Pantech introduces a 5MP digital camera phone dubbed IM-8600 in Korea.

The Pantech IM-8600 is a rotating clamshell 5 mega-pixel camera phone with auto focus & close up function with half stop shutter & 'Meca' shutter. Featuring a 2.0 inch QVGA TFT LCD screen, the IM-8600 measures 99x48.5x26.4mm and weighs 132g.

This new 5MP digital camera phone can be classified as a mainstream phone for Korea. It would be top of the line pretty much anywhere else. Pantech also announced the IM-8700 F2F (face-2-face) video conference mobile phone (see photo below). The Pantech IM-8700 features a 10 frames per second (fps) imaging speed and a 2.2 inch screen.
Both new Pantech phones will be sold under Pantech’s SKY brand. More details on Pantech.