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 (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]

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 25th 2007 8:11PM]

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

[DonaldMick Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 25th 2007 9:02PM]

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

[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 25th 2007 9:11PM]

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

[dodgerfan Posted Oct 25th 2007 9:40PM]

yay for Canada...

[(Unverified) Posted 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.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 26th 2007 11:49AM]

rogers has announced they will carry the slider.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 12th 2007 5:39PM]

Rogers wireless sucks they cut my service after 5 years of 180.00 a month phone bills because they screwed up double billed me and when 30 days went by they cut my service and i never got it hooked up again just a warning to you folks looking for wireless. Good luck with their customer service too they sub contract it out i heard