Sprint Samsung Intrepid Windows Phone review
The boys over at WMexperts just posted a review of the qwerty Windows Mobile smartphone, the Samsung Intrepid which is available now on Sprint. The…
The boys over at WMexperts just posted a review of the qwerty Windows Mobile smartphone, the Samsung Intrepid which is available now on Sprint.
The specifications of the Intrepid are pretty solid, save one area: the screen (more on that later). The device has about 150MB of available RAM after a soft-reset and about 260MB of storage space — those are numbers we like. It also sports a 528MHz processor, which feels adequate but for some reason not that fast, either.
Overall, the device is quite light and some have interpreted this as “cheap-feeling.” We disagree. The Intrepid is quite light at just 4 ounces, more than 2 ounces lighter than a Touch Pro 2. The phone has a very professional look to it and the dark chrome has a nice elegance. And, yeah, it looks like a BlackBerry, which isn’t a bad thing.
The Intrepid is also the first Windows Mobile phone to feature the TellMe application by default (strange, given that Microsoft announced a few months ago that all WinMo 6.5 phones were supposed to feature this app…). Here’s the conclusion:
– Pros
Lightweight
Good phone/messaging device
Great battery life
Professional looking
Perfect for business types
GSM/WiFi
Excellent Keyboard– Cons
Screen is not so good
Quirks with the software
Boring software
Annoying Power button
Awkward placement of microUSB/3.5mm jack
Reception is so-so
Source: WMexperts
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