Pantech Pocket Review
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Rather than finding the more glitzy looking custom interface running on the Pantech Breakout, the Pocket resorts to using the same one used by the aging Pantech Crossfire. In all honesty, it reminds us of a watered down version of HTC Sense, since it employs a very similar lock screens and widgets. It’s decent looking, but clearly lacks the polish of HTC’s premier UI.
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The interface of the Pantech Pocket | |||
Even though it pack a 1GHz single-core Qualcomm processor, it struggles to maintain a reasonable performance when live wallpapers are activated. Clearly sluggish with most tasks, it’s rather frustrating in navigating across the platform.
Using the stock on-screen keyboard, its layout is very easy on the thumbs, but we’re not digging its unresponsiveness. Fortunately, the Swype keyboard option doesn’t stutter with its movement – making it the preferred choice between the two.
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Stock keyboard | Swype | ||
On-screen keyboards | |||
Internet and Connectivity:
Thanks to its HSPA+ connection, the Pocket gets complex pages like ours to fully load in no time at all. Unfortunately, its execution with pinch zooming and kinetic scrolling is on the choppy side – and it doesn’t help when things lag extensively when Flash content is present.
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Web browser | |||
Camera:
Plagued by over-exposure, muddy details, and inaccurate colors, there is nothing pretty to find with photos taken by the handset’s 5-megapixel auto-focus camera – and it doesn’t help that it takes close to 5 seconds to snap an image!
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Camera interface | |||
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Samples made with the Pantech Pocket | ||||
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Indoor samples | ||
Pantech Pocket Sample Video:
Multimedia:
Interestingly, the music player receives a slight visual tweak that displays a scrollable listing of songs when something is playing. Moreover, it features an eclectic mix of equalizer settings to fine tune its neutral volume output, which doesn’t strain at the loudest setting.
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Music player | ||
With our test video that’s encoded in MPEG-4 1280 x 720 resolution, it plays smoothly with no issues at all – though, it stretches it by default.
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Video playback | |
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7 Comments
1. bobfreking55 posted on 28 Nov 2011, 08:32 2 0
No pressure and not desperate...
But I really am dying to read the Galaxy Nexus Review. :D
2. Netolic posted on 28 Nov 2011, 11:14 0 0
What a waste. Is this pantechs first android phone? I had the first pantech phone, which is the ocean from helio
4. blaze456 posted on 28 Nov 2011, 17:24 0 0
this is a good phone for midrange..and no they have the crossover for at&t and the breakout 4g for verizon
3. snowgator posted on 28 Nov 2011, 11:54 0 0
Too bad. This is a neat form factor. I would have liked to see it be a hit, just due to it being different.
5. DAVE1963 posted on 06 Feb 2012, 14:08 0 0
phone part is reall bad makes my third replacement because when i make a call people cant hear me .would not recamend this phone
6. LadyB posted on 20 Jun 2012, 01:18 0 0
Dislike this phone. It crashes completely on me at least twice a day requiring a hard battery pull. It also freezes as I am dialing. Took it to the ATT store and they reset all the defaults ad told me to bring it back if it keeps doing it. Taking it back tomorrow. Too bad.
7. sandrapa posted on 22 Jun 2012, 22:06 0 0
I have this phone i do like it but i am having problems with not being heard by my callers and the screen freee the phone has been hard set several time only had it for a month I am going to the att store at the gardens mall tomorrow.
