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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
A Revelation.
By Carlos Rodriguez
Today August 2 i have been using the phone for over 40 days, i bought it from this page but from seller ipadsimshop.wow! 1.5Ghz Dual Core for this price? 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM, microSD slot, super AMOLED screen? YES PLEASE! double checked with the seller to be sure that a mistake wasn't being made and BAM! the price dropped to 199$, bought it in a blink.The phone lived to my expectations and exceeded them. the first thing you notice is that it is very solid and slimmer than what the pics suggest, once turned on immediately fell in love with the screen, beautiful colors and blacks are black, side by side the screen displays better colors than a galaxy s2, very crisp text and details. The phone is SO fast that it puts to shame the iphone 4 too, according to the benchmarks is even faster than the galaxy note. The camera is great in outdoors, everybody praises the pictures it produces but once you are in a low light environment prepare to be disappointed, that could have been improved.Battery life: if you have never owned a smartphone you are going to be terribly dissapointed, if you come from another smartphone you'll be happy with it, if you come from a blackberry you are going to love it. Once you adjust your mind to turn off unnecesary things you'll have a good full day of battery, 4G LTE Radio is a power hog.My config: installed APN switch from google play store, didn't update google maps (important), switched off gps in the power management widget, DONE! Screen is at 100%, wifi always ON. About 16+h battery life everyday, i spend 8+ hours in wifi coverage. for that i installed wifi buddy that lets me force wifi always on even if phone is lockedPROS:-SPEED!-Screen-Size, 4.0 inches. makes one handed operation comfortable, i have big hands-wow factor, everybody asks for it and all my friends love it-PRICE , competes with 350-500$ range of phones-build quality-apps are always running, never kill themselvesCONS:-4G consumes too much battery-no smart dialing in phone, like T9 predictive search in directory, you have to click search and type the name.-Mediocre low light pictures, the good thing is that it takes'em very fast-Loudspeaker not very loud, trying to play a song in a crowded area? Don't-no dedicated camera button, not really an issue.-Screen is glass but not gorilla glass, metal can scratch it***UPDATE: march 11 2013, 8 months after my original review i still like this phone a lot. not planning on getting anything newer anytime soon. Travelled to Europe, no problems there, fast GPS lock saved me from unneeded expensive cab fares many times, Worked fine in Kenya, Brazil and Chile too with prepaid sims. I dropped it accidentally in a toilet in Santiago de Chile's airport and it survived. It has fallen many times from my ears height (1,85m) and it still works perfectly.The battery life with 3G/4G cellular data is still my only gripe with this phone. in wifi coverage it barely uses power. I would complain about the camera too but not at this price, its ok for casual day to day shots, for travels i take my full featured camera anyway.I updated it to android 4.0 ICS and the battery life noticeably improved but i found out the phone was using lower clocks to save battery, the phone is slower while idling and it takes time for it to wake up from an idle state, a quick fix i found was to disable onscreen animations. I really don't see a meaningful difference from android 2.3,- cosmetic uplift makes you feel updated.- added the predictive search in directory while dialing, yay!- The camera improved a little in the dark- the rest is just mehI Bought an anker 5600mah power pack here and it fits in the same pocket with the phone while extending my power well beyond 48h of use.i hope the update helps
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
Great phone at insane price
By J. Bonnett
I actually didn't buy this on Amazon, but I did buy it recently and I think the previous reviewers did a good job but I'd like to do a review of my own from a more tech side, not saying the others did not but a few key points were missed.Pros:It's fast, it has a 1.5Ghz Dual Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 CPU. For those of you wondering what that means, the latest CPU out in the $500 phone range is the S4, so it's only 1 generation behind.5MP Rear camera that takes pretty good pictures, and a VGA front shooter. Most phones with this price only have 1 camera, and the rear camera has a LED for flash.1GB of RAM. Though that doesn't sound like much with today's 2GB, my Galaxy Nexus only has 1 and it does very well with it.4G. Not just HSPA+, but full blown LTE.Adreno 220 GPU. This is the same Graphics chip that the SGS2 and Galaxy Note uses, so it can handle games well.ICS. Something that wasn't mentioned, this ships with Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) but has a Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwhich) OTA update waiting for you.16GB of Storage. Doesn't sound like much, but it also has a microSD card slot, something that a lot of new phones don't have.And of course price. With all these pros, this phone is about half of what you think you'd pay for it off contract.Cons:It's plastic. So are a lot of phones out there, it makes them cheaper for the manufacturer and lighter for the consumer but I personally like a heavier device.Battery. As mentioned before, this doesn't have horrible battery but it doesn't have anything impressive either. It has a 1650 mAh battery and it can last awhile but don't plan on not charging this overnight.Camera. It's not bad, but don't plan on replacing your point and shoot with this.Let me also mention that despite the camera being on my cons, the ICS upgrade helps a lot by adding a batter software to the optics. I would suggest this over and over if you're looking for a good phone without being stuck on a contract or if you're wanting a premium phone to use with AT&Ts GoPhone service.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Super fast, responsive phone
By Nick
My impressions so far about this phone: it's impressively fast with absolutely no lag at all, and doesn't even pause to catch it's breath with Netflix.The screen looks beautiful, just like a Nexus s, where the colors pop out of the screen. wouldn't expect any less since both the nexus s and the burst have a super amoled screen.The battery seems to be draining fast though, but I've been using the screen in full brightness and the keyboard on haptic feedback.The keyboard is accurate and the screen responsive. the four capacitive Android buttons are responsive at the first touch. I've had phones that take several tries.the earphone volume in the pantech burst is very, very low which is a let down, but so far is the only complain I have aside from the battery drain.edit 1: been playing Homerun battle 2 and it played without a hiccup. It's a graphics intensive game, wich tells me the GPU is good. This game is no solitaire or chess with lame graphics. Anyway I hope this review helped somebody, I'm done writingEdit: the battery barely holds charge past noon.
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Thought it was a nice phone...
more looks than function
Great Phone, Doesnt' Work Well With ATT Unlimited Data Plans
