Pharos, Inventec unveil new line of GPS smartphones

16.02.2009

Talk time on the device is up to 4 hours, with 200 hours of standby. The handset also includes a USB 2.0 slot and a Micro SD card slot. It weighs 4.9 ounces.

The other two handsets, the Pharos Traveler 117 and Traveler 127, have slightly lower-end components than the 137 and cost less, at US$529.95 each. The handsets share mostly the same wireless technologies for talk and data.

The 117 sports a 2.8-inch screen that covers its entire face, but with lower resolution than the 137 at 480 x 640. The handset weighs 4.8 ounces and has talk time of 7.5 hours on GSM, 5 hours on WCDMA and 200 hours of standby. The handset also carries two cameras, a 2.0-megapixel camera with video function as well as a secondary 0.3-megapixel camera for video calls.

The 127 carries a smaller screen at 2.5-inches but adds a QWERTY keypad for easy data use. The screen resolution is 320 x 240. The smartphone shares mostly the same specifications as the 117, but weighs a tad more at 5.11 ounces.

More information on the devices can be found on Pharos' .