Samsung Instinct-M800 Cell Phone User Reviews

Samsung Instinct-M800
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Best Phone I have ever had

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
By: Neill Jackson on Friday, July 18, 2008
From: orlando, FL (United States)
Experience: 20 Days
Pros: It does everything and it does it right. Extremely easy to use. I have had it since it came out and i don't know how they could make it better other than come out with a bigger memory chip.

Cons: I haven't found any yet

Summary: Really easy to use. the screen is big and bright for all us old folks. The goodies are starting to come out now so check out the new accessaries. I love my new phone.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Trouble activating

Overall Rating:
4.7 out of 5
By: Carlos Alvarez on Sunday, July 06, 2008
From: Dallas, TX (United States)
Experience: 7 Days
Pros: Reasonable price, fast EVDO access, good sound quality, Easy to use menu.

Cons: GPS freezes frequently, you can miss an exit. Not multitouch screen, lacks the finesse of the iPhone screen. I had trouble w/activation - took 3 days to get the data working!

Summary: I wanted an iPhone but all my family uses Sprint, I need to stick to Sprint. So I waited. No the Instinct is not an iPhone, but it provides all the iPhone features (albeit w/o the elegance of the iPhone multitouch screen - touch and graphics) and then some more! Plus you get voice commands, user replaceable battery (2 provided), an external battery charger, micro SD card - up to 8 mg support, Video camera, & live Sprint TV. Overall I am pleased and happy with my new phone!

I did experience problems w/activation. Not sure what happened, but it took Sprint support 3 days to get the data portion of the phone working!

Now I love it! Love having my email instantly!

Wish list: IM support, an icon for YouTube, and would like to be able to have more control of the menu, like moving icons around, and to be able to add anything to the favorites screen.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Samsung instinct

Overall Rating:
4.8 out of 5
By: Joshua G on Friday, June 27, 2008
From: El Paso, TX (United States)
Experience: 7 Days
Pros: Fast internet, Great GPS, Nice big screen, Responsive touch screen, Many other cool features!

Cons: Screen needs screen protecter
Tv is ok at times, and kind of blocky, but its the service that needs to work on it.

Summary: I bought this pnone when it hit the the stores on the 20th and i am very pleased so far! Everything the advertisements said it does is true so far. The Instinct is a great competitor to the iphone. The only thing is the touch screen is not tempered glass, so you have to use a screen protecter. Overall this phone is a great investment, plus it's really cheap for the type of phone it is!

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Amazing phone

Overall Rating:
5 out of 5
By: John Smith on Thursday, June 26, 2008
From: Troy, MI (United States)
Experience: 5 Days
Pros: easy touch access
incredible Gps
Live tv



Cons: There is nothing bad about this phone

Summary: The samsung Instinct is a way better phone than the iphone edge or 3g. The iphone does not have a great gps,mms,and no camcorder. Samsung instinct's rev A internet is a lot faster than iphone's.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

Instinct

Overall Rating:
4.5 out of 5
By: Aaron horn on Friday, June 20, 2008
From: kansas city, MO (United States)
Experience: 2 Days
Pros: Everything is great i love the headphone jack, navagation is awsome, web is fast, navagating through the phone is easy. love the fully custumizeable favorites menu.voice recignition and hanworiteing recignition seem to be good. and box was packed with goodies.

Cons: The screen could be a little more responsive but good for the most part, wish it was more custumizeable. at first the features take some getting used to but thats with any new phone

Summary: Over all the instinct is a great phone. realy user friendly. and is perfect for the everyday media-holic. and with priceing below iphone its a steal. bottom line sprint hit a homerun with the instinct and so did i when i bought it

6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

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