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My opinion on the M1 (this really came as a shocker to me).
I'm a Samsung fangirl from head-to-toe. I've always been anti-Sanyo for their lack of design ingenuity and, what I felt was an overall ugliness encasing their phones from the inside, out.
Until the M1, it seems. I think it's a brick, and it's relatively unattractive but I think Sanyo nailed the colors, keeping it dark so it will appear more slim. Call me crazy, but I really think Sanyo got this one right (well, pretty damn close). I just assume, with their track record, that the M1 is going to be "it" for at least a year. They won't be releasing anything ultra-special of the M1's caliber in the upcoming quarters, from where I stand. I am open to them proving me wrong, though. The last time they made an impression on the market was with the 9000, I believe (I'm still wondering WHY that phone was so hyped). The M1 rubs the 9000's face in the mud, though.
Plus, the M1 can do something no other Sprint phone can: it can almost multitask. You can listen to music while doing (some) other things, like texting. It's still a limited feature, but the M1 can multitask better than any other Sprint phone (PDA phones excluded, obviously). This is a HUGE benefit, IMO, and is something the LX550 ("Fusic") failed at providing--and they call the 550 a music phone. What a joke. (I own an LX550, I think it's an okay phone, so don't overreact to that fact that it's a joke as a music phone. Unless you can argue that Sprint and LG did it right, which I will gladly argue right back.)
So, all in all, I basically want an M1. I like it. A lot. Regardless of its exterior.
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