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by Jaime Rivera | April 18, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Verizon event at CTIA and what we should expect. We then talk about the Nokia quarter results, and some weird numbers for the US. Pantech is next, as their Vega Iron is now a reality, but to the underwhelming of many. Later we go through Twitter #music and tell you if it's worth your time. We end today's show talking about the plastic iPhone in leaks, and the probabilities that it's true. All this and more after the break. Stories: - What Could Be Verizon’s Big CTIA Announcement? - Nokia Lumia Sales Are Up, Except In North America Where ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 18, 2013 4:26 PMRead On
The Pantech Vega Iron sprung up on us out of nowhere earlier this month, and what we heard made it out to be a pretty solid high-end Android, with a "bezel-less" edge-to-edge screen. Rumors suggested that Pantech would announce the phone on April 18, and sure enough, today the Vega Iron goes official. Unfortunately, not all of its specs live up to what was rumored. Take that no-bezel design, for instance. Now, we're willing to give Pantech a pass here since no one really expected absolutely no bezel whatsoever, and instead we've just gotten a fantastically thin one: we're talking 2.4 ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 15, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Pantech Vega Iron leaks and the fact that companies still don't understand what a phone without a bezel means. Then we move to the Galaxy S 4 as rumors have the launch dates for the US already set for the end of this month. The iPhone 5S is next as we've got leaked images of an A7 quad-core chip powering the next generation device. Then we talk about the Nokia Lumia 928 and how it was compared to the Nokia Lumia 920. We end today's show by talking about the Nokia EOS project and the possibility that this will be the first quad-core Windows ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 15, 2013 5:20 PMRead On
Last week, we found ourselves intrigued by rumors of a heavyweight new Pantech Android in the works, the Pantech Vega Iron. It was supposed to have a great full HD screen with no noticeable bezel, and hardware specs that would put it on equal footing with the 1080p phones from the major Android players. With a rumored launch date of April 18, it was clear we'd be getting the full story on these claims quite soon, whether all the details ended up confirmed or not. As we close in on that date, some possible images of the Vega Iron have arrived for us to check out. We've got to say – this ...
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by Jaime Rivera | April 12, 2013 7:00 PMRead On
Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the new no-bezel project from Pantech dubbed Vega Iron. Then we talk about the Motorola X Phone, and that delay you were already expecting to hear about. The Pebble smart watch is next as their SDK gets released. Then we go over BlackBerry's recent issues with the media as apparently their Z10 is being returned as quick as it's bought. We end today's show talking about the HTC First, Facebook Home, Chat heads and everything you need to know about Facebook's new home on Android. All this and more after the break. Stories: - HTC First Unboxing ...
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by Stephen Schenck | April 12, 2013 1:14 PMRead On
Overnight we told you about a rumored upcoming Pantech smartphone – we know, it can be hard to care about Pantech, but this model IM-A870, supposedly an essentially bezel-free five-incher, sounded more interesting than most. Today we get some new details on the phone, including info on when it might launch. First up, we now have a name for the flagship, which could arrive as the Vega Iron. Its five-inch screen would unsurprisingly be a 1080p component, and the handset would be powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 600 running at 1.7GHz. It would have 2GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, and ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | April 12, 2013 1:51 AMRead On
Screen sizes are becoming larger and larger and so is the "standard" display dimension. Manufacturers are trying to minimize the bezel in order to offer the larger screens in a chassis as small as possible; while we're still far away from the real "bezel-less" phone, their efforts are solid and remarkable. According to a recent report, South Korean manufacturer Pantech is preparing a real Samsung Galaxy S 4 competitor (or alternative) part of the Vega R series of devices, the IM-A870. It will pack a "bezel-less" five-inch screen and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 600 SoC. The report also notes ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 28, 2013 11:55 AMRead On
Last month, we saw some evidence that Android underdog Pantech was looking to jump on the 1080p bandwagon with everyone else, and that its model IM-A860 could be the phone it used to do so. Today, the company comes through with confirmation of that model, but unlike the five-inch full HD handsets that other manufacturers are releasing, Pantech seems to be going for something a little more like Huawei's Ascend Mate, announcing the 5.9-inch Vega No. 6. As has become the gold standard for full HD phones, the Vega No. 6 runs a quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU and has 2GB of RAM. There's ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | January 14, 2013 11:32 AMRead On
This year's Consumer Electronics Show from Las Vegas has come and gone. As usual, we've been both on-site bringing you coverage from events as well as the show floor, and here on Pocketnow, keeping you up to date with what's going on in the mobile world. For some the show has been excellent; for others it has been a letdown. We can't compare CES to a specialized mobile event like MWC (maybe with IFA); still, our experience from past years has taught us to expect certain things to happen at CES. They might or might not have happened in a straightforward way but there was a lot of innovation ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | January 13, 2013 5:10 AMRead On
Veni, vidi, vici! We were looking forward to CES 2013, pretty much like we're always looking forward to trade shows where there's a possibility of seeing new and exciting things from and related to the mobile world. Good or bad as it was, this year's Vegas show is just one of many to come and, probably the biggest problem related to CES is the fact that it is followed shortly by MWC, a show related to mobile and only mobile. We're seeing companies slowly moving away from shows to announce their gadgets, following Apple's lead, but even those companies who are show-centric have probably ...
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by Michael Fisher | January 9, 2013 6:45 PMRead On
"The Snowball, the 6-Inch Mate, & the In-N-Out Experience." That's the summary that led us out of our most recent podcast, and it narrowly missed becoming the title of this here episode, number 26 in our weekly series. This is a very special episode, coming to you straight from the luxurious Pocketnow suites overlooking the blink-tastic Las Vegas strip. For the past few days, we've been covering the happenings from CES 2013, bringing you video after video of devices from manufacturers of all stripes. It hasn't been the most hardware-heavy show in memory, but that doesn't mean we don't ...
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by Stephen Schenck | January 9, 2013 5:46 PMRead On
CES is the time of year when we're used to hearing official announcements, and seeing devices confirmed, not hearing new rumors or getting to check out unofficially-leaked info. Nevertheless, tonight we've got a newly-leaked press render from Pantech to show you, featuring what looks like the company's second 720p Android to come to the US. Sure, 1080p is all the rage now, but that just means that Pantech is able to put together some 720p devices with lower price points. We saw AT&T announce the 720p Pantech Discover earlier this week, and now this new leak reveals a similar smartphone ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | January 7, 2013 11:40 AMRead On
AT&T and Pantech today announced the Pantech Discover Android smartphone; it will become available starting January 11, 2013, for $49.99 with a two-year contract. Those following the news might recognize this phone; it was earlier referred to as the Magnus/Batsu with the occasion of its press render leak. The device runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and features a 4.8-inch TFT display with 720p resolution, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 16GB internal memory (expandable via microSD up to 32GB), 12.6-megapixel main camera, two-megapixel webcam, 4G LTE capability, NFC, WiFi ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | December 15, 2012 3:53 AMRead On
Verizon has posted a special section online dedicated for its Holiday deals. You can choose from three Motorola, an HTC, an LG and a Pantech phone, all at reduced prices; additionally, if you buy a Motorola DROID RAZR you get a Cranberry Motorola DROID RAZR for FREE, given that you sign a two-year contract per phone. The prices, as seen above, are below; all are 4G LTE phones: - HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE: $99.99 $49.99 - Motorola Droid RAZR M: $99.99 $49.99 - Motorola Droid RAZR HD: $199.99 $149.99 - Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX HD: $299.99 $249.99 - LG Lucid: $19.99 Free - Pantech ...
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by Stephen Schenck | December 10, 2012 12:34 PMRead On
Late last week we told you how ZTE was looking to get in on the 1080p smartphone party, joining the ranks of HTC, as well as Sony, Samsung, LG, and all the other OEMs rumored to be working on 1080p handsets of their own. ZTE might not be the only not-quite-mainstream Android company developing a 1080p phone, with evidence of a new Pantech 1080p device also surfacing. The Pantech Vega IM-A860 recently made an appearance in the GLBenchmark database. While the Pantech name itself is absent, the presence of Vega certainly suggests the manufacturer, and the model number can be tied to Pantech ...
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