Great phone, but hate SPCS for replacing with 5150
Written: Dec 22 '01
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Pros: COLOR, eye catcher, design, midi rings, photos on the screen
Cons: PRICE!! Battery life and the new 5150 successor.
The Bottom Line: Excellent upgrade now to the 5150 for $100 less at $399. Well worth the price and you'll be the envy of friends and family.
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| jazon's Full Review: Sanyo SCP-5000 |
I understand this is a review on the phone and not the provider. Still, I need to state SPCS is not the top choice for providers. Also, I'm VERY VERY upset after spending $500 on a NEW phone and being told SPCS just added the Sanyo 5000 and will not replace for another 9 months. Then 2 months later discontinuing the 5000 and adding the 5150 for $100 less!!
Now to the review of the Sanyo 5000:
I've had the 5000 for 6 months now and love the phone. I've got to say it's a very cool phone. Sound quality is as good as I've heard on any of the recent phones I've used (i.e. just fine). Reception is no better or worst either. I'm comparing it to Samsung 8500, Startac, Sony and the new v60 from Verizon.
Build quality, though a bit plasticky looking, is pretty solid. I like how the lid opens with a solid 'click'. That said, let's get to the real reason to buy this phone - the color screen. It's bright and crisp. Having a color screen on the phone now makes me wonder if I'll ever be able to get one with out.
There is an improvement on the 5150 to make the screen backlit like a color palm PDA, rather the side lit like a Compaq Ipaq. This makes it much brighter and vibrant, but less easy to see outside with the light off (though under direct light you can still see what is on the screen). Battery life is fair and let's not forget the ringers. Yes, it does have vibrate mode which can even be set to ring and vibrate too. Something I wish the 8500 had. The ringers themselves are musical tones, midi rather than electronic beeps. The specs say it does 16 tone audio. Some of the musical rings sound like the actual song if not the muzak version of it.
Menu navigation is pretty simple and there are some other less important features I won't waste your time mentioning
that are neat in a gadgety way. A very worthy upgrade, in my opinion.
Recommended:
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Amount Paid (US$): 499
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