SoloDogg
10-10-2005, 10:39 PM
Well, i've only owned the phone for 4 hours, but i've put it through it's paces...so i'll give my initial review, and come back in a bit and update it! :)
So far..i'm pleased with the phone. The biggest thing I love is the external speaker. It's definitely very loud and clear, unlike any Sanyo phone i've ever used. The ringers all sound great, and the phone is nice and sleek. It's just slightly larger than my Samsung A680 was (not counting the antenna of course), but that's fine, since the lack of antenna makes this phone much easier to carry.
Call quality is decent. It seems to have the same noise cancellation bug that every new Samsung has, and the YA28 software for my A680 had, so that would be the only thing that would make me revert back to the 680. But, I must admit, it's not nearly as bad as the A680 was with the YA28 software, so that's a good thing. Other than that, very similar in quality to that phone. When using speakerphone, callers said they couldn't even tell I was on a speaker phone, and could hear me loud and clear, even with the phone 3 feet away from my mouth. Not too shabby..
To sum it up:
Pros - external speaker, lack of antenna, call quality is excellent, callers couldn't tell I was using a speaker phone!
Cons - seems to still suffer from the noise cancellation bug, albeit not as bad.
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0409.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0410.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0411.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0412.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0413.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0414.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0415.JPG
So far..i'm pleased with the phone. The biggest thing I love is the external speaker. It's definitely very loud and clear, unlike any Sanyo phone i've ever used. The ringers all sound great, and the phone is nice and sleek. It's just slightly larger than my Samsung A680 was (not counting the antenna of course), but that's fine, since the lack of antenna makes this phone much easier to carry.
Call quality is decent. It seems to have the same noise cancellation bug that every new Samsung has, and the YA28 software for my A680 had, so that would be the only thing that would make me revert back to the 680. But, I must admit, it's not nearly as bad as the A680 was with the YA28 software, so that's a good thing. Other than that, very similar in quality to that phone. When using speakerphone, callers said they couldn't even tell I was on a speaker phone, and could hear me loud and clear, even with the phone 3 feet away from my mouth. Not too shabby..
To sum it up:
Pros - external speaker, lack of antenna, call quality is excellent, callers couldn't tell I was using a speaker phone!
Cons - seems to still suffer from the noise cancellation bug, albeit not as bad.
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0409.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0410.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0411.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0412.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0413.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0414.JPG
http://www.tristatecarz.com/solodogg/a820/IMG_0415.JPG