Best Current Phone?

I need to buy two new phones to replace my crappy N400s.

What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?

Thanks in advance.

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"Oscar_Lives" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I need to buy two new phones to replace my crappy N400s.
>
> What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>

I am partial to the 5300's other's to the 8100's
Please use GOOGLE to search the recent past (say last 3 months) in this
group as there has been:
- Plenty of discussion
- Lots of good 'links' to stories / references
To allow you to draw you own conclusions...

Oscar_Lives wrote:

> I need to buy two new phones to replace my crappy N400s.
>
> What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?
>
> Thanks in advance.


Let me copy and paste the excellent information John Gill
contributed when I asked this question:
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Joe Gill wrote:
FWIW...
I have the SANYO 5300 and love it....actually 4 of them....
Replaced 3500's... Always thought I had a 'signal' problem... because the
phones tested well... Now I know I had a phone problem....

IMHO....
8100 beats the 5300 in browser speed....(but supposedly the lastest sw level
may have leveled the playing field!)
8100 beats the 5300 weight.....
However.....
5300 beats the 8100 as a camera.... More features.
In my opinion, the 8100 is a 'cheaper' version of the 5300!

Use Google groups and search from prior discussions on this issue....
This link should get you most of the 'threads'
Make sure you get the entire link from http through &hl=en or use the tinurl
after it!
http://www.google.com/groups?as_q=53...&num=100&hl=en
-or-
http://tinyurl.com/3fuh3

You may also want to look at
http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/127560-1.html

Or run this search
http://www.google.com/search?num=100...=Google+Search
-or-
http://tinyurl.com/2nsye

Sure I could sit here after 90 days of use and 'nit-pick' at the 5300, but
all-in-all, a GREAT phone, and I picked it over the 8100.

As for 'issues', I would just recommend coming up to date on SW and PRL as
soon as you get any phone!

In article <ZNhTb.75761$U%5.411584@attbi_s03>,
"Oscar_Lives" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I need to buy two new phones to replace my crappy N400s.
>
> What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>

I don't understand the difficulty in deciding between the Sanyo 8100 and
5300 as a camera phone.

Oscar didn't ask about a camera phone. Thus the Sanyo 5400 (RL2500)
would be best as a flip phone. It replaces the camera with a good size 1
inch speaker, probably the best speaker phone out there for a SprintPCS
phone.

Depending on the use within his family, he might want to use the
ReadyLink (RL) feature of the Sanyo 5400, or save money, not use RL,
and turn off the RL capability and extend battery life to a more normal
multiday period.

The best one out there is the Sany VM4500.

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Oscar_Lives wrote:

> I need to buy two new phones to replace my crappy N400s.
>
> What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>

In article <[email protected]>,
Chad Michael Crews <[email protected]> wrote:

> The best one out there is the Sany VM4500.

The gentleman didnt ask for a camera phone.

The RL2500 is essentially the same phone for much less money
as it doesn't have a camera built in.

Oscar_Lives wrote:

> What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?

The Sanyo 5500, also called the "VM 4500" by Sprint.

Only been out for about two months. It's hands down the best flip phone
for Sprint PCS.


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"Donkey Agony" <root@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in news:AIqdnRcbBfErgb3dRVn-
[email protected]:

> Oscar_Lives wrote:
>
>> What is the best flip phone for voice and vision currently available?
>
> The Sanyo 5500, also called the "VM 4500" by Sprint.
>
> Only been out for about two months. It's hands down the best flip phone
> for Sprint PCS.
>
>

I have both the nokia and the Sanyo 8100. The nokia is best for a solid
signal

In article <rmarkoff-0E012E.08121203022004
@news06.west.earthlink.net>, Robert [email protected]=20
says...
> The RL2500 is essentially the same phone for much less money
> as it doesn't have a camera built in.
>=20

You strongly underestimate the value of the SMS functions=20
of the VM4500, then.

Based on the feedback I'm seeing, customers want that new=20
service, and very, very much so.

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R=D8=DF
O/Siris
I work for SprintPCS
I *don't* speak for them.

In article <[email protected]>,
O/Siris <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The RL2500 is essentially the same phone for much less money
> > as it doesn't have a camera built in.
> >
>
> You strongly underestimate the value of the SMS functions
> of the VM4500, then.
>
> Based on the feedback I'm seeing, customers want that new
> service, and very, very much so.

Then why is SprintPCS dragging its feet bringing out that Service
which you personally had told us was coming out in December??

Originally posted by Robert M.
In article <[email protected]>,
Chad Michael Crews <[email protected]> wrote:

> The best one out there is the Sany VM4500.

The gentleman didnt ask for a camera phone.

The RL2500 is essentially the same phone for much less money
as it doesn't have a camera built in.

No, he didnt ask about a camera phone, he asked about the best flip phone. The Sanyo 5500 is the best flip phone.

In article <[email protected]>,
Mastec <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Robert M. wrote:
> > *In article
> > <[email protected]>,
> > Chad Michael Crews <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > The best one out there is the Sany VM4500.
> >
> > The gentleman didnt ask for a camera phone.
> >
> > The RL2500 is essentially the same phone for much less money
> > as it doesn't have a camera built in. *
>
> No, he didnt ask about a camera phone, he asked about the best flip
> phone. The Sanyo 5500 is the best flip phone.
>

The Sanyo 5500 is the Sanyo VM4500, a cameraphone, for which one would
pay an extra $100. The Sanyo 5400 (aka RL2500) is the same phone without
a camera and costs $100 less, and weighs less too; and is the best flip
phone when one does not want a camera phone or cost is a consideration.

Originally posted by Robert M.
The Sanyo 5500 is the Sanyo VM4500, a cameraphone

Not to be a smart*** but, NO KIDDING!?!?!?!? I already knew that seeing how I own one.

#1 Sanyo 5500 w/camera and video

#2 Sanyo 5400

#3 Sanyo 8100

My opinion how they should be ranked.

In article <[email protected]>,
Mastec <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert M. wrote:
> > *The Sanyo 5500 is the Sanyo VM4500, a cameraphone*
>
> Not to be a smart*** but, NO KIDDING!?!?!?!? I already knew that
> seeing how I own one.
>
> #1 Sanyo 5500 w/camera and video
>
> #2 Sanyo 5400
>
> #3 Sanyo 8100
>
> My opinion how they should be ranked.
>
>

The only one without a camera, but with speaker phone capability is the
the 5400/RL2500. So if someone wants a flip phone with speakerphone for
the best price there is only one. The Sanyo 5400/RL2500

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 08:28:51 -0600, Mastec
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>Robert M. wrote:
>> *The Sanyo 5500 is the Sanyo VM4500, a cameraphone*
>
>Not to be a smart*** but, NO KIDDING!?!?!?!? I already knew that
>seeing how I own one.
>
>#1 Sanyo 5500 w/camera and video
>
>#2 Sanyo 5400
>
>#3 Sanyo 8100
>
>My opinion how they should be ranked.

I'm not saying the 8100 is the best phone, but it is the best phone
out of all the phones I've used over the years. Sounds good, and holds
a signal better than any phone I've had. Camera is mediocre, but I
could care less.