Sprint sees record sales of Samsung Instinct
By Will Park on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 4:55 PM PST In Announcements, Financial/Corporate News, Samsung, Sprint, iPhone
We all knew Sprint (NYSE: S)’s Apple iPhone-fighting Samsung Instinct would sell quite well, but it turns out that’s a gross overstatement. Toting features like EVDO Rev. A, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, and full-body touchscreen with haptic feedback (via device vibration), the Sprint Samsung Instinct has the distinction of being the iPhone 3G’s most competent rival.
And, since Sprint officially kicked off general sales of the Samsung Instinct on June 20, Sprint’s been seeing these touchscreen handsets flying off their shelves. So much so that Sprint has announced the Samsung Instinct as the best-selling EVDO handset to ever be offered from Sprint.
The Sprint Instinct’s first week of sales has proven that consumers have embraced the touchscreen revolution. With the initial rush to buy the device, Sprint had trouble keeping units in stock, leading to temporary stock shortages.“We had high expectations going into the launch so our initial order to Samsung was the largest for any Sprint EVDO handset to date,” said John Garcia, President of Sprint’s Wireless Division. “The strong early response tells us that wireless customers recognize Instinct as a highly-innovative and convenient touch-screen device combined with the fast speeds available on the largest national mobile broadband network.”
The Sprint Instinct is priced at just $130 after $100 rebate and 2-year contract. If you can’t swing that kind of coin, try winning a free Instinct.
So, just how good is the Samsung Instinct? Well, if consumer demand is any indicator, it’s a bang-up handset for sure. If my opinion matters at all, then the Sprint Samsung Instinct is a serious competitor to the iPhone 3G. Each handset has its own strengths and weaknesses, but overall, you can’t go wrong with the Samsung Instinct.
im srry to say but anyone that’s ever had an iphone and the gone back to any other phone could tell u that the i-phone has been the best phone they have ever seen/used/worked with i myself had the iphone until i sold it to get the new 3g cumming out and yes i have tried instinct but it just feels like a cheaper version of the iphone kind of like the same features with deference of pictures for almost the same applications. personally im sticking with the iphone 3G when it comes out, have had the instinct in my hand ( cousins ) and was not convinced by it.
sorry to the apple fans, but I am trying not to give my money to apple for another “ipod with phone add on”.
Yes, apple might be the first one got there, but I got the samsung instinct and it’s not bad.
Lets go with the weak part, which is the browser and smaller screen. the browser can probably be fix later with add-on like all the other samsung phones.
the good,
1)it’s on a faster than 3G EVDO rev a network
2)it’s not on AT&T
3)turn by turn GPS…apple 3g is only 2D map.
4)touch vibrate.. at lease i know the phone got my touch command.
5)voice command…I can voice dial, voice email, call GPS(goto…address).
3G iphone had none of those.
4)exchangable battery…so after the TWO batter dies…all I have to do is buy more battery and my phone is new again…
no like iphone it’s a buy and dispose…apple don’t want to repair.
5)TV, radio, pot-cast.
6)cheaper price…I added a 8G memory card and is still cheaper than 3G iphone 8G….and I don’t have to deal with itune. Just drag and drop to memory card ..
everything else is same as 3G iphone…
so why not?
it’s not like you browse that heavily with the phone…
you just need the basic like email ….
unless iphone can get apps like MS office suite.
FYI: It does not have WiFi
no WIFI?
3G iphone has no WIFI either.
why need WIFI when you can browse anywhere with 3G+ speed.
you are not really heavily using the browser, right?
Andy the 3G iPhone does have WiFi and I can tell you why you would use it, when you are sitting 50+ floors above NYC in your apartment and Sprint, T-Mobile nor AT&T have a solid signal up here then you need WiFi.
Funny thing is they dont tell you the sales number, and no other phone on the market has had long lines like the Iphone 3G or the iphone for that matter, for those who dont know Iphone in just 3 days sold over 1 million units, Combined with the 1st gen iphone that is 7million units sold worldwide, I dont see samsung catching up with those numbers any time soon, and if you just want to go 3G to 3G, I dont think instinct is even near 1million mark yet.
wel personally i like the instinct ive had it for a month now n sure its not the i phone but everything is compared to it as if it is the best phone out there but if anyother phone came ouy before i phone than that phone would be the phone to beat which is the only reason i think people think the i phone is so greag n by the way im writin this on my instinct
I bought it this past Sunday. I’m very happy with the phone. Also happy not to have to deal with iTunes. I would have liked to have gotten the iPhone but was not keen about waiting on long lines in Manhattan for the phone. BTW, the Sprint plans are cheaper that AT&T. AT&T charges $20 for unlimited texting, on top of the regular phone/data usage charges. With Sprint, the unlimited texting is included. My bill is way cheaper than my friend who got the iPhone. So there. Plus, the phone is just $129. Yeah, the iPhone is a cooler phone, I’ll admit it. But AT&T’s plans are a rip off. And you know it. Chew on that Apple drones.
Cheap imitation of the real deal- Anyone with sense can see the value of an iPhone, and its not just the cool factor. OSX, Safari, the SDK and the App store…
Suckers can buy the cheap copy, and live with it, or buy the iPhone and grow with it. And Gina, you can chew on my moniker.
I think you meant “understatement”, not “overstatement”.