Sanyo M1 Cell Phone Review - Connectivity
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Alfredo Padilla Published on March 15, 2007 Comment on this |
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Cellular Bands (4.0)
As a CDMA phone running on the Sprint network, the Sanyo M1 supports the CDMA 800 and 1900 bands. CDMA technology functioning on these bands is pretty much restricted to the United States and Canada. World travelers who want to take their phone with them should either consider a GSM provider or look into Sprint’s international roaming service, which allows you to lease a compatible GSM phone and keep your phone number, for a cost. Our score in this section is standardized based on the total number of cellular bands supported by a handset.
Data Support Score (6.0)
The Sanyo M1 supports both 1xRTT and EVDO data standards on the Spint network. Average download speeds on the high speed EVDO network are between 400 to 700 kbps, with burst speeds up to 2 Mbps. The M1 does not support Sprint’s newer EVDO Rev A network. For users in North America, EVDO provides very good data transfer speeds, although it should be noted that significant data use can drain your battery fairly quickly.
Bluetooth (8.0)
The Sanyo M1 supports Bluetooth 1.2 with eleven different profiles. These include dial up networking, headset and hands free. We were also pleased to see support for A2DP, which allow you to listen to stereo music using Bluetooth headphones. AVRCP allows you to control the music on your device using that same headset.
The Bluetooth software is fairly straightforward, allowing you to create partnerships and manage things like visibility and device name. We were also please to see sending of files via Bluetooth built into the album software. Partnering our phone with a Bluetooth headset was a very straightforward affair..
Overall we found that the Sanyo M1 had more profiles available than many other phones, while ease of use was fairly average.
WiFi (0.0)
The Sanyo M1 does not support Wi-Fi.
Infrared (0.0)
The Sanyo M1 does not support Infrared.
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