Available in five colors, Sanyo's family-friendly clamshell boasts voice SMS, a speakerphone and push-to-talk for the kids, along with parental controls for the grown-ups. See how the SCP-2400 fared in our rough-and-tumble phone playground.
Review summary of the Sanyo SCP-2400:
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 The friendly and colorful Sanyo SCP-2400 makes for a solid kid-friendly handset, especially for parents who want to keep track of their phone-toting little ones. While savvy teens might be bummed by the lack of Bluetooth or a camera, they'll warm up to the 2400's push-to-talk functionality and ability to send voice memos via SMS. Meanwhile, parents can get a fix on their kids using the phone's built-in GPS and restrict outgoing and incoming calls. Release: July 2006.
Pros: Strong parental controls; GPS locator service; can send voice memos via SMS; push-to-talk; wireless contact backup
Cons: No Bluetooth or camera; sub-par screen resolution; keys are a bit small
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Calling - Very good
Call quality on the SCP-2400 was quite good; our callers sounded loud and clear, and our buddies said they could hear us with no trouble. Signal strength tended to be a bit flaky, however, although extending the antenna gave us a couple more bars. The 2400 doesn't support Bluetooth, but you do got a speakerphone, voice and three-way calling, and -- best of all -- Sprint Ready Link for push-to-talk chatting.
The phone's address book gets the job done with a minimum of fuss; keying in our contacts was easy (although we wish the keys were a tad larger) and while-typing searching is available. Even better, you can preserve your contacts using Sprint's wireless backup service (for an extra $2/month).
Messaging - Good
The SCP-2400's text messaging options include the ability to send voice memos via SMS -- pretty cool if you're looking to whisper some gossip to your buddies (up to 25 at a time). We were able to fit about 120 characters on the 2400's so-so 65,000-color screen, a bit below the 160 or more we'd like to see, but still respectable. Tapping out our messages on the phone's backlit keypad wasn't much trouble, although again, we wouldn't have minded slightly roomier keys.
Parental controls
Parents can keep tabs on the whereabouts of their kids -- as well as who they're calling -- with the SCP-2400's parental control features. After entering a security code, you can restrict outgoing and incoming calls to numbers in the address book (or to specific numbers of your choosing), disable Web browsing, or switch off the Ready Link PTT service. You can also subscribe to a $10/month feature that gives you regular updates on your child's location via GPS.
Price and availability
The Sanyo SCP-2400 will start selling for TBA to $180 ((Sprint)) in July 2006.
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