The Katana II Radioshack Specs sheet.

[CommissoDesign]

Recieved the specs sheet in yesterday, took some pictures will upload for you guys to see tonight, but if it goes as does in the past this usually means 2-3 three weeks til the phone launches officially. It's not power vision but we'll just have to wait for the DLX i guess. I'll post it up later tonight.

[anskY]

no EVDO? That's too bad

What about ready link? ( I think I'm like the only person who uses it)

[Dragonman]

Wirelessly posted (Treo 700p: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; PalmSource/Palm-D052; Blazer/4.5) 16;320x320)

If it's not PV it needs to be priced a lot lower than the other Katana.

For a phone with no PV and no video to be priced at $50 after rebates is foolish IMO. there are too many PV phone for the same price and WAY more features.

[YPG]

no PV?
so what's the difference?

[Jonathanlc2005]

how did you get this info?

[Storino03]

works at radio shack.

--James

[reemusk]

scan it and upload it.

[Jonathanlc2005]

works at radio shack.

--James
so do i and never got that info. just the 3200 which nationwide anyways

[Dubspoon]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-9000/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

Just doesn't seem logical that still be making non-PV phones, but then again they seem to not do logical things often

[CommissoDesign]

Here goes it!!!! No power vision, the Katana DLX which comes out late July will be PV thank god, the Katana II seems like almost a waste to me but thats thought what I think here's the pics.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3229/0801062045wb1.jpg

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3790/0801062046ah8.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4927/0801062047zg6.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7166/0801062048tz2.jpg

And here are some leaked photos i found , possibly the Katana II, & katana dlx.

KATANA II
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&f=name&id=12547

KATANA DLX
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&f=name&id=12548

I'll post more as I find out more.

AIM = commissodesign

[DtownSprintel]

Very nice!

[BrettW]

hmm picture mail, on demand, and music downloads could the 6800 be the first sprint ppc device to finally support pic mail and all the other sprint features they lack, i hope so because it will be my next smartphone purchase

[Jonathanlc2005]

well if the speaker on the katana 2 is better then its a god-given cause it needed that improvement badly

[av8or]

the 'pro 700' looks pretty badass, any chance of a better shot of the text bubbles on the 'pro 800' cant read the features

[shamefulzero]

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/05/24/sanyo-katana-ii-met-by-the-fccs-warm-embrace/#comments

looks thinner, nicer the the 1st one. i cant wait. good job sprint :headbang2

[CommissoDesign]

phonescoop just posted the FCC approval for the katana II

www.phonescoop.com

should be the most recent story

[C1787GJ]

i work for radioshack too, where did you find these?? I have never seen them before.

[CommissoDesign]

they came with our pop kit

[flipn0tic]

good to see it's looking less like the batmobile.

[Jonathanlc2005]

Here goes it!!!! No power vision, the Katana DLX which comes out late July will be PV thank god, the Katana II seems like almost a waste to me but thats thought what I think here's the pics.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3229/0801062045wb1.jpg

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3790/0801062046ah8.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4927/0801062047zg6.jpg

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7166/0801062048tz2.jpg

And here are some leaked photos i found , possibly the Katana II, & katana dlx.

KATANA II
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&f=name&id=12547

KATANA DLX
http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/showimage.php?m=Articles.Images&f=name&id=12548

I'll post more as I find out more.

AIM = commissodesign

im assuming the pro 700 is the katana 2 and the pro 800 is the DLX

[Felecity]

im assuming the pro 700 is the katana 2 and the pro 800 is the DLX

Based on what he put, yes.... whether they are the same series, there's no telling. I'm holding out hope that there are several new series coming.. and Sanyo will release at MINIMUM, four new mid to high range devices this year... oh, and then watch monkey's fly.. out of my .... well... you get the picture. :lol:

[josh33_unc]

sweet, judgin from those specs sheets, im checkin

17-2428 is 6800
17-2329 black katana II
17-2442 pink katana II
17-2443 silver katana II

when im get to work and seein what they say

[tkrandall]

I'd like to see the Katana DLX offered as a quad band with GSM/edge support for outside the U.S. That would be a killer phone.

[Jonathanlc2005]

from what im reading on phonenews, it looks like the katana 2 is really a sanyo 8300 since it has multimedia and the katana DLX is an 8400


We previously covered the first details of the phone as the successor to the Katana, which will be released under the Katana II. The SCP-6650 will be a modest improvement to the current Katana, adding an improved camera and multimedia support.

However, the SCP-6650 will not contain EV-DO. That will be reserved for the Katana DLX; the SCP-8500. The existing Sanyo 8xxx line will receive the Katana DLX, building on the SCP-8400 with the thin Katana design, and including the 8400's full feature set, including EV-DO. phonenews.com

[PokerFace23]

that's good news.

like i said in my survey yesterday i took, we need cooler looking phones. slider/full qwerty phones. and make them attractive to teenagers, too.

[kentonese]

However, the SCP-6650 will not contain EV-DO. That will be reserved for the Katana DLX; the SCP-8500. The existing Sanyo 8xxx line will receive the Katana DLX, building on the SCP-8400 with the thin Katana design, and including the 8400's full feature set, including EV-DO. phonenews.com
Would you happen to know what is going to differentiate the DLX from the 8400, aside from the design?

Hopefully the screen will look something like the A900/M610.

[The SPCS Guy]

NO memoery card slot and no MP camera, makes this phone a worthless POJ that the orig Katana was.
It better accept MP3 ringtones this time around.

JE

[ink718]

NO memoery card slot and no MP camera, makes this phone a worthless POJ that the orig Katana was.
It better accept MP3 ringtones this time around.

JE
Agreed!

[james2K]

NO memoery card slot and no MP camera, makes this phone a worthless POJ that the orig Katana was.
It better accept MP3 ringtones this time around.

JE

with multimedia capability it *should* a la Sanyo 8300. :indiff:

[Jonathanlc2005]

if its the thin version of the 8300 then its worth it definatly. i think the 8300 is the best 1x phone

[james2K]

naaa the 7400 or 5600 were way better.

[josh33_unc]

sweet, judgin from those specs sheets, im checkin

17-2428 is 6800
17-2329 black katana II
17-2442 pink katana II
17-2443 silver katana II

when im get to work and seein what they say

black and pink are in the RS system and have prices (279 outright, 129 with service). silver doesnt, nor does the 6800.

[CommissoDesign]

sweet yea 6800 sku didnt show for me either yet, i didnt check the katanas. might up being similiar to the upstage how it didnt show up in our system til right before launch for the 6800 maybe

[Marlon_JB2]

Sanyo has managed to disappoint me yet again. :)

Keeping my RAZR. At least it has EV-DO. :irked:

[Jonathanlc2005]

naaa the 7400 or 5600 were way better.
i dont know about the 7400 but your right i forgot about the 5600.

[josh33_unc]

black and pink are in the RS system and have prices (279 outright, 129 with service). silver doesnt, nor does the 6800.

sweet yea 6800 sku didnt show for me either yet, i didnt check the katanas. might up being similiar to the upstage how it didnt show up in our system til right before launch for the 6800 maybe

well, the katanas are in the radioshack system as 329 outright, but since we charge 50 more than sprint for outrights, sprint store would have em for 279 outright. thats y i posted 279, even though our system shows 329 unactivated.

[NM08SRT8]

What I want to know is why the 6800 doesnt say anything about the OS, Keyboard, but says "color external display" and things of that nature..?

[Kountry89]

how is this any different from the first katana

[Mayimbe87]

how is this any different from the first katana

Im asumming that its MULTIMEDIA this time, and the bigger external screen, thats about it

[ajskhan]

dang and its $129?! THAT is a RIPOFF!!!

I got a question - is this as durable as all other sanyo's?

[Felecity]

dang and its $129?! THAT is a RIPOFF!!!

I got a question - is this as durable as all other sanyo's?

How is that a rip off? The Katana (one) has been that price since it came out... only with in the last 6-8 months has it really had a mail-in rebate... and I know that PLENTY of them sold at that price at my store.

Since I doubt anyone has physically held the phone, I don't know how we could answer that question... I'm sure it will be a little more durable (hinge-wise) compared to its predecessor... but, no one will really know until we get one in hand.

[james2K]

i dont know about the 7400 but your right i forgot about the 5600.

with the 7400, think rugged 8300 with blue keys, bigger screen (same res tho), full changeable faceplates, advanced voice dialing

[blackmagicwoman]

I just ordered the first Katana!!! :irked:

[Complex757]

I just ordered the first Katana!!! :irked:

You have 30 days to return it :lol:

[Marlon_JB2]

Talk about a downgrade. VM4500 > Katana... uh no. Definitely get the Katana II.

[Jonathanlc2005]

we got the same thing here. we got the 300, katana II, mogul and another one

[PhilR8]

I work part-time at a fairly high-volume RadioShack (we have the MotoQ, Treo 755p, both USB RevA Aircards and the M300 in stock and ready to sell). Today my sprint rep came in to do whatever they do, and she had the Katana II with her. She let me play with it, but would not allow me to take pictures of it - there was a serial number engraved on it, and if a picture of it showed up on a web forum, she'd probably be in trouble. So I respected her request and just played with it.

The Pro700 is NOT the Katana II. As others have stated, she told me that the Katana II is basically just a Katana, but smaller and rounder. I actually liked the styling - it kindof reminded me of the RAZR2 in style. Not boxy sharp edges like the Katana - more rounded, svelte, attractive. Keypad, usually a weakpoint for most Sanyos, was very impressive. I was impressed overall witht he aesthetics, even though it is only an incremental upgrade over the Katana I.

UI is the same as the Katana - still a vga cam, etc etc. This looks like it is just meant to update styling while filling the same segment of sprint's handset lineup as the Katana. Not a phone I'd buy, but a phone I can see selling.

[Jonathanlc2005]

could you call her tommorro and find out about the speaker to see if its louder and is it triband. also comparable to an 8300 like is it multimedia?

[bigt42]

The 6800 or Mogul will not be out anytime soon rumored to be Oct. but still has a TBD release date. The reason was they wanted to launch it with windows mobile 6 and with EVDO REVA. The pro series from sanyo is rumored but I have not seen anything on a release date, those pics have been floating around for a while and not even a leak from corp. The katana II and the Pro series are completely diff as Sanyo are tying to Establish a Signature Line such as Ultra Series from Samsung. Their is a complete thread for them. But the Kanana 2 dosnt resemble any of the pro series either DLX or Reg.

[shamefulzero]

is the DLX going to have an MP camera or is it going to be VGA?

[sgtester]

is the DLX going to have an MP camera or is it going to be VGA?

It should have a 1.3 MP camera since it is rumored to be a squashed 8400. Of course its all speculation at this point.

[Rose4uKY]

If the DLX is as good as the 8400 I would consider one. I wanted a pink katana except for the fact it didn't have multimedia I loved my AAC ringers on my 8300 so I went with the 8400. My friend who doesn't do anythign but use the phone for a phone got the pink katana. But I want a slim phone and the DLX sounds nice. If it's the same as the 8400 except for being thin then I may not get it. I want the better bluetooth 2.0 and If it's a katana then I bet it has blue keys which I have never had before with any Sanyo phone. I think my friends pink katana has blue keys not the green. I haven't been here in a long time and I don't even need a new phone my 8400 is fine but the DLX sounds so nice and the Sanyo sidekick phone if there really is one sounds great too.

[MURF]

IS THE KATANA II AMPS??????? I need to add a third phone on my family plan with analog ability. I will get the current Katana or the new Sanyo 3200 or the new Katana II. The 3200's screen is too small for me, but if the Katana II has a good speaker compared to the crappy speaker on the original Katana I may wait for the Katana II if it will be available in the next week or so.
Has anyone noticed that the Katana II is made in Malaysia, not Japan!!!

https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/oet/forms/blobs/retrieve.cgi?attachment_id=796440&native_or_pdf=pdf

Is not the original Katana made in Japan??? My understanding is that the new Katana II sets the direction Sanyo will be going with all their new phones for quite a while. I try not to purchase first run technology as it is inherently unreliable. If the original Katana is made in Japan, I'll just get the original Katana.

[MURF]

I called a Sprint store and they informed me that the original Katana is also made in Malaysia, so I'll try to wait for the new Katana II, as long as it is released in the next week or so!!!

[shamefulzero]

when are the new katanas supposed to be released? i want the DLX.

[MURF]

In another thread here in the Sanyo Katana threads a store rep said yesterday that the Sanyo rep said July for the Katana II and October for the DLX.

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133508&page=5&pp=15