Don’t let the prospect of an even-better iPhone get you down, Sprint subscribers. The Samsung Instinct is coming on June 20, giving you an iPhone clone all your own, and it’ll likely be a pretty good one once the bugs are worked out. I hate comparing other devices to the iPhone, but the Instinct is basically Samsung’s reinvention of the iPhone idea: a slick-looking, touch-driven, multimedia handheld that brings a lot of non-phone features to the front, without being a full-fledged smartphone. (Yes, I realize the iPhone is now a bona fide smartphone.) And, you know what? It’s not bad, mostly because of its excellent touch screen, which is accurate and instinctive, and a far cry from the frustrating experience you get with the Samsung Glyde. Maybe this slightly boxy phone doesn’t have all the sex appeal of Apple’s phone, but it’s pretty snazzy in its own right, and has enough pluses to satisfy those who can’t part with their Sprint Simply Everything plan.
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