Uhh... The Instinct doesn't need wifi, it has Rev-A, later this year Rev-B will be rolled out.

peerless4u

you let me down, samsung! fuck fanboyism, im gonna go HTC for this.

rimplestultskin

Sorry but the iphone is too expensive for me. My friend has an iphone and she said it freezes on her and she can't even turn the thing off... just has to let it sit until it unfreezes itself. I was going to suggest she remove the battery and then i remembered you can't! Plus she couldn't even purchase insurance?!?!

That's crazy! Hopefully you can with this phone? I'm rather accident prone with my phones.

kiwibelle

tidybowl

Just one of the many reasons he is no longer CEO, but a really big reason.

I agree with other posters- they should save the money and invest in some SERIOUS customer service training.

Besides, didn't they just lay off a couple of thousand people a few months back? Do they really need to be wasting money on this cr4ppy "iPhone Killer" wannabe.

Some SERIOUS iPhone envy going on at Sprint.

artdude102

Within 5 months the Instinct will be running on Rev-B which has an average data rate of 9.3Mbps down, via the 5MHz spectrum. Then later Sprint will roll out wimax, ATT chose to go with LTE which will not be tested for at least another 2 years.

For those of you touting wifi, wifi is not needed on an Rev-A device, not to mention wifi has it's limitations as well. It is only as fast as the connection it is connected to. I found that at every airport I have been to the wifi network was extremely sluggish (too much traffic), my Rev-A connection was averaging 1000+KBPS down and 400+ up.

peerless4u

People will still buy the iPhone cuz its trendy and pretty.

And the silly Asian music in the Sprint ads... it's no worse than the retarded jingle from the Mac vs. PC prooaganda. The Sprint ads still dumb though, just like all commercials.

VENAT0R

PLATINUMCOMM

little do you know that Sprint offers service in other countries, do your research.

ibdah23

ebaker

ibdah23

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ebaker

kahri

sprintmgr

smartmarc

I have an idea Sprint, if you want to keep customers, keep your service running, b/c everyone I know knows I have a Sprint/Nextel account, and they all know it sux!

Can't wait until this contract is over!!!!!!!!!!!

pchacker

dink23

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

@Thrillcekr: I didn't say OS X was open source in itself, but rather is based upon some open source technologies, and as mentioned already, the kernel is then released back into the open source community.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Anyway, what a colossal misuse of cash on the part of Sprint. My INSTINCT tells me that not many will be fooled into believing this piece of crap rivals the iPhone and Sprint will continue it's downward spiral like a turd in a truck stop toilet.

As for Sprint's amazing service. I've tried it a couple of times and it is amazing alright. Amazingly awful. Even in the metro area where Sprint is based there are several dead spots where you too can drop phone calls faster than a catholic priest's shorts in a room full of naked young boys.

Thrillcekr

samurailynn

dtmoore

robotleawesome

mustangjosh1985

also, they totally copped the album-cover mirrored reflection view that apple designed into itunes/ipod/ichat, etc.... not sure that putting your product inside a distinctly "apple" looking environment is the best backdrop.

also, also, the two phones could be in entirely different locations with access to different bandwidth signals and then "photoshopped" to look like it's happening in real time in post-production. even the appearance of that kind of trickery makes me question the credibility of this ad.

was a sprint custy for 8 years, recently switched and got my 16g iphone. love it. the 3g will be great for a different group of potential buyers, i'm sticking with my 16G for at least the next 5 years. it's just that good. haters can suck it.

The Neoskeptic

a) No wifi
b) No "pocket UNIX computer" that someone else mentioned
c) Non-extensible, carrier-locked OS

Why should anyone care about this thing, again?

starkruzr

So you can harp on Sprint all you want but I've used their services for about 7 years now and rarely have problems with them. I'll admit the occasional dropped call and once I got a new phone it had the internet turned on when I had no internet plan and I got that corrected and fixed through customer service after about the 2nd or 3rd call the next day.

So I guess what I'm saying is all customer service isn't perfect. Everyone has different horror stories for each provider.

I recommend you test the waters and see if it's a good fit for you, and finally stop trying to scam customer service agents. I didn't mind giving credits to legit people with legit problems but telling me a fake story about your father dying and you needed to get out one last phone call to him isn't going to cut it to get your phone turned back on.

I know I'm totally off subject but reverting back I still like the iPhone better then the instinct any day of the week.

addiktion

Soulxside

unpolloloco

LotharioDolabella

[farm4.static.flickr.com]

Just something I threw together lol...

elephantattack

BlackFlag55

max.goedjen

autobehr

UgoBogdan

Bored? Google budcase

cdawson2000

Interesting point. But it is also why the iPhone is poised to do better. What other phones get significant upgrades after being released, with a new version being backwards compatible? After a year on the market, it will be old and if it sold well they may release a instinct-2 (the Killer Instinct) or it will be replaced with a new line altogether.

This is the major difference between the iPhones "mobile computing" platform and just a phone. (a year old iPhone still gets the SDK update, and I suspect they will support it for 3-5 years) The instinct is obviously marketed to someone who just wants a "cool" phone. Some people will buy it, but its not revolutionary, so it will change nothing in the market.

Its the new iPhone Killer that will be as successful as the iPod Killers were.

Nathan005

"Somewhere in this GINORMOUS circle."

Hey, I'm for Apple, but that's still funny.

MastaFalse

Xacnhto

Kiamat

i aint freakin, i aint fakin it...

endless

FloridaNole

Nuts

Putting that fugly, botched iPhone copy in and ad with the real thing is not the way to get things rolling.

I'd say something really mean about Sprint, but the market will be cruel enough.

NotMe

SneakerFiend

On a side note: Glad to see your passionate about your employer. Hope they return the favor someday.

dink23

CGrant

There is a better phone than the iPhone... it's called the HTC Touch Diamond. It'll be out later this year and kill the 3G iPhone.

draiko

foureight84

i totally agree with that line about the screen-to-case ratio. if a competitors product is right beside yours AND looks better than yours, it's a dumb idea. try again.

chopstickhero

The Full English Please!!

[FADE IN: Sprint Instinct/HTC Diamond/LG Voyager/Any Other iPhone Knockoff standing against a white background.]

Narrator: "Our phone is clearly better than the iPhone because..."

*BOOM*

[New iPhone drops from above, crushing iPhone Wannabe to powder.]

["iPhone 2" text appears above iPhone]

[FADE TO BLACK]

Done.

Note to Sprint: you may want to wait until June before you blow $100 million comparing your new phone to last year's iPhone. Food for thought.

LagunaSol

lets see them use all the sweet functions now on that instinct... I have an instinct that they suck

two_ocelots

And as for the comments about my needing more fiber, I get plenty, and I take pride in treating my customers exceptionally well, I just have little patience for uninformed narrow minded fanboy comments that serve no purpose. Competition is ALWAYS a good thing for consumers, and that is the point that I was making. Look at the first RAZR - not a great phone, but catalyzed an indistry shift towards slimmer handsets, and raised the bar for everyone.

Confession - Every night when I pray to the wireless Gods, I pray that Apple will just pony up and buy Sprint already, since that is probably the only way I will ever get my hands on a CDMA iPhone. Until then, I will take what I can get, even if it is a cheesy marketing campaign and a smaller screen. SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING!!!

sprintmgr

I'm betting it was more than $100m.

Sleeper_Service

Apple must love this, it's more free advertising for the iPhone!

james-42

Well, yes, but you pay for their stuff and it's locked up tighter than a gnat's chuff.

Sleeper_Service

Does anyone actually agree that iPhone with EV-DO and CDMA could be better than the 3G?

madmangoliath

mruler360

sumocat

sumocat

That could be argued, but I know a few people who would fight you to the death on this.

justinpe

You can't be serious when you say Apple hates Open Source.
[www.apple.com]

I don't think the posts here are a result of people hating Sprint, but rather the idiotic commercials they have generated. If I was a stock holder, I would be outraged. They are literally throwing their money away.

Most people on here have criticized the commercial and the company's decision to produce/run it, and not the phone itself or the company as a whole. What the hell were they thinking? Do they not realize that a new even more hyped iPhone will be releasing at the same time (possibly sooner) than the Instinct? I agree that they need to market this thing and create awareness, but this is not the way to do it. All they have done is reaffirm people's beliefs and made themselves look silly.

Also, How would you feel if you were an uninformed potential iPhone buyer, and you saw this commercial, and then decided to go out and buy an Instinct because it was faster. Only to find out that Apple had come out with a better device that was just as fast (at least comparable), with features that the Instinct will never have. I would feel ripped off and I would probably hate Sprint for tricking me. I think they are digging their own grave here.

Then you go on to rant about how Apple sucks at everything. You said:

"Apple is no innovator in my mind, they just play wait and see. They wait for others to stumble, just for them to revamp the ideas, cover it in white plastic and call it revolutionary."

Who's the hater here????????

I suppose you could say that Sprint is stumbling here with these commercials and the Instinct? Maybe next year we will see an iInstinct from Apple with revamped features covered in white plastic?

justinpe

Paradise

Paradise

trendspotter

Um, OS X is based on open source technology. Or did you mean Microsoft?

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

@madmangoliath: I find it IMPOSSIBLE to buy the comment "Spring has amazing service almost everywhere in the US." Sprint has ALWAYS clustered their coverage around cities and interstates, Sprint's coverage remains swiss cheese. [www.cellphonedigest.net]

imo BOTH the Instinct and iPhone rendering that page is painfully slow. And since INSTINCT LACKS Wi-Fi COMPLETELY, that's as good as its gonna get.

trendspotter

[www.wmwifirouter.com]

He is charging for it now, but its not much, and it very much worth it. I have been using it for awhile now, since it was in beta and all free like. It is the first WM app that I bought when it was fully released because it has helped me so many times.

Extremely easy to use too, so $10 or whatever is worth it to support people like this.

VulnoX

skrape2006

VirreVojj

Skeptical_Geezer

Carmen turns 19 in 5 days!!!

@sprintmgr: If you know even the least about Apple, you should know they are a very secretive company. So too are their marketing efforts, which can be good or bad. Take, for example, the iPhone and the MBA. The iPhone seemed to appear overnight and immediately was huge. So too did the MBA, but it failed to live up to most's expectations, which in turn hurt Apple's offering. It's a risky method, but it's worth it when it strikes. And one other thing, you don't have to worry about looking like a fool when the eggbasket campaign you created a month prior to your product launch loses all credibility.

djkessler3

Even so, EVDO is still faster that the current weak-tit GSM 3G offerings and will continue to be until HSPDA is actually offered in more than like two markes.

golferal

Pepper

workingonyourinvoice

digitalexis

Wow, looks like someone forgot to eat their fiber this morning.

If you honestly think that Sprint will get any meaningful kind of ROI from this silly excuse for an ad, you are delusional my friend. This ad kind of reminds me of the classic Napster Superbowl ad from 2006. That ad was lame too.

If you want to admit it or not, this ad makes the iPhone look good. People wonder why Apple doesn't do more advertising than they already do. With ads like these from Sprint , Apple can bask in the free publicity.

gzero

workingonyourinvoice

Did we hit a nerve?

dink23

I think the Instinct looks crappy, though. I've never really liked Samsung since I had the A900. All form, no function. Sorta like the iPhone!

The next handset on my radar screen is the HTC Raphael - it's a hell of a lot closer to being an "iPhone killer" and even a "3G iPhone killer" than the Instinct will ever be.

PhilR8

So far as I can see, it looks to be a fair test - though it would be interesting to hit Sprint.com up with different browser ID strings to see if it does anything differently.

kgelner

Long story short just because you can't manage your minutes and services properly doesn't make Sprint a bad company. I do wish Sprint had more appealing phones though.

TheAstronot

"AN iPhone," not "a iPhone." "AN Instinct," not "a instinct"

sprintmgr

sprintmgr

disclaimer:
My strong response to this commercial is not derived from the fact that I own an iphone, but my hatred for sprint.

workingonyourinvoice

autobehr

flamingmenudo

workingonyourinvoice

Can you point me to the app you mentioned? I've got a friend who has a Mogul.

itchytooth

I don't see many pages load that slowly over EDGE. It makes me wonder if the sprint.com homepage has been customized a bit...

kgelner

phryed

The iPhone is the best cell phone not because of Google maps or AT&T's edge network. Its the best cell phone because it is fun and easy to use. The iPhone is by far the best cell phone I have owned and it is going to take much more than a 3G network or GPS to change my mind. And all that is before 3rd party apps come to the iPhone. Once that happens all bets are off.

Good luck Sprint, kiss your money goodbye. I hope flushing your millions away was fun, because that's all you'll get for your ad campaign.

sandrino

Sam_Zebian

ferrdidly

workingonyourinvoice

SirNirian

Joseph

sototallycarl

snitch29

I don't think anyone at Samsung or Sprint expects the Instinct to "beat" the iPhone in sales. They are just trying to steal some of the market that the iPhone created.

Also, your post does more to convince people to switch to Sprint than the commercials do. Their cheap plans and coverage are what makes them better than ATT, not their phones.

BTW, you're getting a hell of a deal for a Sprint customer. My buddy has Sprint and he pays $70 per month + taxes and fees for 450 minutes a month and unlimited data.

justinpe

kahri

Bad idea using a visual medium to compare two products when yours doesn't look nearly as good.

Heffae

Some people do though. They are not very smart. Especially the ones influenced by commercials that use fallacies, such as this Sprint commercial.

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justinpe

I have Sprint, I pay $32 a month for 500 minutes, unlimited data, unlimited text, unlimited sprint to sprint, unlimited roaming, phone insurance etc.

My phone is the HTC 6800 (Sprint Mogul), I have an app on it which turns it into a router basically so I can connect to Sprint's EVDO Rev. A network using my laptop and connecting to my phone like any wireless access point.

In all, I have been very happy with my phone. It has GPS, EVDO Rev. A, tons of cool apps already without waiting for a dev kit, etc. And I have been happy with Sprint, their service at least here in MI is 100x better than AT&T (who I once had).

So basically, if the Instinct is better than my current phone (which it may suck, I have had bad experience with Samsung in the past).

Then I would probably get it, and so will others. If it doesn't beat the iPhone, oh well. I would love to have a 3G iPhone, but not on AT&T's sad excuse for a network.

I guess I just wish people would wait until the Instinct is out, and even then give it a couple months for any firmware updates (I remember the tons of issues and missing features the iPhone had before a few software releases came through).

THEN, bash it, or praise it.

At least give it a chance instead of looking like a bunch of narrow minded dicks.

VulnoX

(also now that I jailbroke mine I have the pocket unix computer I've always wanted)

Heffae

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

lpranal

100 Million Sprint. Fire your whole marketing department. Take what is left over and donate it to a worthy cause.

DestroyerMTL

jackfrost132

If Mac vs. PC commercials compared Leopard to Windows ME, you would be absolutely correct. Unfortunately that is not the case. Apple compares comparable products, Sprint is comparing an unreleased device with a device that was released a year ago.

You do have a point though about people buying products with their opinions based solely on an ad. However, anyone buying this kind of product based solely on a commercial is an idiot. Most people do a little more research before such a purchase. Sprint better hope that they don't.

justinpe

fusedinertia

John Hodgman "Hi I'm a instinct"

Justin Long "I'm a iPhone"

Y2KGTP

First, the only thing anyone hears about Sprint is negative. But, if you have a massive advertising campaign on the heels of the WiMax announcements, you are at least letting the world know you are still alive. However, it also shows that Sprint is willing to go toe to toe against the Apple reality distortion field. While they will not be successful in stopping any 3G iPhone sales, they will be successful in planting a seed that the iPhone is not as amazing as everyone says. Once again, it won't stop the sales, but in the interest of competition, it is a good seed to plant, especially from a company that we already wrote off as dead.

Monty

Apple vs. PC commercials at least criticize the current release of Windows.... unfortunately for Microsoft.

justinpe

devianaut

RoCKSTaH53

DustyButt

You could say the same about anyone who bought a Mac on the basis of the Mac vs PC solely on viewing the adverts.

The advert's not bad.

Sleeper_Service

a Free phone and 40$ a month would sign up a ton of people.

Y2KGTP

Of course, this is a great commercial because it's Sprint. If it were Apple's, it would be horrible tripe for the fanboys to lap up.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

DeCerbo

ibelli

I think we are saying the same thing here. Anyone who buys the Instinct based on this commercial alone is an ill-informed idiot.

The commercial says nothing about coverage, plans or pricing. If that is Sprint's strong point, why wouldn't they emphasize that?

They are obviously going after those interested in the iPhone, who, btw, are well aware that a newer, faster version is right around the corner.

Stupid commercial for stupid people.

justinpe

^^^I agree. Spend the money developing better products, hiring better customer service people and paying them well.

++AND kicking Themselves in the nuts (no cup), and by 'themselves' I mean every Eisnerian overpaid manager in Sprint history, especially the CEOs...

-> While they all sip a finely wrought Mad King Ludwig-style hemlock martini and do a round Gregorian Chant of "Komm, Süsser Tod."

wonkydonky

car47

@joshman: Apple vs. PC.

If you know that your product is a winner, bring the comparing game on, it works.

Biggy

DonChunlunLee

*Shrugs*

Yet everybody piles onto Sprint. Interesting.

What they need to learn is that people who use Moguls and Blackberrys have a different need than an iPhone user. But everyone insists on trying to steal the iPhone market. Oh well. F*cking dummies, they need to emphasize what the iPhone doesn't do, because most of what it does do, it does VERY well. They'll learn... or not.

DustyButt

Too bad I suppose. :\ .

Kyang

joshman

Triangulation to GPS...to any regular person that statement is garbage.

And for the price that ANYONE can get with Sprint SERO, there is no service out there that can beat it. I have 1250 anytime minutes, free night and weekend at 7, 50 bonus minutes, free Sprint to Sprint, Free text, Free unlimited internet, all for $49.99 not including the $10 I get off every month for working for a company that gets a deal (almost all companies do). Can AT&T do that? No. Is the iPhone a good looking phone? Yes. Will I give up a decent service at an amazing price for it? Hell no.

Good job Sprint!

"Oh, and to put $100 million into some perspective, that's more money than it would cost to run a 2009 Super Bowl commercial every day for a month."

And who are the editors allowing this to go in. That $3M per 30 second ad is how much it costs to run the ad, not produce it and pay for everything in it. $100M is actually not that bad a number for marketing a new competitor like this.

Smith145

Yeah, but people in the market for either of these phones are a little smarter than your typical American voter :)

justinpe

justinpe

pzich

StopRilla

JadoJodo

Who's paying for these ads, again?

nojo

justinpe

xint

timtempest