New Ultra-Slim Sprint PCS Phone

May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Mini-form clearly meets multi- function in the newest dual-band, ultra-slim phone built to fit easily in a shirt pocket or small purse. Designed for personalization, it can also wirelessly download ringers and graphics. Sprint, which is the fastest growing wireless carrier and operates the largest all-digital, all-PCS nationwide network, and Sanyo Fisher Company today unveiled the new Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6200 by Sanyo. Like its equally fashionable, single-band predecessor, the Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6000 by Sanyo --an Innovations 2002 "Best of Innovations" Award winner for design and engineering excellence at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show -- the phone features a durable magnesium alloy faceplate for added strength. Available at a suggested retail price of $299.99, the Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6200 by Sanyo is available at Sprint Stores nationwide and online at http://www.sprintpcs.com/ .

The elegant, silver-toned phone measures a mere .46 inches deep and 5 inches high by 1 1/2 inches wide. It weighs only 2.65 ounces with its standard 860mAh Lithium Ion battery attached. Talk time using the standard battery is up to 3.5 hours and standby time is up to 280 hours in digital mode.

The Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6200 by Sanyo supports the Sprint PCS Ringers & More add-on service that allows users to wirelessly download ringtones and screen savers. Customers can personalize their phone with a ringtone or screen saver by choosing from any of the hundreds of songs and graphics available.

An optional Sprint PCS Wireless Web Connection Kit featuring Sanyo Multimedia Master software also lets users personalize the phone, by downloading from the user's PC, images of friends, family and business associates. These images can be used as a "screen saver" or synchronized with phone book entries, providing an onscreen "Photo Caller ID" with select incoming calls. Ringtones in midi file format can also be downloaded and synchronized with phone book entries to personalize incoming calls.

The phone features a monochrome, 4-step gradation LCD screen with 5-step contrast control to ensure optimal viewability under various lighting conditions. A customizable (green or orange) backlit display is ideal for low to no light environments.

The Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6200 by Sanyo includes one-touch Sprint PCS Wireless Web Access for convenience and simplicity when accessing the Internet. Selectable call screening, which functions like a portable answering machine, lets the user decide whether or not to take the call while a supplied or user-recorded announcement greets the caller. One-touch voice memo allows up to eight 18-second memos to be recorded simply by pressing a key. Voice- activated dialing lets users call up to 30 stored entries by speaking the name into the handset's microphone. Access to menu options, including e-mail accounts, can be easily achieved with the thumb-operable navigation key offering speedy, mouse-like convenience. For ease in reading text, there are four available font sizes.

"Sprint's original ultra-slim phone by Sanyo connected customers' need for clear calls with their desire for a stylish phone. With the new SCP-6200, Sprint and Sanyo maintained the incredibly sleek, thin form but added more features such as increased talk time which increases the value to our customers without increasing the suggested price," said John Garcia, senior vice president of sales and distribution for Sprint's PCS division.

"The SCP-6200 features dual-band capability and improved talk time in a form factor that is barely distinguishable from its ultra-slim, single-band predecessor, the SCP-6000," said Atsushi Kodera, group vice president, general manager of Sanyo Fisher Company's Communications/Information Technology Division. "This phone has all the style users are looking for, but without sacrificing functionality or any of the advanced new services available on the Sprint PCS wireless network."

Highlights of the Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6200 by Sanyo include:

Personalization:

• Photo/Ringer Caller ID offering virtually endless personalization options
• Downloadable images (up to 30) using Sprint PCS Ringers & More service or Sanyo Multimedia Master Software
• Downloadable 16-chord, polyphonic ring-tones (up to 32) using Sprint PCS Ringers & More service or Sanyo Multimedia Master Software
• Seven embedded 16-chord polyphonic ringtone melodies
• Animation: if enabled, animation occurs while placing a call
• Four unique ringer selections, including Asian jingle, samba, cat, dog
• Selectable vibrating ringer alert (can be combined with melody)
• Customized Backlighting: orange or green
• Monochrome 4-step gradation LCD screen (120 x 128 pixels; 7 lines, 15 characters per line) with 5-step adjustable contrast to ensure optimal viewability
• Adjustable font sizes; the user can choose from four font sizes for text message and browser functions
• User-defined folder holds up to 200 messages in up to 10 folders
• Enhanced Internal Phone Book: stores up to 300 entries, up to nine labels per entry; holds up to 500 phone numbers, 300 e-mail addresses and 300 URL entries
• Personal Profile stores the user's name, birthday, address, etc.
• Spanish text and voice support

Productivity Tools:

• Electronic Organizer: a scheduler/calendar and to-do list with function alarm reminds the user to make important calls, and helps to keep track of important events
• One-Touch Wireless Web Access for easy Internet connectivity
• One-Touch Voice Memo for up to eight 18-second voice memos or incoming caller messages
• Voice-activated Dialing for up to 30 names
• Call Screening, allowing the user to listen in as the caller leaves a message
• Speed Dialing (dial 2-9)
• Call History (10 outgoing, 10 incoming and 10 missed calls)
• 2.5mm headset jack to connect a headset for convenient, hands-free operation.

Wireless Data Tools:

• Dual-band operation for utilizing analog service where necessary
• Wireless circuit switched data and fax capabilities
• Mini-Browser (Openwave 4.1) for Email and Internet Access. Check your stocks, weather, flight schedule, or the latest news to find out if your favorite sports team won, and message your friends to let them know!

The Sprint PCS Phone SCP-6200 by Sanyo includes a standard battery, travel charger and user guide.

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