For those who still have to set out on a smartphone adventure, the Star Q lookalike, the Pantech Marauder Verizon, features the Starter Mode that offers an intuitive experience. And reluctant to leave out users familiar with the Android world, it delivers a fully customizable Standard Mode.
What the Starter Mode basically does is, it helps users who are not properly acquainted with Google’s mobile OS by providing four ‘easy-to-learn’ home screens with fixed widgets and a trouble-free lock screen. It cuts down the complexity by enabling users to make calls directly via the Android desktop with help from a dialer icon.
Along with more advanced settings, the Standard Mode brings in seven home screens and a lock screen that can be personalized as per user requirements. Adding to it, the lock panel flaunts quick access to apps that are most visited. Users needn’t have to be bothered about losing information as the handset maintains settings while juggling between modes.
In terms of hardware components, the smartphone draws its multitasking abilities from a 1.2GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM. The unspecified integrated memory can be stretched up to 32GB. While the QWERTY keyboard fosters easy texting, the Notification Curtain displays phone settings, social media, email alerts and much more. Apart from Google services such as Gmail and YouTube, the device boasts of connectivity features like Bluetooth 3.0, DLNA, 4G LTE and Wi-Fi.
The Pantech Marauder Verizon price is tagged at $49.99 (approx. Rs. 2,775), inclusive of a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year contract. It will be up for grabs via the carrier’s website from August 2.
