Diehard Sanyo Guy....may be time for a change?

[bikerich69]

i have been using sanyo phones for over 7 years. there is a saying "if it aint broke, dont fix it." i have had no experiences with other manufacturers. but i see that the motorola V9m is coming out. i was thinking to maybe give it a try. out of all the manufacturers that sprint uses, is it sanyo that works the best on the network. i read alot of people in this forum try multiple phones and was curious to what the general concensus is.

[w7excursion]

You'll be back! j/k I still have my trusty 9k and 6800. Best of both worlds since im not a lg or sammy fan.

[Ruinedeffigy]

I have experience with the Samsung A900M - I hated it and sold it for the cost that I bought it on...

There's just something about the Sanyo User Interface that I love and never want to leave... Unless of course I get a string of ****ty phones..

I have used some friend's Razr's -- They're not any good. I've head goof things from the V9 - I think I heard 6 HOUR Digital Talk Time... which is AMAZING.

I've owned an LG... The first color one, the LG5300. It was good, but it didn't hold up over time and it started to break about 10 months in for ownership.

I played around with a Musiq the other day -- I liked it, it's cheap, but I don't know if I can ever go back to LG...

[9000 BABY]

id stay with sanyo to see what comes out next. remember sanyo makes what sprint wants them to make but over japan there phones are way better than the ones here

[gsi91j]

I was in the same boat. I've had Sanyo phones for years and they just flat out work and are reliable. I have yet to have to replace a broken Sanyo phone. I just gave up my Sanyo VM-4500 which I've had for 3.5+ years, worked like a champ. Since I wasn't crazy about anything Sanyo currently had, I took a chance on the Palm 755p. While it's a decent device, it's just not a Sanyo in terms of features and quality. I think I just got used to certain things on the Sanyos and I find myself missing all those things on the Palm :( I'm still within my 30-day return period, so I'm going to give it a chance at least and see where it leaves me.

[sde780]

I would stay with Sanyo, my old samsung was really slow, and motorola's slow too. And by slow I mean when you press menu, it takes a while to load it. on sanyos, its instantaneous. pictures too, my old motorola took 30 secs to load a page of pics stored on the phone.

[9000 BABY]

sanyo cams are great too

[JohnnyC]

Stay with the Sanyo!!!!!!!!!!!

If you like the user interface and are big on that on the Sanyo...you will not be happy with what i consider to be a clunky motorola interface...its just cheap looking to me...don't like the interface of the existing razor at all.....

Sanyos on the otherhand...very nice i agree with what people have said here...there is just something about them.... and they are sooo customizable...the razor i played with...not so much!!!

And yes Sanyo reliability is great.... i first had a samsung with sprint when i first came over in 2002... then got sanyos ever since and love them..not one problem...always worked 100 percent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope this helps

[gsi91j]

LOL I work for Motorola and I would never recommend a Motorola phone to anyone. (No, I don't work for the cell phone group.)

We had to sit through some training session a while back and they actually stressed to us: "In today's market, a product doesn't need to be full featured, but rather it just needs to be good enough". Basically meaning, time to market was more important then being full featured, etc. ugggh

[Cheatachu72]

I too have strayed from sanyo twice...over to samsung (a900 and upstage) and on both occasions i almost instantly regretted the decision (a900 one month, upstage 5 days)

[9000 BABY]

people are influence on looks but functions they care less so they say oh i don't need a cam on the phone i don't need a loud speaker i don't need this and that lol. i cant see having a car that's pretty but cant even do the speed limit ya dig.

[NONAME]

No matter how many different phones I get/try, I always keep a sanyo or two near by (I am a non recovering Phone Whore) :hee: But yeah, I usually try out just about every mid/high end (non PDA) phone that Sprint releases but I always come back to a Sanyo. :tu:
BTW,come December it will be ONE YEAR that ive held on to my M1 :clap: and that by far is a record for me;)

[TheEsupremacy]

I'll be back when they make an M1 replacement, as long as it doesn't LOOK like the M1. Till then, bye Sanyo.

[NONAME]

No matter how many different phones I get/try, I always keep a sanyo or two near by (I am a non recovering Phone Whore) :hee: But yeah, I usually try out just about every mid/high end (non PDA) phone that Sprint releases but I always come back to a Sanyo. :tu:
BTW,come December it will be ONE YEAR that ive held on to my M1 :clap: and that by far is a record for me;)
And :thought: to show how much of a Sanyo Die Hard I am...I still have my 5150 (how many of you rermember this one) in near perfect shape too.

This was Sprints second "COLOR" screen phone, with the 1rst being the 5000..yeah, I had one of those too.

[james2K]

Nice 5150 NONAME! never had it because i wasn't the phone junkie I am now then, and I got by fine with a LG 5250 in a age of Sanyo 5300's if you catch my drift. My first high end phone was the 5500 which I bought full price and never felt bad about it. That phone was simply awesome for the reasons I come to know as Sanyo. I've just loved every purchase, the phones are great!

After a week with LG and Samsung, the grass to me isnt greener. Nice phones, great designs and features, but not for me. I think I'll activate my M1 again here.

[9000 BABY]

I'll be back when they make an M1 replacement, as long as it doesn't LOOK like the M1. Till then, bye Sanyo.

i think its people on here because everyone i show my m1 to says that phone is hott

[NONAME]

Nice 5150 NONAME! never had it because i wasn't the phone junkie I am now then, and I got by fine with a LG 5250 in a age of Sanyo 5300's if you catch my drift. My first high end phone was the 5500 which I bought full price and never felt bad about it. That phone was simply awesome for the reasons I come to know as Sanyo. I've just loved every purchase, the phones are great!

After a week with LG and Samsung, the grass to me isnt greener. Nice phones, great designs and features, but not for me. I think I'll activate my M1 again here. :tu: Here is a pic ( I posted on here once before) of a old school line up I had at one time. I think you will like it, even though the pic quality isnt good.

NOTE:The number of Sanyos

[kewlazme]

And :thought: to show how much of a Sanyo Die Hard I am...I still have my 5150 (how many of you rermember this one) in near perfect shape too.

This was Sprints second "COLOR" screen phone, with the 1rst being the 5000..yeah, I had one of those too.
The first was the 4900 I believe.. a candy bar phone, which I bought about 4 days after sprint released it. I had the $44.95 plan for like 1400 min and originally had to pay for PCS Vision on a per 2MB basis, which was finally grandfathered to unlimited since it sucked so bad back then. I could rarely get connected and I tried DLing Pacman from Sprint's site which never DL'd. The download kept getting an error message. I had been using a "Denso Touchpoint 2100" if anyone even remembers that. That was back with the "Wireless Web" all wap interface.

Even then, Sanyo impressed me, that was the start of a beautiful ~8 year friendship. But now with qualcomm being stopped and sanyo talking of selling their mobile phone division, it may all be coming to an end!

[NONAME]

The first was the 4900 I believe.. a candy bar phone, which I bought about 4 days after sprint released it. I had the $44.95 plan for like 1400 min and originally had to pay for PCS Vision on a per 2MB basis, which was finally grandfathered to unlimited since it sucked so bad back then. I could rarely get connected and I tried DLing Pacman from Sprint's site which never DL'd. The download kept getting an error message. I had been using a "Denso Touchpoint 2100" if anyone even remembers that. That was back with the "Wireless Web" all wap interface.

Even then, Sanyo impressed me, that was the start of a beautiful ~8 year friendship. But now with qualcomm being stopped and sanyo talking of selling their mobile phone division, it may all be coming to an end!Nope :p the 4900 was a Vision phone as you stated, but the 5000 and 5150 were out way before that. They were/used the wireless web system...which wasnt a $ charge per say, but took away from your minutes.

[Rose4uKY]

My 1st one was one before the 4900 SCP 4500 candy bar style non colored screen and I guess it had wirless web which I never used. Then I saw the 4900 colored screen and was told about vision. That's when I got the 10 dollar unlimited plan and we used that short mail crap. I heard the 8100 was a great phone but I got the 8200 sucky 8300 good 8400 great and now the 8500 DLX which I love. Ever since I have been with Sprint it's been all Sanyo for me.. Rose

[C1787GJ]

I could never leave Sanyo. The only other phone I have ever owned was the Nokia 5160 or whatever from Cellular One wayyyyyyy back.. I still have a 4900 in perfect shape no one uses anymore of course, my mother only used it for a short time. I just turned it on the other day and it is amazing how far we have come in cell phone technology in a short amount of time. Worst that can happen if you try something else and don't like it is just sell it and come back to Sanyo! :) Good luck to ya!

[kewlazme]

Nope :p the 4900 was a Vision phone as you stated, but the 5000 and 5150 were out way before that. They were/used the wireless web system...which wasnt a $ charge per say, but took away from your minutes.

Ah you know what you're right.. i was thinking of the first "Vision" phone, not color phone.

[kewlazme]

Nope :p the 4900 was a Vision phone as you stated, but the 5000 and 5150 were out way before that. They were/used the wireless web system...which wasnt a $ charge per say, but took away from your minutes.

Ah you know what you're right.. i was thinking of the first "Vision" phone, not color phone. :tu: :thought:

[bikerich69]

looks like everyone has convinced me. i will be sticking with sanyo for a while. my first sanyo was the 4500. one of the sanyos which i really liked was the magnesium SCP 6200? and the 6400. i am holding the SCP 6400 now. still a great looking phone! i then had the 5600? the 7400, 8400 and now the 8500. hey... come to think of it i have had nothing but sanyos and have been very happy. i guess i am sticking with sanyo! i have a regular sanyo collection and spare standard OEM batteries to most of them to boot!

[Wayne 1]

4500 was my first phone too. I've looked around and still can't find a PHONE that beats the Sanyo's. That tells me more than anything........ :hee:

[tbakergobuck]

I prefer Sanyo's because there usually less buggy and there reliable but I'm just tired of the same old designs. Also wish Sanyo would improve there earpiece sound quality (not speakerphone). Hopefully the pro series wow's
me. :fingers:

[9000 BABY]

I prefer Sanyo's because there usually less buggy and there reliable but I'm just tired of the same old designs. Also wish Sanyo would improve there earpiece sound quality (not speakerphone). Hopefully the pro series wow's
me. :fingers:

yea i hear you with the old designs but i got the admit the DXL is a step into the right direction

[w7excursion]

4500 was my first phone too. I've looked around and still can't find a PHONE that beats the Sanyo's. That tells me more than anything........ :hee:
Same here. I still have mine but I let my daughter play with it :)

[kewlazme]

i think its people on here because everyone i show my m1 to says that phone is hott

Showing it to blind people I assume :P

[bikerich69]

Showing it to blind people I assume :P
:laughing: i take that back. i dont want to tempt fate!

[tbakergobuck]

yea i hear you with the old designs but i got the admit the DXL is a step into the right directionI think/hope so as well. The DLX is a classy looking phone, well at least the silver is. lol I usually don't keep the same phone more then 4 months but I've kept the Q for 8 months now. When I first got it I didn't think it was a keeper but after giving it a chance/learning hacks and 2 updates it's a great phone/smartphone regardless of all the negitive comments posted on this site. I wanted a change and a compact phone so I tried the DLX. The DLX is a great phone with a good battery but I decided to return the DLX to try the Muziq which it was ok but I like the DLX better. I'm now waiting to try the razr 2 but have a feeling I'll return it as well. I might try the 755p but I'm not going to pay full price for it. As much as I want to change phones for wanting something different I know I should just wait 4 1/2 months till Christmas.

[J.M.W.]

Hopefully the wife will take my DLX, so I can use her $150 rebate for a RAZR2 :fingers: :D

[9000 BABY]

Showing it to blind people I assume :P


corny joke but i have friends that are into big things and they like my m1 looks and all but u are on here so your picky because of opinions

[kewlazme]

corny joke but i have friends that are into big things and they like my m1 looks and all but u are on here so your picky because of opinions

lol nah i had the m1... it was ok... not as sleek as the katana.. or even the razr. Truthfully the 9000 was a much sexier phone than the M1.. what made me lose respect from the M1 was the cheap plastic. If they had that style with the stronger plastic that the 9000 had, it would have been nicer. Maybe even if the M1 was metallic like the Razr... not that I care for the razr all that much.. but there was just something missing from the M1. The DLX I replaced it with is much more sturdy feeling. The M1 had massive "phone creek"

[9000 BABY]

lol nah i had the m1... it was ok... not as sleek as the katana.. or even the razr. Truthfully the 9000 was a much sexier phone than the M1.. what made me lose respect from the M1 was the cheap plastic. If they had that style with the stronger plastic that the 9000 had, it would have been nicer. Maybe even if the M1 was metallic like the Razr... not that I care for the razr all that much.. but there was just something missing from the M1. The DLX I replaced it with is much more sturdy feeling. The M1 had massive "phone creek"

yea i agree the m1 was made so cheap but i think sanyo will comeback with something soon

[Mr.Gecko]

I got the 8400 as a replacement for a bad Sammy 920 that would not PV. The rep gave me the choice of Fusic or the 8400. I chose the 8400 for it's screen & reception. In the store the 8400 showed all bars but the Fusic showed half.

I have not been disappointed by this phone. I used to be into Motorola but the Razor is overrated and those I know who bought them have something else now. I'm sold on Sanyo. The only thing that could woo me away would be a VGA smartphone, & that won't be anytime soon.

[Lexxous]

This thread has gotten off track a bit......


Back to the original question, should you stay with Sanyo or check out other manufacturers....

I have been to the other side of the fence and I keep coming back to my trusty 5600.

It's a personal choice for you. If you can afford to swing phones til you find something that hits your spot, do it! There's no hate towards a phone whoring ;)

[Wayne 1]

I hope the Pro series is still on track. Rumour is a replacement for the 4930 is coming out. :)

[NONAME]

This thread has gotten off track a bit......


Back to the original question, should you stay with Sanyo or check out other manufacturers....

I have been to the other side of the fence and I keep coming back to my trusty 5600.

It's a personal choice for you. If you can afford to swing phones til you find something that hits your spot, do it! There's no hate towards a phone whoring ;)Thank you very much... :lol:

[bikerich69]

This thread has gotten off track a bit......


Back to the original question, should you stay with Sanyo or check out other manufacturers....

I have been to the other side of the fence and I keep coming back to my trusty 5600.

It's a personal choice for you. If you can afford to swing phones til you find something that hits your spot, do it! There's no hate towards a phone whoring ;)
just a little off track but there is info to be gained when people talk about the various phones they have had and compare them. it looks like i am keeping my replacement 8400 i just received until maybe the pro series comes out. i was going to try the DLX again but time is going by and i will probably wait. oh yeah...about the motorola, i will probably pass and get another sanyo. the 8400 is quite a good phone as have been my other sanyos.

[tbakergobuck]

lol nah i had the m1... it was ok... not as sleek as the katana.. or even the razr. Truthfully the 9000 was a much sexier phone than the M1.. what made me lose respect from the M1 was the cheap plastic. If they had that style with the stronger plastic that the 9000 had, it would have been nicer. Maybe even if the M1 was metallic like the Razr... not that I care for the razr all that much.. but there was just something missing from the M1. The DLX I replaced it with is much more sturdy feeling. The M1 had massive "phone creek"I looked over your post but I feel the same way about the DLX feeling more solid build wise compared to the M1. The only thing that I liked about the M1 is the Camera. A few reasons I sold mine was because I didn't like the crammed keypad, showed wear/tear quick, bluetooth cutting in/out issues and the battery life wasn't as good as other Sanyo phones I've had. I really liked the Sanyo 9000 but it was a Huge for a flip phone.

[james2K]

i just switched back to my M1...missed it dearly. i dont use bt all that much and really need a media phone. imo the DLX isn't one truly. yes it has music store but it doesn't work that well and can't minimize and keep playing. mine is 6 months old, def. showing wear but i'll deal for now. i like having a black phone that doesn't feel like i'm holding a shingle.

[tbakergobuck]

i like having a black phone that doesn't feel like i'm holding a shingle.If your refering to the Q, it's a bit wide but I prefer a tank like build over a fisher price toy phone anyday. :p Don't even bother claiming it to get a new one because it's just going to get scratched up in 2 days. lol

[james2K]

If your refering to the Q, it's a bit wide but I prefer a tank like build over a fisher price toy phone anyday. :p Don't even bother claiming it to get a new one because it's just going to get scratched up in 2 days. lol

no Mr. Presumptuous I was not...i was referring to the plethora of thin phones i used over the last month. Call it what you want, if you feel like you have a bigger johnson putting my phone down so be it :headbang2 :p :haha:

:joke:

[tbakergobuck]

Well disregard my post then. :lol: Not to keep talking about the DLX but to me it's near perfect size for a flip. It's not to thin but not to chubby. I loved the 610's display but the phone was a little awkard for my big hands.

[tbakergobuck]

Just to let everyone know I was just joking about the M1 feeling like a toy phone. I really don't think any cell phone feels like a toy phone. The M1 is a good phone and I can't wait for what replaces it.

[james2K]

my joke was funnier :hee:

[fr8hlr]

I would stay with Sanyo, my old samsung was really slow, and motorola's slow too. And by slow I mean when you press menu, it takes a while to load it. on sanyos, its instantaneous. pictures too, my old motorola took 30 secs to load a page of pics stored on the phone.


SLOW!!!! I've been a Sanyo user and a Sprint customer since 1999. I strayed this year when I was eligible for an upgrade. Tried the Motorola KRZR K1m....big mistake. It was so slow that I could make breakfast before the menu would come up....lol. Absolutely hated the phone. Although I was beyond the 1 month trial period, Sprint worked with me and I was able to swap it even up for the SCP-8400. Won't be switching again for a long time.

[9000 BABY]

yea and that razr costs too much money i mean its just a razr damn

[tbakergobuck]

yea and that razr costs too much money i mean its just a razr damnYea it's pricey. Considering I probably won't keep it for 3 or 4 months I'm having second thoughts about it but who knows with me.

[9000 BABY]

i like a smart phone better

[tbakergobuck]

my joke was funnier :hee:It made it into my signature. :lol:

[james2K]

it's j2k...but that's way cool! :lol:

[tbakergobuck]

it's j2k...but that's way cool! :lol:ok I changed it. Hopefully some Q haters will read it. lol

[bikerich69]

SLOW!!!! I've been a Sanyo user and a Sprint customer since 1999. I strayed this year when I was eligible for an upgrade. Tried the Motorola KRZR K1m....big mistake. It was so slow that I could make breakfast before the menu would come up....lol. Absolutely hated the phone. Although I was beyond the 1 month trial period, Sprint worked with me and I was able to swap it even up for the SCP-8400. Won't be switching again for a long time.
The 8400 Is A Great Phone Except For It Powering On And Off By Itself. I Have Had An 8400 For Almost One Year And Am In The Market For A Change. For Something New. It Will Be A Sanyo. I Am Just Waiting. The DLX Is Nice But The Reception Is An Issue As My Prior Thread Describes.

[james2K]

well, to comment on the original post.

i did it...changed to the v9m from the sanyo m1. i am planning on selling my m1 soon. it's a very nice change of pace and a way to pass the time until the pro series become real (hopefully) :fingers: moto done made a quality phone

[DrewSG3]

Is there any information on this supposed pro series?

[Dissolved]

well, to comment on the original post.

i did it...changed to the v9m from the sanyo m1. i am planning on selling my m1 soon. it's a very nice change of pace and a way to pass the time until the pro series become real (hopefully) :fingers: moto done made a quality phone


enjoy the 65k screens, short battery life and laggy menus :)

[james2K]

enjoy the 65k screens, short battery life and laggy menus :)

oh i am :) it's all true. but it could be worse....at least it's not built like the m1 :irked: