Sanyo SCP-4920 / RL4920

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Excellent phone

9 Jan 2009 M Skinner

6.3 out of 10

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I have had this phone for three and a half years now, and I just can’t make myself get a new one because this one works so well. I will start with the cons, and there aren’t many. Like other reviewers have mentioned, this is not the phone to get if you want bells and whistles. It is a cell phone and really nothing more. It does not look flashy. In fact I have had some people joke about how my phone looks like a mini version of the old “brick” phones. However, the Sanyo RL 4920 makes up for what it lacks in look by its performance. I am on the Sprint/Nextel network and have always had very good call quality, even when I lived in a basement apartment. I text frequently and the T9 works just fine on this phone. Like others have mentioned, the battery life is phenomenal. I have not replaced the battery in the three and a half years that I have had this phone and I can still goes days without charging it. My favorite thing about this phone is its durability. I am brutal to cell phones. My phone has been dropped more times than I can count, and it still works like a charm. The only evidence of the abuse it has received is the scratches along the side of the body. I don’t know that I will ever find another phone that works as well, but luckily it does not look like I will have to worry about it any time soon, as this one just keeps on ticking.

Pros

Battery life
Durability
Usability

Cons

It's not pretty
No camera or MP3 player

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Best Battery stand by time !

21 Mar 2008 bobby, mr. palm beach int'l.

5.2 out of 10

i've had this phone a few years now, i like it because it's 'just a phone'.
if you want to text or email pictures, use your laptop !
if you want to talk on a phone, use a phone, not a laptop...

i live in Phoenix, Arizona, my carrier is Qwest, the "receptio" really sucks !!! I can't even use the phone in my house because i "drop" all the calls , (unless i'm sitting on the toilet @ a 45 degree angle) let me explain... Qwest says the reason my 'reception' is Terrible is because "i live too close to their towers on south mountain.

fact: i allways get better reception when i am in Miami Beach, Or San Francisco, or Santa Monica, "crystal clear reception(just like being on a land line) & NEVER a dropped call : )

when i am on a cruise for 8 to days, i turn the phone off & when i get back to port in Sab Diego, i turn the ohone back on & 'she's ready to go' !

NO Motorola will do that !

overall, this is probably the BEST "candy bar phone" phone available on the market !
I sure would love to see Sanyo come out w/ a newer "sleeker' looking Body but keep the insides the same !

Buy this phone, if you can get your hands on one....

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Strictly a phone.

9 Nov 2007 John

7 out of 10

I've had this phone for two years. Reception is terrible over the Qwest network, but it's not the phone's fault; I tried other phones on Qwest and they're worse. When it switches to roaming, the reception is excellent on someone else's network.


Pros:

Everything you've heard about the battery life is true, I once had this phone this on standby for 13 days when I didn't talk on it. It also charges very quickly.

Sound quality is excellent, even when Qwest is about to drop your call.

Key lock works fine and you can answer incoming calls easily.

Phonebook, calendar and clock are very useable. I got a lot of use out of those functions and they didn't let me down.

Keypad works great for dialing and the buttons don't break easily.

Small phone, easy to take with you.

You can set the calendar or clock as the background.

Clock is displayed when the screen is in "sleep mode".


Cons:

When you set the phone to vibrate, it still beeps when it changes networks and stuff. You have to turn off various sounds permanently if you want it to ever to be silent.

Can't upgrade the antenna or attach an external antenna. That's not cool when you're stuck with Qwest for two years.

The clock only syncs up if you power cycle the phone. You might have a mixup on DST if you use the clock as much as I do.

Included games are shareware trash and the keypad is useless for gaming.

You can't upload java games through the cable.

Sound recorder is OK for speaking into, but it can't record anything else. I tried to record a concert and it didn't pick up anything.

The menu isn't very intuitive, but I've seen worse.

The calculator can only do simple arithmetic.

No GSM roaming, only CDMA and analog.

No memory card.

Keypad isn't great for typing.

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