Thinking Of Buying Sanyo 4900

I'm new to this forum. I am thinking of purchasing the Sanyo 4900 at the Best Buy in my town & I was just wondering the 4900 is easy to operate & navigate through for a soon to be Sprint user. I like the way the phone looks in appereance & I love the service plan compared to others I've looked at. If anyone could let me know if the 4900 is easy to navigate through, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanx

 

go for it today i went to my sprintpcs store b/c my crap @ss A460 died on me!... what ever you do dont get that phone...... i had 3 of them there nothing but trouble...

the 4900 is highly praised fone around here....
the menu system is not as good as some...
sprintpcs visions still has major bugs to work out... kinda slow but faster than 2g phones
java-games are the crappiest part of the phone...
but.....................
there is no phone that can compare to the recption of this phone!
there are small ups n' downs but overall it a good buy!

 

Is the navigation & operation easy to go through, from screen to screen on the 4900?

 

I think so. I've gotten though the menus pretty easily.

I've tried hard not to like the 4900. I have used a flip phone for 6 years. But after reading all the rave reviews, I had to try the 4900. I actually tried alll the Sanyo and the A500. The 4900 in a league of its own with reception, especially in fringe areas. All the Sprint phones that I or family members have tried at my house, which is in a partially covered area, had next to no reception. Then came the 4900, which allowed me to make a call from every room. I still am getting used to the size and the non-flip style, but I think I can work through it. Also, the speakerphone is an essential. I use it as a hands-free replacement in the car, which is so less of a hassle.

Now that prices have dropped, it is a great buy. I am actually returning my wife's A500 for one.

 

Is the 4900 like easy to operate right when you'd purchase it? And is it easy to navigate through?

 

Yes. No problem at all. The only complaint I have, and maybe it is because I can't find it, is getting to the list of previous calls. I use this a lot and it is a three button push process. Other than that, it is quite simple.

 

I got the 4900 about 2 weeks ago and one thing I hate, it is running thru battery power like crazy. I don't know why, but I end up plugging it in every nite! Seems like it was not really charging cause it would take about 15 min on the charger and said it was done.

Took it to sprint and got a new battery after about week and 1/2, so I'm still trying to see if it's still having the problem. Seems a bit better, but still only goes about a day, day and 1/2 at best before needing recharging. May have to take it back to sprint again and complain more...the thing is supposed to go 16 days in standby!

On flip side, I upgraded from a LG 4ne1. (the one with the orange sidecaps) That phone was TERRIBLE with reception and had some bugs in the software - and I brought it back to sprint about 14 times (and this sprint was an hour from where i lived so it wasn't just a quick jot to sprint). They kept telling me there was NOTHING they could do about it cause it wasn't causing problems when i was at the store. Drove me insane!

The Sanyo 4900 has GREAT reception and I really like the speaker phone - it is very loud too. My old LG I used the voice dial a lot, i really liked that, and the small size and silver finish were really nice. The 4900's voice dial I don't think works as well - I usually have to say the name a few times for it to recognize - and there can't be any background noise. It's a lot clunkier and not as pretty as the LG.

The sanyo has a 'pretty' interface with the colors and such, but my fiancee has the Samsung n400 - the menu is much prettier and nicer than mine. I would spend the extra $30 if you can stand a flip phone. I don't like flip phones so it wasn't a choice for me.

With any phone, I wouldn't worry too much about being able to navigate the menus. As more and more people get phones these days, they make them easier and easier to use. Pretty much all of them are self explanitory.

Hope any of this helps
--RainbowMoon--