One Pimp phone... Bling Bling
Written: Jul 26 '01
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Pros: Color screen, outer caller ID display, flash appeal, and quality
Cons: High price tag, weak battery life, weak voice dialing, pull out antenna.
The Bottom Line: This phone is so goddam PIMP, what's more bad@zz than a 2 inch color screen. Go check it out and see for yourself.
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| prelude528's Full Review: Sanyo SCP-5000 |
Well I'm not going to bullshiet you about this new Sanyo phone. It's WAY TOO EXPENSIVE! No one in their right minds would buy this phone, but why did I do it? Well... One look at its 2 inch LCD screen and its myriad of features I immediately fell in love.
I'll break down some of the more "impressive" features here:
1) The color LCD display. This is by far the pimpest feature available on any phone today. It's 2 inches long for easy web surfing and provides enormous WOW factor. True, I have agree with that one other reviewer about how the WOW factor goes away after a while, but I don't care because few few people have this phone. I just hate how I go out and see 4 or 5 people a day talking on their 8200 nokias. Its original, its pimp, and its so badazz.
2)Wallpaper/Caller ID pictures. I love this function, you have the ability to download pictures with your computer and put it on your phone as a background wallpaper, or as a "picture caller id." Needless to say this is also very pimp. However you can't download an animated screensaver, I have no idea what that dumb@zz reviewer was talking about.
3)Outer caller ID display. This is pretty pimp, it shows you who's calling and displays info such as batter life, signal strength, etc. Plus it lights up in amber/green when you get a call/receive a message/etc. It's just a crazy light show, very tite.
4)Morning Driving ringtone. I luv this ringtone, it really makes you want to take a drive. It's just funny, go check it out.
5)Color LCD, oh did I mention it's 2 inch COLOR SCREEN yet?
Okay, there are a bunch more features but I don't really care because those are just like the ones off all other phones, you can read about them on sanyo's website. Anyways, this phone is bad@zz and I totally recommend it if you can afford it. It's not a practical phone, come on, who really needs a color screen. Plus the screen eats up battery life but who cares, mine came with a coupon for a free extended battery from Sprint.
Well another unfortunate downfall for this phone is that it's only offered with Sprint PCS. I personally think Spring blows (read my other AT&T review). The company is only around 4 years old and it's growth is tremendous. However, due to its young age the company owns very few towers thus your coverage suffers and you get A FCKING LOT OF DROPPED CALLS!!!! Be ready for a lot of beep beep beeps, cause thats the sound the phone makes when you drop a call. But a plus for sprint is that it's clearity is pretty amazing when you do get service, its like a land line. Oh another crappy thing about sprint is that it does't own any of its own analogue towers, so it charges you to use your phone in analogue mode.
Anyways, back to the phone. Yea it's a great phone, well built and it's excellent quality can be seen easily. A quick side by side comparison of this sanyo with other phones and you can see how better made it is. It works just like any other Sanyo or Samsung phone but with a better build quality. Good luck finding one at a local electronics store, word is even the Spring stores are backordered. A great choice, expensive, but you get what you paid for.
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Amount Paid (US$): 400
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