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Samsung Instinct - exclusively from Sprint

May 29, 2008
Is it a new rival for the famous iPhone? David Owens says that they both have advantages when comparing these two marvels in cellular technologies. Let's say it's just very different from iPhone and this makes the Instinct not another iPhone clone but another good phone for the customers, however it looks like iPhone (Maybe it's just popular today).

So let's start with the screen: its screen is a 3.1 inch touch screen with resolution of 320*240. However, it works differently from the most of touch screens out there. Its main difference is that it reacts on depressing, so the buttons will be pushed when you depress the screen. This technology allows you to use stylus, finger nail, or finger ball to navigate through the new Samsung (which you cannot do with iPhone). The "Turn-off screen" button is situated on the top side of the phone besides you can change the dim timers of the screen to prolong the battery life.

Instinct doesn't have a keyboard so the customer will have to use one on the screen, the keyboard is also different from the iPhone's one because when you are typing it appears in landscape mode to make it more comfortable to the user. Its unique features are spellcheck correction and something like T9. It will notify you with a signal if make a typo.

The other advantage of the Samsung Instinct is that they have made it very user friendly and comfortable to use and very fast speed. Everything in this phone is ruled by speed and comfort ability. It gives you a very good internet connection (streaming TV is available), a very good camera and a very fast processor. Besides, it gives you a very good battery (1,000 mAmp) and very flexible customization capabilities.

Instinct's camera is a 2.0 MP camera that can also record videos. It should make pretty good pictures, and good features. Additionally, it has some more features to it. First of all you can upload all the images and videos you make to your personal web pages like facebook and etc. A very unique feature has been added to the web browser when you want to scroll around you page. Holding the camera button and moving your phone to the sides or up and down will scroll the page you are viewing. A very interesting addition to replicate the accelerometers installed in some cell phones.

GPS Navigation makes Samsung Instinct one of the best phones on the market (depending on its price). GPS module uses Sprint's network or the GPS itself to give the customer best service and best times. As David Owens it works pretty darn fast and he had never experienced any difficulties with that. The GPS module features audio and video step to step directions and there is also a good search engine built in. The customer can type in "pizza" and Instinct will propose a few closest ones.

Capacity features are impressive: sprint gives the customers a 2GB flash card with 2,000 prerecorded songs from the music store. Additional songs can be downloaded from media store for just 99 cents per song. However, you can also download all the music you like from your PC, it has no limitations that iPhone has. The memory capacity can be extended to 8GB. It can be connected to the PC via USB cable and can be used as a flash card reader or you can download media files using Media manager that comes with the phone.

What comes in the box? Here are some unusual things that come in the box: They give customers and additional battery just to make you feel like your phone is always on. Besides the battery lifetime is 5.75 hrs of talk time which is not bad at all. Another plesant thing is that 3.5 headphones come with the phone too.

Regarding the rest of it Instinct is just a usual but very good phone that will be very easy to use. And one of its main differences from iPhone is that it is running and open source platform. All the applications are Java so they can be easily added.
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» posted by: Cally / Aug 16, 2009 03:17 PM
This phone sucks....it constantly freezes and restarts it self!! Its the worst phone ever!!!

Had it for almost a year now and hasn't frozen yet. You're probably the problem not the phone :/ Take better care of it is my advice.
» posted by: kate / May 06, 2009 09:02 AM
This phone sucks....it constantly freezes and restarts it self!! Its the worst phone ever!!!
» posted by: Pam / Apr 21, 2009 08:51 PM
does anyone have a problem with how fast the instinct scrolls to fast when u look at your emails and ring tones and also your phone numbers?
» posted by: Alan Barrett / Feb 15, 2009 09:33 AM
This advertisement of this phone is misleading. They say that you can download your music from your PC to the instinct but, what they don't tell you is that if you bought music from rhapsody or itunes, that music can't be transferred to the instinct. To me that defeats the whole purpose for buying the phone.
» posted by: Joe / Feb 11, 2009 02:51 PM
I wish this phone had better GPS navigation functionality. My wife recently got the Dare and her GPS is so much better it's pathetic.
On the dare you can opt out of using certain roads on a route, updates faster, better mapping, simpler setup. I hope they update the instincts soon.
» posted by: Bearnutt054 / Feb 08, 2009 09:05 AM
The Stylus goes on the side of the carrying case that should come with your phone purchase.

Take a look at the case closely... and you will find a space to slide it into
» posted by: Andrew / Feb 07, 2009 09:47 PM
Does anyone know why that the instinct comes with a stylus (how ever you spell it) but no where on the phone to keep it? I think thats kinda weird. I like to use it since its hard to use my fingers on the touch screen, I dont want to carry it around in my pocket and loose it.
» posted by: mebe / Jan 25, 2009 05:26 PM
I love my Instinct!! It does so many things well and looks so beautiful.
Besides, I would not give Apple or Steve Jobbs one red cent for their over priced hardware.
Go Insitinct, Go Sprint!!
» posted by: diva!!! / Dec 12, 2008 03:52 PM
I LOVE THIS PHONE!
IT ROCKS!!!
» posted by: tequilanick84 / Oct 29, 2008 04:44 PM
cant wait to get the instinct...
» posted by: ************ / Sep 01, 2008 11:11 AM
the instinct rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
» posted by: i think im gnna get one / Aug 27, 2008 08:12 PM
"Who wants to watch LIVE TV? I would much rather watch something I had DVR'd (no commercials) or else something on youtube. I am not sold on either the 3G iPhone or the Instinct, but I like the fact that the iPhone does not always reduce the usable screen size (like the Instinct does) by always showing folder and navigation buttons. "

apprently with orb software u can strem music and vidieo ,a nd live cable tv though your pc to th phone , coupel clicks coupel seetins and yoru set
» posted by: Unter / Aug 23, 2008 12:46 AM
Samsung Instinct has appeared on the market after iPhone and just before the iPhone 3G. And my personal opinion is that it is much better than both of them. i think it is more user friendly and more comfortable for me. I have used all three of them and personally I think that Samsung Instinct is the best.
» posted by: instinct / Aug 18, 2008 05:37 AM
the samsung instinct is the best phone out there way better phone qaltiey
» posted by: jenn / Aug 06, 2008 03:45 PM
its really hard to text on the keyboard. i'm always hitting the key right next to or above or below the one i actually want. it takes a lot of time and i might return it because of that. if your an avid texter i dont recommend it because of the keyboard
» posted by: Krissy / Aug 06, 2008 10:13 AM
I have the Instinct and I really like it so far. There are a few flaws, but it's just overall so much cheaper than the iPhone (between the service plans and the actual iPhone) that I couldn't possibly justify getting an iPhone. One thing that I heard about the iPhone is that its GPS doesn't talk...the GPS on the Instinct is GREAT -- almost worth getting it for that alone.
» posted by: Caity / Aug 05, 2008 11:02 AM
You can get them in Canada as of August 1st
i am buying one in the next few days.
i am super stoked about this phone!
i have heard excellent reviews, except from the people who like the iPhone just because it is an apple product. Give this phone a chance!!
» posted by: mr 64 / Jul 30, 2008 04:14 PM
With the popularity of the recent iphone, At&t feels that they are too good to give a reasonable deposit offer to everyone. Not everyone has a credit rating when you always pay cash for most things. I was offered the good deal of a 600.00 deposit on top of the price of 400.00 for 2 phones, for an over 1000.00 investment plus tax. After their extortion practices they tried to pull on me, they have lost my business forever, and I will buy the Instinct by sprint.
» posted by: jean / Jul 09, 2008 08:17 PM
what is better iPhone 3G or Instinct
» posted by: killer / Jul 06, 2008 12:03 AM
What about 3G calls??? Can Samsung Instinct do that? 3G phone calls are the future of cell phone communication. I want the 3G!!! HOwever how can you make a 3G call if it does not have camera in the front, just like the iPhone. Samsung Instinct has dissapointed me!
» posted by: Steve / Jul 01, 2008 04:43 PM
Who wants to watch LIVE TV? I would much rather watch something I had DVR'd (no commercials) or else something on youtube. I am not sold on either the 3G iPhone or the Instinct, but I like the fact that the iPhone does not always reduce the usable screen size (like the Instinct does) by always showing folder and navigation buttons.
» posted by: klobo / Jul 01, 2008 07:20 AM
How do you get one?
» posted by: David / Jun 27, 2008 07:57 PM
it is a big rival for the iphone, it does many things the iphone cannot even dream of doing. the iphone can't watch live tv or even go on the internet anywhere they wnat. the new instinct doesnt need to be in range of anything. the planet earth is it's range

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