View Best Sellers   Release Date: Q4 2002 Released For: Sprint - Discontinued As America's first wireless phone with a built-in digital camera, the Sanyo SCP-5300 offers a VGA digital camera (640 x 480) with digital zoom, portrait flash and Vision-enabled wireless voice and data communications capabilities. Pictures can be taken with the phone in the open position, or - if the user wants to get into the picture - can be taken while the phone is closed. The SCP-5300 combines the functionality of a digital camera with the ability to instantly shoot, and view and share photos nationwide.

Technical Specifications
Network:	AMPS 800 / CDMA 800 / 1900
Form Factor:	Clamshell
Dimensions:	94 x 48 x 28 mm
Weight:	117 g
Antenna:	Stub / Extendable
Navigation:	4-Way Keypad
Battery Type:	1000 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time:	2.70
Standby Time:	250
Memory:	704 KB
Expandable Memory:
Imaging
Main Screen:	65000 colors (TFT) 132 x 176 px
External Screen:	65000 colors (STN)
Camera:	0.3 MP / 640 x 480 px / 16X Zoom / Flash
Audio
MP3 Player:
FM Radio:
Speakerphone:
Push-To-Talk:
Multimedia
Wallpapers:	132 x 176 px
Screen Savers:	132 x 176 px
Ring Tones:	16 chord
Themes:
Games:	J2ME
Streaming Multimedia:
Messaging
SMS:	1-Way
EMS:
MMS:
Email:
Chat:
Predictive Text:	T9
Applications
Phonebook Capacity:	300
Calendar:	100 entries
To-Do List:	20 entries
WAP:	2.0
Voice Commands:	30 names
Calculator:
Connectivity
Bluetooth:
Infrared Port:
High-Speed Data:	cdma2000 1xRTT
Wi-Fi:
GPS:
PC Sync:	SnapMedia
More Information
Website:	Sanyo SCP-5300 Website
Discussion:	Manufacturers Forum

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Good, but not worth the price (unless its FREE)

Some thoughts about this phone...
First off I've had this phone for Sprint for just about 8 months now. I've had several other phones (Moto i90c, Panasonic Tx210, Old Nokia 51xx) and this one was far superior as far as features go (obviously).

Pros:

1. Nice Clamshell Design: This phone is not at all "flimsy" and has a superior design to many other flip phones.

2. Reception, Reception, Reception: All of Sprint's phones by SANYO have superior reception to any other cell phone I've used (my bro has a 4900 that gets service in areas we thought were "dead" to all cell service)

3. Color Screen: Larger than the screen on the 8100, but not quite as bright. Still very pretty tho.

4. Camera, w/ Flash: This phone takes the best pictures out of all the camera phones I've tested. Flash setting is key to this. Given, the pics are not print quality, but Web/e-mail quality for sure (400x600 @ 72dpi)

5. Memory: The phone can store multiple pics (10+ at high-res), plus a ton of ringers, and a few games, w/o getting overloaded.

6. Battery life: Battery life is very good. I was surprised given the phone's huge screen and memory. The phone comes with a slim and an extended life battery. Since I got the phone, I have yet to even need the extended life battery, and I am not that great about charging the phone when I should, or even charging it correctly.

Cons:

1. Sprint: Sprint service in Boston is not the best. Adequate at most. Their Vision (Web) service is pretty slow and times out A LOT, making it near to impossible to send and receive pics most of the time. This can be a HUGE problem b/c the whole point of having a camera phone is so you can send and receive pictures! I think in this case, the technology available on the Sprint handsets has far exceeded the capabilities of their network. They have a new Sanyo phone that can take and send video, although I doubt that the Sprint network will be able to transfer video if they can't even send digital still images.

2. Crappy accessories: The accessories available for this phone are sub-par. If you're looking for cool accessories, I'd suggest a Sony or Moto phone. The belt clip for this phone never held the phone in place, it always popped out, and the car charger was TERRIBLE. You had to wiggle it over and over to get the phone to recognize it.

3. Size: The phone is a bit big compared to the newer camera phones, although I have yet to see a newer one with the same memory or with as good a camera.

That said, after having this phone, and realizing that I never used the camera or wireless web, I decided to switch service providers and get a small, reliable phone with bluetooth, so I could go truly wireless. I opted for the Sony Ericsson T616 b/c I like the small design and I am a sucker for a nice color screen. I'll probably never use the camera, but the phone seems simple to use so far. I'll post a review for that one later on...

Hope this info helps!

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