If you’re a Nextel Direct Connect user hoping for a slimmer phone – while still retaining the trademark walkie talkie feature of Nextel- here’s a new video from Sprint showing their new Sanyo 200 and 700 Direct Connect phones in action. These Sanyo phones are important to Sprint because they’re the first to utilize QChat – aka EVDO Rev A data – to connect Sprint to the aged Nextel iDen Direct Connect – something that’s been promised by Sprint since day one of their merger. The Sanyo 200 and 700 are identical in features with the 700 meeting military specs and being encased in a rugged housing. This phone rollout is important to Sprint because it fulfills the promise of connecting the networks of the two merged companies. If the new QChat technology falters, the remaining Nextel subscribers may head for another carrier

Link: All Sprint Videos on YouTube
Link: QChat vs Nextel Direct Connect Live Demo

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