SANYOTaho Phone (Sprint)

Bought this phone for my dad. And I am very pleased with it. My dad is happy and now has a cell phone :) makes me feel a little more at ease when he is out and about.

Took a chance buying this phone used. The keyboard on my original Taho wasn't working. Had to have Sprint switch everything over. Can't just switch out the simm card like you used to do. Sprint whacked my for $35 dollars to do this. Anyway the phone's microphone didn't work so the transformation was a bust. Amazon and the place that sold the phone were great. I had a credit on my card in three days and kept the phone for a paper weight.

I recently ordered new Sprint Taho phones for all of our company's shop employees and drivers, and I'm starting to regret the decision! For starters, several people have complained about a "feature" the phone has, where it will redial the last number called by pressing on the side button twice in a row. If the phone is in someone's pocket, it's way too easy to accidentally do this and make accidental calls! Worse yet, there seems to be no way to turn the function off!More disturbingly though? About half of the people using these phone have started having issues where the phone acts like it has a dead battery and powers itself off, randomly. When this happens, the power button won't turn it back on again. You have to pull the battery out for a few seconds and put it back in, to get the phone to turn back on.I tried to exchange one of these phones at my local Sprint store last week for this problem, only to find out that it's a known software problem with ALL of the Taho phones, and they don't have a fix yet! So basically, I can't recommend this phone to anyone until they get this resolved!(On the plus side, these phones do seem to be relatively rugged, as advertised, and seem to run for a long time on a battery charge.)

I've had the Taho for a few months now. It is a very solid phone. Be aware the screen is small, but you can make the text larger for inbound text messages. Because this has 3g data, web browsing is not bad for occasional use. Google maps works well (but again the screen is small).It is a stereo 2.5mm jack, so you will need an adapter.I like it because I have short cuts to the keypad. I can call anyone I need in a hurry or run an app with one hand. With T9 texting I can text with one hand.Beware that email only comes through the web browser. It's not as good as the Sprint native email app, but it is functional.As an added bonus, it does work with YouTube and will show (not stream) clips.The camera is surprisingly good. Voice quality is great (some of us do talk on the phone)And finally, the phone is bulky but you never have to worry about a cracked screen. If you drop it on the concrete or in the swimming pool, it will be just fine.

Excelente producto

The mic does not work on phone people can't hear me talking on the iphone

We do like the phone!!

Agree with the earlier reviewer in that this phone has software problems. My phone would randomly lock up and I could only reset it by removing the battery. Then the phone would randomly display a message that said something along the lines of "Phone has experienced a system fault and it restarting." I took the phone back for a replacement and the second phone is doing the same thing. I went back and the Sprint Store stated it is a known software problem and a fix "should be out soon." I have not been able to identify if there is anything in particular that causes the phone to lock up, but all I use it for is voice calls...no texting or internet, so at this point the phone fails for its basic purpose.That said, once a fix is hopefully issued, the phone should fill my needs. It is a decent looking, rugged phone that has the features I need.