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Sanyo SCP 5150 Review
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Posted by: Timsta

This is my last review, that i've written for my site.. More to come, the T68i, Motorola V70, v120 and a bunch of other phones. Anyways, i hope you guys enjoy these.

Again, if you want pictures and the full review, please visit my site.

Sanyo SCP 5150 Review

Hello can you hear me now? Good! This is just one catchy phrase that one of many cell phone service providers use to mass market their services. I for one have tried all the providers; they are all great in their own way. However, the many cell phone choices are what attracts attention to a company's market.

We all have used our share of cell phones. Nokia© to Motorola© are the most popular choices people tend to purchase on their cell phone networks, but many consumer products have come out with higher class and tons of more features than the current trend of cell phones. Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you the Sanyo© SCP-5150.

The Sanyo© SCP-5150 Dual Band Sprint PCS© cell phone is one of the new cell phones out on the market. With a 256 Color LCD screen, this bad boy also includes an extended Li-On battery with an awesome standby time of 10 days and a talk time of 4hours. This is what it said on the box, but after toying around with my new toy, I have noticed an 8day standby time with a good 3:30 hour talk time with the flip open. With it closed and using a headset, I noticed a 4+ hour talk time which is more than any cell phone I have used or tested, and keep in mind that this is a Color LCD Screen, not just your regular Greenish color most cell phones use today.

The most noticeable feature on the SCP-5150 PCS Phone is the Color screen. This is what makes it stand out in front of any other phone out there. In fact, what other cell phone is color? Wait it gets better! Sprint PCS© has this new feature on selected phones called Ringer & More© Option. For just an extra fee, Sprint PCS© users are able to download ringers, images and screen savers to the handsets. Sanyo came prepared. This feature, plus its Color screen, makes it more unique, with the ability to download a picture and display it as either an incoming call image or as standby wallpaper. Who needs color covers when you can change the way it looks and it sounds.

For Some reason, the SCP-5150 also tents to grab more signal than other phones I have tested on the Sprint PCS© Network. This includes inside malls, closed parking lots, heavy constructed buildings and electronic stores like Radio Shack© and Best Buy© where signal is usually faded.

Let me state all the features this PCS phone includes.

Dimensions: 3.7" x 1.9" x 1.1"

Battery Type: Lithium-Ion

Battery Life: Approximately 3 hours talk time or 10 days of standby time in digital. Approximately 80 minutes of talk time or 18 hours of standby time in analog.

Weight: 4.1 oz

Features

Caller ID: See numbers of incoming calls in areas supported by Caller ID. If stored in your phone book you'll see the name, too.

Area of Use: You can use this Sprint PCS Phone anywhere in the Sprint PCS Network, on other selected PCS and CDMA networks.

Band Type: Dual band

Power: The phone goes into this mode automatically to preserve battery life when not in a service area.

Security Lock: You can enter a private code to "lock" your phone so others can't make unauthorized calls or gain access with your phone.

Color Screen: Display Brilliant 2-inch 256 color display with back light provides you user-friendly color interface such as color icons, color animations, color screen saver and color wallpaper.
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Voice Activated Dialing: Voice-activated dialing for up to 30 phone numbers, voice screening.

Ringer Options: Choose from seven melody ringers (with 16-chord polyphonic sounds) plus five standard ring tones and four ring sounds.

Multiple Language: Supports both English and Spanish languages. A simple setting lets you select the language used for menu items.

Sprint PCS Wireless: WebSMBrowser View text versions of popular web sites to access information such as e-mail, news, weather, stock quotes, sports scores and more.

Games: Entertaining game (Crab Catcher) and simple calculator.

Phonebook Stores up to 500 total numbers. Enter up to 300 contact names with up to 7 phone numbers per name and up to 300 email and web addresses.

Personal Information Manager: Several personal information management features help you manage your busy lifestyle and events, including calendar, contacts and to do list.

Ringers & More: Allows downloading of "wallpaper" and "ringers" to personalize your phone. (Additional fee may apply.)
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Voice Memo: Voice memo for up to 8-18 second messages.

External Display: Description 1 line sub LCD on outside of the flip (shows signal strength, time of day and battery strength).
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Sprint PCS Wireless WebSMConnection: This phone is data ready, which allows customers circuit-switched data and fax connectivity (separate purchase is necessary for Wireless Web Connection Kit).

Voicemail: One-touch access to voicemail messages.

Messaging: Receive numeric and text messages in areas that offer messaging services.

Call Log: Enhanced Recalls most recent outgoing and incoming numbers, including missed calls.

So when looking for a cell phone and you want what's new and what others wish they had, try out the Sanyo SCP-5150. It gets my "oooohhh" approval and the ladies love it.
Like they say "can't have cake without the Sweet frosting on top." This has your flavor on the very top.

What many people, including myself, didn't like was the price. It hurts most of us teens without a high paying job. For $375 CDN or $250.00 USD, it hurts to even look at it and think about getting it. Also, the Flip has a click sound to it that gets me a little scared at times, making me think it is cracking and breaking up on me. Also when talking, the phone still displays a few colors and hurts battery life. I recommend you buy a hands free earplug and use it with that, as it enables you to close the phone and still talk. Just a few minuses but in all honesty it's a great phone to own.

For overall performance and testing, I give it 4 out of 5 stars. Not everyone can afford it, it is only for the Sprint PCS Network and it's a little big when the flip its up. I myself have got a small head.