Sanyo SCP-6600 Katana Blue Sapphire (Sprint)

Average customer rating:

Katana - Slim, but Cheap

Bad battery

This phone is Invinsible!!!!!

inadequate for basic use AND bells & whistles

Despite some flaws, I'm still satisified

Sanyo SCP-6600 Katana Blue Sapphire (Sprint)

Manufacturer: Sprint
ProductGroup: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone

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Product Features:

Compose your messages easier and faster with prediction text input using the phone's built–in dictionary. Predictive Text Input lets the device predict the text you enter; it makes sending messages simple and more efficient.

Bluetooth technology built in to give you a truely hands free experience

Take pictures anywhere with integrated VGA digital camera

On board speaker phone with dedicated speakerphone button makes talking hands free easy

Know who's calling you by linking downloaded images and photos to the contacts in your internal phone book.

ASIN: B000GX2FE0
Release Date: 2007-02-02

Amazon.com Product Description

Here's Sanyo's answer to the RAZR revolution, the SCP-6600 "Katana," a phone that meets or beats many of the RAZR's specifications -- all at a lower price. This phone packs Bluetooth, a gorgeous QVGA color screen, a speakerphone, and a VGA camera. And of course, it's very thin and chic.

Design
The Katana's handsome, slim clamshell form factor slides easily into a pocket or purse. Inside the flip you'll find a massive 240 x 320, 65,000-color display. There's also a supplementary, 96 x 64 color display that displays call information, battery life, time of day, signal strength and more. The phone's VGA camera unit is housed above this display. Meanwhile, most of the phone's features and on-screen menus are controlled by a five-way center button above the handset's dial pad. A 2.5 mm headset jack is also provided, as is a USB data port.

Calling Features
The Katana's internal phone book can hold up to 500 contacts, and the phone's picture ID system allows you to assign pictures and ringtones to your most common callers. The phone ships with many polyphonic ringtones, but for those times when you want to be discreet, there's a vibrating alert. A built-in speakerphone makes it easy to talk without having the phone to your ear, and advanced voice activated dialing makes calling friends, family, and associates easy. Simply say the name or number of the person you want to call and the number is dialed automatically without using the keypad.

A unique call screening function lets you listen to voicemails while the caller is leaving them, allowing you to answer the call if you desire. The Katana's GPS location technology pinpoints your exact location when you dial 911 (where available). Perhaps most importantly for users in rural areas, the Katana is a tri-mode phone, meaning it can operate on Sprint's digital PCS network, as well as analog networks that serve many outlying areas. And lastly, because the Katana is Bluetooth enabled, wireless headsets can be configured with the phone for total handsfree operation.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
With support for sending and receiving text and picture messages the Katana has you covered in the messaging department. With Sprint PCS Picture Mail, you can take a picture anytime and send it to family and friends instantly while on the Sprint PCS Network. T9 text entry, which is a technology that makes it easier for people to enter words and text on handsets, is built-into the unit-- a plus for mobile email and text messaging users. You can also use an optional USB cable to provide wireless Internet and email access to your PC.

The phone also supports PCS Vision email and instant messaging capabilities. Sprint PCS Vision transforms the wireless experience from something that's simply functional into something visual, entertaining and highly personalized. MSN Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Instant Messenger are all supported by Sprint's PCS Vision service. PCS Vision mobile Web services let you check out sports scores, get your seven-day forecast, check your flight status, and stay up to date with the latest news. You'll also experience full-color graphic versions of popular Web sites.

A number of handy software tools are bundled with the Katana including a calendar, a calculator, and an alarm clock. A voice recorder lets you record up to 72 seconds of voice memos for later retrieval.

Imaging and Entertainment
As mentioned, the Katana features a built-in VGA still camera with brightness and white balance control, as well as a self-timer. The phone lets you choose from a variety of pre-set images to customize your display and make it unique to you. With PCS Vision's wireless download service, you can reflect your interests with thousands of pictures of your favorite TV characters, sports teams, celebrities, urban artwork, and more. You can also download games like Tetris and Pac-Man for hours of fun.

Vital Statistics
The Sanyo SCP-6600 Katana weighs 3.4 ounces and measures 3.88 x 2.02 x .6 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of digital talk time. It runs on the AMPS 850/CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Katana - Slim, but Cheap.......2007-12-16

I bought the Katana because I wanted a slim phone that slid into my uniform pocket easily, it accomplished this. But after a few months the hinge was loose and I noticed it lacked the features that some of the cheaper phones offered. I can do without features, but a flip phone that doesn't stay shut after a few months of normal use is not worth the money in my opinion.

Bad battery.......2007-08-17

My biggest complaint with this phone is the battery. We have owned two of these phones for about 8 months and neither phone can hold it's charge for even 48 hours...never had this problem with any other phone before. The battery was even replaced once and after about a month it no longer held it's charge.

This phone is uncomfortable to hold and does not flip open easily. There is a several second delay once the phone does open, so 'hello' is always cut off. It also picks up breathing sounds you don't even know you're making and drives the listener on the other end crazy.

This phone is Invinsible!!!!!.......2007-04-17

I lost this phone in a snowbank. 5 months later, when the snow melts, someone finds it. It fires right up.
I don't know how much I like this phone.... but you have to admit that's pretty amazing.

inadequate for basic use AND bells & whistles.......2007-03-16

Oh, it's cool blue and all, and it has a nice display inside. But I found it could not keep a steady signal, and I live in LA where we have more cell towers than BMWs. From the very first call it was dropping calls, and setting it for Home - to keep it on Sprint towers instead of jumping to other carriers' - did no good. Sprint told me they don't guarantee the signal, but they market the phone as maintaining a strong signal. They told me my house could interfere with the signal and maybe I should get near a window or go outside. That's ridiculous - I usually phone near a window, and having to go outside to use it is just dumb. I've used Nokia and Motorola phones and never had such a problem with dropped calls. I could sit on the bed and watch the signal go from 6 bars to none, then back up to 3, then 2, then 4, and so on. Meanwhile, my wife is sitting next to me with her LG 125 - no bells, no whistles - and she's saying, "Oh look honey! I've got 6 bars! Is that good?" and I'm like "grrrr...."

I got the phone for the promised signal strength, the Bluetooth, the voice dial, and the camera.

Well, signal strength? Strike 1.

Bluetooth? It paired instantly with my computer and the Plantronics headset, but Sanyo doesn't let you import ringtones, either from your computer or online, and the instability of the signal makes using the headset an exercise in frustration. Plus using the voice dial with the headset is maddening - worked maybe 10% of the time. Strike 2.

Voice dial? Worked very well most of the time using just the phone, not the headset - just one time when it called my mother instead of my wife (very different voice tags) when the last thing I wanted to do was talk to my mom. But overall I'll give it a passing grade.

Camera? Sprint forces you to go through their website photo manager to upload the photos so you can download them to your computer. It costs $15.99 or something like that! The photos are not of the quality you'd want to pay that kind of money and hassle to get. Strike 3.

Another problem having to do with basic utility: I found the phone almost impossible to open with one hand - there's nothing to grip with your thumb or finger to flip the cover back, and even if you're lucky enough to get it started opening the spring is so strong that it just snaps shut on you again. Maybe someone with smaller hands could manage it - I couldn't, and I had no problems with my Motorola. This is REALLY stupid design - it's form over function, a hallmark of bad design; Sanyo chose looks over utility. This simple function is one of the most basic a flip phone should have.

And ringtones: Like I said, Sanyo doesn't let you download them (at least not on a Mac; don't know about PCs), and the ringtones that come with the phone are the sorriest excuse for ringtones I've ever heard in a phone. My Nokia from 5 years ago did much better. There are like 16 tones and tunes, and that's it, and all but one or two are junk that you really don't want to listen to - embarrassingly bad, like Celine Dion singing Smells Like Teen Spirit. Kill me now.

OK - signal instability causing dropped calls; can't download ringtones; Bluetooth operates at a fraction of its potential because of the signal, ringtones and camera limitations; the camera is useless unless you pay even more to Sprint to get your own photos onto your own computer.

Thankfully, I can turn the phone in - I'm trying an LG150, comes with Bluetooth (so I can use the Plantronics, I hope) and voice dial. It can't be worse, and it doesn't have a camera frustrating me with its unusable presence.

(grumble-grumble!)

Despite some flaws, I'm still satisified.......2007-03-07

I read the reviews online before I purchased this phone and now that I own it, I do agree with the other reviewers about some of the phones "issues". Here are some notes (pros and cons)

1.If you're a casual user, like myself you will love the phone.
2.The camera does give your pictures an orange tint, BUT I have found that goes away if you tilt the camera down, a bit when taking the picture. Fool around with the angle and you will notice that orange hue lessens quite a bit.
3.The speaker phone, not the best. The other person doesn't hear me that well.
4.If you're on the phone while it is being charged, know that the rubber piece that covers the adapter outlet can be turned around, out of the way.
5. The earpiece volume on level 1 is loud, but I am usually in very loud enviorments and can't always hear the person with other phones, so score for me :)

That's all. I still love the phone. Nice battery life, different vibrating patterns and the ringer voice feature is great. Very satisfied

Product Description

You will receive 1 high quality Rechargeable Battery. This Rechargeable Battery 100% fits and is properly matching !

Ni-MH Rechargeable Battery (originally packaged factory-new merchandise)

This high capacity rechargeable battery definitely disposes of more power than the original rechargeable battery included in delivery of the unit. This rechargeable battery can be used instead of the original rechargeable battery without any problems and can be recharged with the available standard power supply.

Features of this rechargeable battery:

safety due to heat and overcharge protection
more power than the original
excellent fitting accuracy, certified quality merchandise, not an original accessory
the standard battery charger can still be used

Product Description

60005 --DOOR CHIME BOX (M16)

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