See that? That's the Samsung Instinct, due to hit Sprint in June. Better get used to it, because Sprint's about to start hyping it with the biggest marketing push in its history -- it's going to drop some $100M on this lil' guy. Of course, there's no escaping the comparison to a certain other touchscreen candybar phone, and Sprint's not backing down from a fight -- it's just being willfully obtuse, saying that while the Instinct wasn't developed in response to the iPhone, the company recognized that it needed "a product from a usability standpoint that can compete." Um, sure. Samsung and Sprint worked together to simplify the UI, which features a reconfigurable home screen, music, and TV features, but we're going to hold off judgment until we get a look at the browser in person a little later. One more shot after the break.
[Thanks, Billytickets]
posted Apr 1st 2008 1:15PM
Why does it look like an iPhone?
where have you been the past 6 months? Everything these days looks like an iphone.
@ notedoge: I know and I hate it.
where have u been the last 7 months, everything looks like the prada phone
for like the 80 billionth time, how many realistically possible configurations are there for a full touchscreen phone, uhm, 1?
@ av8or: complete with chrome like bezel? Keep trying!
Wow, we couldn't even go one post, NOT ONE POST, before that drivel was spoken. Do you people have these key binded or something?
@retro
its not chrome, its black, the reflections make it look chrome, search up other pics on gizmodo and cnet, so now no phone can have chrome or touchscreen without being compared to the holy paperweight :rolleyes:
I just hate how companies have to imitate to try to sell a product. It would be nice to see some other company, besides Apple, to come up with something truly unique.
You mean just like Apple copied the design of the case of the phone from other companies that made it before them? Don't get me wrong the Iphone UI is great and changes the cell phone game, but don't kid yourself and think Apple designers weren't influenced by designs of other touch screen phones that came out before them.
@DonatoM3: interesting...you have any examples of this?
The primary reason why it looks like an iPhone to you is that you obviously lack any knowledge of cellphones that came before the iPhone...
Try reading the article instead of the 1 (really lightly detailed) paragraph Engadget gives you... In the first sentence of a similar article, it gives 3 sources of inspiration (Prada, iPhone, and a previous Samsung device). You can find the link for this other article in the comments, I am too lazy to find it again.
It is also nice to note all of the things this phone does that the iPhone doesn't:
-3G
-GPS
-localized tactile feedback
-stereo bluetooth
The iPhone was a great device a year ago, but the hardware is now stale. When the iPhone 2.0 comes out and copies the above feature list, will you please post that they are copying the Instinct?
@j: sure I will...thanks for the idea!
http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=2034
As you can see that phone was released in Feb of 07. Way before the Iphone was released or announced.
Awesome...more fuel for the fire on how I hate Apple.
Anyone waiting for Android devices to hit? I think that will my next "smart phone".
"The iPhone was a great device a year ago, but the hardware is now stale. When the iPhone 2.0 comes out and copies the above feature list, will you please post that they are copying the Instinct?" - j
Yes, j, I'm *sure* Apple was just waiting for Samsung to show them what 3G and GPS were. Now that they know, they can blatantly rip-off Samsung by putting 3G and GPS in the next iPhone.
Steve Jobs to iPhone design team: "What's this 3G and GPS stuff Samsung is putting in their new phone? I've never heard of these technologies. Find out what they are and how they work! And put them in the next iPhone! QUICKLY!"
Bwa ha ha ha ha!
The anti-Apple trolls and their delusional fantasies never fail to amuse.
P.S. my iPhone was great a year ago and it's great today. :P
@quix: grats on the iPhone
btw: this is to everyone: when I say grats, I am being very sarcastic and I am not actually congratulating you on your wiz bang crap.
I just got word of this new from another cell phone maker:
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4312/newua9.gif
@Quix
ugh.
you seriously have no idea what your talking about.
samsung is offering a high end phone without holding out on some of the features then realeasing a 2.0 model with some of the features they left out ect.
this is what apple is doing, and this is what they will continue to do, and this is why hippies like you and everyone at engadget seem to kneel in front of apple.
samsung>apple
thats it.
samsung releases high end electronics that to me seem way more elegant and have better features than say apple who is moneyhungry and just cares about their itunes store
"samsung is offering a high end phone without holding out on some of the features then realeasing a 2.0 model with some of the features they left out ect."
@ jesus caro
Oh really? So why didn't Samsung offer all this amazing stuff with one of their older phones? This Samsung will come out at about the same time as the iPhone 2.0, which will almost certainly offer similar features. So...two phones released at the SAME TIME with the SAME FEATURES, and one is version 1.0 and the other is version 2.0 somehow makes the version 1.0 model superior?
Hilarious!
Hey, whatever fuels your burning anti-Apple rage. Go with it.
Note: it seems you're the one that doesn't know what you're talking about.
P.S. if this Samsung is as fantastic and groundbreaking as you seem to believe it is, I'm sure it will dominate the marketplace with ease. LOL.
Are you the "Why does it have to look like an iPhone?" guy? I looked back at your posts and that's all you posted (or some version of the question) for the last couple of news bits including this one, the HTC Touch Dual, and the Orange Dream. Maybe you are doing this unconciously, so just pay attention next time. I usually don't look at people's profiles, but this time I was just curious to see if you posted that same question before.
@Jake: its not subconscious...it seems that all kinds of devices are coming out looking like an iPhone [or Prada or whatever]. Just voicing my opinion and hoping that the new Blackberry's dont start looking like iPhones.
@quix
ive had a samsung with 3g and stereo bluetooth + gps for about 2 years.
why is apple releasing a product that didnt have any of this last year and overpricing it?
ive looked at your profile and you hav nothing but hate for microsoft and nothing but love for apple.
no one thinks youre cool, you're just a loser whos running a modified version of unix in a white desktop (or black notebook) that paid way too much money for it
ill stick to my high end vaio and HP. which i know will be running flawlessly in 4 years
"ive looked at your profile and you hav nothing but hate for microsoft and nothing but love for apple.
no one thinks youre cool, you're just a loser whos running a modified version of unix in a white desktop (or black notebook) that paid way too much money for it"
Ouch...but so true...sorry quix
@ jesus caro:
Right back at you. I've looked at your profile and you have nothing but hate for Apple and nothing but love for Microsoft. No one thinks you're cool, you're just a loser who's running a modified version of the Mac OS on a shoddily-built desktop (or black notebook) that paid way too much money for a gimpy computing experience that will provide you with plenty of agony for the next 4 years.
It looks like you and I are much the same. Except for the fact I can spell. Oh, and the fact I don't have a sniveling Apple-hating sidekick named retro77 to virtually high-five my every comment.
@Q: lol...good times.
Just so I have my own soap box and am not a side kick to anyone else: I hate everything about Apple Inc. Absolute hate for the company, their products, their employees and their loyal followers. Steve Jobs should remember where he started out.
My last reply to this post. Good night.
Some of you guys are something between Digg and youtube commenters.
@quix:
The game, you just lost it.
http://www.mobilewhack.com/top-ten-list-of-iphone-competitors/
um... everyone, i own apple and non apple products. i am no fanboy nor am i an apple hater. i was all set buy the new iphone in a couple of weeks... really, really excited (i have an itouch and love it) and then i saw this instinct and it blows iphone away (yes, the new one based on the features lists).
it's smaller, lighter, quicker, more intuitive, has a camcorder, has 3G, has GPS, has unlimited expansion (which is huge), has tactile feedback (which is awesome), comes with tons of extra stuff like an extra battery (wow!) with extra charger, 2G microSD card, stereo headphones, a leather case, data cable, etc. and is on a real network that actually works. To top it off, it's $70 cheaper than iphone at $129.99. there is no contest. the only things it doesn't have that iphone does have is the pinch feature (although, it does have X2 magnification) and WiFi. do you need WiFi on a device that gets perfect service on its network. NO. it does everything else iphone does and it does it better and it does it cheaper.
buy this phone.
apple fans, you need to give it a rest and realize that they snipe just as much as everyone else. they are trying to make money just like everyone else. they stole the idea for iphone, they stole the idea for the PC and they stole the idea for OS. they're not more original, they're just more sneaky about it.
just face it... this IS the better product whether you guys like it or not.
please please please don't let it be a turd! I've been waiting for a good Sprint phone to come soon!
Hopefully has a good web browser!
way to not mention features like Visual Voicemail, 3.5mm headphone jack and 5.75 hour talk time engadget. not to mention evdo rev A, gps and all that other good stuff the iphone is missing. we get it, you love apple, but how about some fairness in reporting?
Damnit my Touch won't even be a year old by the time this comes out. If it's based on an OS that allows for some customization I'm all over it. But it looks like a Samsung UI.
My last few experiences with Samsung's Sprint phones are always the same.
I get the phone when it first comes out cuz it's the latest and greatest. At first they're cool then a week into ownership you see all the bugs, and it annoys you. You go to the store to get a new phone thinking you got a bum phone. All seems fine for another week, then all the bugs you had before show up. Then about 6 months go by and when you're about to buy the new model that came out Samsung comes out with firmware to fix it and make it great, but you're tired of the phone at this point. So you buy the next model since it has more stuff and repeat the cycle all over again.
Actually, it'll be much better than an iPhone- It'll have the perfect interface, multi-touch, easy navigation and will never lock up...
April fools!
@kellybrf
look at the numbers [specifically portable devices], i think everyone likes something that Apple makes. if you don't, you're a statistical minority. like it or not. this blog is about what hot now not last year ... decade. as long as the iPhone rules the smartphone market everything will be compared to it ... whether it was first or not ... it is still the most popular touch screen. if you own one it's obvious why.
I love this phone (EV-DO Rev. A, 2 MP camera, GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, nice thin body, LG PRADA-like sexy design, and a beatiful,user friendly UI) but for some reason, i cant decide between this one or an LG VU (CU915). Which one should I get. Thanks.
Doesn't it look kinda fat and narrow?
thats what SHE said :D
Oxymoron: fat AND narrow.
You mean long and narrow, I assume. It does from the first picture, but that's just because of the angle. Look at the second picture.
no, i mean fat, as in depth.
I see where you are coming from, but it's just less than half an inch thick.
Huh, this looks like something I have seen before. I don't know what.
Maybe you're thinking of the Sony Clie TH55? Or maybe the Prada? Or maybe one of the many similarly-styled large screen PDA/phones that appear to have been written out of history in Endgadet-land?
And that's because they existed in the years before the Apple iPhone where apparently all such designs didn't exist at all.
@trumpton
Except all the copycats aren't copying those but the iPhone. It's not about who had what first, but who made it actually sexy, enviable, hip, and user friendly. Nobody will claim the iPod was the first MP3 player. But you'd be a tool to deny the impact the iPod had, and still has, on the PMP market as we know it.
I remember now, an etch A Sketch.
http://www.linesandcolors.com/images/2007-07/etch_450.jpg
@rawhead: Nice RDF you got there Lou. You do know that the iPhone was a LG Prada ripoff, right?
@Argot
You didn't read what I wrote, did you?
It doesn't matter if the iPhone is a Prada ripoff (which is debatable). The point is, a lot of these touch phones that came out (or are saying they'll come out) since the iPhone don't look like they do because they're trying to emulate the Prada, but because they're trying to emulate the iPhone. And if you're going to deny that, then you're delusional.
MEH!!
this is the sprint phone i have been waiting for, who cares if it looks mysteriously like a certain phone made by a california computer company that loves the color white, my "instincts" tell me this will be awesome (i know, im hilarious, everyone tells me i should do stand up)
They are just saying that to be nice.
Does this open up with a keyboard? I'd hate to txt with a virtual keyboard.
Looks like a slider. It might have a keyboard but, what do I care. I'm on Verizon.
nope, its all touchscreen. i think that typing on it wont be that hard if they include a full screen keyboard for texting
Damn. No more text-ing by touch while driving in the car.
I like the T-Mobile diss background , NICE !
dont need wifi you are getting evdo rev A which is just as fast as any wifi you could get in america.
Any WiFi in this thing?
Please let this be an April Fool's Joke.
Every Samsung phone I've had has crapped out on me after 9 months. Their phones' quality is so poor that Sprint won't provide support for them.
If this is real, I predict the touch screen will fail after 3 months of constant use.
spring samsung phones have had a nearly spotless track record over the last three years or so. and for not supporting them, well thats just a flat out lie
Huh, my Samsung A900 is still going after 2.5 years on the original battery too. Still stays charged a full day (with heavy web browsing).
My "Instinct" tells me to avoid this device.
Better name this product "iInstinct" because of ... the chrome edge, the shape of the earpiece, the location of the home button, the arrangement of icons and the favorite icons at the bottom ...
But I have to give credits to the icon designs, though. That's a nice job.
No offense but KOREANS are clueless about developing and testing smarthphones software!!! IMHO
~~~~~
There once was a Samsungy knockoff
That hoped to ROK’Ryan Block’s socks off
QWERTY touch was each key
Glomed to Sprinty 3G
Can this puppy dodge iCloney schlock scoff?
~~~~~
If it opened up I was going to compare it more to the Voyager rather than the iPhone.
But like you I'm with Verizon so it doesn't really matter. :)
bah, that was at FRZ
What makes this any better than the HTC Touch?
The part that HTC isn't in the name.
@hooterman
You know you can use all CDMA phones on verizon now right?
Sure, but I've got nothing but love for my Voyager, so no need.
The Clone Wars. We knew it was going to happen and I'm glad it did. Let's all watch as all the carriers get their chrome bezel devices with full touch screens.
forshezzel my chrome bezzel
KIRF!
And people actually believed that the iPhone would not set the standard for all phones in the future?
For all you calling this an iPhone clone, it looks a lot more like the media-side of the Samsung Upstage (a phone that came out a few months BEFORE the iPhone). It just has a full touch screen instead of the touch-sensitive 'panel' at the bottom. And the ear-piece is identical to that on the Upstage.
Gotta love claims of clonage when people don't know what they're even talking about.
Did I miss this part of the article?
while the Instinct wasn't developed in response to the iPhone, the company recognized that it needed "a product from a usability standpoint that can compete."
Clone. Maybe even better than the iPhone (we'll see), but still "inspired by" none the less.
First, let me say that I am on sprint and love the reception and data speed. I have been waiting for iphone 2.
When I saw this phone I almost shit myself. I thought that I wouldn't have to leave for att, just to get worse service for more money.
Upon closer inspection, I was sad about a couple of things, that I consider deal breakers:
No chat software on this device.
It only runs a 200mhz processor.
You can't load third party software.( i like my streaming music / sirius and I don't think that it will be included in sprint's radio)
I don't like windows mobile and was happy to hear that this isn't running it, but i do like to load missing software packages rather than waiting to decide that it is important.
The Touch is getting GPS, Rev A. and WinMo 6.1 this quarter, so you may want to wait till that firmware update comes out.
Looks very interesting. I bet it will be a fun consumer oriented phone, but not a smart phone. Which the Apple Iphone is getting much closer to now that it has an sdk. The problem with all of the me-to Iphones is that they're mostly consumer-oriented phones and that lack the smart phone features that people need.
Right now I have a HTC Touch with the POINTUI, Opera Mobile Browser on top of Windows Mobile. I couldn't be happier. I'm surprised that no one has noticed this innovative product and used it (MSFT are you listening). I think it makes Windows Mobile a lot more pallatable.
I've used beta versions of this phone for a few months. Internally sprint calls it the Nerva. It was going to ship in april but had software issues. The size is great but the os is garbage. Its pretty slow and the touch screen is awful. It never selects what I want and scrolling is annoying. The apps are all built by different companies and it shows. I heard it will sell for under 200 with a contract.
I just hope they do it right regarding the screen on the phone 320 x 240 QVGA is fine when you're using a small phone but a larger screen like this I would much rather prefer to get 480 x 320. add an open platform EVDO GPS and a memory card slot and it will trounce the I-phone. Then you have the sprints much more affordable data plans.
but its on Sprint so FAIL!
Your comment - FAIL
Comment about the comment=fail
If you have half a brain you'd use Verizon or AT&T. I would throw in T-Mobile too but after the whole magenta debacle I lost some respect for them.
I hope Apple sues all of these companies. Competition is the great motivator, but blatant aping is the sign of a worthless designer.
it really looks like, iphone...
Sorry Sprint, you're not the first carrier to announce the phone that will be "the closest to the iPhone as any phone"
*cough*Voyager*cough*Vu*cough*Glyde*
Sprint seems to be the only hardware manufacturer that gives a shit about Sprint. LG is putting all their nice phones with AT&T and Verizon. Motorola gave Verizon, then AT&T the RIZR.
Skeet! Skeet! these iPhone hoes, this phone is nice and I'm getting it... but if it doesn't work out, there is always the Blackberry Curve.
looks like the meizu minione
lolz
A phone like this, all touch screen estate on the front, with a slide out qwerty keyboard like the tilt, or really since it'd be straight down, the 8525, and I'd rock this phone through 2011, or until I broke it... cause that would be awesome... not breaking it but having a phone like that... and with gps, and wifi, and bluetooth, a at least 30 gigs of storage space and at least 400-500 mhz(sp?) processor... yea, that's what I want. cool.
I'm sorry but Sprint can't fail, they are a tier 1 internet back bone provider. They'll get a take over bid or a gonverment bail out. The internet coudn't afford losing the bandwidth.
Hunh!?
Sprint getting taken over by another company or bailed out by the feds means that Sprint has failed.
i still like my s/e pl 1
*COUGH* iPhone envy *COUGH*
I'm very much looking forward to seeing this phone in action.
http://www.MySprintInstinct.com
hmm..all the hands on videos on youtube show the web browser only in landscape mode. No switching to portrait at all. I'd like to see more of page lengthwise than widthwise. One demerit IMO.
so they can drop 100 million on the advertising but they cant give employees a raise for one whole year..yeah bullshit!
The best fans website for the samsung instinct is at http://www.instinct-samsung.com
check it out folks.
SPRINT HAS THE BEST NAVAGATION! I REALLY CANT WAIT FOR THIS PHONE! THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD BUY! I HOPE LOL