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  Users looking for an affordable LTE mobile device can look at Pantech’s new Breakout phone. Slated to go on sale from Sep 22 on Verizon, Pantech Breakout will give faster download and upload speeds at just an asking price of $99 on contract. In addition to LTE support, Breakout features Android 2.3 OS, 1GHz [...]

  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 [...]

  Pantech has announced a unique Android offering for KT and LG U+ customers in South Korea. The phone is known as Vega Xpress (IM-A710K/IMA720L) and features DDR2 memory, which is generally found in PCs. Use of DDR2 RAM makes the phone about 1.5 times faster than other smartphones ensuring smooth multimedia playback and internet [...]

  South Korea-based Pantech will be another company that will shift to LCD from AMOLED displays for their phones. Pantech currently sells two smartphones with AMOLED screen but its new smartphones scheduled for 1H 2011 will sport an LCD display, according to an unnamed Pantech executive. The reason for the switch is the same as [...]

  South Koreans have got yet another power packed Android device to choose from. It’s the Pantech Vega (IM-A650S) that gives decent competition to lot of high-end devices including the hot-selling Galaxy S. The Vega will be sold on SK Telecom and is touted as one of the lightest smartphones that weighs just 114g. Vega [...]

  Smartphones are generally made and targeted at men but Pantech is taking a different approach by creating a smartphone for the fairer sex. The Izar (IM-A630K) is an Android device and comes in a compact design and colored lighting to please the female crowd. Other than that, the phone features a multi-touch display, 5MP [...]

  AT&T’s portfolio of quick messaging phones has got a new addition in the form of Pantech Link. The cheap messaging phones seek avid texters who want full QWERTY keyboards at a very affordable price and Link is no different. Pantech Link features a large LCD, 3G, 1.3MP camera, a music player and to access [...]

  Android offerings in South Korea are rising day by day. The latest Android phone to please the South Koreans is Pantech’s IM-A600S. The phone also known as Sirius will be available on SK Telecom under the SKY brand. Sirius boasts some impressive specs like Android 2.1 OS, 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch AMOLED (800×480) display [...]

  AT&T set free four new phones that will allow full HTML browsing helped by Opera’s compression technology. The phones, 2 each from Samsung and Pantech will become a part of AT&T’s messaging and touchscreen lineup for the holidays. Starting with the Samsung offerings, the Mythic (center) and Flight (left) are touchscreen only and hybrid [...]

  When most of the mobile companies have their own proprietary3D UI, why should Pantech be left behind. This is why they have launched TruEmotion which by the looks of it, does not look as appealing as other interfaces but will pave way for future touchscreen Pantech devices. The first phone to grace TruEmotion will [...]

  AT&T customers will be able to get their hands on Pantech’s dual slider phone, Matrix Pro from tomorrow. The Matrix Pro is a Windows smartphone running WinMo 6.1 and has an alphanumeric keypad (vertical sliding) and a QWERTY keyboard (horizontal sliding). Other features include Bluetooth, microSD card slot, aGPS, music player, 2 megapixel camera, [...]

  Pantech is trying something different to create some uniqueness for its IM-S410 phone. The phone is the world’s first wind recognition device that understands commands when a user blows air through its microphone. The phone calculates the wind speed and dynamics which can then be used to surf through images, play games and so [...]

  AT&T’s been emphasizing on simplicity in phones and based on this standard is their latest offering, Pantech Breeze. The clamshell phone as they put it is ideal for a first time mobile user. It has got a large screen, large keypad and three quick call buttons just below the screen making it a breeze [...]