Sanyo

don't worry your phone is not deffective. the new sanyos will not show as strong of signal as the old sanyos. every thing from the 8200 on the signal; strength indicator has been changed. the other manufacturers complained to sprint that sanyo showed such better signal then there phones so sprint made sanyo change there phones so they will red the exact same signal as every other kind of sprint phone. not to worry they still receave the same great sanyo sgnal it just is not visable.

but my honest openion. stick with the sanyo 5000 searies. the 7000 searies and the 8000 searies have now been as good of quality. that being said however the 8100 is the best phone i have ever sean for signal period!