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Pantech's beautiful new Pop Up Note phablet pictured, ready to cross stylus with the Note 4

posted by Daniel P. / Aug 08, 2014, 5:33 AM

Pantech's beautiful new Pop Up Note phablet pictured, ready to cross stylus with the Note 4

Pantech might be in dire straits right now, but that hasn't stopped it from churning out innovative handsets. From the phone maker that first came out with a gesture-based touchless navigation, and a glass ceramic chassis for its phones, now arrives an eventual Note 4 competitor, at least for its home turf of South Korea. The so-called Pantech Vega Pop Up Note, codenamed A920S, is a 5.5" phablet with decent specs and fine looks.

Pantech didn't jump for the latest and greatest here, but put a 1080p panel instead, alongside a Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a 13 MP rear camera. This likely means that the upcoming Vega Pop Up Note won't break the bank for you, yet you will be getting quite a looker with a stylus added for a good measure, and a fancy fingerprint sensor on the back where it belongs on a phablet, for unlocking and identification purposes. What do you think of Pantech's new gear, yea or nay?

Pantech Pop Up Note

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33 Comments

1. nohatenofanboy

Posts: 515; Member since: Jul 15, 2014

dat antenna tho

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 5:49 AM 0

2. ArtSim98

Posts: 3535; Member since: Dec 21, 2012

Don't tell me you thought that stylus is an antenna?

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 5:53 AM 0

4. marcski07

Posts: 600; Member since: Apr 25, 2014

explain 15 and 24.

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:00 AM 0

10. ArtSim98

Whoopsie daisy. Didn't see that one. Anyway if that's an antenna it has to be a part of the stylus because that's the stylus slot. Just look at any of the pictures with the stylus visible.

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:32 AM 0

15. willard12 unregistered

Phones are also used for TV in Korea.

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:27 AM 3

18. marcski07

yep. but not only in korea, we have it also, but not on beautiful devices, usually cheap generic handsets.

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:35 AM 0

32. corporateJP

Posts: 2458; Member since: Nov 28, 2009

Bingo...shut the thread down...

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 3:50 PM 0

16. xfire99

Posts: 1205; Member since: Mar 14, 2012

15 and 24 is the Stylus pop out and not antenna.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Riq38HXfG0I

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:30 AM 0

17. marcski07

stylus pop out? are you blind? take a look ay number 15 picture, is that a stylus to you?

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:34 AM 0

20. ManusImperceptus

Posts: 724; Member since: Jun 10, 2014

Yes. 24 looks weird, but probably a photoshop mess up...

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:44 AM 0

19. ManusImperceptus

15: Stylus. 24: Bad photoshop? It's the stylus, as can be seen on one of the first pics...

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:43 AM 0

22. ManusImperceptus

Edit: TWO of the first pics, 5 & 6 to be precise...

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 7:47 AM 0

23. marcski07

lol. 24, 5 & 6, are the same, those pictures are much acceptable to be depicted as a stylus, unlike on number 15, on number 15 it is too thin to be stylus, it is more antenna than a stylus

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 8:07 AM 0

25. ManusImperceptus

There is only one thingy in that corner, and the pictures clearly show it to be a stylus. Unless you're arguing that it's a detachable antenna...?!?

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 8:50 AM 0

5. nohatenofanboy

lol are u drunk ?

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:02 AM 1

8. ph00ny

Posts: 2032; Member since: May 26, 2011

Most korean market phones have antenna including the note3 and S5 since they have DMB service available. I'm actually jealous as hell that DMB isn't available here. Imagine all the sports events i won't miss

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:10 AM 3

9. nohatenofanboy

lolol actually its better than other antennas. it is stylus and antenna. good design but what happens if I wanna use stlus and antenna at the same time ?

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:18 AM 0

12. sar44

Posts: 278; Member since: Apr 14, 2014

lolhttp://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/132584-image/Pantech-Pop-Up-Note.jpg

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:53 AM 0

3. certifiedwomanizer

Posts: 16; Member since: Aug 25, 2013

I doubt that note 4 could be more beautiful than this.

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 5:54 AM 3

7. marcski07

though i hate samsung designs, note series are exemption, and IMO, note 3 is still more beautiful than this. with the slim bezel of note 3 this will clearly be blown away.

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:09 AM 4

11. vincelongman

Posts: 5695; Member since: Feb 10, 2013

The Alpha looks pretty good, except bezels are quite big and the back cover could be better (you can use a thirdparty back cover)

posted on Aug 08, 2014, 6:38 AM 1

26. SamDroid unregistered

Actually they look the same to me :/ Only difference is the metal accents otherwise the Pantech is so fu*king hideous. Its just that I'm used to Samsung's design but still...