Samsung Instinct

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DON'T GET IT...EVEN IF LOOKS COOL, DONT GET IT!!!

30 Sep 2009 Elijah Williams

4.3 out of 10

         Oh my gosh, i hate this phone! I got it in july of 09 and its semptember now. When i first got the phone i noticed it had a *few*(and i say this term lightly) minor glitches that i figured i could live with. I liked the camera quality but hated how time consuming and phisically taxing it was to just to text. The very next day after the return policy was up, the phone started shutting down randomly, freezing up when doing basic functions, wouldn't update correctly, being very unresponsive and to top it off the only 2 tiles on the web tab i can use now are the Live Search and Web. The rest like weather and news just try to load and then kick me to the call menu.

        Now that i cant return i just use the phone for the only thing it can do right: music, tv, and web browsing. If i had the choice to go back in time, i would slap myself and tell me to go with my 1st choice of the Exclaim. please just realize that this phone sucks bad. I wouldn't wish the heartache and frustration from this phone on my worst enemy.

Pros

Nice Design
Camera
Music player
sprint tv

Cons

Everything else!

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After A Year

2 Sep 2009 Dre89

8.7 out of 10

I've had my Instinct for a full year now, I got it just a few days after it first came out and (in spite of it's little bugs) it's one of the best phones I've ever had.

The best feature is the one I didn't ever think of when I bought it, the Instinct is near unbreakable. I've put mine through alot, first was a fall down a flight of concrete stairs, then there was the pool, the times my little sister tossed it across the room, and lord knows how many times I've dropped it.

As for the other goodies in this cookies jar: The web browsing is what I really bought this phone for. The native browser works great, although it was very average before the updates, but by downloading a third party browser the true ability of this phones web powers are realized. Also is a great texting phone, the on screen keyboard responds perfectly even for the largest fingers. Beautiful display is great for pictures and it's camera preforms pretty well for 2MP. GPS works great but I've only used it about 3 times.

Email has it's goods and bads, 90% of the time it's no problem but the other 10% you'll be cursing the phone for acting a fool, luckily if you get mad enough to abuse it it can take it. Plays media off the memory card perfectly, great sound and picture, but when playing streaming media (ie Sprint TV or Radio, Youtube Mobile, etc) it is horrid. Music player has great sound and can really pump it out of the speaker but lacks the features to make it great, plus it is the most buggy part of the whole phone and will really push your buttons if it decides to kill your SDcard, and no one knows this better then me I've lost 2 to the evil 505 error.

Oh and as for the phone part of this device: Perfect, but the telephone was perfected a long time ago lol. Call quality is perfect.

Pros

Durable
Great Web Browsing
Responsive Touchscreen
Easy To Use
Great With Internal Media

Cons

ALL Default Programs Can Be Buggy

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It's okay

22 Aug 2009 rhino629

6.3 out of 10

My last phone was the green rumor and I now have the pink Instinct.

LIKES:  It is SLIM and LIGHT and will fit in my pocket. It has an EXTRA BATTERY with its own charger. The battery life lasts me a few days but I just use it for texting and phone calls.  The TV, GPS and web browsing do drain the battery but will last about 8 hours. It comes with a micro SD card. The phone has SURVIVED MY DROPPING it a few times. Not throwing but accidental dropping. I use the USB CORD (with either the USB wall plug or car plug) quite frequently although you MUST remember to "disconnect" the phone from the "computer" in order to receive texts and phone calls. It keeps track of TEXTS based on contacts and in a CONVERSATIONAL MODE. The GPS has been a lifesaver a few times. It is great as long as you have a good signal. I like that I have a favorites screen that gives me access to the apps I use most often instead of having to go through multiple screens. I have noticed the NEWS features are pretty up to date. I love the EMAIL.  I have three yahoo accounts and it lets me know when I have new email.  It displays up to 25 emails for each account.  It is text only though.  I occasionally have trouble with outgoing mail not being delivered.

MAYBES: * I installed the SOFTWARE to manage my phone on the computer.  I quickly uninstalled it since it was easier for me to manage the information on the SD card. * I haven't been able to use the phone as a temporary DATA MODEM like you can with a Treo or other Smart Phone. * TEXTING is ok as long as you don't have big fingers and don't type too fast. The screen looks awfully red when you use a lot of texting abbreviations. * The CAMERA is alright as long as you don't need to zoom or use a flash. * TV STREAMS like a dial up modem.  And don't use it if you are moving.  It is not even worth the trouble then. You can personalize CONTACTS with ring-tones but unlike the Rumor you can't personalize text-tones which was a feature I loved. I like the multiple fields for the contacts although I wish they would get rid of the pager icon and use a fax icon instead. I make sure I put in addresses so I can pull them up when I use the GPS feature. I can't wait until I can either find out how to BLOCK UNKNOWN OR BLOCKED CALLERS.  You can block those texts though. The WEATHER feature is touch and go but usually in the ball park.

HATES: WEB BROWSING.  Part of the reason I got this phone was because of the larger screen for internet. It is slow and difficult to maneuver. The touch screen for the web is horrible. I am surprised I haven't cracked my screen tapping it to try to enter information into the web page. You have to touch multiple times. Each time. It seems that I adjust the size of the font when I touch the screen instead of being given a way to either enter information or follow a link. And pray that you don't have to enter information into a form.  Even if it has drop down menus and buttons. Way to piss a person off.  I will say that I have a screen protector on my phone but the screen setting is at its most sensitive and works with all the other features.  CALENDAR: I filled up the calendar in two months. And I only had my husband's and kids’ schedules in it. I had to delete past appointments in order to schedule new. I don't like that if you choose the option to repeat appts it doesn't. If it says it repeats it, the repeated appt doesn't show up in your calendar.

DON’T USE:  Music, Radio, Games, Clocks, Shopping, Sports

All in all, the phone gives me enough features to function. But I won't rave about it. And I wouldn't buy another one.

 

 

Pros

Extra battery
Battery life
Slim, lightweight
GPS
News
Customizable contact information
Email

Cons

Web Browsing
Touch Screen
TV
Limited Calendar Input

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