Samsung Instinct

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Not a bad phone, but you can do much better...

2 Nov 2008 Nik

6.7 out of 10

This phone will impress those who've never had a smart phone/touch phone before. I can honestly say after owning iPhone, ATT Tilt, Instinct, and now my Touch Diamond - I wouldn't give up my Touch Diamond for anything. The Instinct is quite simply put... a piece. The interface is slow to respond to touches. The keyboard cannot keep up with typing (though it did well with duplicate letters, better than any other touch device) and I frequently mistype or end up rotating my screen trying to backspace. The TV does freeze up, even with advanced buffer settings changed. Even the two display phones at Sprint store had this problem as well. Music player is buggy. I'd play a song then pause then wake the unit up again only to have it on a completely different track and band. Internet would only partially load pages or take a really long time to do so, only then to crash and reset the phone. "Sync" is not directly with Outlook contacts, instead a 3rd party program sends your information to servers to push wirelessly to your phone. Not really a big deal, it's just dumb you couldn't directly connect with Outlook. And for that matter, why can't we sync our calendars? Guess this is not technically a "smartphone" though it has many features of modern smartphones. Navigation software would be awesome if it wasn't so lagging. I tried using this once and compaired to how the Diamond or even my Tilt performed... well it lags so much with the current position, I nearly miss turns. I wanted this phone to succeed so much. I really do think physically it is a good design and on paper, looks awesome. There are just too many bugs and fixes needed for this phone to make it a worth while purchase for anyone. Take a look at the forums before buying this. You'll notice this phone has more individual articles than other WHOLE catetories for phones, filled with complaints regarding bugs and other various issues. Good idea but they should have let this sit in the oven a bit longer to finish cooking. My apologies to those of you who actually are putting up with this in hopes for a quick fix!

Pros

Multiple E-Mail accounts
Text messaging is easy with landscape keyboard
Expandable MicroSD HC memory
Sync MS Outlook contacts
Slim, light, pleasing design
Good battery life
"Visual" voice mail - much like iPhone
Tons of extra features for a "dumbphone" making it borderline smartphone

Cons

No WiFi
Menus slow to respond to touch
Random resets
Sprint TV and radio buffer/performance problems
Certain web sites will crash phone
No Outlook calendar sync
Music Player works well but buggy with playback, resuming from standby
Camera is a joke

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21 Oct 2008 Anonymous

5 out of 10

I've just renewed with sprint and got my first touch screen (instinct) which i was not impressed with. Don't get me wrong it's a great phone. I love the full keyboard, navigation sys, and tv but it froze up on me all the time, had to exchange it for another one because it wouldn't send my txt messages and would always delete my passwords for email accounts. Plus it never got service, i would be in the middle of town and only have 1 bar when everyone else would have full signal. After three weeks i traded it for the Blackberry 8330...and absolutely LOVE it more than the instinct

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this phone is awesome

14 Oct 2008 rickphalon

9.7 out of 10

accurate turn by turn gps, haptic feedback touchscreen, picture and video messaging, visual voicemail, this phone can only be appreiciated if you actually use it as part of your day. live tv, i can watch dvds on this thing, and they look spectacular.

Pros

live search, gps, push email, haptic feedback, superfast evdo rev. a, visual voicemail, weather on the fly, live tv, radio, excellent responsive touchscreen, excellent reception, sleek, solid constuction, records video, expandable memory, world clock, slimmer and sexier than iphone

Cons

calendar and notes are limited (fixable), no mp3 ringtones, lack of downloadable apps, no im client

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