Sanyo Katana LX for Sprint rears its shiny head

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Sanyo Katana LX for Sprint rears its shiny head

by Chris Ziegler, posted Mar 17th 2008 at 9:55AM

So that's where the external display is! From the FCC documentation, we couldn't really make out what was up with Sanyo's Katana LX -- a phone that's allegedly destined to replace the lowly Katana II -- but it turns out that the display is hidden under a semi-translucent casing. This is a trick we've seen employed by various manufacturers in the past, often with lovely results, and it's looking pretty solid this time around, too. With any luck we'll see this one in the flesh next month. Follow the break for another glamor shot, if you're so inclined.

Filed under: Handsets, Sanyo, Sprint, CDMA

Tags: katana, katana lx, KatanaLx, sanyo, sprint

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IGotTheMondays @ Mar 17th 2008 10:40AM

Hopefully it still has the Sanyo click mechanism when you open and close it. That's what I love about my DLX.

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MinceyFresh @ Mar 17th 2008 10:46AM

Most Japanese cell phones make that click when you open and close them... It's become such a commonly-known sound that teachers in Japan can even tell when students try to whip out their phones underneath their desks to text each other!

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jadler23 @ Mar 17th 2008 10:55AM

What's with the 2 different flips?

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raulr @ Mar 17th 2008 11:15AM

Same flip. The lines you are seeing that make it appear different are just reflections of the ceiling tiles.

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slamEVIL @ Mar 17th 2008 6:22PM

new subject for reflecto-porn on ebay...

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mblcntrl @ Mar 19th 2008 7:35AM

Can anyone tell what crapass slider he is using reflecting from the first picture taken? Haha, definitely not another Sprint device.

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