The new Pantech Vega is an LTE-A-equipped, Snapdragon 800-powered 5.6-inch device

ugly but beast

Pantech "Sky" smartphones' characteristics - Only sold officially in Korea, very cheap - Usually the best "on paper" hardware at the releasing time - Plasticky, looks cheaper than Samsung's phones. - Bad battery - Not good camera quality

okay someone please put in a tegra 4 sick of qualcom 800 phones so damn many of them now

tegra is a sick soc...no dev support at all... 4.3" -> 4.5" -> 4.7" -> 5" -> 5.3" and now 5.6" Dont the dumb manufacturers understand that our palms dont keep growing year after year...

True.. ive between seeing Pantech for quite some time and this phones internals are great but what about the general overall performance of Pantech phones. People need to realize each manufacture had their own capabilities... so can someone please tell me abour the overall performance of Pantech phones...are they supported with timely system updates, overall speed, etc...can someone tell me about these things?

Entirely too large. I don't want to have to wear cargo pants just to own a cell phone. We might as well give the Nexus 7 a few more antennas and just make that our phone if we're going to keep making 5+" phablets.

Pantec is making the Vega. Now Samsung and LG need to make an M.Bison phone and a Barlog phone.

power button on back?! sad, later, some ,ssboy, fanboys,lg hater will say something like this "LG is a copy cat" zzz

Pantech Vega LTE A IM-A880S is a whole new thing.You know it's not a phone but it's not a tablet either.So yeah, it's just convenient to call it a phablet.But does it function like one?Nope.It functions better!Yep when I had one from merimobiles.com ,I knew I'm gonna enjoy having it.And this didn't fail me at all.Just a heads up to future users, don't let yourself get addicted.Alright,it's all up to you then.*wink*

Regarding the previous comments saying that Vega isn't comparable to Samsung and LG? I don't believe it. First, to those who has owned the vega a800 to a850. Maybe you are right about the quality of the camera and the entire phone. But if you will own a Vega a860(No.6), a870(iron), and this a880, things will be entirely different. In my opinion, I could say that Pantech is based on originality. The fingerprint scanner is a good concept unlike LG's volume rocker buttons on the back which I don't see any sense at all. Not unless that volume rocker can be a navigation button when you're reading stuff. Vega placed the fingerprint scanner or vtouch at the back and it works well for me. For the build quality, it is good. It can be correct that Samsung's build quality is better though. For the performance, it's not only on paper. It worked flawlessly without any lags. I played games like Dead Trigger, Call of Duty, Real Racing or NFS and NBA 2k14 and it worked well. The battery life of the Pantech Vega today is better than their previous phones. I can last more than a day using my a880s. LTE Connectivity is good. For the camera, I don't believe bashers that say the camera quality is poor. I myself is a photographer by profession and I know if colors are accurate or not or if the resolution is poor or nice. Here's my comparison. Samsung's camera is saturated. It does produce vibrant colors but it is intensified compared to how you look at the subject you're shooting. If you like that, then go for samsung. LG is a mixed one. Sometimes saturated, sometimes not. Depends on the unit I guess. But Vega here, produces the same color as that of the actual subject. For me, I want my photos to look as natural as possible. If ever I wanted to make it more vibrant, then that's the time that I will use some apps to make that happen. How about you? what do you think? I've been using Pantech Vega Iron (a870), then switched to a880 and now I'm using the a900.