While I agree on some of the negatives pointed out in the review I believe the positives seem to outweigh the negatives. Yes the cramped up keypad is a bit of an annoyance and I am sure that once my 1GB of internal memory gets taken up I will wish the phone had expandable memory but everything else on the phone has just surpassed any previous phone I have used. The camera quality is excellent for a camera phone. If you want to take wedding pictures or photos for national geographic get your self a digital SLR, if your interest is to have a decent camera available to take a shot and capture a moment then the M1's camera is great for that. Low-light pictures are better than any other Sprint phone I have used and when printed on a 4x6 the pictures are quite impressive. Most people wouldn't believe that they were taken with a camera phone. Reception and signal strength is top notch and what everyone would expect from Sanyo. The dual speakers are phenomenal. I believe the article states that it even put some built-in laptop speakers to shame. The ability to multi-task while listening to music should be in every phone and not one Sprint phone (aside from the PDA's) allows the user to do just that. Viewing multimedia in landscape mode compensates for the slightly smaller screen not to mention the well sized exterior LCD which can view anything from Media to turn-by-turn signs while using Garmin or Telenav. The phone is by far the best (non-PDA) Sprint phone I have used to date. I hate that the review focuses on the expandable memory issue because like someone said, 1GB (especially for people who know how to compress files without sacrificing quality) is enough for a phone. I have an iPod that I carry with me for long trips. The M1 is good for me to carry my top tunes that I would want to listen to on a regular basis. The review likes to mention how the M610 is cheaper by ($20) however they fail to mention that in order to make the M610 on par with the M1 out of the box one must spend an additional $150+ to get the same performance (long battery life, 1GB of storage and a USB cable to transfer all the data) not to mention the lack of a decent external LCD and a horrible all-in-one port for charging, data and headset. All in all I give the M1 a 4 out of 5.
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While I agree on some of the negatives pointed out in the review I believe the positives seem to outweigh the negatives. Yes the cramped up keypad is a bit of an annoyance and I am sure that once my 1GB of internal memory gets taken up I will wish the phone had expandable memory but everything else on the phone has just surpassed any previous phone I have used. The camera quality is excellent for a camera phone. If you want to take wedding pictures or photos for national geographic get your self a digital SLR, if your interest is to have a decent camera available to take a shot and capture a moment then the M1's camera is great for that. Low-light pictures are better than any other Sprint phone I have used and when printed on a 4x6 the pictures are quite impressive. Most people wouldn't believe that they were taken with a camera phone. Reception and signal strength is top notch and what everyone would expect from Sanyo. The dual speakers are phenomenal. I believe the article states that it even put some built-in laptop speakers to shame. The ability to multi-task while listening to music should be in every phone and not one Sprint phone (aside from the PDA's) allows the user to do just that. Viewing multimedia in landscape mode compensates for the slightly smaller screen not to mention the well sized exterior LCD which can view anything from Media to turn-by-turn signs while using Garmin or Telenav. The phone is by far the best (non-PDA) Sprint phone I have used to date. I hate that the review focuses on the expandable memory issue because like someone said, 1GB (especially for people who know how to compress files without sacrificing quality) is enough for a phone. I have an iPod that I carry with me for long trips. The M1 is good for me to carry my top tunes that I would want to listen to on a regular basis. The review likes to mention how the M610 is cheaper by ($20) however they fail to mention that in order to make the M610 on par with the M1 out of the box one must spend an additional $150+ to get the same performance (long battery life, 1GB of storage and a USB cable to transfer all the data) not to mention the lack of a decent external LCD and a horrible all-in-one port for charging, data and headset. All in all I give the M1 a 4 out of 5.