The Pantech Matric C740 is a cell phone with quad band frequency, dual slider design, full QWERTY keypad and 3G speed. It was released in the year 2008 with the rest of the C series. The display cover is available in black and silver. The display cover comes with the Pantech wording logo. It measures (H) 4.02 inches x (W) 1.97 inch x (D) 0.78 inch and it weighs 4.66 oz with standard battery in the phone. This cell phone comes in black color.
Specifications
It features quad band frequency which connects the phone with the internet through GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS/HSDPA Dual Band. It offers capacity of up to 920 mAh. The standard Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery offers talk time of up to 3 hours. It allows for up to 10 days standby time. This cell phone has a dual slider design which shows a full QWERTY keypad where it allows the user to type messages as with a computer. The cell phone also comes with 3G where it allows wireless connection to the internet for on-the-go information. The display screen rotates when the sliders are switched. This cell phone connects the user with friends by text, multimedia and instant messaging.
One of the tools that come with the cell phone is Global Positioning System (GPS) where it receives audible and visual turn-by-turn driving directions by mapping the user’s locations or conducting local searches direct from the hand set. The mobile banking functions as banking data provider for the user or banking tool for users who are always on-the-go. This cell pone uses voice and data simultaneously. The other tools include speed dial, alarm clock, calendar, notepad, voice memo, calculator, tasks, stop watch and unit converter.
The Address Book allows storage for up to 1000 contacts. The Flight mode (RF off) provides the mode where the cell phone can be turned on without affecting with the frequency of the aircraft while on the airplane. This cell phone also offers to send business card information in the multimedia message form.
The supported Bluetooth profiles are Bluetooth headset, Bluetooth hands-free, dial up networking and advanced audio distribution (stereo). It also provides support for Bluetooth Stereo headset. This cell phone sends contacts, calendar events and user-generated pictures, videos, voice memos wirelessly via Bluetooth. It offers one-touch speakerphone. The voice memo recording is available in MMS and general modes. It offers to record voice mails when the user is not able to answer calls. There are 10 unique ringtones stored inside the cell phone. In addition to this, the music ringtone supports sound clips from hit songs. It has vibrate and silent modes which alerts the user of incoming calls or messages when in meetings. This cell phone provides TTY/TDD support.
The integrated 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera with 4 x zoom offers to capture pictures with resolution of up to 1280 x 960 (1,228,800 pixels). It offers a self timer function where it allows 5 or 10 seconds before the flash goes off. The camera also provides video recording in Mpeg4 form which also plays up to 15t/s (QCIF) size. It features video share which shares a live video or recorded video during a call. The camera function also features customizable resolution, brightness, white balance, color effects, quality, self-timer from a saved video share clip in H.263 format (with no sound). The resolutions are available in camera and video modes. This cell phone also comes with mobile email through Yahoo, AOL, AIM, Windows Live; Instant messaging via AIM, Windows Live, Yahoo Messenger; ME dia Net and Java 2.0 support for application and game downloads. The recommended accessories are Bluetooth headsets, Bluetooth Speakers, Vehicle Power charger and carrying case.
Reviews
“The Pantech Matrix C740 looks like your standard slider phone, but nimbly transforms into a QWERTY phone for texting maniacs.” (PCMAG.com, 2008)
“This phone is fun to use. Has most of the features a texter would want. (mySimon, 2008)
“Dual-slide design is still unique. Great call quality. Capable, if sluggish, Web browser.” (InfoSyncWorld, 2008)
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