ghettoperson wrote:
Winston_Churchill wrote:
Flaming_Maniac wrote:
Which is why I said I wouldn't buy one. The iphone is at the top of a class of phones I would never buy.
Samsung Instinct? I have one and its pretty easy to type with. I make about the same amount of mistakes as with my dad's blackberry curve or my ipod touch and it has a pretty good spellcheck (not the shitty autocheck one the ipod has) so I'd say its quite sufficient.
Ok that phone looks fucking cool! Is it as good as the reviews make it sound?
I'd say (based on comparing to my ipod touch) that the Instinct and the iPhone are give and take. The Instinct is a helluva lot cheaper and has some cool features (like haptic response, always having a landscape keyboard available and ability to take videos). On the other hand, the iPhone has some really cool applications that it can use (rumour has it that the Instinct is supposed to support 3rd party applications eventually) and its scrolling is far, far superior. When scrolling menus with the Instinct I often click something accidentally. Its not a big concern, just a minor annoyance.
The music player is better on the iPhone obviously, but the Instinct's one is fine and its speakers are much louder. Browsing... well the iPhone, in my opinion, has the uncontested highest spot for best browser. The Instinct has a browser much like the one on the iPhone with the ability to move the pages with flicking, the main difference is that the iPhone has a pinch/pull system to zoom in and out whereas the Instinct uses a zoom slider (which isn't bad, its just not as good at the iPhone).
Overall I'd say if they were the same price the iPhone would be a better buy, but since you can get a way cheaper plan with the Instinct I'd call them even, pretty much preference. If you're already carrying around an iPod, I'd recommend the Instinct though.