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Pantech may not be an influential force in the foreign smartphone market but they do churn out some decent smartphones in their homeland South Korea. Take the Vega Racer, for instance. The Android 2.3 running has been announced for the Korean market that boasts Qualcomm’s 1.5GHz dual-core processor, making it 60 percent faster than the current breed of smartphones.

Rounding up the feature set, the phone has a 1GB DDR2 RAM, 4.3-inch display, 14.4Mbps HSPA support, NFC, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct, DMB, 8MP camera with 1080p video recording and playback and 1620mAh battery.