At a big mobile phone convention out in Las Vegas, Sprint has announced a new phone coming to market in June that looks so much like the Apple iPhone that it causes a doubletake. Called the Instinct and made by Samsung, the device does everything and more that the iPhone does but a lot faster.
The Instinct is about the same size and weight as the iPhone, though it's screen is just a tad smaller. But it's biggest claim to dame right now is that it will run on Sprint's super fast CDMA EV-DO Rev A network, The iPhone uses AT&T's pokey EDGE network. The Instinct also will ship with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving direction, something the iPhone can't do.No price was announced but Sprint indicated it will be competitive with the $399 iPhone.
The Instinict goes on sale in June. But that's also when the latest 3g iPhone will come out, offering a faster replacement to the Edge and a host of new applications. Some Apple fan sites today are predicting the Sprint announcement may force Apple to move faster in releasing the next version of the iPhone, noting that current iPhone models are getting harder to buy. They suggest that's a prelude to the introduction of new models.
That logic seems a bit murky. But what is clear is that after a year's free ride as the most innovative personal technology device of the new century, the iPhone is going to get some serious competition.
Get ready for the mobile phone wars.
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