Sanyo mobile phones
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| Kyocera Sanyo Telecom | |
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| Type | Subsidiary of Kyocera International |
| Founded | April 1st 2008 formed by the merger of Kyocera and Sanyo |
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| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Products | Mobile Phones |
| Parent | Kyocera Corporation |
| Website | [1] |
Sanyo's mobile phone division. Received J.D. Power and Associates Highest Ranking multiple times. In 2007 they were struggling to compete in the cell phone market. They explored mergers with several companies including Sharp and Kyocera. Ultimately they decided on a Merger with Kyocera in 2008 for $375 Million. On April 1st, 2008, they merged and formed Kyocera-Sanyo. Kyocera intends to sell Sanyo-branded phones till at least 2011.
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[edit] Japan
Sanyo is the fourth largest mobile phone manufacturer in Japan. Currently, mobile phone carrier au/KDDI retails Sanyo headsets for its CDMA 1X WIN branded EV-DO network. Current au/KDDI Sanyo models include W53SA and W51SA. However, unlike other Japanese EV-DO headset competitors such as Toshiba, Sharp, Kyocera and Casio, Sanyo has yet to release a headset with 1seg ISDB-T mobile TV broadcasting.
[edit] United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom Sanyo has only ever sold two models, S750 and S750i, but these have recently been discontinued by Orange.
[edit] United States of America
Sprint Nextel Corporation has exclusive rights to sell Sanyo mobile phones in the US. Sanyo supplies ReadyLink phones for use on Sprint's CDMA & EV-DO wireless networks. Many of these new phones come with advanced multimedia features. Try Pressing ##786# on your sanyo phone for the bios information and other back door programming tools, as well as see how many calls you have made, the prl(software version) of your phone and life time data. You also can see if your phone has ever been owned by some one else and refurbished. *Sprint's current phone listing
[edit] Canada
Bell Mobility shares the same models with Sprint Corporation.
