While Apple may be neglecting a fair share of prospective customers, they will also be pulling a fair share of customers from other providers into Cingular's lap. I've hardly talked to anyone about this phone, partly out of frustration and the remainder out of disappointment, and I already know 4 people who plan to leave their current providers for the iPhone. And these people aren't at all "cell phone addicts." They're just friends and friends of friends. A decent amount of people will be jumping ship for Cingular, and some of them won't care about the disadvantages Cingular has as far as coverage goes.

#10: The Chocolate and the Blackjack weren't nearly as hyped as the iPhone, though your point still stands. It will most likely go to other carriers, but the question is, how long will the wait be (how long is that exclusivity agreement)? Will it ever come to CDMA? And will it improve its features to make it at least 40% worth the price?

So many questions, so little answers.

I'm not a Sanyo fan and I never have been. Like the Sanyo fans defending the M1 already here, my overall dislike for their phones does influence my opinion of the M1. Keep that in mind.

It's not a multitasking phone. You can do other things while listening to music, but that's it. You can't truly multitask with anything other than music. A nice improvement over past models Sprint's carried, but still not quite there. Further than any other phone, though.

The 2MP camera is a joke. Saying, "If you want good pictures, get a real camera," is a really cheap, pathetic shot at trying to defend a phone's crappy camera. Every time a camera phone comes out with a camera performance that is less-than-expected, this is the excuse people throw around. So what if you have a better camera (who doesn't these days, anyway)? Is that anywhere near the point? Absolutely not. A 2MP camera should perform like a 2MP camera, regardless of the package it's in. Same thing happened with the LX550's 1.3MP camera--it's the worst camera I've seen on a phone in years, and yet there are still people who defend it. They're just phones, people; swallow your pride and have the ability to admit its shortcomings.

The M1 is a... nice phone. However, it's gigantic and overpriced. How can a phone that big not have expandable memory? It was accepted with the A900 because the phone's slim. Now the even-slimmer M610 is out, with expandable memory. Sanyo would have been better to dedicate that whole 1GB to content downloads and throw in a microSD slot. I would have given the phone a fleeting thought if it had 1GB internal storage for downloads. Fleeting.

I'm not "dissing" the M1. It's a good phone. I will never buy one, but I can still admit it's a good phone; you guys need to pull your heads out of...and be able to admit when your beloved phone has faults. And be able to take it when other people talk down about it. Remember kids, IT'S JUST A PHONE.

A really big, chunky phone.