Sprint Answers the iPhone With $130 Instinct

My company recently switched from their long-time mobile company to Sprint. While I'm still not sure who's genius idea this was, it's turned out to be a horrible nightmare. The week that we switched over, our travel staff around the world couldn't make calls. Okay, that's somewhat understandable. But then there's the dropped calls, the missed calls (because the phone never rings), the voice message notifications that come hours after the person actually left a message. I can't get service out at mine or my boyfriend's house, and it's not like we live in remote locations. It's embarrassing when I'm on the phone with a client or vendor and have to repeatedly call them and apologize for my phone cutting them off. We switched only about two months ago, and there's already talk of going to AT&T.

My point is, no one will give two hoots about the Instinct if the coverage is terrible. I've seen the Instinct, played with it in the office just yesterday, but it's not nearly as amazing as the iPhone. In fact, I was sorely disappointed after all the hype it had received; at one point, I had actually hoped that there would be a good rival to the iPhone. If I was the paying customer, there is no way I would invest more money into a company who can't even provide a ten minute conversation without my signal being lost.

I hope we do switch to AT&T. I would be the first one to have the IT department ready a brand new iPhone for me.

Jen of NV 11:40AM June 25, 2008