Pantech Renue

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6/10

240 x 320 display
World Phone
QWERTY, Touchscreen
Bluetooth
Speakerphone
GPS
Memory slot
Rugged Design
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Few messaging feature phones out there are like AT&T’s Pantech Renue. With a small QVGA touchscreen display and somewhat unconventional looks, you may think it’s not worth spending any amount of money on. In reality, though, it may be one of the more useful budget handsets available in its price range. And it’s eco-friendly, too.

The Renue comes with simple features and a simple appearance. While its low resolution touchscreen display can be a little hard to use for menu navigation and character input, this problem is easily remedied with the use of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

Being a simple feature phone running Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile platform with 256MB of RAM, it can never hope to match today’s leading Android smartphones in terms of sheer performance. However, it does manage to get a few important things right, as far as phone features are concerned. For one thing, the combination of the QVGA touchscreen display and QWERTY keyboard for input really makes it great for heavy texters and e-mailers. And the design helps users make the most out of the limited hardware features, which include a built-in 3-megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom.

So in summation, even though the Renue is not the fastest or the best-looking eco-friendly smartphone available on the market, it definitely gets the job done. And quite masterfully, at that.

Need To Know: Pantech Renue

1. Built-in sliding hardware keyboard makes for easier typing and menu navigation. (The Good)

2. Standard OS is user-friendly and uses large icons that are hard to miss. (The Good)

3. Built-in Wi-Fi is not included as a standard feature. (The Bad)

4. Camera performance is poor despite having a 3-megapixel sensor. (The Bad)

Prices (Where To Buy)

Pantech Renue (TM) - Black from AT&T

•Condition: New
•Availability: Not available
•Contract: No

$49.99

AT&T Pantech Renue 3G Cell Phone from TigerDirect

•Condition: New
•Availability: Not available
•Contract: No

$169.99

Pantech Renue - Black (AT&T) Smartphone from eBay

•Condition: New
•Availability: In Stock
•Carrier: AT&T
•Located In: USA

$175.00

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Latest Reviews

The Renue bundles together a full QWERTY keyboard and a touch screen in this pocket-friendly quick messaging device

Eric M. Zeman from Phone Scoop (9 months ago)

The Pantech Renue is an interesting little phone. It doesn't offer all that I expected from a quick messaging device. Notable absences include instant messaging (though perhaps Facebook messaging and Twitter DMs makes up for that) and free email. These seem like table stakes to me. The hardware itself... More

Heavy texters will find much to like in the cute, compact Pantech Renue, but its short battery life and underdeveloped camera are setbacks

Jessica Dolcourt from Cnet (10 months ago)

6/10

People who want to text and make calls and do little else besides should keep the Pantech Renue in the ring when picking out a new feature phone. The price is fair for a handset of this type that isn't being subsidized to abnormally deflated levels, and the compact shape and size let it offer different... More