The Sanyo SCP-4900 is the future of what is to come!
Written: Aug 23 '02
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Pros: Color Display, Play games, Check your E-mail!
Cons: The price of $179!
The Bottom Line: This is a new type of phone with the color display that will change the way cell phones will be!
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| surferdude7's Full Review: Sanyo SCP-4900 |
The Sanyo SCP-4900 dual band cellular phone is an innovation led by Sprint. This phone has a full color display with seven lines of text and colorful icons on it. This phone offers so much with colorful games, wireless Internet and so much more. The Sanyo SCP-4900 is made for Sprint’s PCS Vision applications.
The Sanyo SCP-4900 is the lowest price of $179 for the new Sprint PCS Vision phones with the color display.
~~~ Sprint’s PCS Vision Applications ~~~
Here is a short summary of what Sprint has in mind for the use of the Sanyo SCP-4900 cellular phone.
Business Connection
For Business they will offer security to wireless data through use of the phone.
Games
Now you can play full color action games on the phone.
Imaging for Business
To be able to transmit wireless digital images for business use.
The Internet
To use the Internet wireless with full color on your phone.
Messages
For leaving and answering messages through the use of any PCS Vision phone.
Photos
To be able to view color photos on your phone and share them with your friends and family by use of the phone.
Real-Time High-Speed Connectivity
This is to improve the speed wireless for Laptops and PDAs.
The Ringers
This is to be able to download different ringer sounds from Sprint’s services.
Screen Savers
Download screensavers for use with the phone.
~~~ The Sanyo SCP-4900 ~~~
Color Display
The display is 4096-Color LCD in a size of 1.7 inches. You can read up to seven lines of text with 15 characters for each line.
Battery Life
The standard battery that comes with the Sanyo SCP-4900 has a Digital talk time of 4.5 hours and a standby of about 384 hours. In the Analog talk time it is cut down to 2.5 hours.
You can buy an extended battery that will give you 7.5 hours of talk time and 600 hours of standby time.
Ringers
The SCP-4900 uses a Polyphonic Ringer with 16-chord ringers and melodies. You can now personalize this phone for different sounds and alerts plus a different ringer for each of the names in the voice dialing memory.
You can also download different ringers from Sprint’s services.
You can also set the phone to vibrate when you get an incoming call.
Power Save Mode
When you get in an area that is not serviced by Sprint the phone will automatically go in the Power Save Mode to preserve battery life.
Calendar
The phone has a built-in calendar that can be used to set up appointments or if you just want to review your schedule of the day.
Security
The SCP-4900 lets you enter a private code so no can use it unless they know the code.
Voicemail
The touch of one button gives you access to your voicemail messages.
Dual Band
The SCP-4900 can be use both analog band at 800MHz and digital band at 1.9GHz.
Phone Book
There is a built-in Internal Phone Book that lets you store up to 500 phone numbers, 300 web addresses and 300 e-mail addresses.
Games
The SCP-4900 comes with the ability to play games in full color on the phone. You can download extra games from the Internet.
Photo Caller ID
You can set up the phone with photos of the people in your phone book and when it rings it will display their photo making it easy for you to identify the caller.
Global Positioning Satellite
Right now it only works if you dial 911 to give your location in case you need help. In the future they hope to be able to use it with maps to see where you are and where you want to go.
Other Features
Bi-Lingual Supports both English and Spanish
TTY Technology Device Compatibility for the hearing impaired
Built-in Speakerphone
Voice Activated Dialing (30 Names & Numbers)
Voice Ringer for all names in the voice dialing memory
Voice Memo Recorder for recording caller’s voice or dictation (8 Recordings x 18 seconds)
Voice prompts (voice alarm, auto answer, voice memo, voice dial)
Supports 3rd - Generation Voice and Data
Java TM (J2ME)
WAP 2.0 Browser
CMX Animated Ringer
Caller ID
Speed dialing
Voice dialing
~~~ My Thoughts ~~~
The Sanyo SCP-4900 is new and after seeing it I knew I had to play with one. The phone is available though a Sprint dealer and it requires Sprint service to us it. The phone lists for $179 and from now until 9/28/2002 you can get a $50 rebate from Sprint when you purchase this phone.
I found the phone to be nice but I did need a carrying case that I could clip onto my belt. I set the phone up for vibration while on me because I do have a hearing problem. In the car or house it is set up to ring.
I place a piece of Velcro on the carrying case and in my truck, that way I can stick it to the location of my choice and it would sit there still. When using the speakerphone during driving is very helpful to keep your mind on the road, I still prefer to pull off to the side of the road and use it the conventional way.
The clarity of the phone is good except when I am in the factory that I work in, where most other cell phone do not pickup good either.
I really like the photo ID because it is easy to glance at the color display to see who is calling you. I also enjoy the voice dialing to my most popular calls, it works really well.
As far as the games, well they look good but I use a phone for a phone. If you have children on a trip it could keep them entertained.
The color screen is very impressive especially when viewing a photo. Having 7 lines of display is also very nice with the colorful icons on the screen.
I am looking forward to more use of the Global Positioning Satellite on my vacation trips in the future for mapping.
I have used this phone only a few days, there are many features I haven’t investigated yet and many new things I will come across. For now I must say the phone is very impressive and a must checkout from your Sprint dealer.
Thank You for reading my review!
Ron (surferdude7)
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 179
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