Pantech Impact Blue

The Pantech Impact which comes in a stunning shade of Blue adopts the contemporary fold design. Unlike your normal flap phones however, this one opens up to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard in a stunning design that is far from ordinary. The external display at 1.5” is usable when the phone is folded. Even with minimal usage, it does stand out. When you want to make a call, you don’t have to flap open the phone as alphanumeric keys are provided externally. The main display is huge, at 2.6” and 262K color resolution.

The Impact blue is full of features. Those you might predict have to do with messaging thanks to the dedicated keyboard. Mobile email is well catered for, together with IM. Advanced features included are GPS which gets a boost with AT&T Navigator and stereo Bluetooth. The Impact has 3G support which opens you up to all the broadband goodies that AT&T has to offer, like Video Share which allows you to make video calls. The phone gives an astounding music player with an intuitive interface. For all your songs, you get a MicroSD slot that supports up to 32GB cards. That should suffice. For all your photography and video needs, there is a 2.0MP camera.

Bottom Line: The Pantech Impact is hip, feature rich, and downright stunning. Though seemingly appealing to the younger generation, it is good for anyone who wants a QWERTY device that focuses on the multimedia aspect without forgetting the business one, more so messaging.