Pantech C810 says, “Hello”
You really have to be a ride or die BGR reader to remember this, but we told you about it all the way back in October. Finally the device has come to light, and you can think of it as a smaller Helio Ocean, if you will. It features the same dual-sliding mechanism as far as we can tell, but there is one very big difference…this runs Windows Mobile 6 Standard with 3G! We’re not positive if that’s just straight UMTS or UMTS/HSDPA. About as long as the Ocean, yet thinner, the Pantech C180 C810 will accept memory card expansion by way of a microSD card, and features a 65k color screen. Pricing? It hasn’t been set in stone, but we’re hearing it should be $249.99 or less with a 2 year agreement. Release date is looking like Q4, but might come as early as late September. Hit the jump for one more picture of the Pantech C180 C810 – QWERTY style!
UPDATE: They might be calling this the "Mustang", or "Duo", but those could very well be internal codenames.
UPDATE 2: Yeah, it’s the Pantech C810 as far as we know. Sorry!
UPDATE 3: It has a 1.3 megapixel camera. Definitely a downgrade from the Ocean…
Thanks, Mursin!
This concept does indeed ROCK!
Though I weary of seeing all such great innovation destined to the limitations of ATT’s “faulty towers”…
Please to CDMA…. immediately!!!
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@Beyoch Bum
I didn’t know we had anyone who reads this site dumb enough to be using a CDMA carrier.
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Yo, Beyoch Bum, this the the GSM/UMTS Windows version of the Ocean, a phone that’s been available for CDMA for a while. If you want something like this, you don’t have the wrong technology (i.e.: CDMA vs. GSM), you have the wrong carrier.
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BTW, nice name, it makes replying that much funner.
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Wow. It looks really nice. Might consider.
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I gotta say that looks pretty sweet. I have a blackjack and though I like the way the set it up for number dialing, it miss having actual number keys sometimes.
This phone doesn’t looks like a pantech phone though, usually they don’t look that nice. The styling is very samsung though. Of course this is just looking at it, but the build looks to be pretty good quality.
What is the button just below the d-pad?
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how can you compare this to the helio ocean? this thing is hideous! i’m still laughing.
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Looks like pretty horrible interpretation of the Helio Ocean concept. I thought only Nextel phones were allowed to be that ugly? And WinMo? /barfs
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I just heard about this handset this morning, although the pricing sheets say this is a 2G phone? Are we speculating that this is indeed a 3G phone? Does anyone have stats?
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How thick is this sucker? That’s a huge selling point for me…
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Please correct the name guys. The device is named the Pantech c810, not c180.
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P.S. There are also 2 colors planned. A silver and the black you see here.
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Arrgh! Well played, Sir! Perhaps you could have a word with my overlords at Big Red…
Not for nothing, but just got round to tethering my laptop to my Q (already paying for the unlimited data plan) and the bastards nailed me for another $15/mo. for the pleasure!!! Outrageous!
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@CB17
Apparently, you don’t get out much…
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/08/27/atandt-dropping-fewest-dropped-calls-claim/
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hey ttown the pricing sheet also says it’s the c180. so who knows whats going on. i just want this phone.
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A bit too tiny for my taste… I think the HTC Kaiser is the way to go.
The keys look a bit too tiny for me (fat fingers).
Perhaps as a teen txt’ing device it’ll do well in the market. Judging from the today screen, I assume it’ll have AT&T’s AOL/MSN/Yahoo IM client on it.
For fat finger peckers like me, I need more substantial buttons, like on treo/BB/HTC.
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Do the dumbasses not realize Pantech is the maker of the Ocean for Helio? Durrrrrrrr This is a smaller version.
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Kaiser, Google phone, or this? We’ll see which one is best and who’s drops first.
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The only problem is Pantech is a property of LG, and up here in Canada ‘Lifes good’ means ‘About to have huge software issues’.
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I liked the Ocean and think its a great phone but I don’t know how much better this will be when compared to other WMO phones that can do much more and are meant to be more powerful. HTC Kraizer is going to really take down lots of phones because of its options. Then again price can be a great factor into what phone someone gets.
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@Beyoch Bum
That’s not really relevant to my comment about CDMA is it? No…it’s not. And no where in the article does it say that AT&T withdrew the ad campaign because of bad towers. Either way, even if someone else (Probably Verizon) does have a slightly better coverage area. No one reading Engadget or Boy Genius should be dumb enough to be using a CDMA phone/carrier. Clearly you’re on the wrong site, you should go check out Fox News, I hear they have a great tech section.
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This actually looks kind of … cool? I may have to play with one though I am quite happy with BB I do tend to stray from time to time when the circumstances are right. The Helio Ocean is a pretty slick device so who knows. And people might dig something that doesn’t look like a flat brick being held up to their head.
Personally I’m a wee bit more excited about the phones Nokia announced in London while I was sleeping, but, anything interesting destined for at&t is nice to hear about.
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Pantech is not a product of LG. Nokia actually owns a controlling stake in the company.
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@ CB17
You sure seem to feel obligated to call people names. Might I suggest you instead spend your energies doing some research on the subject you choose to so freely spout-off about. Do any checking at all and you will find that the 900 Mhz frequencies used by VZ’s CDMA network are stronger and require the placement of less towers per amount of area covered than do 1800 Mhz GSM networks. The result is measurably clearer more reliable connections.
So, “smart guy” which GSM carrier are you proudly giving your business to AT&T? You and I (and everyone else who has had the misfortune of once using it) know its poor customer service is only surpassed by its God awful signal reliability. Add to this ATT’s poor integration of its legacy equipment to its more modern units and you do indeed get a documented substantially higher rate of dropped calls.
Or, are you a “satisfied” T-mobile user… anxious to celebrate your network’s years late arrival to the 3g game?
Hope that wasn’t your best shot… what else you got?
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@ Beyoch Bum, I didn’t know we were in Europe? Both tha bands you stated are GSM bands overseas. You might need to do a little more research as well. VZ uses the 800MHz and 1900MHz in the US, not just 800MHz.
I happen to use AT&T GSM/UMTS network and I personlly love GSM. Gives me more freedom. I very rarely have any problems with my servce. I use an 8525. I’ve had the service since 1988, but I’ve worked for the network team since last year. CDMA is a great service for people that don’t like a lot of new technology. It works well, just kinda boring.
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@bigbmc26
…”Missed it by that much!”
OK, you may have me there, but the point is that the predominance of calls placed on the VZ network are carried on the lower, stronger bands… a strategic decision NOT made by ATT a few years ago and their call quality has since suffered accordingly.
As to the VZ’s excitement factor, I too lament Verizon’s over-deliberate approach to the adoption of new device offerings. This was, by the way, was the point of my initial post. On the other hand, having my business calls dropped with regularity is a “thrill” I can definitely do without.
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