It is very important to be creative and innovate as a mobile phone manufacturer or designer. The features and design the mobile comes with when released will be decisive for how popular and purchased the mobile will be on the market.

Pantech has always been one of the more creative ones, often releasing very interesting and sometimes even unusual mobiles. While trying to please all types of users, Pantech & Curitel developed a mobile phone that in the end might prove to be too much to handle for anyone.

As a matter of fact, the PT - S170 does it all. It swivels, slides and folds, and the design is very unusual for a mobile phone, therefore it can't really be described. The PT - S170 camcorder phone's 1.9 inch QCIF LCD screen with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels rotates on top of its pop-up slide mechanism, becoming a viewfinder.

The PT - S170 only features a regular 1.3 megapixel camera and Mp3 player although the design seemed to be a sign that the phone would bring more high-tech features and a much better camera. In the end, Pantech & Curitel's "in-house designed" mobile phone might be somewhat inconvenient to use, the middle sections proving to be pretty useless, seeing as the phone only features one display.

Its design might also need some improvement in order for the phone to become more user friendly. But overall, the PT - S170 is unique as design and might end up being quite popular on the market. The PT - S170 will only be available in Korea and there is no information regarding the release date or price of this mobile phone.