Due for FCC approval anytime now is the Pantech a100, a candybar phone that echoes back shades of the brick phones we once used to have.

The Korean company is said to have had the budget-minded in mind with the development of this new phone. It comes in a really basic almost boring design and comes only in black. The only modern-day take is its' rocker-style joystick/navigator.

Other specs are ho-hum including GSM/GPRS connectivity, a VGA camera with self timer, WAP and infrared.