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New Sanyo Katana LX (New Sanyo Cell Phones)Design : The first thing you notice about New Katana LX is its mirrored finish. New Sanyo Katana LX comes in three colors: Liquid Graphite, Pacific Blue and Elegant Pink and each offers a highly-reflective front. This finish, of course, makes it a fingerprint magnet and we have a feeling this isn’t the phone for our OCD readers. When compared to the first two Katanas the LX is narrower and thicker, which leads to a better in-hand feel but is bulkier in the pocket.

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New Sanyo Katana LX Cell Phone is very plain in design, but don’t mistake plain as criticism. To the contrary, we really like the minimalist design of the LX and our only complaint is the keypad and cheap materials that Sanyo continues to use. The plastic is hard and slippery, and our battery door scratched almost immediately even though we hadn’t exposed it to anything coarse. The overall build quality is quite good, however, and we don’t have any concerns about the device holding up over everyday use. by phonearena.com

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New Sanyo Katana LX Cell Phone Specs:

Display: Main LCD: 2.0” TFT screen, 65K colors. External display: OLED Glow-through, 128 x 160 resolution.

New Sanyo Katana LX Battery: Sanyo standard Lithium Ion rechargeable battery (SCP-30LBPS). 840 mAh, 3.7V. Battery is user replaceable. Claimed talk time for standard battery: up to 4.8 hours. Claimed talk time for optional extended battery: up to 7.4 hours.

Performance: Phone book can store 300 entries.

New Sanyo Katana LX Size: 3.7 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches. Weight: 3.4 ounces.

Phone: CDMA digital dual band 800/1900MHz. 1xRTT for data.

Camera: VGA camera with 1-16 steps of digital zoom.

Audio: Built-in mic and 2.5mm standard headset jack. Supports 72-Chord Polyphonic ringtones. Comes with Voice memo and Voice dialing. Supports vibrating alert.

Networking: Bluetooth v2.0. Support Profiles: GAP, SPP, GOEP (General), HSP (Headsets), HFP (Hands-free car kits), OPP (vCard transfer), DUN (Dial-up networking), PBAP (Phone book Access profile).

New Sanyo Katana LX Software: Icon/text-based UI. Contacts, calendar, voice memo, alarm clock, world clock, stopwatch, countdown timer and calculator. WAP browser, SMS, Picture Mail and Voice Command.

Expansion: None.

In the Box: The Sanyo Katana LX phone with standard battery, AC charger and printed user manual and quick start guide.

New Sanyo Katana LX Cell Phone is a digital dual band CDMA phone that operates on Sprint’s 800/1900MHz network, and New Sanyo Katana LX Cell Phone has support for Sprint’s Vision for data. The phone has good reception and has never dropped a call in both well-covered areas and spotty coverage areas. The voice quality is actually very good and volume is loud through the earpiece and through the speakerphone.

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New Sanyo Katana LX Cell Phone comes with a standard rechargeable battery that’s 840 mAh in capacity, a small bump from the 820 mAh on the Katana II. The battery is user replaceable and you can charge it using the included charger (120V). Battery life is very good since most applications on the Katana LX aren’t power hungry and the phone doesn’t support EV-DO. The claimed talk time is 4.8 hours and that seems to be on target. An extended battery can provide 7.4 hours of talk time, but neither Sprint nor Sanyo has it for sale yet.

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New Sanyo Katana LX Cell Phone brings good looks to Sprint’s entry-level phone line. The mirrored, modern design in available in three colors and offers a basic feature phone package that includes voice dialing, a VGA camera, gaming, Bluetooth and aGPS. While the Katana LX is still a voice-centric phone, it does give you games, ringer and applications download over the air. But if you’re feature more than fashion consious, the Samsung M520 and LG Rumor on Sprint offer more for the same price.