Pantech Crux

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

3

Pros:

Sleek appearance. Solid video playback. Great battery life.
Stylish and slim profile, Good voice quality, Easy to use
The Pantech Crux is slim and lightweight with a bright and colorful touch-screen display. It has external media keys, a 3.5mm headset jack, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, a 3-megapixel camera, an HTML browser, and threaded messaging. The music player has stere...

Cons:

Finicky touch screen and lock mechanism. Sluggish. Poor stereo Bluetooth performance.
Software is slow, Lacking camera quality, Signal reception isn’t the best

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Last revision on August 16, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Sleek appearance. Solid video playback. Great battery life
Stylish and slim profile, Good voice quality, Easy to use
The Pantech Crux is slim and lightweight with a bright and colorful touch-screen display. It has external media keys, a 3.5mm headset jack, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, a 3-megapixel camera, an HTML browser, and threaded messaging. The music player has stere

Reviewers Didn't Like

Finicky touch screen and lock mechanism. Sluggish. Poor stereo Bluetooth performance
Software is slow, Lacking camera quality, Signal reception isn’t the best
The Pantech Crux has sluggish performance, and the touch screen can be rather finicky. Call quality is mixed

Expert reviews and ratings

100

The Pantech Crux is a great phone for those looking for constant connectivity to friends, family and the Internet. This new device features a great 3 megapixel camera, usable widgets and services and an eye catching design. The Pantech Crux smartphone...

By BrightHub on May 22, 2011

The Pantech Crux offers bright, crisp graphics and an attractive design, but its poorly-calibrated touch screen makes it frustrating to use....

By PC Mag on December 09, 2010

The Pantech Crux is a pretty good touchscreen feature-phone that comes with an attractive price, slim body, and has plenty to offer someone not looking to get a smartphone. The main thing holding it back is the slow performance of the BREW software,...

By Phone Arena on December 01, 2010

The folks out at Verizon are working with a whole new Pantech model, and that’s what we’re taking a look at today. We’re talking about the Pantech Crux, and it’s a piece with quite a bit going for it.The Pantech Crux is a PDA...

By MobileWhack on December 01, 2010

The Pantech Crux makes a good multimedia feature phone on paper, but its poor touch-screen performance prevents us from recommending...

By cnet on November 19, 2010

The Pantech Crux is great for someone who listens to a lot of music or who needs a basic featurephone, but wants something with some style. It's not the phone for someone who does a lot of texting. If you want more Crux goodness, check out my...

By PhoneDog on November 19, 2010

Well, the Crux at least looks good. Many of the features come in just a hair short, though. The slide-to-unlock idea is neat, but it's ultimately an unnecessary gimmick. The buttons on the side of the phone are too small and too difficult to...

By Phone Scoop on November 18, 2010