LG Shine reception quality

Anyone who owns a Shine, can you tell me how good the reception is in suburban areas?

If I purchase an unlocked Shine, will I be able to use the SIM card from my Samsung SCH-a870 or will I have band compatibility issues (my phone uses the CDMA2000 1X 1900/800 band, but the Shine uses the GSM 900/1800/1900 (Tri-Band) band)?

...if your SCH-a870 has a SIM card... well, then it's not an SCH-a870! Further, CDMA phones do not use SIM cards, only GSM phones. Likewise, a GSM phone will not work on a CDMA network. Time to look at the LG VX8700 (assuming you are on Verizon). It is essentially the flip version of the Shine for CDMA networks.

Also, the a870 is a Tri-Mode phone, 2 digital bands and 1 analog band.

Hmm, that is unfortunate.

Thanks for the reply.

I have the phone. I wouldn't say its worth spending the money to get an unlocked version but thee reception is really bad every-time someone calls me i have to call them back and it very hard to hear them when they are talking to you.

its not bad

My reception's pretty good, I hear calls clearly and the same goes for the other person.