Samsung Instinct
I got the phone already a day early sprint sent me a e-mail to get the phone a day early and i would have to say they did a really good job i like the phone alot !
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Without giving out any specifics, the sales of this phone so far are AMAZING!!
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I have heard stores in the states were selling out within an hour. And that some stores had lines of over 100 people waiting outside before the store opened. A lot of our stores sold out in Hawaii yesterday.
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How's the sprint coverage in Kauai and the big island? I'm going on vacation in october 😁
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Sales should be. Frankly, there is not much else exciting going on in that device lineup.
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evilhomer said:
Sales should be. Frankly, there is not much else exciting going on in that device lineup.
Oh, plus the fact that they priced it so low to compete with the 2nd gen iPhone... Heck, that's cheap for a no feature flip phone. I wonder if that will cause Sprint to lose even more money having to drop it so low. That phone couldn't have been cheap to acquire.
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boywonder,
Sprint will more than make up for the low price of the phone (assuming we're losing as much as you think) with the MRC that the phones require.
Please understand how the wireless industry works before you continue to comment.
Sprint will more than make up for the low price of the phone (assuming we're losing as much as you think) with the MRC that the phones require.
Please understand how the wireless industry works before you continue to comment.
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Boywonder? Was that supposed to be an insult? Pretty weak if it was. I've had the 12 year olds here do a better job than that! 🤣
I do understand the wireless business and how it profits from phone subsidies. Also, I follow the industry publications quite closely. All of which still report huge losses for Sprint.
If you think it's the MRC on the Instinct that is going to stop MILLIONS in quarterly losses and customer defects it is YOU who does not understand the wireless industry.
My post was one of a business nature with legit concerns about the cost vs. profit on a device that is being sold so cheaply that obviously cost so much to produce based on the feature set. $129 is usually the base on a cheap flip. If you didn't und...
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I do understand the wireless business and how it profits from phone subsidies. Also, I follow the industry publications quite closely. All of which still report huge losses for Sprint.
If you think it's the MRC on the Instinct that is going to stop MILLIONS in quarterly losses and customer defects it is YOU who does not understand the wireless industry.
My post was one of a business nature with legit concerns about the cost vs. profit on a device that is being sold so cheaply that obviously cost so much to produce based on the feature set. $129 is usually the base on a cheap flip. If you didn't und...
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I'll stick to Sprint related items on here, rather than ignorant things like "made up girlfriends" and whatnot.
You mentioned that Sprint is losing money on the phone, and you're probably right, since nearly every US carrier loses money on nearly every phone that's sold at the full discounted price. However, unlike most phones, the instinct requires a relatively high MRC.
I don't know what the figure is now, but I know a few years back, Sprint spent ~$35/line. So lets say it's $40 now; every customer with the instinct (if it's a single line) is paying AT LEAST $70, so there's a minimum of $30 in profit for every instinct customer.
I realize that there are other losses besides that, but the instinct is a good way to generate month...
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You mentioned that Sprint is losing money on the phone, and you're probably right, since nearly every US carrier loses money on nearly every phone that's sold at the full discounted price. However, unlike most phones, the instinct requires a relatively high MRC.
I don't know what the figure is now, but I know a few years back, Sprint spent ~$35/line. So lets say it's $40 now; every customer with the instinct (if it's a single line) is paying AT LEAST $70, so there's a minimum of $30 in profit for every instinct customer.
I realize that there are other losses besides that, but the instinct is a good way to generate month...
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thats just bias nonsense...if we had the inventory we would have sold just as many curves as instincts...people won't leave me alone about that phone...
i did just as many upgrades into other phones as i did in instincts today! we are sold out of all of the ndc on sprint phones if they would stock my store better we would sell 2-300 more phones a month
i did just as many upgrades into other phones as i did in instincts today! we are sold out of all of the ndc on sprint phones if they would stock my store better we would sell 2-300 more phones a month
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Too bad they aren't stocking you better then. Guess that's another one for the Sprint suggestion box.
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ive stuffed it full already, now i just need the right person to read the suggestions 😁
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The phone itself is great. A few flaws here and there but nothing we cant all deal with. You all have heard reports of this phone selling out at places. This does not mean that it is going to murder the iphone sales numbers. What it means is that Sprint has always had inventory issues at a new phones launch. The Rumor,Centro, and Pearl have faced the same issue. It is popular and works well but unless Sprint decides to really push this phone with their supposed national advertising campaign the phone will fail. There is no excitment about this product with the general public. The little there was has subsided. We also can't forget that although Sprint has a superior network then Att it still will never trump the iphone and the nestalgia it ...
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