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hello everybody its Linda from CNET bringing you guys the pantech Marauder from Verizon the Marauder is an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich handset that has a 3.8 inch touchscreen a 5 megapixel rear facing camera and a VGA front-facing camera it's powered by a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core processor and a 1.6 a ampere-hour battery which roughly translates to eight hours of reported talktime in addition it runs on Verizon's 4G LTE network now the phone is aimed at first-time smartphone users it has two UI options one is called starter mode designed for beginners it gives you four homescreen pages a more streamlined design and a simplified app drawer when you start getting the hang of the phone or you're already familiar with Android you can graduate to standard mode which gives you five homescreen pages mix all your apps readily available and it includes more options with its lockscreen the phone also has a five row sliding keyboard while I like the generous size of each key the buttons are fairly flushed with the surface of the phone which may make it hard for some people to type the device is also heavy it weighs a whopping six point oh seven ounces or more than a third of a pound if you're interested the phone was initially going for fifty dollars after you sign a two-year contract and send in a mail-in rebate however with online and promo discounts we've seen it being offered for free from Verizon again I'm Lin for CNET bringing you guys the pantech Marauder you