Sanyo SCP-2700 hands-on

by Chris Ziegler posted Apr 2nd 2009 at 3:03PM

With devices like the Samsung Magnet competing directly in this mega-low-cost portrait QWERTY space, expectations for quality and style are pretty frigging high here. Does Sprint's SCP-2700 from Sanyo deliver? Truth be told, we came away with the impression that it didn't feel good enough to cost $29.99 on contract after rebate; free before rebate, perhaps, but that's about it. We found that the 2700's awfully thick and bulky (while still feeling cheaply light) for its lease in life as a fashion-forward texting machine for the kiddies -- odds are that since it's a Sanyo it'll probably be able to take a beating, but what kind of 15 year-old cares about reliability? Are these the people that grow up to be actuaries?

Gallery: Sanyo SCP-2700 hands-on

Filed under: Handsets, Features, Sanyo, Sprint, CDMA

Tags: ctia, ctia 2009, Ctia2009, features, hands on, hands-on, HandsOn, sanyo, scp-2700, sprint

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Hey Ya @ Apr 2nd 2009 3:31PM

How's the keyboard feel?

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Chris Ziegler @ Apr 2nd 2009 9:40PM

A little spongy -- we'd like a more positive "click" to it.

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T @ Apr 2nd 2009 8:20PM

Whats new...Engadget bashing a Sprint phone. Yawn...

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Bonqueesha @ Apr 2nd 2009 9:40PM

You're kidding, right? This phone is hideous... Engadget has been positive about the Pre, a Sprint exclusive. Ya know?

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KilgoreTrout @ Apr 2nd 2009 8:09PM

Im sure that the flowery decoration on the top half is gonna be a hit both with transexuals and with transvestites.

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Bonqueesha @ Apr 2nd 2009 9:39PM

And Jailbait teenyboppers. Never forget the jailbait. What a gaudy phone.

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KilgoreTrout @ Apr 2nd 2009 8:11PM

Im sure that the flowery decoration on the top half is gonna be a hit both with transexuals and with transvestites.

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FKL @ Apr 3rd 2009 12:26AM

After years of the Sanyo fanboys arguing otherwise, the SCP-2700 confirms the obvious:

Sanyo is dead.

This phone doesn't have the design, quality, or software to compete with any messaging phones from true Tier I manufactures. The Samsung Magnet is a much better device in both form, quality, and functionality than this really cheap, hideous, and cheaply built brick.

Sanyo is done, has been for a long time now. The Samsung v. Sanyo days at Sprint are over. Samsung won hands down, it's over fanboys.

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Level 5 @ Apr 3rd 2009 8:22AM

"since it's a Sanyo it'll probably be able to take a beating, but what kind of 15 year-old cares about reliability?"

None, this much is true; but the parents who are tired of buying their little brat a new phone whenever it hits the gym floor might.

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rogers @ Jun 2nd 2009 2:38PM

AMEN! As a parent to a teenager, the phone hits the floor ALOT! As far as the touch of the keys - teenagers DON'T CARE. An ugly phone? Have you ever met a teenage girl... obviously NOT they LOVE IT! Ever heard of SKINS? The cheesier the better

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Pedro @ Apr 6th 2009 12:05AM

Maybe the blue one will look better, right?

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Tomas - University Place, WA @ Apr 13th 2009 3:36PM

That's a "Hands-On?" A few pics and one paragraph of gripes with a link to a "competing" handset?

What happened to any descriptions of feel or function, pics of more than the idle screen.

Very disappointing reportage, guys, very disappointing.

(Was it maybe written by someone from Samsung?)