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Posted by: TSC_Busami

what a POS the 5500 is clock wont stay on, when you open it the light stays on all during the call no time display while on a call.

biggest garbage phone out there time to go samsung


Posted by: Merlyn_3D

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Originally posted by TSC_Busami
what a POS the 5500 is clock wont stay on, when you open it the light stays on all during the call no time display while on a call.

biggest garbage phone out there time to go samsung


What do you mean the clock won't stay on? Do you mean during a call? If you press "back" during a call, the clock will display on the screen. And yes the display light dims but stays on a opposed to the Samsungs whose LCD's turn off completely so you can't see a thing. It's all up to personal preference, but I assure you that if the 5500 was the POS you say it is, there wouldn't be as many people on these forums who prefer them.


Posted by: sneak16

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Originally posted by TSC_Busami
what a POS the 5500 is clock wont stay on, when you open it the light stays on all during the call no time display while on a call.

biggest garbage phone out there time to go samsung


This is a very ignorant post.

First off, the 5500 had a rocky start. With hardware versions 02XX and above, all bugs have been squashed. Note: I'm not a huge fan of the 5500, but it's a very good offering.

You can have the time displayed when you press Back during a call. Please actually USE the phone before slamming it.


Posted by: TSC_Busami

well for starters the small lcd on teh fron is only good if its closed which is annoying to say the least


Posted by: KennyD6169

Its only supposed to be used when the phone is closed.. Think about that. Why would you want to use the smaller LCD when you already have the phone open and there's a much larger LCD? Doesn't make any sense unless I misunderstood you.


Posted by: quillhill

I find it intriguiging that it's supposedly a POS but yet the remarks made about the 5500 have nothing to do with how it actually functions as a phone.

As far as I know, there are very few external LCDs that are light up without some extra effort. OLEDs are entirely different story, but if something like the fact the LCD only dims while on a call or the external LCD seems relatively useless are the basis for proclaiming a phone a POS, then it seems to me that a more thorough investigation has not been done.

I've had this phone model for four months and am very pleased with it. The reception is great, the flashing LED is really handy for when I get messages, it vibrates like the dickens which is great when I get a call when I'm in my car, the speakerphone is a great feature and being able to use it when the flip is closed is a bonus, I can text message people with this handset, take photos (albeit imperfect photos, but it's fun nonetheless), play PacMan and geez the list goes on and on.

Obviously we all have our preferences, but to dismiss an entire brand out of hand due to a couple of minor features is something so myopic that I would am surprised to see it from someone who can afford this phone.

Hopefully anyone who is thinking about purchasing the VM4500 will take this particular users' opinion with many grains of salt.


Posted by: TSC_Busami

well some of us prefer a phone that does what it needs to do if you just want a phone then buy a basic one but im paying 300.00 + for a phone it should work like a phone should

your salt would be good for sprinking on some pork


Posted by: dave31175

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well some of us prefer a phone that does what it needs to do
This is really quite humorous! I don't know if your intent is to provide comic relief, but you're doing a good job of it!

I personally don't need for a phone to a) provide a call timer continuously throughout a phone call when it is available with a single keypress, and b) have the outside LCD stay on while the phone is open and the larger inside LCD is available.

If these are your primary requirements for a phone, I believe you'll need to design and manufacture your own phone. Since making phone calls doesn't seem to be among your primary requirements for a phone, it should be a relatively inexpensive phone to manufacture!


Posted by: quillhill

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Originally posted by TSC_Busami
well some of us prefer a phone that does what it needs to do if you just want a phone then buy a basic one but im paying 300.00 + for a phone it should work like a phone should

your salt would be good for sprinking on some pork


Um, does your phone make calls? I wouldn't know since you never commented on its functionality when it comes to the handset's primary purpose: to make and receive calls. That's what it's supposed to do.

Certainly my phone works. I know many others who have this phone and it functions fairly well for them, too. Who this group "some of us" that you claim to speak for is I can not say, because anyone who has complained about the phone had what I would deem legitimate gripes about redialing and earpiece quality and such.

While I can understand how some people may criticize the so-called muddiness of the earpiece because that actually affects the device's usability as a phone, your complaints about the LCD (both external and internal) are so marginal and so utterly irrelevant to the phone's ability to make and receive calls, I can't believe that you're still arguing the phone is a POS based on those issues. It's such a fallacy of logic, I don't even know where to begin in order to explain it.


Posted by: Profound1

If the phone is advertised as a camera phone or speaker phone or if any other feature is use to market the phone then it should be judge base on all that it is "suppose" to do. Not just the phone's ability to make a recieve calls.


Posted by: sneak16

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Originally posted by Profound1
If the phone is advertised as a camera phone or speaker phone or if any other feature is use to market the phone then it should be judge base on all that it is "suppose" to do. Not just the phone's ability to make a recieve calls.


Very understandable. But when judging its abilities, do you compare it to other Sprint phones? Other carrier's phones? Digital cameras? What?

NONE of ANY cell phone's camera is up to snub. They all suck when compared to digital cameras. I refuse to buy a phone just based on the camera. It's a nice bonus, and if it's a $10 difference, I might swing it. Point in case, look at pictures from the 1 mp Audiovox. The pictures are HORRIBLE. Same/worse quality than say, a680 pictures, but just more pixels. Don't always assume comparisons fit between similar technologies.

For me, a cell phone is a phone first, toy second.


Posted by: quillhill

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Originally posted by Profound1
If the phone is advertised as a camera phone or speaker phone or if any other feature is use to market the phone then it should be judge base on all that it is "suppose" to do. Not just the phone's ability to make a recieve calls.


Here's the deal, I still have yet to figure out what the OP's expectations are for the VM4500 beyond his complaints that the LCD's don't function the way he had hoped, and given those are features that are not essential to any of its functions as a communications device or even as a camera, then his complaints seem rather nitpicky. This is something he could have figured out *before* he purchased the phone, not after.
And truly, if you buy a phone solely for the functioning of its LCDs, then it causes me to wonder why you even bother in the first place. Then it's just a $350 toy. What's the point?

I could understand if he complained about some major selling point such as the camera function (which he could since the camera is quirky on the VM4500). But his complaints have nothing to do with major selling points and allow me to reiterate, do not hamper the device's functioning as a phone.

In essence, he is not judging it on its ability to function as a phone or even the camera's quality, which are major features. He has made a snap judgement about a device that have nothing to do with that and as I said before, that is faulty logic, a gross generalization about the overall quality of a phone based on something so minor that it can't even judged by that.


Posted by: mymojo68

I feel the same way TSC_busami. I have the sanyo 5300 and I dont like it. it is too big and I dont like the opptions on the phone. i'm going back to my samsung VGA 1000. no more sanyo's for me


Posted by: sneak16

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Originally posted by mymojo68
I feel the same way TSC_busami. I have the sanyo 5300 and I dont like it. it is too big and I dont like the opptions on the phone. i'm going back to my samsung VGA 1000. no more sanyo's for me


The 5300 was the first camera phone... of course it's gonna suck compared to current phones...

The VGA whipes the floor with the 5300, but was that ever in question?




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