A GREAT Phone For The Price
Written: Nov 19 '02 (Updated Jun 24 '03)
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Pros: Battery Life, Signal Strength, Spacing of Buttons, Sound Quality
Cons: A Bit Bulky
The Bottom Line: If you can handle this phone being a larger than some of the chic flip phones it has all the features and quality you could want in a cell phone.
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| mkoso's Full Review: Sanyo SCP-4900 |
I didn't originally plan on purchasing this phone. I had actually gone into the store planning on spending twice as much on one of those "cool" little flip phones. The thing that swayed me in my decision was the fact that battery life really isn't that good on some of those smaller phones and, the salesman swore by this phone. About the battery life, about the signal strength and quality. I figured I had 14 days to return it if I didn't like it so, I really had nothing to lose.
Once I got the phone charged up and working, I spent hours checking out all the cool features and filling up the phone book.
The color screen is nice and it's big enough that you can read a few lines of text without having to scroll down at every line. Navigation is pretty straight forward too. Go into the main menu and curse up or down until you find what you're looking for and then open up sub-menus. With a little looking around I found it rare that I even had to refer to the manual for anything.
The calender function is adequate. I think it stores 100 events which, should satisfy most users. You can have events occur once or repeat weekly, monthly, yearly and so on. I also appreciate the alarm on the calendar. It's saved me from forgetting things a couple of times already.
Surfing the web on the phone is pretty straight forward. There's a web button above the talk button, hit that, wait a minute or two and, up comes a homepage. You can navigate from there or there are other options to access bookmarks or enter website addresses.
The fact that you can assign different ringers to different functions and, different people in you phone book is nice. Plus you can download even more ringers, screensavers, games, etc., for a small fee. Don't underestimate the games either. While they may not be up to PS2 caliber, a simple game or two is a God send when you are waiting somewhere with nothing to do. This is a nice added feature.
Another nice feature is the built in speakerphone. While I'm one who usually hates speakerphones due to their lousy sound quality, this one is actually pretty good. I have no trouble hearing people on it and, my wife actually said if anything, I sounded a little loud on it.
Lastly, I like the keys and the placement of them. On a lot of the phones out there, the keys are tiny or, right next to each other so dialing errors are common even if you're looking right at the phone. The keys on the 4900 are raised a little, spaced out nicely and give a positive click when each is depressed.
Overall, a good solid phone I can heartily recommend. I've even dropped mine a few times and, it's none worse for the wear and tear. What else could you ask for, especially at this price.
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Amount Paid (US$): 99.00
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