RadioShack to carry Sprint's Samsung Instinct nationwide

by Darren Murph, posted Sep 4th 2008 at 8:14AM

For those in America who just can't shake the desire to snap up one of those Samsung Instincts, but can't bring themselves into braving the yellow-clad walls of most Sprint stores, an alternative method of B&M procurement has finally arrived. Effective immediately, Sprint's "iPhone killer" will be available across the US in RadioShack stores. If you happened into one over the Labor Day weekend, you were lucky enough to grab the handset for just $99.99 on contract, but from here on out (well, until the ~~first~~ second price drop), it'll be $129.99 for everyone else.

[Image courtesy of RiverWalkPlaza]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA

Tags: instinct, on sale, OnSale, radio shack, RadioShack, retail, sales, samsung, sprint

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Graham @ Sep 4th 2008 12:22PM

Let alone buy it from a crappy retailer like Radio Shack. If these guys had half a clue they would carry the diamond at launch. And stop dwindling months behind Marketing campaigns.

Shack doesn't carry new phones, until the hype dies. And then guess what... They can't sell them, cause the hype is now somewhere else...

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Benjamin @ Sep 5th 2008 12:21AM

It's different seeing a Radio Shack with a CellularONE logo in the window. You can tell that is an older picture.

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Madison @ Sep 5th 2008 4:20AM

Best Buy Mobile has had the Instinct since June 19th... Now they're getting the iPhone 3G September 7th... Guess who will probably be the first channel partner to get the Touch Pro/ Diamond/ Bold/ X1/.../.../... The Shack is whack!

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Jay @ Sep 6th 2008 1:26PM

Um...Best Buy Mobile has had the Instinct for the entire summer since launch without the pesky mail in rebates you get going thru Sprint stores. RadioShack is basically getting sloppy seconds at best. They also lost the 3rd party iPhone exclusivity thru the holidays to Best Buy haha they're bleeding away marketshare...