The recently announced Pantech IM-U170 handset reeks of style and elegance. Its chic all metal body and slim ergonomics are pretty irresistible and is ideal for those looking to make a style statement without compromising on the feature set.

The IM-U170 handset is not only housed in a metal casing but also sports a metallic keypad, thus providing a much needed relief from all those plasticity buttons! It has been equipped with a 2.2’’ 260K QVGA TFT LCD and has an external OLED too.

Measuring 96.5 x 48 x 15.4 mm and weighing around 106 grams, the IM-U170 also takes a new approach when it comes to gaming! The handset features the world's first face-recognition mobile game in the industry which in conjunction with the on board traces the movement of the user's face to use for input instead of controllers. Users can have their real-time faces while playing games with the IM-U170.

Pantech also feel that their Graphical User Interface(GUI) will appeal to one and all and the animated user interface includes mobile wallpapers and backgrounds, employing the Flash technology. Two cameras have been included in the handset. First is a 2 mega-pixel camera for images and the second is a VGA camera for video telephony. The cameras are also capable of recognizing a a shape of face and automatically adjust it to take the best photo when shooting. Other features include; document viewer functionality, 128 polyphonic ringtones and a multi-tasking MP3 player. For now the handset would be only available in Korea on SKY (bummer).