I haven't owned either of these phones but I have owned many similar phones.
I would personally go for the Sony Ericsson w960i, and here are my reasons:
- I find sony ericsson produces better phones than LG
- I do not like touch screens! and neither doea anyone else I know. Sure they seem cool now but trust me they get very annoying very quickly! and also are very hard to repair if broken
- Sony ericsson system works better
- sony ericsson gets a better rating on every website i found!
-My last LG phone had terrible freezing problems and when I took it to the optus shop they told me it was unrepairable and a common problem with nearly ALL lg phones.
- the features of the sony ericsson are much better
I know its not quite "real" information, it's just my opinion and knowledge based on my experiences,
hope this helps
