Sprint reports Samsung Instinct has become
the fastest-selling EVDO handset in Sprint history. Instinct
was first available exclusively to current Sprint customers on June 19
breaking records for the initial launch of any Sprint product.
Instinct became available to all customers on June 20; sales continued
to be brisk with Instinct breaking Sprint’s record for the first week
of sales for any device.
The record pace of Instinct sales has led to temporary shortages
of the device at some locations across the United States. Sprint and
Samsung say that they are diligently working around the clock to increase inventory
in all sales channels. Samsung has increased efforts to deliver new
supplies of Instinct on a daily basis and manufacturing plants are
operating at full capacity to keep up with the demand.
Initial indications show extremely heavy use of the device for
email access, web browsing and GPS navigation with Live Search for
Sprint providing access to directory information on-the-go,
interactive maps and one-touch click to call access. Instinct also
offers the ability to quickly share pictures, watch live TV, listen to
commercial-free radio and more as Sprint’s first EVDO Rev A consumer
device.
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