Pantech PN-820 smartphone returns to Verizon for $9.99

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 24th 2008 at 7:02PM

Desperately in need of a "new" (in terms of a never broken seal only) smartphone? Don't mind tinkering with the last version of Windows Mobile? No need for a QWERTY keyboard? If you were miraculously able to answer "yes" to the aforesaid questions, you're in luck! Verizon Wireless has finally accepted that no one in their right mind wants to pay a decent price for a Pantech PN-820 smartphone that's rockin' WinMo 5.0 and a design that's straight out of 2007 (literally), so instead of just lighting the remaining inventory on fire, it's doing the next best thing: offering it up for $9.99 on contract. The sad part is that this thing isn't even worth ten bucks with that hundred pound agreement tied to it, but we're sure a few suckers will bite. They're born everyday, you know.

[Via RCRWireless]

Filed under: Handsets, Pantech, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: cheap, flip phone, FlipPhone, pantech, PN-820, smartphone, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw, windows mobile, WindowsMobile

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sax @ Dec 24th 2008 9:27PM

When did they take this off the market? I don't think they did.

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Esquire0399 @ Dec 24th 2008 9:30PM

I don't think they did either, but they definitely need to.

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nitrous9200 @ Dec 25th 2008 12:49AM

It hasn't exactly disappeared, it's been there at that price for a few weeks now as I've been looking at Verizon's online store over that period. This isn't really news...

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Chris @ Dec 25th 2008 2:38PM

Its actually a good phone if you just want something to check your work email and read attachments. My former job required me to be on-call pretty much 24/7 and this was great. If it had an internal antena and was slimmer I'd still be using it.

But Verizon would be better off selling these without a contract for $50, they would probably clear out inventory from people picking up a cheap backup phone.

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M @ Dec 25th 2008 5:57PM

I have this phone and it's a super reliable WinMo phone (can't usually say that about WinMo phones).. I agree about the antenna though, it's not necessary - I've taken it off and reception stays the same.

Does anyone know about a firmware update for this phone to a newer version of WinMo?

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