Phone Scoop - Pantech Renue Info

User Review: Great Mid Range/High End Feature Phone

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:36:26 GMT

DocAlchemy submitted this review of the Pantech Renue:

Overall rating: 5 (out of 5)

I received the Pantech Renue as a insurance replacement for my old LG encore( I was lucky to get it new and not refurbished)

Here is my review.

Pros:
Very good solid phone build
Easy menu interface
A lot of bells and whistles for a feature phone
Decent browser (Remember this is a feature phone not a smart phone)
Easy to use (messaging and phone call)
Battery life

Cons:
A auto focus and flash would have been a nice addition.
A little more internal memory
Easier way to delete recent text message recipients
Even though the menu interface is easy to use. A few menu pages could be deleted.
A cover for the micro usb to keep out dirt, lint. etc
A front facing full duplex speaker phone
FM Radio option.
Need better browser software support. When it tries to switch you to the HTML version of a page. It locks up sometimes.
Have to read the AT&T tutorial and the Pantech website tutorial to find out how to adjust the settings on the phone. Not much documentation is provided.

My phone recently died and I decided to get an insurance replacement.

I was surprised when they offered me the phone. I was a tad bit hesitant (due to the fact it was a sideways slider and all I have ever used was full touch screens)

But after having the phone for a week I have to say I am extremely impressed with my first Pantech phone.

It does all I need to do (Facebook, Twitter, Check Email, basic web page surfing)

Two things to remember when you are considering buying this phone. It's a feature phone and will not have all the bells and whistles of smart phones and you will need to go into an AT&T store and have your SIM card updated. It uses a micro SIM card.

I hope AT&T and Pantech provide software support to knock out a few bugs and glitches. (Crossing fingers that an software engineers for Pantech and AT&T read these forums)

If they do this phone will be a very good option for people not looking for a smart phone.

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User Review: NO

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:17:48 GMT

bizzyvietboi submitted this review of the Pantech Renue:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

cons - text message ringtone not loud enough (had to set it to go off every 2 minutes), Battery died in 2 days on standby, loading pictures take too long, response time on it is picky.

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User Review: Does not indicate missed calls

Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:40:51 GMT

rereksnake submitted this review of the Pantech Renue:

Overall rating: 1 (out of 5)

Requested this phone, without data plan, to be used for simple text and telephone usage.

The phone will NOT indicate missed calls, if you should receive one. You can navigate to the "call log" and find out there if you have a missed call - very very bad. I called Pantech, and their solution is also to navigate to the call log and see your missed calls.

This single reason alone is why I am returning the phone.

Should you still want to purchase this phone, the screen resolution is pretty weak. I often accidentally "hang up" the phone when I retrieve it from my pocket.

As a smart phone, this is the bottom of the barrel.

The only plus I can think of is the slide out keyboard.

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User Review: Does not indicate missed calls

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