While Sanyo's phones are known for their tendency to
leave customers delighted here in the US, one thing they're typically
not known for is keen industrial design -- with the possible exception of the
Katana released earlier this year. The Katana's proven to be a decent low- to midrange piece, but now it looks like the Japanese manufacturer is gearing up to take on the
SCH-A990s and
Blades of the world with the rather attractive (as best as we can make out from the smallish picture) M1 clamshell. As music phones go, the rumored specs leave almost nothing to be desired, with a QVGA display, 2-megapixel cam, external controls, Bluetooth with A2DP, microSD expansion, and an impressive 1GB of storage on board. We don't quite know what to make of the circle on the phone's front, which we're guessing plays into the external music controls somehow -- but if its a scroll wheel, get out of our way, people; we've got a Sprint store to get to.
[Via
phoneArena]
posted Sep 21st 2006 1:52PM
that big circle on the front looks like a camera lens to me!
I recently purchased the Sanyo M1 phone and I have to say it is a major improvement over other phones. The 2.0 MP camera is clear, and the phone reception is a lot better than my old MM-7400. The M1 is not bulky, in fact, it is thinner than my old MM-7400. The impressive 1 GB memory holds a lot of songs, but it does not have a mini-card slot, which is ok, because it saves money. The music uploads onto the phone quickly with Windows Media Player. I think the M1 is a very good phone.
I bought the SANYO M1 phone in January 2007 and It is a very nice phone. Much much better service then the older sanyo phones. The internal antenna is very impressive, works much better then external antanna on Sanyo 8200. Very user friendly phone with most up to date features and built in 1GB memory. Will buy another Sanyo M1 for my wife.