Samsung Instinct HD Review
0. phoneArena posted on 07 Oct 2009, 11:38
The Instinct family now has its third member, the Instinct HD. As the name indicates, the new Instinct is capable of recording HD videos, a first for the US market...
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1. acipollo posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:55 0 0
The screen is not resistive, it capacitive. Just because it does not have multi-touch, people seem to think that. Try using a stylus or a fingernail on it and it wont work.
8. thunder18 posted on 07 Oct 2009, 17:40 0 0
Trust me they did. Anyway, the did mention first off that it was not immediately apparent to them that it was capacitive. They're not saying that it's not. I think a lot of that has to do with the UI lag after pressing the home back and call key. If you turn of haptics...at least on mine, there is a small but noticeable lag when pressing each one which you might feel is alleviated by pressing the button harder/longer. However, in testing you will find that if you feather touch those same keys and just wait, the UI will change screens like it's supposed to.
11. PhoneArena Team posted on 08 Oct 2009, 02:16 0 0
Yes, the screen is indeed capacitive. We are sorry for the mistake we accidentally did in the beginning.
3. lovinlissa1984 posted on 07 Oct 2009, 14:42 0 0
"Unfortunately it does not have the slick panoramic mode found on many newer Samsungs, including Sprint’s Reclaim." The phone does have a feature that will stitch 4 photos together( just in case you wre wondering)
4. mr. anderson posted on 07 Oct 2009, 14:45 0 0
i havent tried the instinct hd, but i have used the omnia II and it takes 8 or 10 shots in succession, basically creating a 270* view. im not sure how much id use it, but it is a very cool feature and youd think with such a camera-centric phone theyd include s/w theyve already written
6. lovinlissa1984 posted on 07 Oct 2009, 14:54 0 0
it does have a multi-shot capability but im not sure of the amount of photos Dale
7. thunder18 posted on 07 Oct 2009, 17:36 0 0
The multi-shot mode allows for 3, 5 or 10 pics to be taken in quick succession.
5. lovinlissa1984 posted on 07 Oct 2009, 14:52 0 0
also for those that dont know the battery life on the first batch of phones is terrible also for now you can get the phone at Best buy for 199.99 after instant rebates..and i can imagine that when the phone comes out officially on sprint it will be a little cheaper, tho with a mail in rebate. Dale
9. thunder18 posted on 07 Oct 2009, 17:42 0 0
Yeah, I'm kind of wondering how they got their battery life that high. I want a tester phone!
12. douchka posted on 12 Mar 2010, 10:43 0 0
Is it me or Phonearena just rates Sprint phones above 8, and any other carrier 8 or below? Same way cnet.com always rates ATT's phones way above average and any other carrier phone average or below? Must have something to do with advertising. I mean most of the advertisement on here are sprint ones... Just saying
