Re: Sprint to add Motorola Razr & Slvr models

> That was the problem. Sprint did think they could get along fine
> without the most popular selling phone of all time. They were wrong
> and decided to jump on the bandwagon.
>

Yes, I agree, but wouldn't it make more sense to start with the newer
offerings from Motorola rather than offering a phone that is over a year
old?

Steven J. Sobol <sjsobol@justthe.net> wrote:
> And just a point regarding the RAZR and SLVR. Initially, Cingular had
> exclusives on BOTH phones. NO ONE else had them for at least a year.
>
> Sanyo's been exclusive to Sprint just about forever...
>
> The knife cuts both ways...
>

Not really ... there is no industry demand for Sanyo phones beyond Sprint PCS
.... they have no real market penetration outside of Sprint PCS.

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David G. Imber <imber@maniform.com> wrote:
>
> That's been a common complaint with Sanyo phones, you're not
> alone there. I'm a huge fan of them and even I've disliked that. I
> once asked a good tech about that and he said that each of the phones
> SPCS offers is engineered with unique sound characteristics that
> appeal to different usrs. In his opinion, Sanyo wanted their sound to
> be "focused and loud" to the user, but not spill out to others around
> him or her. Kind of a privacy/civility thing.
>

I guess I don't buy that. My Wife had the Sanyo 8200 and I could hear her
conversations from across the room. I swore she must be going depth, but
picking up her phone and using it proved the volume to not be exceptionally
loud.

> Two things though: I find you very quickly get used to the
> "sweet spot" and go right to it in my opinion.
>

I had no real sweet spot issues with my Sanyo 7400 (with a leather case on
it).

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What is "going depth"? Is it a bad thing? :-)

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> David G. Imber <imber@maniform.com> wrote:
>>
>> That's been a common complaint with Sanyo phones, you're not
>> alone there. I'm a huge fan of them and even I've disliked that. I
>> once asked a good tech about that and he said that each of the phones
>> SPCS offers is engineered with unique sound characteristics that
>> appeal to different usrs. In his opinion, Sanyo wanted their sound to
>> be "focused and loud" to the user, but not spill out to others around
>> him or her. Kind of a privacy/civility thing.
>>
>
> I guess I don't buy that. My Wife had the Sanyo 8200 and I could hear her
> conversations from across the room. I swore she must be going depth, but
> picking up her phone and using it proved the volume to not be
> exceptionally
> loud.
>
>> Two things though: I find you very quickly get used to the
>> "sweet spot" and go right to it in my opinion.
>>
>
> I had no real sweet spot issues with my Sanyo 7400 (with a leather case on
> it).
>
> --
> Thomas T. Veldhouse
> Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
>
>

Mij Adyaw <mij@thebitbucket.com> wrote:
> What is "going depth"? Is it a bad thing? :-)
>

I have no clue why I wrote that? I am working on a CAD/CAM add-in to Autodesk
Inventor, so perhaps my mind had a bit of a glitch .... I better look for a
variable named _deaf in the code ;-)

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In article <k_6Vg.2087$Yy1.1950@textfe.usenetserver.com>, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>> Sanyo's been exclusive to Sprint just about forever...
>> The knife cuts both ways...
>
> Not really ... there is no industry demand for Sanyo phones beyond Sprint PCS
> ... they have no real market penetration outside of Sprint PCS.

I question how hard they've even tried to market phones through other carriers.

I have never seen Sanyo even OFFERED anywhere besides Sprint.


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On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:35:28 GMT, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
<veldy71@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Steven J. Sobol <sjsobol@justthe.net> wrote:
>> And just a point regarding the RAZR and SLVR. Initially, Cingular had
>> exclusives on BOTH phones. NO ONE else had them for at least a year.
>>
>> Sanyo's been exclusive to Sprint just about forever...
>>
>> The knife cuts both ways...
>>
>
>Not really ... there is no industry demand for Sanyo phones beyond Sprint PCS

In the US. In Japan they're ubiquitous and up against very
heavy competition.

DGI

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 07:46:53 -0700, "Mij Adyaw" <mij@TheBitBucket.com>
wrote:

>What is "going depth"?

Linguistic variant of a common practice among wide receivers
and philosophers.

DGI

Steven J. Sobol wrote:
> In article <k_6Vg.2087$Yy1.1950@textfe.usenetserver.com>, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
> >> Sanyo's been exclusive to Sprint just about forever...
> >> The knife cuts both ways...
> >
> > Not really ... there is no industry demand for Sanyo phones beyond Sprint PCS
> > ... they have no real market penetration outside of Sprint PCS.
>
> I question how hard they've even tried to market phones through other carriers.
>
> I have never seen Sanyo even OFFERED anywhere besides Sprint.
>
>
> --
> Steve Sobol, Professional Geek ** Java/VB/VC/PHP/Perl ** Linux/*BSD/Windows
> Apple Valley, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
>
> It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.


Verizon did offer one Sanyo model back in 1999 when they were still
Airtouch here in So. Cal. But it was VERY short lived.

Mij Adyaw wrote:
> > That was the problem. Sprint did think they could get along fine
> > without the most popular selling phone of all time. They were wrong
> > and decided to jump on the bandwagon.
> >
>
> Yes, I agree, but wouldn't it make more sense to start with the newer
> offerings from Motorola rather than offering a phone that is over a year
> old?

They are going to offer the new KRZR. But no I think it's best that
they jump on the RAZR bandwagon now even if it is an old phone. It's
still the best selling phone and is expected to keep that title through
the Holiday season.