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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
"Good but a few issues"
Pros: Price, design, size, good quality
Cons: poor display in the sunlight, bad camera, no ring and vibrate option
Summary: I am pretty sold on the Sanyo brand after having great experiences with two other models (the 4500 and the 6000). When it came time to upgrade my phone I was delighted to see the Sanyo released this phone. I read some reviews online and thought this was a good option for me. I wanted to see the phone in person so I headed off to my local mall to check it out. I?ll try to not to be overly negative here but I have to say Sprint?s online service and in-store customer service was not at all helpful and disappointing experience. I?m not a mall fan but it was nice to be able to bounce to Best Buy and Radio shack after my bad experience at the Sprint Store.
Jumping ahead, I bought the phone at Radio Shack after demoing it at the store. I recommend this phone to folks who use their phone for practical purposes but if you?re looking for fancy features (camera, music, watching TV) this might not be the phone for you. I?m very happy with design, size, and options it has. I have to say that I?m a little disappointed with a few things. Those disappointments are: (1) the camera is very poor quality (everything has an orange hue to it; (2) I?m outdoors a fair amount and the display is very difficult to see in the sun light (it?s fine indoors and, of course, at night); (3) Unless I just haven?t figured it out yet, it seems you can not have the phone ring and vibrate at the same time. That?s a major disappointment to me if that is the case. There is an option for ring tone and voice but that doesn?t help when you?re in a noisy space and are looking for the vibrate function as a back up.
I?m glad this phone was released at an affordable price and I?m overall happy with the sound, the speaker phone, and most of the features. Again, I?m a fan of Sanyo products and like this phone but do feel that it came up short in a few areas.
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In order to have your phone do this, simply turn the volume for the ringer up as loud as it will go. The last option is ring+vibrate
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