Filed under: Handsets, Features, Pantech, ATT, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
We’ve just checked out Pantech’s new pair of messaging-friendly phones for AT&T, the Reveal and Impact; one of them left an “impact” on us, and we’ll let you guess which one (hint: it’s the one that would result in a pun occurring). Yeah, the Reveal was a pretty cheap-looking set — and we’re not sure we understand the value of eating of screen real estate with a dedicated numeric pad just so you don’t have to slide the phone open to dial — but the Impact (pictured above) was a genuinely intriguing phone. Up front you’ve got a glossy black surface that lights up to reveal a basic monochrome display and a numeric pad; pressing buttons on the pad triggers haptics so you can sorta feel your way around. Opening the phone up produces a full QWERTY keyboard with dedicated buttons for key functions (messaging, for example) and a color display with stereo speakers on either side. It’s not a huge widescreen like you might find on something like an enV Touch, but it’s still pretty big, plenty vibrant, and serviceable for the full HTML browser that AT&T’s touting in these new devices. Pantech tells us that the Impact will go for “under $80″ when it ships next month, so we’d argue that makes it a heck of a bargain in light of the unusual, slick design and the dual displays.
Pantech Reveal and Impact revealed with impact originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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