Average User Rating

Design: 8.2; 81.62791%
Features: 7.9; 78.60465%
Performance: 5.4; 54%

Good

7.7

out of 10

Based on 43 opinions

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21. JUST AWESOME!!

11 Aug 2008 by T-Man

100%10out of 10

I 've hadt this baby for a full week. and so far I can not find anything wrong with it.. I was going to give in to an iPhone or an LG VU, and good thing I started messing with this one because now I am the happiest man in the world..

Typing on it is much easier then I expected after playing with both touch only phones from ATT, even my wife likes it,, hehehe!!

Seriously, I recently moved to AT&T, but now, after a few years of been away from Sprint, I can not even complain about coverage because this phone has great reception, and it helps that Sprint still making their network better and better..

I highly recommend it..

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22. best phone for 2008

26 Jul 2008 by Ryan

82%8.2out of 10

After months of research and and comparing it to my friend's iPhone 3G, the Instinct far exceeds the capabilities of all phones. Thank you.

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23. Shocked!!!

23 Jul 2008 by RAY

98%9.8out of 10

im really shocked w the internet speed and the browser. its the best internet i had and seen on a phone. its fast quick and easy to use.

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24. best best best best touch screen phone

22 Jul 2008 by reza

100%10out of 10

this phone is the best phone in compare of any other provider and network. i swiched my lines from verizon to sprint and i had AT&T befor. not w this phone i get reception everywhere and i can use all of my services everywhere. i couldnt use vcast, navigation and tv with verizon in my area and at&t had lots of drop calls. totally happy w the phone and even more with sprints awesome network. thanks to samsung and thanks to sprint. get more cool phones though please so i can have my whole family bring their services over.

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25. eh

11 Jul 2008 by nino

78%7.8out of 10

the camera has no zoom or flash
the battery cover is a pain to get off
texting is not meant for people who text alot
no hole for stylus

however, i like
the gps
live search
internet
email alerts
visual voicemail

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26. The Deal

11 Jul 2008 by Jon

60%6out of 10

I've had the phone for about 3 weeks now. Its fast and looks good in public. It is not perfect. Like speaker phone. how on earth do you turn it on? Sound quality is lacking. Phone locks up at the most worst time, like when your boss is using it....

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27. About the instinct all the stuff you need to know.

11 Jul 2008 by Justin

56%5.6out of 10

I've had this phone for 12 days now.

I live in San Jose CA, the signal here is pretty strong most of the time

Lets get to the reviewing

E-Mail.

It's great if your a person who likes to check mail on the go its very hard to write out an email on this thing without using the stylus another thing, why include a stylus in the package if there is no where for it to be held.

Texting.

Texting on this phone is horrible.. if your just using hands you have to be precise or have little fingers the back space key should be alone its next to the key that makes the on-screen keyboard drop down, the keyboard is way to small it should be improved with-in some updates (cross your fingers)

Voicemail.

I haven't really got a chance to use the voicemail function although i'm sure its just normal voicemail..

Navigation.

This is the cool thing about this phone it has a GPS built into it! but guess what most of the time you use it its gonna tell you to take a long route to somewhere, the list of places needs to be updated there is a whole foods near a college called de anza its closed.. but the phone tries to take you there anyways luckily before you get to that whole foods you can see the new one that opened across the street, anyways the GPS is accurate about 75-80% of the time

Calculator.

There is a lot of cool stuff in here feet,distance,temps, tip calc.. i like it its a lot of stuff

Notes.

Haven't really used it that much although you have to use that horrid on screen keyboard..

Calendar.

The calendar is cool if you need to be reminded of stuff..

Music.

The music is cool if you don't have a music mp3 player already stick with that, the music player on here you can pause it once your screen is on hold

"Live TV"

This is a joke, its like watching youtube on a 56k dial up connection its all pixelated most of the time..

Web.

The web is not that great everything is WAY to small..

Weather.

Not updated enough i checked weather.com it said 95 outside, and the phone said it was 86..

Radio.

There is no FM tuner on here i was expecting to be able to get all the stations in my local area no such luck they are being broadcasted to sprint back to your phone

Camera.

The camera acutally takes good photos i like it its like a real digital camera you hold it on the side and the camera button is on the top right..

I guess thats it about my little review i will be going and trading this phone in for a HTC mogul then if and when the touch diamond comes to sprint i will be getting that phone, also your mail in rebate takes about 6-8 weeks to get to you.. the lady was really nice she gave me a stamp/envelope to send the mail in rebate to the HQ for my rebate..

amyways good luck if you get this phone i hope you have a better experience than i did.

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28. Great Phone. Wish it was on a better network with better signal strength.

2 Jul 2008 by Mark B.

88%8.8out of 10

I recently purchased an LG Dare from Verizon and this Instinct to test them at the same time under both carriers worry free return policy. I really did love the Instinct. The Sprint Network, not as much. lol The Sprint Instinct has everything the Iphone should have but didn't, everything you want in a phone, and more. The Hotmail access, Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Amazing Touch pad response, sound quality people raved about how well they could hear me. The Sprint netowrk for speed was fantastic, reliability, where it worked, wonderful. All the features of the Sprint phone absolutely amazing. The camera was nice, no complaints at all. I wish you could choose the orientation for texting and typing for all applications instead of the phone choosing for you though, that is a bit irrtating. The spell check is nice, but a bit annoying when texting, so I choose to turn it off as it doesn't recognize any lingo normally used in texting. So onto theLG DARE. I was excited about the Dare mainly because it's Verizon. The Network is so superior I was hoping this would be their closest thing to an Iphone or fully functional, and useable touch device. Unfortunately, they have fell short. The phone feature on this phone is fantastic. The call quality while good, is not as clear or crsip as Sprints people would notice while talking to me. The dialing on the touch pad was easier and a little more responsive than the insticnt, but not enough for me to dislike the instinct or complain. It was a truly good touch pad on this device overall. The dialing and homescreen apps were very sensative to touch and quickly responsive. Texting, was another story. While the phone changes from landscape to portrait just like the iphone, it has a 3-4 second delay in doing so, it's incredibly slow. Then the texting is easy to make errors on the touch pad. I mad multiple mistakes which is very frustrating. This phone being smaller and lighter than the instinct made it feel cheaper and harder to text and type on. The email is a joke. It's not "included" with the phone or plan as is with the instinct or iphone. You have to use Verizon's Mobile Email from their APPS. It's slow, you have to basically click it, and when and email comes, it alerts you like a text message logging you in to your Windows Live or whatever your email is. Whereas the Instinct works more like POP3 or IMAP does on the Iphone, instant and refreshable right from the device without and APP download or another $5.00 monthly fee like Verizon requires without paying for the Premium package in which it's free. All the Features you get with the Instinct are extras on this phone. VZ NAvigator all that work nothing like LIVE SEARCH or anything on the Instinct. You could actually push the side button on the Instinct and say "take me to STARBUCKS" and off you'd go. This phone merely will dial #'s and basic LG features. Nothing new. The Web Browsing is no more HTML advanced than previous Voyager or LG phones. The phone itself is fine, the Network does work in places the Sprint did not. Verizon is by far a better carrier I feel in most places. Their Network in all my travels get's reception everywhere other carriers do not. For instance, I had the Instinct and Dare with me all week. I had multiple locations The Instinct had 0 bars, The Dare full or awfully close. Movie Theatres or elevators, Verizon works, Instinct struggles or simply couldn't. So there's something to be said for a great phone only being as good as the network, and a lousy phone actually being able to work everywhere though. If you're a tech guy, love phones and gadgets, you stay in major metro areas, The Instinct is incredible, does everything the iphone should have and still more than the new one coming out. If you travel, need a more reliable touch device and don't mind paying al'a'carte for Navigator, Email, and extras, the Dare will do the same a little less fashionable, and cool, but certainly as effective overall in the end.

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29. I loved it until........

29 Jun 2008 by deb

80%8out of 10

I really like the phone overall. It definitely keeps me entertained. So far some of my favorites features are: gps (w/voice recognition), being able to pick what order you wish to listen to in voicemail. easy disposal of items in waste bin, very user friendly, being able to set up my faves page, there's more but that's what stands out right now (I've only had the phone for 3 days).
BUT...............
The major draw back (that makes me consider going back to my treo) is the calender. Here's why: I can't scedual more than 2-3 wks of appointments (it gets full). There's no day, week, month options. You have to create time slots, no repeat (i'm an acupuncturist, I had to hand imput every single day, just to find out I was full after 2 wks). It takes like 5-6 button to input one name( and i'm not talking about the letters used to input the title/name of appointment). Everytime you have to cancel the alarm option (my phone would be going off needlessly 8-10 times a day). The time is not already on a hourly default, so one always has to scrowl down the hrs and the mins, and when your done with that don't forget to do the same with the end time. Unless, you only have a few appointments a month the whole program is utterly useless. I would gladly download something, pay extra to have that one so very important piece that steals my peace of mind and functionality of the phone.
My only other disappointment (which I could easily live with) is that I think the resolution should/could be higher, and that you use your own music as the ringer.
I'm considering getting a new generation Iphone too, but unlocking it cause At & T sucks in my area.
Sadly, I'm am going to have to give up the phone because first and foremost I need a phone (which it excels), but equally important I need to scedual my patient. Seems stupid to pay over $100 a month and not be able to scedual appointments. For me, the search goes on :(

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30. Phone Owner

28 Jun 2008 by Lynford Donivan

98%9.8out of 10

Got two of them Last Friday used a week and GREAT PHONE. The only thing the web brouser need replaced. The one in the phone is Bad!
Also I'v had a problem with extension numbers. Entering the phone numbers to the contact list will not allow you to add T for shot pause
but will allow you to add a P for long pause. Should allow you to add
letters from keyboard not only number pad.
Home run for SPRINT!. Sprint always had the best service in the Seattle area. Mow we have a cool phone that works with it.

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