Sprint and Kyocera Sanyo have joined forces in making the Sanyo SCP-2700 stylish phone to all Sprint customers. Available starting at $49.99, the canby-bar style Sanyo SCP-2700 boasts of a full QWERTY keyboard with threaded messaging (similar to the iPhone), a 1.3 megapixel camera, some useful Sprint data services. The Sanyo SCP-2700 will be available starting May 11 at all Sprint retail stores. Juging by the way the Sanyo SCP-2700 looks from the press photos, we could definitely say that the SCP-2700’s main point is its stylish and trendy form factor.

To make it easy for you to own the Sanyo SCP-2700, Sprint is offering the device through a very affordable plan which includes 450 anytime minutes, unlimited night and weekend minutes from 7 pm, unlimited mobile-to-mobile minutes, and unlimited text, picture and video messaging.

In addition, the Sanyo SCP-2700 features Sprint Family Locator which uses GPS for locating children’s phones and display its location on an interactive map on the phone. It also has Social Zone which provides you qith quick access to Photobucket, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other social networking sites.  You can also quickly post mobile photos, and other updates anytime, anywhere.

Other features of the Sanyo SCP includes 2.2-inch TFT LCD, Bluetooth, rear-spotted speakerphone, SMS Voice messaging, voice-activated dialing, built-in tools including calendar, alarm clock and more.