Sprint's launched
four new low end handsets today; they'll run you less than a Benjamin with contract, so don't expect much. Clockwise
from left: the free Sprint CDM-120 (aka UTStarcom CDM-7025) has a 1.5-inch 65k color display, speakerphone, and MP3
ringtones; the Samsung SPH-A580 has a 128 x 160 65k color internal display, grayscale external display, voice dialing,
1xRTT data, and should run you thirty after contract; the Sanyo SCP-3100 features a 1.8-inch 65k color internal
display, VGA camera, and carries a $50-spot price tag; the highest end of the bunch is the multi-colored LG LX350, with
Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel camera, 65k color external OLED display and 262k color internal screen, which should run you
$80. Not pictured, like George Martin, is the UTStarcom PM-8920, an oldie from 2004 brought back from the dead with 1.3
megapixel camera, and 262k color displays in tow -- now twenty bucks with a contract. Hey, you know what low end phones
are great for? Mother's day. Just saying!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Wilson @ Apr 24th 2006 10:42AM
Wonderful. I think the exact ratio for Sprint is now 375 low-end phones for every 1 semi-high-end phone. C'mon Sprint! Where's the Sanyo 6600 ... Sanyo 8400 (the rumored thin phone version) ... Sprint Razr V3m? Throw us a bone here! Sick of seeing slick phones coming out with every carrier but Sprint. Yes, the A900 was a good start...but it has a lot of bugs. Where's the Blade II? What's next?
Oakland510 @ Apr 24th 2006 2:56PM
Sprint offers a decent service based on low-end phones. I guess it's cheaper to upgrade from crappy phone to crappy phone when one becomes outdated. Didn't I see these phones in 2001? When are they going to provide cool 3g phones that can take advantage of the data, video, music, and gaming capabilities? They have consistently been on the short bus of phone technology.
Bunka @ Apr 24th 2006 11:59PM
Sprint needs to step up to the plate and get some real hardware. I'm sick of the cheap stuff they have to offer.
Ahmed @ Apr 26th 2006 8:18PM
the lx350 is a sexy phone, more pics here http://www.cellphonestalk.com/cellphonereviews/lg/lx350/gallery.html
Wilson @ Apr 27th 2006 1:37PM
You've got to be kidding me about the LG 350 being sexy. Practical, yes. Sexy...no. I'm not bashing functional, practical phones. Just want Sprint to realize that if they're going to play with the big boys, they need more high-end options.