Samsung Instinct - How's your Instinct holding up?

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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2008, 09:04:45 AM »

are you serious? its a freaking phone and the scratch is not even on screen part! you must be OCD or something.. life is a lot harder than this man we dont need to make a thread on if you should get another phone for a scratch on the corner of the screen... for someone thats so anal why haven't you got a screen protector and better case already?? geez.. Undecided

hmm 10$ case or 50$ every other month because of a scratch.. thats a really hard decision.. omg what should i do??!


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2008, 11:15:41 AM »

Greetings fellow denizens. I wanted to know how your phones are holding up under regular use. Scratches,dings,etc.
I've dropped mine a few times on concrete Sad

and I now have small chips in the finish on 3 of 4 corners. 2 of the drops,the phone was in the stock case. The screen is still perfect though and the chips are hardly noticable,so all in all, it seems to be built rather well. My one complaint is that I think it should have a metal bezel instead of the hematite(spelling?) looking,plastic one it has now.
I'll post pics when I get back to my computer.
If there is an existing thread that discusses this,I haven't found it so,if you know of one,please let me know.

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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2008, 11:22:18 AM »

Can't complain, actually, my phone slipped outta my pocket while sitting down...naturally I stepped on it when I stood up. Thank God for soft carpeting or this could have been a bad day...Bought mine on June 19th, two mini-scratches on the screen, but the Invisible Shield is masking it well...
Still looks mint.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2008, 12:00:18 PM »

Mine has a chip on the black-chrome part, and the little loop think next to the headphone jack took a drop, but those are the only two times, doing pretty good.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2008, 12:12:23 PM »

Mine is in wonderful condition with no Marks that I know of.

I have it protected well and have had a few low level drops with no problems.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2008, 02:24:45 PM »

so will it void the warranty or not? also does anyone have a good coupon code (preferable 50% off) for zagg.com?


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2008, 02:25:31 PM »

lol i asked a question similar to this yesterday, heres the link - http://www.instinct-samsung.com/index.php/topic,5571.new.html#new hope it helped.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2008, 02:31:45 PM »

I purchased one of the black silicone "jam jackets". I have dropped the phone several times and it has always managed to land silicone down. The phone is still in perfect shape. Last night my Choc Lab stood on the screen and scraped his dragon claws across the screen........nothing, I couldn't tell at all. I'm impressed how well the phone is holding up.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2008, 03:12:45 PM »

putting a sticker on your phone should not void the warranty but don't quote me on that. Im not a lawyer. :0


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2008, 04:05:57 PM »

it involves liquid, so i'm not really sure...


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2008, 04:29:44 PM »

True but the liquid is on the sticker and if done correctly is safe. If you spill water all over the phone then you may have a problem. Many of us (myself included) have done this and are quite satisfied with the results. If you are concerned with the possibility of voiding your warranty feel free to read your warranty or contact Sprint. You really are dragging a bunch of people into your personal decision.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2008, 11:03:42 AM »

@xodenon...thanks for the heads up on your post....if you don't mind I'm requesting that they be merged as they are pretty much the same question.. Thanks again.

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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2008, 11:27:00 AM »

No scratches no dings. Dropped it a couple of times (not onto concrete though) I have the Invisible shield on it and as far as scratch proof it does as it claims.....However some of the corner pieces are starting to peal off. The part protecting the screen is perfect so if you are thinking of getting the Invisible shield you will probably be better off with just the screen protector b/c the full body kit will eventually start to peel with the exception of the screen.


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2008, 11:30:14 AM »

Adds a whole new meaning to "dropped calls"!!!!


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Re: How's your Instinct holding up?

« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2008, 11:37:47 AM »

Quote from: nismostate on October 13, 2008, 09:04:45 AM

hmm 10$ case or 50$ every other month because of a scratch.. thats a really hard decision.. omg what should i do??!

Easy there. I got to thinking the same thing. And then you have to realize there are people of all age groups and of all means. The money spent on these phones may come easy to some, but it may not come easy to others. You may view it as "just a phone" while he may view it as the coolest thing he has ever saved his money to buy.


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