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Can anyone explain why the instinct internet sucks?

john.salazar

Aug 13, 2008, 11:50 AM
I hate to be so harsh, but dang is it slow!! Most pages that pull up are the mobile version, despite the setting for a full page being turned on. You wait, wait and wait.... If your lucky the page will probably load the mobile version. I have not heard many people talk about this. All of them are the same.This is not an isolated incident. How can the phone compete with the iphone and the safari browser when it works to such low standards? The phone does do a ton of things really well. The interenet is just not one of them.
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celnut

Aug 13, 2008, 12:27 PM
That is a good question. I was wondering the same thing. I use to have an instinct but the slow browser & poor page rendering was the main reason I returned it. I don't think this phone can compete with the iphone and not just because of the browser. Yes, it does have some very nice features but there are to many features that need major updates.
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john.salazar

Aug 13, 2008, 12:31 PM
I agree. I am not sure why more people do not point this serious flaw out. I know the updates are coming but they may be to little to late.
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vabeachsprintguy

Aug 13, 2008, 12:36 PM
Speaking of updates, have you downloaded the latest one? Give that a try and see how it works for you. And I was told that I couldn't get the Instinct because I work for Sprint. Did you get it on someone else's plan or are they allowing it now that the demand for them has dropped a little bit?
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john.salazar

Aug 13, 2008, 12:49 PM
I was able to get one activated. This is still not normally allowed but an exception was made because the phone was won during Sprint sales contest. I have updated my phone. It helped with the TV. That was also bad in the beggining. It is much better now, but the internet is still slow and does not fuction properly. This has been a common customer complaint. I have had returns beacuse of it. Like I said for whatever reason people are not taliking about it on the forums.
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vabeachsprintguy

Aug 13, 2008, 1:00 PM
Well, there are alot of people that are getting the phone for all of the other features it has that are superior to others. I have sold several instincts to people that bought it because it was the cheapest full touch screen and who didntreally care about web browsing. and congrats on the contest.
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plinko

Aug 13, 2008, 2:48 PM
Among the people I know, most aren't complaining about its features simply because they are still waiting to get it. But they're complaining about the "one to two weeks" turning into a month.
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Avaya_79

Aug 13, 2008, 3:00 PM
It's now actually 7 days.
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