| Pantech G500 |
| General |
| Network | Gsm 900 / Gsm 1800 |
| Announced | 2004 |
| Status | Available |
| Size |
| Dimensions | 85 X 41 X 22 Mm |
| Weight | 90 G |
| Display |
| Type | Tft, 256k Colors |
| Size | 128 X 160 Pixels, 8 Lines |
| | - External 256k Colors Tft(128 X 128 Pixels) |
| Ringtones |
| Type | Polyphonic (64 Channels) |
| Amount | 30 |
| Customization | Download, |
| Vibration | Yes |
| Memory |
| Phonebook | 500 Entries, Contact Groups, Photo Call |
| Call Records | 10 Dialed, 10 Received, 10 Missed Calls |
| Card Slot | No |
| | - 2.5 Mb Shared Memory |
| Data |
| Gprs | Class 8 (4+1 Slots), 32 - 40 Kbps |
| Hscsd | No |
| Edge | No |
| 3g | No |
| Wlan | No |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Infrared Port | No |
| Usb | |
| Features |
| Messaging | Sms, Ems, Mms |
| Browser | Wap 1.2.1 |
| Games | Smokey |
| Colors | Red, Silver, Pearl White |
| Camera | Vga, 640x480 Pixels, Flash |
| | - T9
- Calculator
- Stop Watch
- Calendar
- To Do List
- Voice Memo
- Pc-sync |
| Battery |
| | Standard Battery, Li-ion |
| Stand-by | Up To 200 H |
| Talk Time | Up To 3 H 30 Min |
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Pantech - G500Pantech G500 Review
Specifications
General
Network GSM 900 / GSM 1800
Announced 2004
Status Available
Size Dimensions 85 x 41 x 22 mm
Weight 90 g
Display Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 128 x 160 pixels, 8 lines
- External 256K colors TFT(128 x 128 pixels)
Ringtones Type Polyphonic (64 channels)
Amount 30
Customization Download, order now
Vibration Yes
Memory
Phonebook 500 entries, contact groups, Photo call
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
Card slot No
- 2.5 MB shared memory
Data GPRS Class 8 (4+1 slots), 32 - 40 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE No
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth No
Infrared port No
USB
Features
Messaging SMS, EMS, MMS
Browser WAP 1.2.1
Games Smokey
Colors Red, Silver, Pearl White
Camera VGA, 640x480 pixels, flash
- T9
- Calculator
- Stop watch
- Calendar
- To do list
- Voice memo
- PC-Sync
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 3 h 30 min
Review
There's a flood of smaller players coming in the mobile market. Big players like Nokia may still rule the roost, but now with the variety of phones available by the not-so-famous brands, the market is finally beginning to see beyond the hype.
Pantech, a new entrant in the Indian mobile market has already created a little stir in the market with their debut line of GSM mobile phones. We decided to look at what they had to offer, and were pleasantly surprised. First off, we present the Pantech G500, a high-budget clamshell phone that boasts of an inbuilt camera with flash and a high-resolution display like no other. Let's see if it lives up to its claims.
Package and Looks
On opening the box you will find the main mobile unit, two batteries - one 780mAh Li-Ion battery, which is quite slim in size and the other 1000mAh Li-Ion battery, which is slightly bulkier than the former. Along with these, you will also find a mobile charger, data cable, mono headset for hands-free calls, a mini software CD and a thick manual.
The G500 is basically a clamshell phone sized at 85 x 41 x 22 mm (closed) and weighing 90 g, which doesn't look too different from the others at first look. It has dual LCD screens one on top of the external clam and the second inside the top shell. Now usually, one expects the external screen to be a cheap quality monochrome LCD or even a QLED screen at the most, that's where this phone is different. Both the LCD screens (external and internal) are 260,000 color, high definition LCD screens. While the internal screen has a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels, the external screen itself boasts a 128 x 128 pixel resolution, which is as much as most phones boast on their main display LCDs.
But it's not the size and the color support of the screen that makes it so amazing. The stellar screen clarity and crisp image quality are surely one of the best I've seen on a mobile unit. It's a joy to look at the screen, which is perfectly lit to the extent that even the smallest detail in images or the smallest text is clearly visible. It's a guarantee that heads will turn when you operate the phone in public, just because of its unmatched display.
Besides the external LCD, the top shell also contains the inbuilt VGA camera with flash. The keypad is as usual present on the lower inner part of the phone. The keys are soft and extremely easy to use. The numeric keys are perfectly sized and spaced for convenience during single handed as well as double handed operation.
When it comes to looks, the Pantech G500 can be quite a deceiver. It gives an impression of being "just another" clamshell phone when inactive; but as soon as you get it started, it doesn't fail to impress.
Functionality
The most innovative feature on the phone is the flash function for the camera, innovative, but also ineffective. The flash is made up of a bunch of white LEDs that spread out to slightly brighten the subject at a short distance. The problem is that if you're shooting in lowlight, the inbuilt CMOS camera is not good enough to notice the minute difference in lighting so the flash proves quite useless there. However, it does make a difference if you're planning to shoot nearby subjects in complete darkness, as that's where the flash is more prominent.
The picture quality is just about standard for a camera phone. If you're expecting to be blown away by a CMOS VGA camera that's built in a phone then you would be in for a disappointment. Phone cameras are generally for fun photography, catching the random funny moments when you're out with your buddies, and for that this camera delivers. There are quite a few settings that you can adjust in the camera before you click, namely brightness presets, contrast, digital zoom (up to 4x), vertical and horizontal flip and image size. There's also a setting for taking 9 quick photos, in case you want to capture something in a sequence.
One thing that the camera misses is a video recording function that most high-budget camera phones boast nowadays. |
| Common misspellings on this brand: pabntech , pan6tech , patech , pantsch |
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