Sprint needs an exclusive phone that will entice people to dump their current carriers and go to Sprint. At&t has the iPhone. Verizon has the Storm. Tmobile has the G1. Sprint needs a few good exclusive devices or they will continue to be in big trouble.
"...that will entice people to dump their current carriers and go to Sprint."
I think you missed that part buddy. It might have been the case for about a week after it released, but not since then and especially now Samsung has released superior phones on T-Mobile and Verizon. Now, people do come to Sprint from AT&T/Verizon and pick up the Instinct, but not because of the Instinct (normally because of high prices, coverage issues, billing errors, just pissed off at said carrier, or deposits too high). It does a decent job of preventing people from leaving Sprint, but not bringing people to Sprint.
Sprint is bringing out a successor to the Instinct and another similar, smaller device so there will be multiple touch/exclusive phones for people to choose from.
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Sprint needs an exclusive phone that will entice people to dump their current carriers and go to Sprint. At&t has the iPhone. Verizon has the Storm. Tmobile has the G1. Sprint needs a few good exclusive devices or they will continue to be in big trouble.
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"...that will entice people to dump their current carriers and go to Sprint."
I think you missed that part buddy. It might have been the case for about a week after it released, but not since then and especially now Samsung has released superior phones on T-Mobile and Verizon. Now, people do come to Sprint from AT&T/Verizon and pick up the Instinct, but not because of the Instinct (normally because of high prices, coverage issues, billing errors, just pissed off at said carrier, or deposits too high). It does a decent job of preventing people from leaving Sprint, but not bringing people to Sprint.
Sprint is bringing out a successor to the Instinct and another similar, smaller device so there will be multiple touch/exclusive phones for people to choose from.