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also known as Samsung SPH-M800
Samsung Instinct ReviewsSamsung Instinct Reviews
21 Jun 2008
Samsung Instinct Review
Touchscreen devices are nothing new, in fact they've been in the mobile world for nearly a decade, but there's no denying that the iPhone jumpstarted their popularity. In the last year there have been several attempts to replicate the iPhone experience, names like Voyager and Vu come to mind, but in reality no one has come close. Part of Apple’s success lies in their ground-up approach, a fact that went largely overlooked by competitors. Samsung and Sprint took note. Nearly a year to the day after the iPhone’s release the Instinct is here, and it is the first touchscreen device that can truly go toe-to-toe with the iPhone ...
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1. 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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2.
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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3. 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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4.
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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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Average User Rating
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