Sanyo Katana Review
The Sanyo Katana is a great rival to all of the other razor-thin phones that are now available on the mobile phone market, and are so adored by consumers, because of their compact style and capability of providing the user with so many different functions. The Sanyo Katana comes from a company that has only provided the best quality electronics to the industry over the past years, and it is no surprise the Katana offers the best in reliable mobile phone use and functions, which will be thoroughly described below.
Varying Functions
The phone comes in a dark, yet vibrant shade of black, with some blue color around the sides that makes the phone look completely out of this world. The phone comes in the traditional clamshell shape, but is sleeker and thin than most of the phones that adhere to that structure. The phone weighs a very compact 96 grams, which is great for a Sanyo phone that truly offers the best there is when it comes to technology and a true visual experience. The phone’s dimensions are 99 X 15 mm, which can be considered rather compact by today’s mobile phone standards. The phone’s LCD display screen comes in 16-bit color, and is sized at 240 X 320 pixels, which is quite a bit larger than most other mobile phones involved in competition against Sanyo. The phone’s external LCD display has a pixel size of 96 X 64.
The phone offers phone book capacity of a very impressive 500 different names, while allowing 700 entries total, which kind of lets the user decide on how many entries they wish to have for each number online. The phone also offers digital TTY/TDD for the best compatibility with those who are hard of hearing. The Sanyo Katana also offers English and Spanish speaking and display capabilities, which is very useful given the various integrations of society over recent years. The phone also comes with the latest in predictive-text entry technology, which really assists the user in saving time by predicting what words the user will text and enters those words automatically.
The Sanyo Katana also comes with the latest in Sanyo’s custom graphics department, which goes hand in hand with the background/screensaver functions, and the latest in games and other image-related functions. The Katana is able to upload and/or download data and has the ability to send pictures through Sanyo’s programs that are made possible by the great WAP 2.0 capabilities available on the Katana. The phone also comes with a great voice memo capability that can record a very impressive 72 seconds of the user’s voice in 12 different categories so that the user can remember things and categorize them when they may not have time to write down or enter into a computer. The Katana also gives a great wallpaper and screensaver function, which is perfect for those wishing to personalize their phone and make into an environment all their own. Voice dialing is a very prominent feature on the Katana and the phone also allows for identification by ring tone, but only specific to the group from which a caller is identified with. The Katana has 1xRTT packet data, which is standard technology that provides great operation as the phone’s packet data, which ensures speedy function operation and allows the user to access more abilities than if the phone did not possess such data.
The Sanyo Katana also comes with the all latest alarm, calculator, and game functions that are expected from the modern mobile phone. It also has a calculator, perfect for the situations when a regular calculator is out of reach. The Sanyo Katana carries the latest in calendar functions, the always necessary to-do list, so the users do not lose track of their tasks at hand, while they are out doing something else. The phone comes with 5 MB of available memory space with is greatly cmpatible with the USB quality that the phone offers. The phone gives quite an assortment of games via the Java J2ME programming that comes to the phone to make all of these downloads and programs run easier and at the optimal level. The phone comes with 72 different polyphonic ringtones that really should enable the user to maximize their ring tone potential, as that has grown in popularity recently. The phone also has the ever popular camera function, which comes complete with all the functions of a normal digital camera and a video capture function, but also has white balance, a self-timer, and brightness control.
Running Operations
The Sanyo Katana contains the most efficient in battery power with the Lilon 820 mah battery, which is a very popular and reliable energy source for many other phone suppliers as well. The battery gives the Sanyo Katana a talk-time life of 180 minutes, while giving the user approximately 7days of standby time, which is pretty impressive, especially when many batteries for the higher tech phones tend to die out sooner. The phone also has AMPS/CDMA 850 and CDMA 1900 running modes, of which the AMPS/CDMA 850 level is the standard for running mobile phones. These modes are very necessary in ensuring that the right channels and measures are met to provide the user with the best and most reliable in mobile phone service.
The Sanyo Katana has many available accessories that are compatible to fit the shape and the many different functions of the phone. Sanyo provides only the best in mobile accessories while also providing the more conventional accessories that range from Lilon 820 mah replacement batteries to the most reliable in phone charging and audio capabilities, such as travel chargers and cradles, which are two accessories that people at Sanyo really pride themselves on. Sanyo also offers two different types of chargers for the Katana, which is no surprise, because every phone company must offer an alternative type of charger to those who are always on the go, and Sanyo comes through providing both car and mobile chargers. Sanyo also offers the latest in car kits, perfect for setting up the car for use in the way that the average businessman/woman has come to expect. Sanyo also provides the latest in phone adapters, perfect for giving access to those who want wireless connections with the Sanyo Katana.
The Sanyo Katana is the epitome of the future of mobile phones and should really be thought of as a trailblazer for other phones that will come along and collectively take the breath of the consumer away. Sanyo has consistently grown as an electronics company over the years and it is no secret that the Katana is proof of the significant amounts of growth that have been made.
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