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Pantech & Curitel Coming To The States

Jul 27, 2005, 1:09 PM by (staff)

Pantech & Curitel has been approved to supply new handsets directly to Verizon Wireless beginning next quarter. Pantech & Curitel is Korea's second largest handset manufacturer. In addition to selling handsets under their own brand in Asia, the company's phones are also re-badged; in the US they are often sold by UT Starcom / Audiovox. Pantech is reportedly seeking distribution deals with Virgin Mobile, Alltel and Metro PCS as well, and is already providing test units to Sprint.

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BrianJ

Jul 27, 2005, 1:38 PM

Is this good or bad????

It is always nice to see another manufacturer option, but I have never been impressed by the UTC Starcomm phones. The Audiovox phones manufactured by UTC seem cheap and do not seem to perform as well as many phones including the older Audiovox's that were made by Toshiba. Does anyone have any insight on any other phones that this company has had out?

shleeban

omg finally verizon might possibly have the coolest phones made...

check this list of phones out from curitel, keep in mind most of the page is in japanese, but look at the looks of their phones, so appealing to the eye, and sooo full of features.
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Rich Brome

Most current Audiovox phones are made by Pantech & Curitel. None of the UTStarcom-manufactured models have hit the market yet.

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muchdrama

BrianJ said:
It is always nice to see another manufacturer option, but I have never been impressed by the UTC Starcomm phones. The Audiovox phones manufactured by UTC seem cheap and do not seem to perform as well as many phones in

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tuolumne

Jul 27, 2005, 10:36 PM

What Garbage

These POS handsets hold NO candle to the LGs, Motorolas, or Samsungs at Verizon/Sprint.

NONE.

Rich Brome

That's your opinion, and I'm not saying it's wrong or that I disagree, but carriers definitely seem to disagree.

Pantech & Curitel seems to generally strike a good balance of features and price lately, with quality that at least meets the st...
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