The juicy phone from CTIA that’s getting all the hot press so far today is the Samsung Instinct for Sprint, the phone our own John Biggs said could rival the iPhone itself. That’s tough talk, but what do the numbers show?
Let’s break down what we know about each phone and lay the specs side by side and see if the feature-rich Instinct is any match for the game-changing iPhone.
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Feature
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iPhone
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Instinct
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| Virtual QWERTY |
x
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x
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| Visual voicemail |
x
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x
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| Video recording |
x
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| Camera |
x
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x
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| Web browser |
x
|
x
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| Voice navigation |
x
|
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| 3G |
x
|
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| WiFi |
x
|
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| Bluetooth |
x
|
x
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| Expandable memory |
x
|
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| Streaming multimedia |
x
|
|
|
x
|
x
|
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| SMS |
x
|
x
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| MMS |
x
|
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| True GPS |
x
|
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| Music |
x
|
x
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| Maps |
x
|
x
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| Mobile TV |
x
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| YouTube |
x
|
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| Live home view |
x
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Conclusion
Features-wise, the Instinct is the clear winner. That being said, the Safari browser, iPod, and other features the iPhone matches the Instinct with are supperior, and we also know a 3G version is coming, and likely updates will add support for video. When that’s taking into consideration, they’re fairly well matched handsets. We’ll have to see how both sides work it out, but the Instinct could indeed challenge the iPhone.
I do think that the instinct is a good challenger to the Iphone but i believe that they are euqally matched in the end because you have to add and subtract the features from both sides. for example the iphone has a bigger and better touch screen but the instinct has 3g and video recording.
id fuck the shit out of the instict .
both phones are useless unless u have a good data plan like sprint’s simply everything package
Damn u iPhone for having youtube
i have sprint so I WANT YOUTUBE ON THE INSTINCT!!!!!!
um… my instinct plays videos from the mobile youtube site just fine.
you need to check off youtube because the instinct plays youtube videos.
samsung instinct is better than the iphone but not better than the iphone 3G
I think for a good many people, like myself, the duel between these almost-equally balanced products boils down to the price. And our Instinct is the clear winner here, even with Apple’s WiFi and 3G.
instinct sucks so bad. so does sprint. i agree at&t sucks but sprint is the worst cell phone carrier the world has ever seen. and cant sprint create an idea of their own? thats the worst copyright infringement ive ever seen
instinct sucks so bad. so does sprint. i agree at&t sucks but sprint is the worst cell phone carrier the world has ever seen. and cant sprint create an idea of their own? thats the worst copyright infringement ive ever seen
RE: You’re a jack ass buddy. sprint didnt design the phone. samsung did. so you can blame samsung for the “copyright infringement”. dumbass.
The instinct is insane. plus i only trust sprint. at&t’s a ripoff. thieves. plus my boy just got the 3g and there’s nothing about it that makes me want that crap. the safari would be ok if i didn’t have a psp i guess.
Look, I kind of like the Instict but it needs to have more features to be awsome. It gives great pic.’s and the web its awsome but it could be better and by the way SPRINT doesnt suck I have NO problems with them. Maybe ur plan sucks!!!
agreed…but i really think the two companies have a great phone but i mean seriously how can you beat sprint’s simply everything plan the new CEO is a pure genius… $99 and do whatever you want with your phone seriously how can you beat that.
wow…who the fuck cares, its a god damn phone. your all fuckin gay
the instinct has youtube! so the only thing that instinct doesn’t have that’s up on the chart is wifi (big deal)
lmao i cant wait to get my phone the nokia 410s
my instinct has you tube so fuck you guys lol
my instinct has you tube so fuck you guys lol
THE INSTINCT IS AWESOME I CANT WAIT TO GET ONE!
im sorry guys, but whether you like it or not at the end of the day the iphone wins. SORRY.
my brother has the instinct, i pretty much saw all that it could do. so i gave him that gay thing. i got my iphone the next day.
the instinct is the best cause i already gotn 1 so any way wut does it matter it is just a freakn phone
“instinct sucks so bad. so does sprint. i agree at&t sucks but sprint is the worst cell phone carrier the world has ever seen. and cant sprint create an idea of their own? thats the worst copyright infringement ive ever seen”
you know wat i think of this comment is that u dont have a phone at all and that’s why u just hating. And I’m about to get the Instinct
SHUT THE FUCK UP DUMBSHIT SPRINT IS EQUAL IF NOT BETTER THAN aTAT AN JUS CUZ A PHONES SIMILAR DOESNT MEAN ITS COPIED YOU FAG
fuck both phones the fuckin instint is huge and ugly…. the iphone 3g is a better choice…check it out on the apple website….i have a glyde but it’s way better than my friend’s instinct….sorry to say it but it’s true
they are both really good phones CLEARLYY
And they odviously dont suckk lets see you idiots try and make oneee
and odviously the i-phone wins people are only going to buy it cause its and iphone its byr apple who diosnt want an somthinggg ???
But we gotta think quality!!
Do you really think the iphone isnt going to fuck up they probably didnt spend as much time making them as they did with the instinct becausee they advertise and dont have time to fix flawss they gotta put that phone on as soon as they are dosne making it (unless ofcourse it dosnt work at all )
But anyways who really caress ?
Its just a phone and every one has there own train of thoughtt
t-MOBILE IS THE WORST CARRIER AND SPRINT IS EQUAL TO aTAT AN JUS BECAUSE A PHONES SIMIALR DOESNT MEAN IT’S COPIED DUMBSHIT
in my own opinion,both phones are nice to have, so why not buy them bought and compare it by yourself to think and experience which one’s the best.Beside after you used it you can sell it again.
The instinct is superior by far…hell, the G1 is betta than the iphone 3g and T-Mobile sucks hard!!! I have had the displeasure of owning all three (G1, iphone, & instinct) and instinct has my vote…real talk…the G1 is in 2nd place cause it has myspace, facebook, and youtube!! But it is also second place because it can’t record video, can’t push files via bluetooth, and a few times the buttons got stuck on me…
i have youtube just go to the internet type youtube
i think the instinct is way better ’cause the serives itz sprint and atmt suck it a pieces of shit the instinct is way far fucking better pplz that think it suck then wtf is ur problem:(
K so i have noth both phones plus like a few blackberrys and shit phones and i phone beats all … not questio nabout it try to argue with my ill sue your asss.!
the instinct is awsome!!!! I have had no problems with it so far!!
they are both really good phones CLEARLYY,
(THE INSTINCTS BETTER IN MY OPINION)
But to all the people hatin’ on sprint and others,i’d LOVE to see one of you idiots make a phone!!
Dude, he just PROVED the instincts better-AND THATS WHY IM GETTIN ONE ON MY 11′th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
your 11, you dont need a cell phone anyway!
so who cares what you think (: [even tho i like the instinct to]
okay, both the instinct and i phone are good, im about to get the instinct, i personally like it better because:
1-chaeper
2-i have sprint
3-its smaller
4-i already have free internet
5-i dont need wifi
so, who really cares what is better, just deal with the phone you already have, why do people get so worked up over stupid stuff like this anyway, they are just cell phones! seriously people grow up!
Actually - over here in Korea, we have the Haptic 2 - which has same/more features than the Instinct - and comes with better service provider (for cheaper price). I can do anything I want (include watch streaming TV all day, play games, take 5mp pictures/video, internet, etc) for about $35/40. ㅋㅋㅋ
Anyway - Instinct is about the same as iPhone - but the Haptic 2 > iPhone.
would one of those phones work in the us???
Oh my god, the reason there is a comment box is to leave comments about the phones ! Not to argue about different companies or how old anyone is… Please, leave some decent comments !
i have the instinct i would rather have the i phone the instinct freezes and doesnt have the tilt that the i phone does
ii HAV3 TH3 iNSTiNCT N ii L0V3iT. iTS ALL THAT N M0R3 iN WHAT ii WANT3D iN A PHN. ii HAV3 B33N THR0UGH AB0UT 5 PHNS iN TH3 PAST TW0 Y3ARS…iiNCLUDiNG TH3 iPHN! AND ii V3RY PLSD WiTH TH3 iNSTiNCT…ii HAV3 iT iN PiNK!!!!
Well I think that the Instinct is pretty freakin SWEET but I would rather have the Iphone 3g bcuz thats like the best phone EVER! But i dont have at&t so i have 2 stick with the Instinct =( But oh well atleast it has most of the same features.
What they mean by “Youtube” Is that the iPhone has a button right on the main screen that you can tap and it brings up Youtube. But anyways, That’s a really retarded thing to judge a phone on. They’re both good phones.. But If anything I’d have to get the instinct. I’m quite the camera-man myself ^.-
hahah. wow..thats pretty funny.
im looking for a new phone right now and thought about both but have heard that the iphone sucks shit so im getting an instinct..which doesnt freeze cuz my friend has one. and wholey fuck! 11 year olds dont need phones.
did you huys know the instinct came out before the iphone did, apple decided its time for us to upgrade but upgrading from a music player to a phone i mean flat out they couldnt make a phone that out beat one of the best phones just because they were new to phones period. But now they are upgrading as the years go by striving for the top every year th iphone gets better and it will sooner or later beat all but last years version wouldnt have touched the instinct, but this year their is way more competition no not 2g or 3g but 3gs and actually this new iphone totally knocked the samsung instinct out its socks… now time for a new comparison
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