Vincent has been spending some hands-on time with the new Samsung Instinct that’ll be exclusively available on Sprint from June. So far we’re still waiting for his feedback – and he’s a dedicated iPhone addict, so the Instinct will have to live up to high standards! – but we thought you’d enjoy these live photos from the CTIA Wireless show floor.
NEWS FLASH June 6, 2008: Samsung Instinct unboxing and Hands-on video!
Check out the full gallery after the cut!
The instinct is Sprint’s first consumer EV-DO Rev.A handset, with a full touchscreen interface complete with haptic feedback and one-touch access to the commonly used features, GPS (with Sprint’s Navigator service) and Sprint Mobile TV.
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Too bad it uses Windows Mobile. I just tried two Sprint WM phones (iTouch and whatever) and returned them, as I had to reset them a few times a day. Sometimes they’d hang when the phone rang!
Grimmy, it doesn’t use Windows Mobile – it’s Samsung’s own mobile OS.
Pretty cool, but it still looks to be only second best to the iPhone…just like the rest of the clones.
I have tried a number of sprint phones my qustion is will it have streaming video like the iphone and need more info on the web browser
ike
on every site i’ve been to everyone says this is not original and is copying the iphone.
1. the iphone isn’t the first touch screen phone.
2. How else do you make an awesome phone without a touch screen?
The phone doesn’t seem that great but what blows my mind is that the phone will be $500 and then service will be close to $100 a month. This is a phone and it could cost a total of close to $3000 over the 2 year contract. With the iphone that is unlocked and a two year contract with T-mobile, a cost of $1120 is the result. Isn’t this a big difference in price? I thought in competition price is also a matter not only performance.
John Cip
HI THERE DOSE ANY ONE HEARD OF THE 5GB DATA LIMIT IF SOO WHAT WILL THAT DO FOR 3G CELLPHONES THAT ARE JUST NOW ARIVING LIKE SPRINT INSTINCT WOUNDER IF 3G CELLPHONES SELLS WILL SLIP UP WITH THE 5GB DATA LIMIT
WOUNDER IF 3G SELLS WILL FAIL TOO THE 5GB DATA CAP LIMIT LIKE THE SPRINT INSTINCT
how much will this phone cost?
This is in response to John Cipolletti reply. Where are you getting your figures from? 1) The Samsung Instinct is going to be $279.99 after mail in rebate to compete against the Iphone, 2) The Instinct can be placed on any of the Everything plans you are not forced to go onto the $100 plan. i know that you are gonna ask me how do i know all this info, the reason why i know is because i am a Data Specialist for Sprint.
They never discussed the price, but it seems to be well worth it with instant rebates and mail in rebates unlike the IPhone. The IPhone has services that you have to get when get the phone and makes the monthly bill at least 200-300 a month ask anybody. Sprint has a unlimtited data plan for 30 plus your voice plan and thats it or the all in one unlimited for 99. I’ll definitely be getting one.
Sprint and Samsung said it should be priced at under 300 dollars.
I would pay $500 for it!
My iPhone bill comes to roughly $70 per month. Where do you get the price of $200 to $300 for services that one has to get? Stop spreading FUD about the iPhone.
The Instinct is not a bad phone, but it’s not a killer. The iPhone is a powerful small mobile PC platform that just happens to have a phone & MP3 player built in. The new update on June 9 will make that much clearer.
I played with an instinct in a sprint store and couldn’t even sign into my ebay. Any ideas as to why? seems anywhere you need a username and password, phone won’t let you?
How much is the Instinct if you already have a plan?
Tomorrow, Im going to buy the Instict,….does it allow me to tranfer mp3 music file type on it?….
this phone looks amazing- I am not waiting till christmas
I mean look at it it has a toch screen! te he hee well i g2g my teacher finds out- im dead- im at school right now! te he hee im bad
Beware, the only issue I have with this phone is that the EDVO network is on allows for data and voice on the same channel, this is bad since the phone depends on data for a lot of the functions specially voicemail. When you receive a phone call that you did not catch at the time right away and the person leaves you a voicemail, the phone then starts to receive the Visual Voicemail data, which tends to make the phone unavailable while redceiving the data, and it feels like the phone is frozen, stuck or unable to operate, when in fact it is working as design adn therefore you have to wait until it receives the information. Depending on the area you are located this could take a few seconds or may be longer. The iPhone not only has a better CPU to render graphics faster, it also runs on two bands which means, you can litterally receive phone calls and talk on the phone while browsing the internet at the same time! This feature with the iPhone makes the phone more stable, but this has nothing to do with the phone, in fact it has to do something with the network it is in. Originally Sprint was going towards the route of EVDV ro something like that, technology to allow simultaneously receive data and voice at the same time just like Sprint, but they drop the ball and they only got the EVDO Rev A. networking capabillity and therefore a phone that seems to freeze now and then because of this limitation.
how does one delete call history from Instinct
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Okay, someone please tell me, I know that Sprint had the price of The Samsung Instinct down to 100 dollars. And I am suppose to get a new phone since I hate my Rumor now. I really want the Instinct and my mom might have got it for me. We have the Everything Plan and are already with Sprint, (duh.) But my mom said it’s 450 dollars. I’m not saying she is lying but, 100 to 450? And we can pick it up, well I guess we could. She also said her friend can get it off of this guy, on ebay. BUT, I thought everthing on ebay is used. I told her (not trying sound rude) but I don’t want a used one. She said it’s not used but for 300 bucks less? Thank you.