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 Technology News | April 2007 
Pantech Unveils a New Candy Bar Phone in Mexico
 TelephonyWorld
Pantech Group, the leading Korean handset manufacturer, has announced the launch of its S100 handset, a sleek and simple candy bar phone as part of a bid to increase its market share in the high-growth mobile phone market of Mexico.
The new phone will be made available through Telcel, the largest service operator in Mexico, which commands 80% of Mexican mobile phone market with around 38 million subscribers.
The sleek-designed candy bar phone is mounted with a full-featured digital camera with digital 4x zoom and video recording function as well as an MP3 player and Bluetooth connection.
Ji-Kwan Kim, President, Pantech Mobile Mexico said, Mexico, one of the rapidly expanding mobile phone markets, is integral to our efforts to further expand in Latin America. Thus, Pantech has built up our operations in Mexico including the establishment of a dedicated subsidiary in the region in 2005. The introduction of the S100 is in line with our goal to position ourselves as a leading mobile phone manufacturer.
Recently, the S100 has earned plaudits for its trendy and stylish design. It is one of the four Pantech products honored at the prestigious 2007 iF(International Forum) Design Awards for excellence in the design of cellular phones, and furthermore it has been included in the iF Gold Selection 2007.
The S100 includes a voice memo function, allowing users to keep a record of their thoughts any time without having to grapple for a pen and paper. Its flight mode function allows users traveling by plane to use handset applications without transmitting a wireless signal, meaning they do not have to turn off the phone while in flight, as is normally required.
Other highlights of the S100 include a 1.8-inch TFT LCD with 260,000 colors, 64 polyphonic ringtones and a speaker phone.
Pantech Group aims to sell more than 1.3 million units throughout 2007, maintaining a reliable partnership with the carrier to debut customized-handsets for Mexican customers.
S100 features include:
Sleek and simple candy bar
GSM/GPRS Tri-band
1.8 inch 260K TFT LCD(128 x 160 pixels)
Dimension: 105 x 42 x 11.9 mm / weight: 70.6g
VGA camera with a digital 4x zoom
MP3 Player
64 polyphonic / MP3 ringtones
Bluetooth
SMS/MMS/E-mail
Voice memo
Speakerphone
Photo & Video caller ID
Flight mode
About Pantech: Pantech Group, through its affiliates - Pantech Co., Ltd., Pantech&Curitel Communications, Inc. and Pantech C&I Co. - is one of Koreas leading mobile phone manufacturers. Pantech has received wide-ranging industry recognition for its innovative handset designs, and has also introduced a significant number of breakthrough technologies in the mobile phone industry. Established in 1991, Pantech collectively has approximately 2,800 employees and 14 regional sales offices worldwide. For more information on Pantech, please visit www.pantech.com. |
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