Making its debut throughout the month of July in four bold colors, including Mystic Black, Blue Sapphire, Cherry Blossom Pink, and Polar White (a color sold exclusively at RadioShack), the Katana will be available at Sprint Stores, online and at select third-party retailers for $279.99 or $79.99 after rebates with a two-year subscriber agreement.
Key Features
- Sleek Profile - Ultra-thin clamshell design and internal antenna
- Bluetooth Wireless Technology - Enjoy handsfree communication by using headsets, car-kits, and other select Bluetooth-capable devices, or transfer addresses using Bluetooth and use the phone as a dial-up modem for quick access to the Internet
- Large, High-Resolution Main Display - See more detail and more text in high resolution
- Built-In VGA Camera - Capture images up to 480 x 640 pixels with the built-in VGA camera with digital zoom
- Built-in Speakerphone - Accomplish other tasks while you talk with callers through a two-way speakerphone
Services Supported
- Sprint PCS Vision - Download images, ringers, games, and other applications
- Sprint PCS Picture Mail - Instantly shoot, share, and print digital pictures through participating retailers across the country
- Text Messaging - Send and receive SMS Text Messages across the room or across the country
- Wireless Backup - Restore contact information quickly and easily if the phone is ever lost, stolen, damaged or replaced
VGA camera? You gotta be kidding me. VZW has the 3.2MP Samsung A990 and Sprint comes out with a VGA camera phone?
I guess that's why Sprint customers get shafted on phones.
3. Posted by mgoblue
Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:11 am
I took a look at it in the store. Pretty face with nothing much inside. The VGA camera is disappointing, plus it doesn't support Power Vision. Go with the Samsung A900 instead.
Look at it head to head with RAZR. Its almost a dead knock off, even having the lower lip on bottom part to contain the antenna. Poor features, no external music keys and lacks the cool looking keypad of RAZR. Only way this sells to any degree is if sanyo gives Sprint the price of a lifetime, and even then, who knows.
5. Posted by booboy
Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:11 pm
Now that you mention it they both do look strangely similar. Though you can't blame Sanyo I guess...
6. Posted by jayjayness
Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:42 pm
i went into radio shack today because my mom got a new phone, and i saw the sanyo katana. they had up the blue sapphire for display. i didnt even know that they had other colors. i was really drawn to the phone. i think it's very stylish. and my phones have to be stylish. but i am surprised that it doesnt have more features. and i agree with the person that said it doesnt have the cool keypad that the razr has. for a while, i was practically obsessd with the razr. but i never got one due to sprint's contracts...and if i do get one it wont be until '08. which by then they'll have something better, i'm sure. but then again...the razr IS pretty hard to beat. so anyways i am planning on getting the cherry blossom pink katana. i love pink. and i think it's the closest i can get to a razr with sprint. lol. i really hate the fact that sprint doesn't support razrs. i would give anything for that to happen.
7. Posted by stargrl357
Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:51 am
anyone know why sprint doesn't carry razrs?
8. Posted by cbonn1
Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:47 am
why Sprint Razr-less... To my knowledge it had something to do with business politics, i.e. there was some issue between Sprint and Motorola that caused Sprint to just not take it. At least that's the rumor I've heard.
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