Launched during AT&T's developer conference at CES 2013, the Pantech Discover is the company's most capable Android smartphone to hit the United States yet. The LTE handset follows the same formula as its two predecessors, the Pantech Burst and the Pantech Flex championed over the last year. It consists of offering top shelf specs for entry-level money.
With Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 chipset featuring two 1.5GHz Krait CPU cores, 4.8" HD display and 16GB of built-in, further expandable memory on board, it is not difficult to mistake the Pantech Discover for the US version of the Samsung Galaxy S III. Heck, one can even argue that the Pantech is a more enticing offering as it one-ups the Samsung royalty with a 12.6MP camera and a pair of 3D surround sound speakers on board.
At A Glance
- Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
- Class 17 LTE connectivity
- 4.8" 16M-color LCD capacitive touchscreen of HD (720 x 1280 pixels) resolution
- Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich with custom UI including easy mode for first-time smartphone users
- 1.5 GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset, 1GB of RAM
- 12.6 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; 2MP front-facing unit
- 1080p video recording at 30fps
- Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n
- GPS with A-GPS connectivity, digital compass
- 16GB internal storage, microSD slot
- Accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- MicroUSB port
- Stereo Bluetooth v4.0
- Dual 3D speakers
- 2MP secondary video-call camera
- NFC support
- Document editor
- File manager comes preinstalled
- User-replaceable 2100 mAh battery