$40.49
Brand: Pantech
Color: Silver
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Design and Call Quality The Breeze IV would fit perfectly well into any flip-phone lineup from the last decade. It’s a large, solid, plastic phone at 4.2 by 2.1 by .7 inches (HWD) and 3.9 ounces, with a 128-by-128, 1.4-inch color screen on the front and a 3-inch, 240-by-400 LCD screen inside. The number keys are big and easy to press, and there are three speed-dial buttons above the main keypad. The phone defaults to a simplified UI that’s text-heavy and very easy to use. You can also switch it to a more traditional icon-based menu, but if you’re interested in doing that, you should buy a smartphone. RF reception here is excellent, but call quality left a lot to be desired. Earpiece audio is loud enough but slightly muddy, and transmissions through the mic were scratchy, with noticeable background hiss. The speakerphone is loud but harsh, and transmissions through the speakerphone were scratchy and hissy as well. With 2100MHz as well as AT&T’s 2G and 3G bands, the Breeze IV will roam worldwide. Battery life, at 5 hours, 15 minutes of 3G talk time, was unimpressive. I’m baffled as to why the Breeze doesn’t have a standard headphone jack for wired headsets (you need to find headsets that work with a micro USB port, or use an adapter which isn’t included), but at least it supports Bluetooth 2.1 for both music and voice dialing. AT&T’s proprietary GPS navigation package is also available here, for $9.99/month. The Breeze can be used as a modem for your laptop with the appropriate plan, but as it’s only at relatively slow HSPA 3.6 3G speeds, we don’t recommend it. A little bit of trivia for you: Think this looks like a phone from 2006? That’s when the Breeze IV’s chipset, the Qualcomm QSC6270, launched.
Release Date: 11-08-2013
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