Sanyo M1 Cell Phone Review - Conclusions

Who’s It For
Business user – The Sanyo M1 is not a good choice for business users. The web based email client is not a good choice for those who always need access to their email messages. Business users would also notice the lack of PIM synchronization with a computer.

Budget callers – At $199.99 with contract or $349.99 without the Sanyo M1 is not a good choice for budget callers. You can find a basic phone for free, and if you are looking for more functionality or better aesthetics budget callers should be able to find something for well under $100.

Chatty teenager – The Sanyo M1 provides good calling functionality, a nice camera for a phone and plenty of built in storage for media, which might be a good combination for a chatty teenager who can get over the less than appealing aesthetics.

Media maven – The Sanyo M1 is a good choice for a media maven. With 1GB of built in storage, easy synchronization of media with a PC and an above average 2 megapixel camera the M1 hits the spot. We would have liked to see more storage, or perhaps the option to expand the ample built in storage, but 1GB will do for most users. The only place where the M1 falls down as a media device is in video play back.

Conclusion
The Sanyo is a solid mid range handset with a few features that help it stand out from the pack. The first is the 1GB of built in storage. In an age where most multimedia phones require that you purchase additional storage in the form of a memory card having that much storage available out of the box is a definite plus. That being said media maven’s may find that 1GB is not sufficient for their needs, and the lack of an expansion slot could hurt the M1 here. We also like the fact that the M1 makes it easy to get music and other media onto your phone appearing as a mass storage device to your computer. We also liked the microphone with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack so you can use your own high quality headphones. Another welcome feature is the 2 megapixel auto focus camera. The M1 scored well on our tests compared to run of the mill camera phones with 1.3 megapixel fixed focus cameras.

Other than these features we found the M1 to be a fairly run of the mill mid range phone. It’s also not much to look at, especially compared to the range of than handsets that have become so popular since the release of the original Razr. Our conclusion? The M1 is a herald of things to come as handset makers begin to build more storage and better cameras into phones, look for 2007 to spawn a range of phones that will compete with M1 on multimedia features.

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