Sanyo's mobile business to be for sale soon?

by Brian White posted Apr 17th 2007 at 8:35PM

There have been rumors of Sanyo's wireless handset division biting the dust for a while now, and the Japanese company may be tapping Goldman Sachs to sell it off as it continues to struggle. Sanyo's February 2006 partnership with Nokia went south by June, and that was quite possibly the last straw in Sanyo's handset future. The company's lone customer in the US market is Sprint (see SCP-8400 and M1), and the company's inability to crack larger markets en masse has caused its demise for the most part. Sanyo's CDMA handsets tend to enjoy a very loyal following, so we'd hate to see it disappear into the ether; any buyers care to keep these fellas afloat?

Filed under: Sanyo, Misc

Tags: CDMA handsets, CdmaHandsets, SAnyo, Sanyo CDMA, Sanyo Fisher, Sanyo handsets, SanyoCdma, SanyoFisher, SanyoHandsets, Sprint Sanyo handsets, SprintSanyoHandsets

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Ari @ Apr 17th 2007 9:11PM

I loved my sprint Sanyo's. I had the SCP-6000 and the SCP-5300. The 6000 was the RAZR before there was a RAZR, it was so thin, I loved it, but the battery life was horrible. The 5300 was the 1st US cameraphone, I believe, I had it for almost 2 years, but then I needed more. I wanted bluetooth and speakerphone, and Sanyo could not deliver. It probably wasn't their fault, considering both Sprint and Verizon dragged their feet into the bluetooth ring kicking and screaming. Thats why I bought a Nokia 6230 and switched to Cingular, and I never regretted it. Loved my old Sanyo's but Sprint made me leave. I'll miss Sanyo.

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Daniel @ Apr 18th 2007 3:08AM

I used to have the scp-5300 just like you did and that was the best phone i EVER had. I had to change phones/carrier since sprint was ripping me off (every month was a different amount and i didn't go over my mins.) and because of Bluetooth, hell the 5300 has a better vga cam than the razr!

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frank @ Apr 18th 2007 3:22PM

Sanyo was THE manufacturer for Sprint (at least as I remember it) in the late 90's, early 00's. The SCP 4000 was one of the best phones I've ever used (loved the green monochrome LCD). Some time in the last 5 years, they went downhill. They're latest offerings seem really cheap and plasticy but I haven't been with Sprint for a while.

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ASHLEY @ Aug 26th 2007 3:19AM

HEY I LOVE THE SANYO DLX8500 I LIKE IT SO MUCH I VE BEEN SAVIN MI=ONEY BUT ALL I HAVE IS 6$ AND ITS 130$ I NEED HELP WANNA HELP ME SPRINT COME ON IM JUST 11 PLEASE
:(

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