LG - Shine KE970 Cell Phone Review

         I received this phone as a gift. I loved it at first, because it was so much more technical and up-to-date than my last one. After awhile the middle button gets stuck and continues scrolling without me even touching it. When typing a text message the over, back and send key are the same button. I can't even count how many times i wanted to move the curser over and it sent a msg in mid sentence.  The key pad is so small. I have small fingers and hands and I still hit numerous buttons at one time. A couple of times I would push the "messaging" button and it would take me to "shop ringtones" over and over again, and it would act up in several more different ways as well sparingly.When i finally got to the message inbox through all that mess iwould click to open the msg and it would call the person instead??  I never have dropped or gotten this phone wet or mistreated it in any way so it was very fustrating. The second day after i received the phone the screen went blank and i had to turn it off and on several times and take the battery out. That's pretty ridiculous for a 2 day old phone. I dont like the way the contacts are set up in this phone either. This specific feature may be well liked by many people but i can not stand it and im not used to it. When i first started saving contacts i plugged them in my phone and went about my business. Later on i wanted to send a text msg and their name did not pull up. & i couldnt remember their number! You have to save names a certain way on this phone. Im not sure what other phones out there are like this. You can save them to your phone but not see them in your contacts list...plug in the number (to call or send a msg) and their name pulls up?? Weird..  i know.. its fustrating and its making something very simple complicated and adding more steps & time Idk whos number i have and dont & if i have their number in there i cant pull it up. ....its pretty pointless even to put their number in there bc i have to manually type it in anyways on this SMALL keypad! If you save them a different way then..yeah ,,all is good but if your unknowing when you first get the phone and you save oh about 150 of whatever contacts youre lost. haha. it was such a pain!

This phone also has a few good features as well. It takes wonderful pictures. They are very crisp and clear. The zoom and flash are amazing. The screen is huge. Color and quality are also very good. The audio is great, and it has cellular video. Battery life is long.

I dont take many pictures and i dont like paying for ringtones so these features are not very useful to me. I'm a texting queen and for my job i talk on the phone quite a bit too. Which i dont have any dropped calls and ppl can hear me and i can hear them clearly.

When the phone is not acting up its is actually a good phone. I love the big screen and camera. If i actually paid for the phone I would be very upset that everytime I want to scroll through the menu or contacts the key sticks and keeps on scrolling as if the phone is posessed ha-ha.  I Probably will end up buying another phone (or using my old one again)  instead of sending this one in to get a new one. If the keys & screen are horrible on this one im sure they will be just as bad on another one. I just think AT&T (Cingular..whichever) have always had problems with the screen on their phones. Every phone i've had has a problem with them and ive had cingular for about 5-6 yrs. The screen going blank.is the main cause of me always buying a new phone. As for the keys..well i think its just this specific phone. I usually have Samsung phones and their keyboard is very big and long lasting.

over all the pros do not out-weigh cons and i would have to give this a bad review.