Pantech Launches Its Metallic Slim Phone

Pantech Group, the leading Korean handset manufacturer, has announced the launch of its IM-U170 handset, a slim phone fully wrapped with a metal case as part of its design innovation initiatives.

The new IM-U170 clamshell handset features enhanced both refinement and durability, coming in a full metal case made of magnesium. The metallic keypad - beamed with EL* light- is another addition to the simple and refined design of the phone, crowning the metallic touch of the phone.

The new handset provides a fresh and fun way to play an interactive game, which is the world's first face-recognition mobile game in the industry. The built-in camera traces the movement of the user's face to use for input instead of controllers. Users can have their real-time faces while playing games with the IM-U170.

Man Gi Kim, the spokesperson of Pantech Group said, "Due to its exceptional range of unique features including the metal case and the face recognition game, the IM-U170 is expected to exceptionally appeal to mobile phone users who have been seeking for new and different features and applications in their phone. The IM-U170 will come to the fore as a breakthrough in the metallic mobile phone segment."



The IM-U170 also focuses on its dynamic and elegant Graphical User Interface(GUI). The animated user interface includes mobile wallpapers and backgrounds, employing the Flash technology.

The dual camera - a 2 mega-pixel camera and a VGA camera - mounted on the IM-U170 presents video telephony function. They can also recognize a shape of face and automatically adjust it to take the best photo when shooting.

Other highlights include a 2.2-inch QVGA LCD with 260,000 colors, 128 polyphonic ringtones and a multi-tasking MP3 player. Also it has document viewer functionality, enabling users to scroll through the documents in MS office file format.

IM-U170 Features Include
- Clamshell handset in metal case + metallic keypad
- Main: 2.2" 260K QVGA TFT LCD
Sub: 1 line OLED
- Dimenstion: 96.5 x 48 x 15.4 mm / weight: 106.6g
- 2M CMOS(w/Auto Focus) + VGA CMOS
- Face recognition technology
- MP3 Player
- 128 polyphonic ringtones
- User memory capacity: up to 120MB
- Electronic dictionary
- Document viewer
- Internal antenna

Pantech
Pantech Group, through its affiliates - Pantech Co., Ltd., Pantech&Curitel Communications, Inc. and Pantech C&I Co. - is one of Korea's top three mobile handset makers and is the seventh largest handset manufacturer in the world. 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 20 regional sales offices worldwide.

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