Samsung Instinct SPH-M800

Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 has an eye-catching design but it is nothing spectacular. It is a touch screen device with a thin candy bar shape with 4.57 inches by 2.17 inches by 0.49 inch dimensions. This makes the phone fatter and taller as compared to the iPhone but when you measure it on the front face, it looks a bit thinner. Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 is also quite similar to its GSM sibling, the Samsung SGH-F490. The handset weighs 4.4 ounces and it feels pretty sturdy in the hand with solid construction. I also liked the simple color scheme of basic black and silver.

The real estate of the Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 is dominated by the touch screen. You get a resolution of 432×240 pixels resolution with support for 262k colors. The screen is really gorgeous. The graphics looked vibrant, the text was crisp and the colors too popped out nicely. This is better than a lot of other displays I have previously seen. You get a few options for personalization but the font of text or menu cannot be changed. However, you can adjust the backlighting time and brightness. Also noteworthy is that when the screen goes dark, it gets locked automatically.

The display of Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 looked good but I just had one complaint. The screen is half inch smaller as compared to the iPhone. This might not matter much to you but while viewing the videos or browsing the Web, the content looked cramped. On the bright side, this display is still better than smaller touch screen of Samsung Glyde. The menu interface of this phone is attractive and easy to use. On the bottom, there are four menus – Web, Fun, Main and Favs. The 4 page menu design is effective and quite interesting. You can program the Favs menu according to your preferences for stocking it with the functions that you like the most. The main menu has features like GPS, organizer and messaging. Fun menu has camera, multimedia options and games while the Web menu holds a collection of browser shortcuts.

The menus have bright icons to show that there are plenty of different features on the Samsung Instinct SPH-M800. However, only Web and Fun menu can be customized. I was also happy about the intuitive secondary menus. For instance, I didn't have any problems while starting new messaging or for moving items in lists. The touch screen too gives nice haptic feedback to show that the device has recognized your touches.(source)