Sprint PCS Phone Review

(I didn't compress the pictures so they may take a while to load)

Update 08/13/03: Added pictures from the A620 with Fine setting

Comparison to the Sanyo 5300
Since my current (and soon to be former phone) is the 5300, I've posted some comparison pictures for you:

Side by side comparison (hehe... still had the plastic on the A620). As you can see, the body of the 5300 is longer than the A620, but overall length is not that much different because of the long antenna of the A620.

Thickness is almost exactly the same

I like the layout of the Samsung keys much better than the Sanyo

Since the flash illuminated the fronts much more than normally, you can actually see the LCD of the Sanyo in "off" mode. In reality, the Samsung's external LCD in "off" mode is much easier to see.

Ahh.. those green LEDs. However, notice how much brighter the Samsung's is (the one on the right).

• Samsung's menu system is much easier to use (and much nicer looking) than Sanyo's.
• When in camera mode, the 5300 has better tracking, on the A620, the image is a little delayed.
• I like the way the keys feel better on the Samsung, the 5300 keys were a little flat and this caused miskeys.
• I don't see too much of a difference in main LCD screen quality and color, but that's me.
• Although menu navigation is faster on the A620, going through picture review area is slower.
• But... picture saving on the A620 is MUCH faster than the 5300

Plus this holster had the low profile clip (I wear the phone on the inside of my pants pocket) so it's not that thick.

Close up


My Dell 4150


Young guava tree


Picture of my Optio-S using flash


Low light picture of CD tower


Outdoor picture of trees

As you can see, the 5300 seems to have clearer pictures. For some reason the A620 pics look cloudy, maybe I have the wrong settings but I decided just to use the default so you can compare The A620 does take better low light pictures as the 5300 has that vertical line problem but colors and clarity seem to be much better on the 5300. Maybe there is something I can do to make the A620 pictures look less blurry. You can also notice the ring of darkness on the A620 pictures similar to the ring of blur in 8100 pictures.

Update 08/13/03:
I've added some more pictures from the A620. These are using 'Fine' quality which I don't think really affected it much. When you look at them on their own, they are pretty good (as long as you don't have them next to pictures from the 5300.. hehe)

Conclusion
So... the picture quality of the A620 in my opinion is not as good as the 5300, but overall, I think the phone has superior features. The browser speed is much faster but the smaller screen gives you less to see and I can't find a font setting for the browser. The menu system is way easier to use and by adding number shortcuts to the menus, it makes going through them faster. I do think the screen is more readable but that may be due to the fact that I had the 5300 in a case and the plastic distorted it. The voice recognition functions alone is enough to make me keep this over the 5300. I'll post more thoughts once I play with it more but for now I think I'll be a 1k baller (sorry... inside joke).