Kyocera gettin' serious about buying Sanyo's mobile biz?

Sure, it was all fun and games when folks were just tossing about the idea, but it seems that Kyocera may be taking this whole deal a bit more seriously than we previously assumed. Reportedly, "Kyocera [is aiming] to buy Sanyo's cell phone operations for about ¥50 billion ($435 million)," and just in case you still had doubts, these same sources are suggesting that the two are "entering the final stage of talks." Of course, a Kyocera spokeswoman declined to comment on the validity of the claims, but if this deal does indeed get done, it will create "the world's seventh-largest mobile phone maker."

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 6:53PM]

Sanyo makes solid phones while Kyocera phones are garbage. This will be a sad, sad outcome for Sanyo.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 7:14PM]

One can only hope they put the Sanyo staff in charge. But know how these buyouts work, I can only assume the worst will happen.

This makes me sad on the insides. I'm sure the Sprint bigwigs probably feel somewhat the same.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 14th 2007 11:13PM]

Actually, Kyocera makes some pretty decent phones. http://www.au.kddi.com/seihin/kinobetsu/seihin/w44k/index.html and http://www.au.kddi.com/seihin/kinobetsu/seihin/w51k/index.html for the gadget freaks, and http://www.au.kddi.com/seihin/kinobetsu/seihin/a101k/index.html for the people that keep complaining about phones doing too much.