Hands-on with the Samsung Instinct S30 for Sprint!
By Will Park on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 11:21 PM PST In Announcements, CTIA Wireless 2009 @ Las Vegas, Devices, Reviews, Samsung, Sprint
CTIA Las Vegas hasn’t even officially kicked off and Samsung’s already in full conference-mode. Samsung today went official with the successor to Sprint (NYSE: S)’s popular Samsung Instinct, the Samsung Instinct S30. Following on the the Samsung Instinct’s record-setting sales performance in the US, Samsung is looking to go for broke with an new Instinct handset. The Samsung Instinct S30 has been widely referred to (for whatever reason) as the Instinct Mini, but the Instinct S30 is no “mini” version of the original Instinct.
The S30 features sleeker styling and picks up where the original Instinct left off – the Instinct S30 sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), GPS (Sprint Navigation), a 2-megapixel camera and uses Opera Mini 4.2 for desktop-like web browsing.
We had a chance to play with the Samsung Instinct S30 and our knee-jerk reaction was that the S30 felt more comfortable in the hand and had much improved touchscreen feel. The battery cover removes easily to reveal hot-swappable SIM card and microSD card slots that weren’t blocked by the battery. Samsung clearly wanted to make it easy to swap out memory cards without having the reboot the Instinct S30. The UI is more of the same touch-based interface that you’ll find on the Samsung Instinct. But, with sleeker curves and more refined styling, the Instinct S30 feels like a completely new device.
We’re expecting the Sprint Instinct S30 to drop April 19 for $129.99 (after $100 mail-in rebate) when purchased with new 2-year contract. The Sprint Samsung Instinct S30 should be available in your choice of Cobalt Metal and Touch of Copper color schemes.
Pre-register your Samsung Instinct S30 from Sprint here.
Horrible. Upgraded from the LG Lotus, to this, halfway wanna be cheap crappy version of the Iphone.
I used to have the Iphone, and like it. It froze alot, and Cingualr wouldnt help so I switched to sprint. Lotus was good.. The s30 is horrible. No 3G, so the navigation doesn work at all. Keeps saying it needs a netter view of the sky… Very hard to type on the Touchscreen. When i type Q it puts W or A.. Nothing is upgraded from the old version. Just looks different. I will be paying the 38$ for a restocking fee for this phone to get a different kind.
I purchased this phone the day it came out and I love this phone!!!! I don’t have 1 complaint. My son has been having a ball watching his favorite Disney shows from my phone. I’m able to browse the web as if I was on my laptop. I had the HTC Mogul and I HATED that phone, so I was leary about another touch screen, but the Instinct s30 has gone above my expectations!!