Sanyo SCP-2700 - impulsive pink (Sprint)
Manufacturer: Sanyo Part number: SCP2700PNKSPT
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- With its great messaging interface and affordable pricing, the Sanyo SCP-2700 offers excellent bang for your buck.
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CNET editors' review
Sanyo SCP-2700 - impulsive pink (Sprint) price range: $0.00
- Reviewed by: Nicole Lee
- Reviewed on: 04/21/2009
- Released on: 05/10/2009
The good: The Sanyo SCP-2700 is slim and lightweight, with a great keyboard and an easy-to-use interface. It offers extensive messaging support, including support for corporate e-mail. It's also very affordable.
The bad: The Sanyo SCP-2700 has poor photo quality, and the e-mail syncing could be improved.
The bottom line: With its great messaging interface and affordable pricing, the Sanyo SCP-2700 offers excellent bang for your buck.
Messaging phones have become the latest cell phone trend to sweep the country, as all four national carriers now carry some kind of full QWERTY handset made primarily for sending out texts and e-mails. The latest manufacturer to jump on the bandwagon in the U.S. is Sanyo, which has just released the Sanyo SCP-2700 for Sprint. The SCP-2700 is not a feature-rich handheld by any means--it doesn't have 3G or a music player--but it does have that full QWERTY keyboard with threaded text messaging, support for corporate e-mail, plus a 1.3-megapixel camera and Bluetooth. It's also one of the cheapest messaging phones out there at only $29.99 with a two-year service agreement.
Design
The Sanyo SCP-2700 has a very straightforward design, and looks a little like a lower-end version of a BlackBerry, or a thicker version of the Pantech Slate. Measuring 4.3 inches long by 2.4 inches wide by 0.6 inch thick, the SCP-2700 is encased in glossy plastic with a checkered texture design on the back. The SCP-2700 is also quite lightweight at 3.4 ounces. It feels good in the hand, but the glossy surface does make it prone to fingerprints.
On the front of the SCP-2700 is a decent 2.2-inch diagonal display with 65,536 colors and 320x240 pixel resolution. We would've liked 262,000 colors instead, but since the SCP-2700 isn't a very high-end phone, we were fine with it. The screen looks nice and bright, and the text is legible and sharp. You can adjust the backlight time, the size of the input font, and the sleep mode timer.
Underneath the display is the navigation array, which consists of two soft keys, a square navigation toggle with middle confirmation key, a dedicated text-messaging key, a back key, and the Send and End/Power keys. The aforementioned toggle is mapped to four user-defined shortcuts, while the middle confirmation key leads to the main menu when on standby mode. All the keys are sufficiently raised above the surface, and are easy to use.
Below the navigation array is the QWERTY keyboard, which is what makes the SCP-2700 a messaging phone. The keyboard is a little small, like that on the Palm Centro, but we really liked how tactile the keys are. The keys are raised above the surface, plus they have a bubble-like texture that makes it easy to type. There's also a dedicated emoticon key that brings up the different emoticons while you're typing out a text message. The dedicated speakerphone key is on the bottom right of the keyboard.
On the left spine are a charger jack, a dedicated camera key, and the volume rocker, while a 2.5mm headset jack sits on the right spine. On the back is the camera lens and an external speaker. There is no flash or self-portrait mirror.
Features
The Sanyo SCP-2700 doesn't have a lot of features going for it, but it does do messaging very well, which suits its primary purpose. It has a basic 600-entry phone book, with room in each entry for six phone numbers, three e-mail addresses, a Web URL, a street address, and a memo. You can assign contacts with a photo for caller ID and to different caller groups as well. You can also assign one of 37 polyphonic ringtones for incoming calls, text messages, picture mails, and voice SMS. Other basic features include a vibrate mode, a speakerphone, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a countdown timer, a stopwatch, a voice memo recorder, and a world clock. There's also a wireless Web browser, Bluetooth, instant messaging (AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo), e-mail, and voice SMS. There's also GPS support for location-based services like Sprint Navigator.
Truly, the star feature of the SCP-2700 lies in its messaging applications. It doesn't just have the standard text message functionality; it also supports threaded text messages, which are usually available on higher-end smart phones only. This means you get to view a text message within the context of a conversation, rather than as just a single message.
The SCP-2700 also supports multiple e-mail accounts from an array of providers like Sprint's own PCS Mail, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail, as well as your own POP or IMAP e-mail account. Only PCS Mail requires a Web browser to access. Amazingly, the SCP-2700 can also receive your work e-mail. You can either use your employer's Outlook Web Access or use Sprint's own Mobile E-mail Personal Account. The latter requires a software download and a rather tedious Web interface that will link your work e-mail to the phone, so it's best if your company has OWA running.
The messaging interface is very intuitive. Navigation is easy, and you can choose how many messages you want to see in your in-box. Do note that you have to switch between different in-boxes for your different e-mail accounts. Also, for your work account, you can't get to any of your other incoming mail folders aside from the primary in-box. This can be annoying if you have filters set up to redirect your mail to separate e-mail folders.
Also on the SCP-2700 is a 1.3-megapixel camera. It can take pictures in three resolutions (1,280x960, 640x480, and 320x240), and three quality settings. Other camera options include a brightness setting, five white balance presets, plus a manual mode, sharpness control, contrast, a self-timer, up to 12x digital zoom, five picture modes, multiple shot settings, fun frames, eight color tones, three shutter sounds, and a silent option. Photo quality was poor: images looked washed out and dull with quite a bit of pixelation as well. There's no camcorder built in.
You can customize the SCP-2700 with different screensavers and ring or alert tones. It comes with a few games, like demo versions of Block Breaker Deluxe 2 and Monopoly Here & Now, and Guitar Hero World Tour. It also comes with NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile, NFL Mobile Live, and Social Zone in the Applications folder. If you want, you can purchase more graphics, ringers, games, and applications via Sprint's Web browser.
Performance
We tested the dual-mode (CDMA 800/1900; 1xRTT) Sanyo SCP-2700 in San Francisco using Sprint's service. Call quality was very impressive. Callers could hear us loud and clear without a lot of background sound. We could hear them clearly as well, though there was the occasional static and hiss. Speakerphone quality wasn't as good, with a bit more of a tinny quality to the callers' voices, but we could still carry on a conversation.
The SCP-2700 has a rated battery life of 4.8 hours talk time. We only got a tested talk time of 3 hours and 11 minutes in our tests. According to FCC radiation tests, the Sanyo SCP-2700 has a digital SAR rating of 1.25 watts per kilogram.
User reviews
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Major Design Flaw
by StormSCout on July 5, 2009
Pros: The texting features are quite nice, operating system design is easy to use and navigate.
Cons: The major flaw is the antenna is at the bottom of the phone. The way you hold the phone for text input will cut off your signal. This means typing your text and having to hold your phone upside down to send your message.
Summary: All and all I wish i had never purchased this phone. The manual says to even hold the phone in a way that shows it was not designed with ergonomics ...
Summary: All and all I wish i had never purchased this phone. The manual says to even hold the phone in a way that shows it was not designed with ergonomics in mind. It is a major pain to lose signal just by holding my phone in the most natural way for text messaging and voice communication. If you live in an area with spotty reception, this phone will not function well at all, however, it may not be so bad in major metropolitan areas with a strong constant signal. Everywhere I have used this phone to send text messages, it involves having to hold it upside down just to send a message, and not holding it all to receive one. The antenna being at the bottom of the phone shows such and obvious design flaw that I doubt I will ever purchase any sort of phone again from Sanyo unless I know the antenna is clearly at the top of the phone, in the most user friendly style.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Great Phone When You Don't Need Anything Extra
by K_Diane on November 24, 2009
Pros: -Easy to use
-Great for texting
-Easy to use QWERTY keyboard
-Affordable
-Not overloaded with stuff
-Lightwieght and stylish
-Big, bright screenCons: -No video
-Poor picture qualitySummary: I love this simple little phone. My world is already choatic, so I don't need something that is full of junk I don't have time to use. This ...
Summary: I love this simple little phone. My world is already choatic, so I don't need something that is full of junk I don't have time to use. This phone suits my world perfectly.
I hardly ever make calls, texting is more my thing. I wanted a phone that had a QWERTY keyboard but wasn't as spaced out as those on phone that slide out (like the Rumour for example). This phone fit the bill.
I wanted something that had features I would use. This phone isn't overloaded with, like I said, features I will never have time to use. It has interent, GPS, and Bluetooth. Perfect.
I didn't need a phone that plays music, I have an iPod for that.
This phone is perfect for those who don't want a phone with all the bells and whistles but still want a little something.
I would recommend this phone to all of my friends! -
such a bad experience for a pretty phone
by gummigirl on November 11, 2009
Pros: nice size screen, keyboard is great, speaker is good
good if you only want to make phone callsCons: dont play animated pictures even though it said it would, ringtones sound terrible, no memory slot, slow internet, sucky camera, cant save a draft on text, text get canceled mysteriously
Summary: good phone for looks, but not for a high tech person. wouldnt recommend
Summary: good phone for looks, but not for a high tech person. wouldnt recommend
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Coming from my Sprint Rumor this Sanyo was a down grade
by Ryder005 on September 24, 2009
Pros: I liked the camera features, how you can put different boarders on the screen to take pictures with. And I liked the pretty floers on the front of the phone it's self. But thats is about all that I liked.
Cons: I'm so used to my Rumor, typing on this phone was very diffuclt to get used to. The speaker qualty is horrible. All my ringtones sound terriable.
Summary: If this is a first phone for you, then your good to go. If you are upgrading, it's probably not much of an upgrade.
Summary: If this is a first phone for you, then your good to go. If you are upgrading, it's probably not much of an upgrade.
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This phone is the best that I have had in a long time!!
by TMichaelU123 on July 29, 2009
Pros: This phone has a full qwerty keyboard like my old Rumor that I had which broke. This phone has Threaded SMS..Instant Messaging...and any type of messaging you can ask for. The speaker is great and sounds good. The phone is lightweight and easy to use
Cons: The only con that I have is that the speaker is kind of choppy. The phone can download ringtones, but they do not sound too clear.
Summary: I like this phone a lot. It has clear call quality, and when I'm @ work, I have no signal and it can still send and receive text messages. The ...
Summary: I like this phone a lot. It has clear call quality, and when I'm @ work, I have no signal and it can still send and receive text messages. The phone has great signal and excellent battery life.
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BIG flaw... can't hear it ring EVER.
by KerryLotion on July 11, 2009
Pros: Decent camera, easy to use QWERTY, this phone actually calls me to remind me of appts instead of just an alarm! LOVE that!
Cons: The SPEAKER BLOWS.
Summary: I don't know what problem CNET found with the camera, it works great - takes as clear a picture as any of my other 1.3 MP phones prior. ...
Summary: I don't know what problem CNET found with the camera, it works great - takes as clear a picture as any of my other 1.3 MP phones prior.
BUT the speaker is GARBAGE. You can NOT hear it ring - the only speaker is on the back of the phone - and not only is it garbage but it's muffled by laying the phone down. I bought 2 ringers immediately after purchasing the phone - they sound AWFUL. Static is so bad, you can't make out the lyrics at all. And I haven't received one phone call that I answered from actually HEARING it ring.
In my purse or laying on the counter, the phone is useless. In my hand on vibrate, I can make AND receive calls.
Again, the camera works great (no vid tho). SPEAKER BLOWS. -
Good Quality, especially for the price
by paasche on June 17, 2009
Pros: - great messaging phone
- great for IM (I personally use Yahoo Messenger on here all the time to converse with my hubby in Iraq, and it works great)...
- Tons of features that you normally wouldn't get for this price...Cons: - the location of the "back button"
Summary: - I'm used to PDA's and Smartphones... but I got this b/c every PDA I've had recently has fallen short in some way (iPhone, Blackberry, Palm ...
Summary: - I'm used to PDA's and Smartphones... but I got this b/c every PDA I've had recently has fallen short in some way (iPhone, Blackberry, Palm Centro, and Palm Pre... I've had them all... and gotten rid of them all)... Surprising, I now have a $29.99 phone, and the only complaint I have so far is where the "back" button is located... I'm used to it being on the keyboard as with most PDA and Smart Phones... so I find myself pressing the "symbol' button A LOT thinking it's the "back" button... but so far, thats my only complaint... I'm pleasantly surprised...
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Specifications
- Manufacturer: Sanyo
- Part number: SCP2700PNKSPT
- Description: A full QWERTY keyboard with an easy-to-use menu, the SCP-2700 makes texting, emailing and chatting a snap. Staying connected has never been so easy.
General
- Product Type Cellular phone With digital camera
- Service Provider Sprint Nextel
- Width 2.4 in
- Depth 0.6 in
- Height 4.3 in
- Weight 0.2 lbs
- Body Color Impulsive pink
Cellular
- Technology CDMA2000 1X
- Band CDMA2000 1X 1900/800
- Phone Design Candy bar
- Antenna Internal
- Vibrating Alert Yes
- Polyphonic Ringer Yes
- Voice Dialing Yes
- Call Timer Yes
- Voice Recorder Yes
- Caller ID Yes
- Speakerphone Yes
- Wireless Interface Bluetooth 2.0
- Additional Features TTY compatible, PictBridge direct printing
Communicator Features
- User Memory 16 MB
Phone Memory
- Phone Book Capacity 600 names & numbers
Messaging & Data Services
- Short Messaging Service (SMS) Yes
- Messaging Services Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger)
- Mobile Email Yes
- Supported Email Protocols POP3
- Internet Browser Yes
- WAP Protocol Supported WAP 2.0
- Platforms Supported Java MIDP 2.0
- JAVA applications Yes
- Messaging / Data Features Text messages, E-Mail
Ring Tones
- Polyphonic Ring Tone Voice Qty 72
Digital Camera
- Camera highlights PictBridge printing capability provides a convenient way to print photos from your phone.
- Sensor Resolution 1.3 megapixels
- Still Image Resolutions 320 x 240, 640 x 480, 1280 x 960
- Digital Zoom 12
- Self Timer Delay Yes
Organizer
- Alarm Clock Yes
- Calendar Yes
- Reminder Yes
- Calculator Basic
- Additional Timer Functions Stopwatch, Countdown timer
Display
- Type LCD display
- Technology TFT
- Display Resolution 320 x 240 pixels
- Diagonal Size 2.2 in
- Color Support Color
- Color Depth 16-bit (65000 colors)
- Features Screensaver
Miscellaneous
- Hearing Aid Compatible Yes
Power
- Type Power adapter
Battery
- Technology - Lithium ion
- Capacity 840 mAh
- Talk Time Up to 288 min
Product series
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Sanyo SCP-2700 - impulsive pink (Sprint)
Manufacturer: Sanyo
Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 288 min, With digital camera, 0.2 lbs
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Sanyo SCP-2700 - deep blue (Sprint)
Manufacturer: Sanyo
Specs: CDMA2000 1X 1900/800, Up to 288 min, With digital camera, 0.2 lbs
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