Pantech Breakout 4G Android Phone (Verizon Prepaid Wireless)

The Pantech Breakout is my first smart phone. So, I don't have much in the way of comparison.First, my carrier is Verizon. I cannot comment on how this product would perform with other service carriers. Nevertheless, here are my impressions after using the device for about three months now:1. Call Quality -- It is great. No problems whether using an bluetooth earpiece or not.2. 4G LTE -- Downloads and uploads are very, very fast.3. Size -- Not sure, but it has a 4-in screen. The length of the phone is about as large as I can comfortably carry on my belt.4. Screen -- To my eyes, the quality more than meets my needs. Text is clearly defined and readable. Colors look awesome. Moving graphics look great. Although I know that there are screens with greater pixel density, I am not going to be using my phone to watch movies or play games. And even if I did, I would believe that the tiny 4-inch screen display would clearly render the tiny movie and game images.5. Construction -- I am a bit clumsy and have dropped the phone a number of times. Other than some scratches on the case, the screen did not break. This seems to be a well-made and durable phone.6. Camera -- I am an amateur photographer with a good SLR Canon with a high quality lens. When I want shots for a family album or to share with friends, this is what I typically use. However, having a small built in camera on my phone is pretty cool. And the Pantech camera has a 5 mg photo sensor. Would I get rid of this phone to get a camera with an 8 mg sensor? Nope. In the world of photography, 8 mgs or 5 mg sensors are BOTH now hopelessly out of date.With that being said, the 5 mgs on the Pantech is great for that spur of the moment shot that I can instagram to my friends. If I have a picture I want to print, I can still upload it to my computer, do some digital adjustments to the color or whatever, and then upload to some site for printing. And a 5 mg shot will still allow me to easily enlarge to sizes at least 8 in x 10 in. My recommendation: Don't get fooled that you have to have 8 mgs or you pictures will be awful. At one time not long ago, a digital camera with a 5 mg sensor was the absolute "state of the art". For what we are using them for, the 5 mg cell phone cameras are, in my opinion, plenty adequate.7. Operating System. This is Android, as you know. I have always had Windows computers, so I am used to the occasional bug in the system or the need to reboot. At least to me, using Android on a phone is similar to using Windows on my computer.8. Battery life -- If you get this phone, "splurge" for an extended battery. It still won't be as good as some of the newer phones are reported to be, but it is, at least for me, livable. It is the primary reason why I did not give the phone five stars.9. Memory -- In my opinion, I wish the phone had more internal memory. However, it can expand up to 32 mgs with a micro SD card which I have done.10. CPU -- I don't know the specs on the Pantech's internal computer chip. For me, it was 'I don't care'. I don't need a PHONE with a CPU powerful enough to run my business. Whatever CPU it does have is fast. Very fast. And with 4g, it downloads and uploads quickly. However, I am not a gamer. Thus, there might be situations where playing a game on a tiny, tiny 4 or 5 inch screen, instead of on your computer monitor or your TV screens of 40in or 50 in., might require a slightly faster or more sophisticated chip set.My final recommendation: The Pantech Breakout is a great purchase if you want to make receive calls with good voice quality; if you like 4g; if a 4-inch screen that has good color rendition and smooth graphics (keep in mind I am not a gamer), and if the ability to take 5 mg pictures (which look fine when uploaded to the internet) works for you.

Purchased this phone as a temporary replacement while my HTC One M7 phone was being repaired by HTC. I wasn't expecting anything similar in performance or features (this phone came out in 2011), but having a spare smartphone on hand whenever your primary smartphone is being repaired was a no-brainer, especially at $40.00.Verizon doesn't have a "loaner" program and won't supply you with another phone (while yours is being repaired), unless you send your phone to them. They have plenty of inventory if you agreed to this Advanced Exchange program, but suddenly they have zero inventory for you to use, if you send your phone to the manufacturer for repair.I was in the unique situation where I purchased my current phone (HTC One M7) outright, so that I wouldn't lose my grandfathered unlimited data plan. I also didn't want a refurbished phone from Verizon that might have the same defect as mine (pink/purple haze when taking pictures in low light or when the phone was running warm). HTC is fully aware of this issue and agreed to pay for shipping both ways and to cover the repair at no charge, so I decided to allow HTC to perform the repair and that I would need a smartphone in the meantime to use while mine was out of commission..The biggest knock on this phone is the internal storage, which out of the box and with the pre-installed apps/bloatware, leaves zero room to add any other apps and you'll soon be receiving the annoying message that your internal storage is almost full.The solution is to root the phone and to apply the Breakout ROM, which removes almost all of the Verizon bloatware. Then, install Titanium Backup to backup a few other apps to the SD card, then remove those as well and move any others to the SD card. Internal storage issue resolved and I'm now able to perform basic activities, like check Facebook, email, and surf the web without running out of internal disk space.I must admit that I do like some of the features on this phone more than my HTC One M7, namely the SMS/text app, the email app, and the volume on the phone when placing/taking calls.When I get my HTC One M7 back from the manufacturer, I'll just give this phone to my 9 year old daughter to use with Wifi to play games on and I will now have a backup smartphone to use just in case.Shame on Verizon for forcing their customers to always have a backup smartphone in the event that their primary smartphone needs to be repaired.

Mainly do not like it. I ordered it due to the price and the reviews that they used this as replacements for their Verizon contracts while waiting on their phones. I broke my note and have one coming but needed a phone quickly for business. ORder this one with 1 day shipping. To note - This phone came packaged in A pre paid box which is not shown in the pictures, and it does not take the Verizon "micro" Sim card. It came with a sim card that was large. So do not make my same mistake. Not sure if the phone will power up or anything because it will not work with my sim card.

I needed a quick replacement phone as my Droid Razr Maxx died unexpectedly. Product shipped in 2 days with Amazon Prime - Sunset was a great seller. As for the Pantech Breakout- It makes for a great replacement. The Android Gingerbread OS is very responsive and most apps on the play store work well with it.The phone comes with a 8 GB SD card as well which is nice. The battery life is adequate- for me it lasts just enough for one day, gets down to about 20 percent by the time I need to recharge it again and I would say I am a medium activity user.The one thing I wish it had was a better front facing camera, it is only a VGA and the camera lags a lot. The back facing camera is a 5 MP so a little below average, but gets the job done.I had to go to Verizon to get a SIM card for the was the only piece I needed to get this up and running. For the price you can't beat this phone. All around a winner in my book. I will update this review in a few weeks to see if it continues to operate quickly, and without problems.