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GravityFails's review of the Sanyo Katana / SCP-6600
original version, submitted May 25, 2007, 9:58 AM:
Shot in the Dark
What can you say about a year-old phone that hasn't already been said? With over 50 reviews, the major pros and cons of the Katana have already been explored ad nauseum. Anything more would be mere reiteration.
And yet...
And yet no one has mentioned that this is one of the few Sprint models that can receive and send text messages while roaming. No one has celebrated its ultra-low rate of dropped calls (none in three weeks for me, using an average of two hours per day). Any praise for its external screen, which is vivid and bright and easy to read in bright sunlight?
Well, you can't win 'em all.
What we read instead is how this phone is not a video camera. It's not an MP3 player. It's not a Gameboy SP. It doesn't have a flash. It doesn't have enough ringtones.
Whoever complained about the quality of the screen--do me a favor, Jack; take off your glasses, carefully wrap them in a layer of protective cotton, and repeatedly smash them with a hammer. They're doing nothing for you, and you sure as mud don't need to be driving with those babies. Maybe you got a lemon, but my Katana's screen is first-rate. Better even than the Rizr and the Krzr.
So let's not concern ourselves with great call clarity and excellent reception. Instead, let's criticize the myriad things that this phone is not: Okay, it's not a jackhammer. It's not a toilet brush. It's not bubble gum. It won't help you fly a kite, and it won't offer that special brand of comfort while crossing lonely storm-tossed seas.
There. Sit me next to Simon and count my opinion credible.
Of course the Katana is a blatant clone of the Razr, but when the imitation is better than the original, is it still really just an imitation? Neither has a 2.5mm headset jack, and the buttons on the Katana lack sufficient tactile feedback for my taste, but those are basically my only complaints.
The Katana also doesn't come with an idiot detector, but I guess I always know where to find more of those, eh?
edited Jul 22, 2013, 7:13 AM to the current version:
Shot in the Dark
What can you say about a year-old phone that hasn't already been said? With over 50 reviews, the major pros and cons of the Katana have already been explored ad nauseam. Anything more would be mere reiteration.
And yet...
And yet no one has mentioned that this is one of the few Sprint models that can receive and send text messages while roaming. No one has celebrated its ultra-low rate of dropped calls (none in three weeks for me, using an average of two hours per day). Any praise for its external screen, which is vivid and bright and easy to read in bright sunlight?
Well, you can't win 'em all.
What we read instead is how this phone is not a video camera. It's not an MP3 player. It's not a Gameboy SP. It doesn't have a flash. It doesn't have enough ringtones.
Whoever complained about the quality of the screen--do me a favor, Jack; take off your glasses, carefully wrap them in a layer of protective cotton, and repeatedly smash them with a hammer. They're doing nothing for you, and you sure as mud don't need to be driving with those babies. Maybe you got a lemon, but my Katana's screen is first-rate. Better even than the Rizr and the Krzr.
So let's not concern ourselves with great call clarity and excellent reception. Instead, let's criticize the myriad things that this phone is not: Okay, it's not a jackhammer. It's not a toilet brush. It's not bubble gum. It won't help you fly a kite, and it won't offer that special brand of comfort while crossing lonely storm-tossed seas.
Of course the Katana is a blatant clone of the Razr, but when the imitation is better than the original, is it still really just an imitation? Neither has a 2.5mm headset jack, and the buttons on the Katana lack sufficient tactile feedback for my taste, but those are basically my only complaints.
The Katana also doesn't come with an idiot detector, but I guess I always know where to find more of those, eh?
