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Posted: 09 Dec 2010 Announced: 09 Dec 2010
Market Status: Released
Release date: 09 Dec 2010
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US carrier availability: Sprint - Discontinued
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The Sanyo Taho is a rugged phone offered by Sprint. It withstands dust, shock, vibration, extreme temperatures, and water. The device has 2MP camera with flash, GPS, stereo Bluetooth and supports up to 32GB microSD cards.

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Sanyo Taho specifications

also known as Sanyo E4100

Pros

Water-resistant phone

Cons

It is so thick it needs a personal fitness trainer (0.90 inches)
Low resolution display (240 x 320 pixels)
Low-resolution camera (2 megapixels)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Clamshell
Dimensions:
- 4.00 x 2.00 x 0.90 (102 x 51 x 23 mm)
Weight:
- 4.70 oz (133 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)
Rugged:
- - Water (Water), Dust, Shock, Temperature proof
- MIL-STD-810 certified:
  - Yes

Display

Physical size:
- 2.00 inches
Resolution:
- 240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density:
Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.
- 200 ppi
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 262 144
Additional display:
Additional display - Shows specs of the phone's additional display
- - Yes
- Resolution:
  Resolution - Refers to the width and the length od the additional display
  - 96 x 64 pixels
- Physical Size:
  - 1.00 inches

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 6.10 hours
  the average is 8 h (496 min)
Capacity:
- 1050 mAh

Hardware

Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- Single core, QSC6075
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - microSD, microSDHC
- Maximum card size:
  Maximum card size - Shows the capacity of the memory expansion slot that can be added
  - 32 GB

Camera

Camera:
- - 2 megapixels
- Flash:
  - LED
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Multimedia

Speakers:
- Earpiece, Loudspeaker

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Yes
- Supports:
  - WAP 2.0

Technology

CDMA:
CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access. A technique of multiplexing, also called spread spectrum, in which analog signals are converted into digital form for transmission. For each communication channel, the signals are encoded in a sequence known to the transmitter and the receiver for that channel. The foremost application is digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800MHz band and 1.9GHz PCS band. CDMA phones are noted for their excellent call quality and long battery life.
- 800, 1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- EV-DO
Positioning:
Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.
- GPS
Navigation:
- Points of interest (POI), Turn-by-turn navigation, Voice navigation

Phone features

Phonebook:
- 600 entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Document viewer, Calculator, World clock, Stopwatch, Countdown timer
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS, Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - 2.0, EDR
USB:
- - Yes
- Connector:
  - microUSB
- Features:
  Features - Universal Serial Bus - is a plug-and-play interface for connection a computer and add-on devices such as joysticks, keyboards, wireless phones, scanner, cameras etc. USB supports hot-swap (ability to add a new device without having to reboot the computer). USB supports data speed of 12 megabits per second.
  - Mass storage device, USB charging
- Computer sync

Other features

Notifications:
- Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Hearing aid compatibility:
- - M4, T4
- Voice dialing, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Availability

Officially announced:
- 09 Dec 2010

Shopping information

Accessories:
- 1 GB microSD memory card and adapter
MSRP price:
- - 100 $

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