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Okay so I'm looking to buy a new phone from sprint and im not too sure what I want.

http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASApp/onlinestore/en/Action/DisplayPhones?filterString=Pictures_Best&id12=CHP_PhonesTab_Link_CameraPhones

what do you guys think of the Samsung Instinct ?

The Instinct is by far the best phone on sprint. If I was on sprint, that the one I would go with. Its no iPhone, but its the best alternative so far.

I would defiantly go to a store and test it out first, because going to something where its 100% touch is quite a bit different. The biggest complaints ive heard with it so far, are the screen is hard to use at times because its plastic so its sometimes hard to use, and the browser is not very great, other then that overall its a good phone.

Keep in mind tho you have to get one of there unlimited data plans when that phone and they start at $69.99 a month.

for Spring/Nextel im not sure if these phones are still top pick or current but this is what i found:

• LG MUZIQ LX570  , $100
• Samsung M520 , $50
• LG Rumor , $50
• Samsung Instinct , $130
• Motorola ic502 , $80

The dare, and voyager both really suck. The dare is better then the voyager but not by much.

here is a good comparison chart http://gizmodo.com/5017957/iphone-clone-battlemodo-which-one-is-the-iphoniest the dare is not on there because its a bit newer

If you want to be using this phone for browsing, email, and music keep in mind that all of them are pretty damn bad.

As for switching I really don't know if it would be good or bad, Ive talked to people that have had good experience with verizon, and then others who have had a total nightmare with them, I would ask some people around you what they think about it.

it solely depends on what you want from a phone. do you want a second computer where you can customize it on the fly. or just a set os no customization.

voyager is old but a good stable phone from what i hear.

the dare is actually a good phone but no one has cracked into that OS if you want to customize it.

Me personally im going to wait till Nov to get the HTC Touch Pro:



gonna have a lot of fun with this one!

I like the HTC diamond but I can't stand the windows mobile + there Touch flow interface

well if you dont mind waiting a few hours(if that) get get the thing activated then sure go with that crowed.

Im gonna let my friend post this on my account seeing how he knows more on this topic then i do !


I have to make this post in haste so bear with me. I think the best
advise of the topic is given


because the discussion of phones are subjective in that what defines
what is best. Is it a promotional campaign or is it actually pound for
pound phone? I can only give my beliefs for a few things. I am a
consultant from verizon wireless and I have a pretty lengthy knowledge
of both sides of the spectrum; from non smart phones, to smart phones
and the iphone. First, I think the samsung instinct is actually a bad
idea that sprint acquired and spent millions to campaign when they
could've spent the same amount of money for a phone that does so much
more in the samsung i900 (or the samsung omnia) which by far is being
touted as the iphone killer because it has

1. native divx and avi support out of the box
2. 5 mp camera
3. intuitive finger friendly interface not seen by apple or any phone

so this comment


I would take with a grain of salt. Speaking from the market of CDMA,
many users that want a comparable power of the iphone with lesser
price would be a windows mobile device. It isn't marketed as well as
it should, but it is stable and much faster than the "soon to be
failed" samsung instinct. That said


Then what is the iphone. Is the iphone the best phone by far for you?
Again it is a highly subjective issue based on trends and values but I
remember doing something recently - before and after the iphone
release.

I went into at&t with my htc titan (mogul/xv6800) and I wanted to just
see is the iphone better than my device. So I casually walk to the
sales associate for the iphone and I ask him can I see the iphone? He
said sure of course! I began to toy with the iphone and I said I'm not
impressed. The accelerometer is rather slow; the orientation to
portrait to landscape mode takes too long and my phone browser is
immensely faster than safari. He said really? I showed him my phone
and he said oh wow that's the second best phone on the market. I like
the iphone but the only reason why I got it was because our AT&T
didn't have the Tilt (HTC KAISER) in stock. The KAISER is the best
phone on the market.

Just a funny anecdote that happened last month that I find really
amusing regarding the iphone vs. windows mobile, at least in relation
to a user of an iphone and a windows mobile device.


To my knowledge, sprint sero starts at 59.99. Also keep in mind with
sprint, mms is disabled on some phones. Which is a deal breaker for
many.


I'd say switch. Verizon has great customer support and good deals on
phones. THey bend over backwards for their customers, and I haven't
seen that by a phone company in a long time. As far as choosing an
iphone goes...I wouldn't. been there, saw that, wasn't impressed for a
variety of reasons. I like that windows mobile keeps the KISS attitude
in regards to phone, yet it also allows for advanced custom functions
that the iphone does not; besides a jail break.

As I said before, an iphone will be fantastic if only...
it rans windows. But that's my opinion

I think the iphone was fantastic for 3 days. Wow...just 3 days...