Pantech Escapade getting worldly on Verizon?

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 22nd 2009 at 7:04AM

Global roaming on Verizon has typically been revered as a premium feature -- which more or less makes sense, considering that the well-to-do are more likely to be globetrotting and the additional radio hardware jacks component costs -- but it always pays dividends to keep a few lower-cost options in any lineup, and that might just be where the Pantech Escapade comes into play. The Korean flip is rumored to be gearing up for a launch on Verizon -- and as the SIM slot suggests, you'd be able to take this one overseas with you on the occasional business jaunt or vacay. It's said to have a 2 megapixel camera and a QVGA display, though a microSD slot may strangely be missing; it's become such a common feature at this point (even on the lowest-end devices) that we'd be shocked to see it launch like that, but who knows? Maybe you don't need music and picture storage where you're going.

Filed under: Handsets, Pantech, Verizon Wireless, GSM, CDMA

Tags: clamshell, escapade, flip, global roaming, GlobalRoaming, pantech, rumor, verizon, verizon wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

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Dan the Hero @ Jul 9th 2009 11:56PM

so, engadget, please answer me this. does this mean that verizon will have SIM cards for their service? could i potentially put verizon on an unlocked GSM phone because of this?