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Pantech Swift

Pantech Swift
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alaScore 78

33 reviews

Aug, 2025

alaTest has collected and analyzed 33 reviews of Pantech Swift. The average rating for this product is 2.3/5, compared to an average rating of 4.1/5 for other Cell phones for all reviews. Reviewers really like the size and durability. The screen and design are also appreciated. There are some less positive reviews about the social networking functionality and camera, and there are mixed views on the sound and portability.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Cell phones the Pantech Swift is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 78/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Pantech Swift

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 9 user reviews of Pantech Swift from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 2.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other Cell phones on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the screen and performance. The design and durability also get good views, but there are some mixed opinions about the portability.

usability, durability, design, performance, screen

44% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Aug, 2025

Expert review by : Alex Colon (pcmag.com)

Pantech Swift (AT&T)

 

The Pantech Swift is only average, but it's still one of your best bets for a keyboarded feature phone on AT&T.

Bright, friendly interface. Angled display. Comfortable keyboard and texting UI.

Slow performance. Poor camera. No voice dialing. Limited video playback.

Multimedia, Camera, and Conclusions For multimedia files, there's 185MB of free internal memory, along with an empty microSD card slot. My 32 and 64GB SanDisk cards worked fine. The phone is able to play AAC, MP3, WAV, and WMA music files, and sound...

Jun, 2012
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Expert review by : Jessica Dolcourt (cnet.com)

Pantech Swift - purple (AT&T) review

 

Positioned as the perfect little messaging phone, the Pantech Swift for AT&T has a cute, compact frame, a slightly tilted slider screen, and a finger-friendly menu system that works well with the mini screen. Everything about the phone, from its...

The Pantech Swift QWERTY slider is cute as a button, has an angled screen, and uses finger-friendly icons and a home button for easy navigation.

The Swift is scuffable despite its weight, its processor is extremely slow, and the touch screen is unresponsive.

The Pantech Swift is the most appealing Pantech handset on AT&T with a keyboard, but sufficient flaws keep us hesitant about recommending it widely.

Jun, 2012
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Expert review by : John V. (phonearena.com)

Pantech Swift Review

 

If there's one company to count on when it comes to producing feature phones in this day and age, you don't need to look any further than Pantech, as they've been consistent with their offerings. Coming to the plate with the Pantech Swift, it's a...

Sturdy construction

General choppy performance ; Shoots muddy photos & videos ; Poor battery life

On one hand, parents will surely love that the Pantech Swift doesn’t require a data plan, which will obviously help in cutting down costs. However, it’s extremely difficult to like the Pantech Swift at its $69.99 on-contract price point just because it...

Jun, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

"decent keyboard but thats it"

 

This is not a phone i would ever recommend for someone unless they are looking for a physical keyboard. that being said, that is exactly why i bought mine. thats it. and that is really what i got, and for that im fairly happy. but other than that, they...

- WONDERFUL keyboard :)

- User Interface or lack thereof

Sep, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

decent keyboard but thats it

 

This is not a phone i would ever recommend for someone unless they are looking for a physical keyboard. that being said, that is exactly why i bought mine. thats it. and that is really what i got, and for that im fairly happy. but other than that, they...

- WONDERFUL keyboard :) - threaded messaging - interesting sound profiles

- User Interface or lack thereof - camera doesn't use physical buttons, only touchscreen - only comes in purple - pseudo smartphone style that grates quickly - social apps - did i mention the horrid UI?

Sep, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

Do Not Waste Your Time and Money!!!

 

I gave this phone a 1 star rating because I am very disappointed that this NEW MESSAGING DEVICE does not have any of the main features as what most basic and smartphones have such as call reject feature and it does not have the option to allow you to...

Qwerty keyboard, touch screen, colorful and attractive.

No Call Reject Option, No option to individually lock your applications like address book, no option to customize ring tones for call or messages individually...BASIC PHONES ARE EQUIPTED with this options. Sucks real bad!!!

Jun, 2012
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Consumer review (cnet.com)

Pantech Swift

 

If your kid is wanting you to get them a cell phone and you are on the ATT network, I'd really lean towards this device. It's not that basic, but it's not that feature packed, so there is not much running up of the bill. Some options it has are, are a...

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Jun, 2012
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Consumer review (att.com)

Very Flaky Function

 

Like most other reviewers, I too have issue with the Lock and screen functions on this phone. Just picking it up from any surface is enough to unlock the screen or change to another function screen. I exchanged it under warranty but the problems...

Nov, 2013
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Consumer review (att.com)

Very bad phone

 

I am not sure if they gave me a lemon or if this phone is just bad. It freezes all the time so good luck trying to do anything other than talk on it. Talking is not great either as the speaker is in a odd spot and it is very hard to hear the person you...

Nov, 2013
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Consumer review (att.com)

poor quality phone

 

you have to tap the screen two three or more times to text or to answer the phone. screen will not stay locked. I seem to always wind up on the web( no data plan). very poor phone. do not get, you will hate it also

Nov, 2013
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