the2ndflood
04-18-2007, 01:08 AM
I upgraded to the M1 after my 8400 couldn't give me the rich media features that I have come to use on a daily basis..
Pros: Large screen, full screen mode looks better on the M1 then any other phone I have owned. 1 GB of memory. Fast processor. Small roaming icon, no longer the large "Digital Roaming" message. Very large outside screen. Good battery life with voice and data, even better for MP3 playback. First phone with fully animated wallpapers. extremely loud stereo speakers. Blue LED keypad. Great feel.
Cons: The M1 takes some getting used to. Because the phone is shorter then some other phones, I find my fingers touch the area where the internal antenna is. They can also get in the way of the camera lens. And I am so mega sick of phones coming out with plastic covers for the ports. The cover for the charging port is very stiff, which is both good and bad. Good because it won't wear down easily, but bad because you have to really pull it open to plug in the charger.
To clear up the myth. The M1 is NOT big! It is the same thickness and is even slightly shorter then the 8400. It is also shorter then the A900 and M610. So when someone says the phone is big, they are comparing it to the RAZR, SLVR, KRZR, Upstage, ect. Which is totally pointless, seeing as the M1 has more memory, a faster processor, and better multimedia features then any other Sprint phone out right now. Yes, even better then the Treo's or any other PDA's. The M1 has 1 GB or memory. Which is way more then the pathetic memory capabilities of the PDA's being sold right now.
So I have found that the M1 runs faster and does not reset itself like PDA's or other media phones on the market.
The M1 to 8400 size comparison. Image 1 and 2.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6713/m184002qo7.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m18400tl3.jpg
The media features are top notch. When I set videos to full screen, it plays very well. Some phones I have used, including the 8400, play full-screen videos at a less then desired quality and speed. Since the M1 has more memory and a processordedicated for media, it is fast and doesn't rebuffer as much as other phones I have used. This depends on data speeds, but in my area it is full bars most of the time. Also keep in mind video has noticeable less quality on the slower 1x network. I have also noticed that Sprint's roaming partner in my area, Verizon, has much slower speeds. So running streaming video in an area with already slow 1x data speeds, will greatly effect the quality.
The screen size is great. Nice and wide for a cell phone. Not giant, but noticeable. When I use my converted videos, they look great on the 240x320 18 bit screen.
Sanyo makes very dependable phones. Not as good from my own experience then Motorola's GSM and iDEN phones, but better then Motorola CDMA phones. But if you have used any of those technologies, CDMA is king. But that is another topic. I have not dropped a call yet. But to be fair, I rarely drop calls. So I can't really comment on that.
Overall a great phone. Try it for yourself, and don't buy into any of the myths. And don't listen to any review that compares the media features of the M1 to any other media phone. That is like comparing the XBox 360 to the Nintendo Wi. They are both gaming systems, but with very, very different sets of capabilities. So if you want a media phone, that has great phone and dependability, then the M1 is for you.
Pros: Large screen, full screen mode looks better on the M1 then any other phone I have owned. 1 GB of memory. Fast processor. Small roaming icon, no longer the large "Digital Roaming" message. Very large outside screen. Good battery life with voice and data, even better for MP3 playback. First phone with fully animated wallpapers. extremely loud stereo speakers. Blue LED keypad. Great feel.
Cons: The M1 takes some getting used to. Because the phone is shorter then some other phones, I find my fingers touch the area where the internal antenna is. They can also get in the way of the camera lens. And I am so mega sick of phones coming out with plastic covers for the ports. The cover for the charging port is very stiff, which is both good and bad. Good because it won't wear down easily, but bad because you have to really pull it open to plug in the charger.
To clear up the myth. The M1 is NOT big! It is the same thickness and is even slightly shorter then the 8400. It is also shorter then the A900 and M610. So when someone says the phone is big, they are comparing it to the RAZR, SLVR, KRZR, Upstage, ect. Which is totally pointless, seeing as the M1 has more memory, a faster processor, and better multimedia features then any other Sprint phone out right now. Yes, even better then the Treo's or any other PDA's. The M1 has 1 GB or memory. Which is way more then the pathetic memory capabilities of the PDA's being sold right now.
So I have found that the M1 runs faster and does not reset itself like PDA's or other media phones on the market.
The M1 to 8400 size comparison. Image 1 and 2.
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6713/m184002qo7.jpg
http://img253.imageshack.us/my.php?image=m18400tl3.jpg
The media features are top notch. When I set videos to full screen, it plays very well. Some phones I have used, including the 8400, play full-screen videos at a less then desired quality and speed. Since the M1 has more memory and a processordedicated for media, it is fast and doesn't rebuffer as much as other phones I have used. This depends on data speeds, but in my area it is full bars most of the time. Also keep in mind video has noticeable less quality on the slower 1x network. I have also noticed that Sprint's roaming partner in my area, Verizon, has much slower speeds. So running streaming video in an area with already slow 1x data speeds, will greatly effect the quality.
The screen size is great. Nice and wide for a cell phone. Not giant, but noticeable. When I use my converted videos, they look great on the 240x320 18 bit screen.
Sanyo makes very dependable phones. Not as good from my own experience then Motorola's GSM and iDEN phones, but better then Motorola CDMA phones. But if you have used any of those technologies, CDMA is king. But that is another topic. I have not dropped a call yet. But to be fair, I rarely drop calls. So I can't really comment on that.
Overall a great phone. Try it for yourself, and don't buy into any of the myths. And don't listen to any review that compares the media features of the M1 to any other media phone. That is like comparing the XBox 360 to the Nintendo Wi. They are both gaming systems, but with very, very different sets of capabilities. So if you want a media phone, that has great phone and dependability, then the M1 is for you.