Pantech Burst
The article will provide a user with information and guidance on Pantech Burst.
Design
By contrast, the HTC Vivid on AT&T weighs nearly two ounces more, at 6.24 ounces. At 5 x 2.5 x 0.45 inches, the Burst is easy to operate with one hand. The Burst is also available in Ruby Red. The Burst has a power button on the top left side that’s slightly recessed, but easy to press. The volume controls line the left side toward the middle, and the microUSB port is on the right. Four capacitive buttons sit beneath the 4-inch display (Menu, Home, Back, Search). A VGA camera for video chats is up front, and a 5-MP shooter with LED flash sits on the back next to a small speaker.
Display and Audio
The Pantech Burst benefits from having one of the brightest and boldest screens available on any smartphone. The Burst’s 800 x 480-pixel resolution Super AMOLED display is lower than high-end Android phones.
Keyboard
Pantech bundles the Burst with two keyboard options: the standard Android keyboard and Swype. The dedicated @ key shows up in address fields, but there’s no .com key. Swype, which lets a user trace a line between letters to type, comes in handy if a user needs or want to enter a lot of text with one hand.
Software and Interface
Pantech has made several tweaks to Google’s OS, starting with the lock screen. When a user turns the phone on, a user will see a wheel of shortcuts a user can swipe to the middle to launch straight into that app. These options include a general lock shortcut, as well as email, music, messaging, Web and phone. This feature is convenient.
Specifications and Performance
The Burst packs a 1.2-GHz dual-core processor that provided snappy overall performance. Most applications opened almost instantly, and the multitasking menu made it a cinch to switch between open programs.
In terms of synthetic performance, the Burst notched a CPU score of 3,104 in the Benchmark app, which actually beats the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket (1.5-GHz dual-core Qualcomm APQ8060, 3,035) but was behind the regular Galaxy S II on AT&T (1.2-GHz Samsung Exynos C210, 3,340). The Burst also surpassed the HTC Vivid (2,129) and the LG Nitro (1,107).
4G and Data Performance
AT&T’s 4G LTE network is now available in 26 markets, covering 74 million people. The Burst averaged a blazing 27.2 Mbps download rate in one location and 8 Mbps up, both well above AT&T’s claimed speeds. By comparison, the Galaxy SII Skyrocket averaged a slightly faster 28 Mbps down and 9.5 Mbps up, and the HTC Vivid offered slower downloads (21.6 Mbps) but faster uploads (11.1 Mbps). The Burst offered fairly good download speeds, reaching 2.6 Mbps.
Applications
AT&T bundles the Burst with a fair number of its own apps, but a user can uninstall them if a user likes. These include AT&T Navigator, Code Scanner, FamilyMap, U-Verse Live TV and YPmobile. The most useful apps preloaded on the device are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Amazon Kindle and Qik Lite video chat.
Pantech also includes a bunch of utilities, such as Calculator, Document Viewer and the handy Converter app.
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