provider, the simple fact that LG chose to use real metal for the LG 'Shine's' production put it above its competitors. Even though it doesn't actually live up to its name, the fact that it didn't feel like a piece of plastic crap while handled did wonders for its first impression. An uninformed user who had no preconceptions of its function or the functions of its rivals would no doubt be marveled by its coldness to the touch and uniquely oriented exterior display....even if its technology and features are indeed more than likely two or more years old.

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