ZTE's AWS-packin' C79 now on MetroPCS

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ZTE's AWS-packin' C79 now on MetroPCS

by Chris Ziegler, posted Aug 20th 2008 at 10:54PM

True, ZTE's C79 clamshell becomes one of the relatively few phones released to market to support CDMA on the AWS frequency band in addition to the old-skool cellular and PCS bands, but to buyers, that doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot at this point. Instead, they'll be more concerned (and rightfully so, may we add) about the stylish red shell, the 1.3-megapixel camera, 220 x 176 primary display, external music controls, and 69MB of memory on top of a microSD slot. Strangely, there's no EV-DO involved, but this is MetroPCS we're talking about -- which also means we're met head on with a contract-free price of $169. It's available now.

Filed under: Handsets, Others, CDMA

Tags: aws, c79, clamshell, flip, metropcs, zte

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Dan @ Aug 21st 2008 1:54AM

that is a blatant design ripoff of the motorola RAZR v3x. Too bad it doesn't have 2 cameras and flash LOL

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akash @ Aug 21st 2008 6:14AM

nice design

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Glenn @ Aug 21st 2008 11:41AM

This phone has been out for over a month-in Atlanta at least

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youngcalihottie @ Aug 21st 2008 10:48PM

my brother bought this phone almost a month ago. its actually really cool as far as metropcs phones go. in my opinion the best one. (i think aws and $100 less than the moto rokr make this phone better)

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joy @ Oct 8th 2008 11:35AM

I have had my zte c79 since the end of july and I love this phone.It does everything I need it for and it isn't as cheaply made as most of the metro phones

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