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Cellular Phone Forum / General / General Topics / January 2004Sanyo RL2500
The Sanyo RL2500 (aka Sanyo SCP-5400) (sold for the SprintPCS Network) is one great phone. After discount or rebate it goes for $150 (maybe less if Retention gets into the act, or is bought from an independent dealer, or you work for large company with discount agreement with SprintPCS). $74.99 after rebates at http://www.cng.intelenetwireless.com 1. It has the great reception of earlier Sanyos (4700 or 4900), it is dual band, trimode so one could roam in Analog areas, important if one travels, many new phones no longer come with Analog capability. 2. Its smaller and lighter, being a clam-shell design. But when opened up, your ear naturally falls at the speaker and the microphone is down by your mouth, making for good sound to the other side of your converstaion. Setup allows for wide range of volume settings. 3. The screen is extra bright, such a pleasure after squinting at a Sanyo 4700 screen. 4. The built in speaker phone is far and away the best Sprint offers. WARNING, the relatively large speaker has a powerful magnet to drive it, keep away from any Digital camera with an IBM MicroDrive, or "floppy" disks. 5. External LCD screen is great for caller ID. 6. If ReadyLink and GPS positioning are turned off, battery life is typically measured in days, very good for such a large, bright color screen. If the Ready Link is turned off in the setup menu, no RL functionality interferes with its use as a plain, not too many bells and whistles phone. 7. Low priced 3rd party accessories are readily available for it because : > Uses the same connector/charger plug as a Sanyo 4900 > Is identical in size to a Sanyo 8100, fits perfectly in 8100 case ! > Places like Target carry those low priced accesories, at prices 50 to 75% less than Sprint would charge for identical quality OEM accesories. 8. Don't go broke buying ringtones, games and screensavers for this phone from Sprint, when they expire in 3 months. Way too many websites out there now where same are available free or almost free. Phone comes with 5 ringtones, and 7 melodies to choose from. =========== I don't use Vision or ReadyLink so I can't comment on their value in this phone, I expect use of either could make this phone require daily recharging. If thats the case, consider a third party 2nd battery, rather than the high priced ($79.99 OEM) battery SprintPCS sells. In alt.cellular Robert M. <rmarkoff@msn.com> wrote: > The Sanyo RL2500 (aka Sanyo SCP-5400) (sold for the SprintPCS Network) > is one great phone. But to get the phone you must use Sprint PCS, a carrier "Robert" has complained about incessantly for months. That's ok, he was slamming At&T in the ATTWS newsgroup while praising them here. I figure this is just another one of his multiple personalities talking. :)  SignatureJustThe.net Internet & New Media Services, Apple Valley, CA Steven J. Sobol, Geek In Charge / 888.480.4NET (4638) / sjsobol@JustThe.net PGP: C57E 8B25 F994 D6D0 5F6B B961 EA08 9410 E3AE 35ED In alt.cellular.sprintpcs Robert M. <rmarkoff@msn.com> wrote: > The Sanyo RL2500 (aka Sanyo SCP-5400) (sold for the SprintPCS Network) > is one great phone. After discount or rebate it goes for $150 (maybe [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > daily recharging. If thats the case, consider a third party 2nd battery, > rather than the high priced ($79.99 OEM) battery SprintPCS sells. I agree with you 100%. I recently upgraded 2 phones (mine and my wifes) to RL2500. I also do not use ReadyLink or Vision. It is great phone. SignatureHemant Shah /"\ ASCII ribbon campaign E-mail: NoJunkMailshah@xnet.com \ / --------------------- X against HTML mail TO REPLY, REMOVE NoJunkMail / \ and postings FROM MY E-MAIL ADDRESS. -----------------[DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED BULK E-MAIL]------------------ I haven't lost my mind, Above opinions are mine only. it's backed up on tape somewhere. Others can have their own. > The Sanyo RL2500 (aka Sanyo SCP-5400) (sold for the SprintPCS Network) > is one great phone. After discount or rebate it goes for $150 (maybe [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > daily recharging. If thats the case, consider a third party 2nd battery, > rather than the high priced ($79.99 OEM) battery SprintPCS sells. > 6. If ReadyLink and GPS positioning are turned off, battery life is > typically measured in days, very good for such a > large, bright color screen. If the Ready Link is turned off > in the setup menu, no RL functionality interferes with its use > as a plain, not too many bells and whistles phone. I have a 4500 and agree with your analysis--but I didn't understand what you are saying in item 6 above, about "interferes with-----" could you further amplify about that. The comments about the battery are right too--That was the biggest gripe I had -the oem std battery would not last a day for me. There is a great aftermarket battery on ebay right now for $10-12 ---I normally don;t find ebay type batteries very satisfactory--but this x battery seem so far to be just great and inexpensive as well (no I don't sell batteries) but I didn't want to pay $80 for the orginal unless I had too.I have also noticed that a better assortment of cases is finally showing up on ebay also--helps to search for both 5400 and 5500. > > 6. If ReadyLink and GPS positioning are turned off, battery life is > > typically measured in days, very good for such a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > The comments about the battery are right too--That was the bigg The ReadyLink menu comes up on the screen if ReadyLink has not been disabled in SETUP. Then one might accidently hit the left soft menu button, and the phone would go into "Preparing Ready Link Service" mode; thats the sort of interference I was referring to. I have now also disabled all the Animations in SETUP, DISPLAY, ANIMATIONS, which also speeds up functionality of the RL2500. The Sanyo 4500 is a SprintPCS phone that had a secret recall. The speaker phone was buggy such that the other party could not hear you, and if one complained, at one point in time you got a free replacement to a 4700, I don't know if they'd do anything for you now. > The Sanyo 4500 is a SprintPCS phone that had a secret recall. The > speaker phone was buggy such that the other party could not hear you, > and if one complained, at one point in time you got a free replacement > to a 4700, I don't know if they'd do anything for you now. Oh NOOOOO !!!! A secret recall ???? Ya know those alien's are really getting bad these days with all the 'secret recalls ' , 'secret plans' and of course 'secret policy's'...... What ? you didn't know our troll boy 'secretly ' believes Sprint is run by and part of an alien plot to to take over the world ? Wait a bit, he'll explain it better than I can ... go ahead nutball, tell 'em all the bad secret stuff the Sprint/Alein nation have in store for us. G'head, G'head . P.S. If any of you out there believe at least 1% of what ol' Phil post's please contact me, I have some Lovely vacation property in North central Iraq I can sell you cheap. Jim This phone has the worst battery life of any phone that I have ever seen. I had this phone for a week and couldn't stand talking for only five minutes before the battery was dead. The VM4500 has rectified that problem. I can honestly talk three to four hours no problem. It is worth the extra $40. Trust me there is a difference. I sell these things day in and day out so spend the extra money!!! > The Sanyo RL2500 (aka Sanyo SCP-5400) (sold for the SprintPCS Network) > is one great phone. After discount or rebate it goes for $150 (maybe [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > daily recharging. If thats the case, consider a third party 2nd battery, > rather than the high priced ($79.99 OEM) battery SprintPCS sells. > This phone has the worst battery life of any phone that I have ever seen. > I had this phone for a week and couldn't stand talking for only five > minutes before the battery was dead. The VM4500 has rectified that > problem. I can honestly talk three to four hours no problem. It is worth > the extra $40. Trust me there is a difference. I sell these things day > in and day out so spend the extra money!!! Chad, I'm not familiar with this model, but let me ask you this. Do you think you may of had a bad phone or bad battery? I ask as many a folk use a lot of power the very first week of use, plugging in data in the phone book, testing out all the features, etc. Did you notice any difference in battery life, once the address book was finished and you stopped checking out all the other features? Also, did you get it tested out at local store to see whether there was a phone or battery problem? Bob > > This phone has the worst battery life of any phone that I have ever seen. > > I had this phone for a week and couldn't stand talking for only five [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Bob I have posted this earlier, but I too was very dissappointed with the battery life of the std battery withthe 2500---I bought an advertised (1400) battery from one of the ebay sellers (x-battery)---this has made all the difference in the world--I had some battery issue with the 5300 but more noticable w/ the 2500---I think that to make a phone as small and light as possible, they have went too far with making the battery too small--guess that's why they sell the bigge ones---in any case, now very happy with 2500 Yes I did get the phone checked out at a Sprint store. They said that the phone was defective. They gave me another one and I took it back too. Same problem...this time no problem was found. They said that they have had a lot of complaints on that phone. I went through 4 before I decided to change to the VM 4500. That is definatly the best phone out on the market. > > This phone has the worst battery life of any phone that I have ever seen. > > I had this phone for a week and couldn't stand talking for only five [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Bob > Yes I did get the phone checked out at a Sprint store. They said that the > phone was defective. They gave me another one and I took it back too. > Same problem...this time no problem was found. They said that they have > had a lot of complaints on that phone. I went through 4 before I decided > to change to the VM 4500. That is definatly the best phone out on the > market. Dunno, with GPS, RL and Analog roaming turned off, batteries last me 3 days plus on the RL2500. I guess Chad didn't read point 6, and never tried those ideas. Also if he was roaming in Analog that would eat up battery life. > This phone has the worst battery life of any phone that I have ever seen. > I had this phone for a week and couldn't stand talking for only five [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > daily recharging. If thats the case, consider a third party 2nd battery, > > rather than the high priced ($79.99 OEM) battery SprintPCS sells. I have the same issue with the battery life. I have also read #6 and find it to be correct. I am a heavy user of the 2500 and when I have rl turned on then the battery will not make it thru the day. When I turn off the rl service the battery lasts at least 2 days.......I am going to try the same answer as I have heard from others....I have ordered the extended battery. Other than the battery....I really enjoy the 2500...... > I guess Chad didn't read point 6, and never tried those ideas. Also if > he was roaming in Analog that would eat up battery life. [quoted text clipped - 60 lines] > > > daily recharging. If thats the case, consider a third party 2nd battery, > > > rather than the high priced ($79.99 OEM) battery SprintPCS sells. > I am a heavy user of the 2500 and when I have rl turned > on then the battery will not make it thru the day. When I turn off the rl > service the battery lasts at least 2 days.......I am going to try the same > answer as I have heard from others....I have ordered the extended battery. > > Other than the battery....I really enjoy the 2500...... Same kind of thing was noted by Verizon users ion their Motorola V60p, used for their PTT service. The only extended battery I saw on eBay ($11.95) does not specify that it is a Li Ion battery, so I would expect it isn't. Again, I will say, that if one has Roaming, RL, GPS postioning animations and long backlite times turned off, battery life is on a par with other phones, ~ 3 days. With RL turned on, 1 day between charges does not surprise me. > . > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > with other phones, ~ 3 days. With RL turned on, 1 day between charges > does not surprise me. I sound like i am selling batteries with these posts; i'm not, the batteries that i bought called of all things *X* BATTERY were indeed li-on, as their picture shows--;and you're right to be skeptical, as I have gotten batteries in the past which were barely worth the price; and there are probably better ones than thoes listed, but with the price so reasonable, I am very pleased, as they take care of the only major issue I had with an otherwise great phone--I see posts that the 5500 doesn't have the same talk time problem, but I believe the batteries are the same (color different), so if it already has better talk time with the std battery, would be fantastic with a larger one?? |
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