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also known as Samsung SPH-M800
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11. ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!
28 Dec 2008 by MIKE M
100%10out of 10
For what this device is designed to be it is fantastic.. By far the best touchscreen of all the new samsungs hitting the market now.. As well as the best menu design... Those widgets are terrible!! Visual voicemail is fantastic not to mention the 100 other features this phone offers and you can do anything you want on the phone pretty much for $99 a month....
Touchscreen
Qwerty keyboard
featuressignal bar fluctuates a lot but it NEVER effects a call
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12. Instinct not up to par!
26 Dec 2008 by Ty
30%3out of 10
This is my second review posted to this site, I think they don't like bad post about the phone! The phone is limited compared to other phones. If you want to use it for work email forget it! You have to use a desktop connector, where on a real pda you can just use the email! Also, Live Search is limited, Pocket Express is limited and the browser is the worst browser of any phone I've ever used!
Nice screen
Size Sound qualityBrowser
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13. this phone makes me angry
16 Dec 2008 by grumpy goucho
80%8out of 10
this phone pisses me off like no other i just want to tear its queer little head off!!! the color sucks pine cone dump, the stupid little rectangular shape needs to perish in a burning heap i hate its stupid little gay nut name. what a lousy money leeching creep of a phone!
best phone to never buyworst phone to accept into your life
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14.
12 Dec 2008 by Ty
53.3%5.3out of 10
The "generic brand" phone is how I describe this phone vs the Apple iPhone. Yeah, it has a touch screen, but it's not as quick as should be nor is it as convenient. No Wifi. No real built in memory. The internet isn't that great to navigate around and apps are limited. Also, you might have to update your app(ex weather) before you can even use it. Also, the battery life isn't that hot. I'm not saying this phone is terrible. It is a cool phone, but nothing compared to competitors and also not made to replace your mp3 player.
If your flexible on the service provider, go with AT&T and get an iphone 3g and pay $120 for the 8 gig (which in reality your paying about $50 more if you would get an 8 gig micro SD card). I promise you, you'll be worlds happier.
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15.
6 Dec 2008 by Anonymous
60%6out of 10
Doesn't live up to the hype, but is still good. It has an average camera, a pretty responsive touch screen, a nice T.V. connection and is a pretty good all around phone. But the performance wasn't that good.
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16.
3 Dec 2008 by Anonymous
73.3%7.3out of 10
This phone has great call quality and all the features are great, especially the GPS. The internet is not a watered-down version, its the real thing. The only problem i have would be the touch keyboard. It is slow to respond and I would much rather have a physical keyboard that slides out. Also, it is easy to crack. Five days after I got it, it was in its case in my pocket when I leaned over a counter and the LCD screen cracked through the center.
GPS, fast internet, texting shows full conversation, good ringers, shows when you missed a call or text just by pressing the power key without turning the whole thing on, clear callsslow to respond keys, freezes up, not good for big-thumbed people
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17. Not a bad phone, but you can do much better...
2 Nov 2008 by Nik
66.7%6.7out 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!
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
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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18.
21 Oct 2008 by Anonymous
50%5out 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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19. this phone is awesome
14 Oct 2008 by rickphalon
96.7%9.7out 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.
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 iphonecalendar and notes are limited (fixable), no mp3 ringtones, lack of downloadable apps, no im client
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20.
1 Sep 2008 by sfblunt
100%10out of 10
great phone i have to say. Everything you could want in a phone, a tru Iphone killer !!! My friends Iphone 3g can't keep up with this thing, its not that much better, but just enough to make a difference. I'm not saying to throw your Iphone in the trash, just saying if your coming up on the end of your contract do NOT reup. with the rebates and specials and all the extra features this phone has over the Iphone look no further. Iphone needs to go back to the drawing board in order to remain competitive.
Everything sorry for the lack of details, but cant really see many flawsonly thing really maybe is no wifi everyhting else is better than the competition
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