Sanyo S750i
Discontinued 7th May 2005
We saw Sanyo's first 3G phone, the S750
last December and our feeling was that the handset was
pretty good but the "slablike design is
somewhat unappealing" and if Sanyo were to
"give the S750
a makeover (and tuck the antenna away).. you'd have
a very nice phone indeed."
Well,
Sanyo have been to work on the handset's looks and come
up with the S750i, which is functionally identical to
the S750 (except it comes bundled with a 32Mb SD card
and data cable) but the looks have been improved - the
biggest area of improvement being in the primary controls
(see picture on left, S750i is the top image).
Several other minor enhancements
to styling have been made with a few colour changes,
and it is reported that the handset has been built to
feel more solid too. It still has a very large external
antenna though, which rather spoils the S750i's looks.
As with the previous model, the Sanyo
S750i features a large 240x320 pixel display in 262,000
colours, a 1.3 megapixel primary camera (protected by
the sliding mechanism), Bluetooth, expandable memory and
video calling. These were good features six months ago
when the original phone hit the market, but specifications
are improving rapidly in this market segment and two
megapixel cameras are just starting to become common.
Sliding 3G phones like this are still
rare, so the S750i offers a welcome addition to the
range of available handsets. It's certainly a more attractive
device than the S750 and the technical specification
is good too, especially the large screen. As with
the previous Sanyo, the S750i is available exclusively
on the Orange 3G network and should start to become
available as soon as stocks of the S750 become depleted.
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Sanyo
S750i at a glance
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Available:
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Q3
2005
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Network:
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UMTS
+ Tri-band GSM
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Data:
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UMTS
(3G) + GPRS
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 262,000 colours
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Camera:
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1.3
megapixel (main) 0.3
megapixel (secondary)
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Size:
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Large
slider 108x50x22mm /
122 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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3 hours talk / 10 days standby
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