Sprint’s newest upcoming flip phone, the Sanyo Katana LX, has just appeared on the FCC’s website.
The Katana LX looks set to serve entry-level customers, as the filing indicates it is missing a camera. There is no microSD card slot present either, which suggests that the Katana LX will not be positioned as a music phone. The phone should come with support for Sprint’s Vision (1XRTT) network, but will not support their 3G PowerVision (EV-DO) data network. The Katana LX will be replacing the Sanyo Katana II, currently in Sprint’s lineup.
FCC Documentation for Katana LX
UPDATE: Official photographs of the device have indicated that an external display is in fact present, but is stylishly hidden from view when not illuminated.
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What a waste of a phone.
How dumb. That it will be replacing the Katna 2? I am beginning to believe that sprint has monkeys working in there marketing department.
Sprint has a marketing department?
why would they take things away from this phone…like the camera, and caller id..for one the Katana 2′s camera sucks..but to take it away is pointless..no wonder sanyo wants to sell their wireless division to kyocera they i have no idea what people want.
well its a step in any direction at this point for sprint
Its a step backwards..espically since sprint is building the new wimax network.
It’s meant for an adult. I provide a phone for my mother-in-law. She has a PC. She has a digicam. She simply wants a reliable cell phone.
It’s no wonder the company is going down the poop hole. Lets see, it will come in 3 colors. Silver, Black and Red.. Common Sprint. Your starting to become the Big Lots of the cell phone world.
It actually has a display outside, its got a new sleek gloss cover that illuminates. I saw it on engadget.