I held out as long as I could from getting a real smartphone (sorry Windows Mobile 6.1, you don't count). The real reasons behind getting the Samsung Intercept from Sprint are:1) The battery in my Samsung Ace was finally going out after two years of everyday use (and a couple of drops).
2) My wife's Samsung Upstage was totally flaking out, and without a removeable battery, you would have to do weird things like call it in order for it to respond.
3) I was able to get Sprint to get me both Samsung Intercept Android phones for $150 AR.
4) I was able to get Sprint to give me Nights and Weekends starting at 6PM instead of 7PM.
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My initial thoughts of the Samsung Intercept are positive. I'm a guy who runs a couple of apps and primarily uses it for Email. The slider keyboard really comes into its own element here, allowing me to blaze through emails instead of "pecking one out" on the touchscreen.
The battery life is superb for a smartphone. 2.5 days on a single charge with medium usage, it's basically what I need. I don't want to be tethered to the charger every few hours. That's just unacceptable (check out our battery post here: http://remachines.blogspot.com/2010/08/batteries-we-need-better-affordable.html )
The battery is good because it's an 800Mhz CPU instead of the 1Ghz ones in the Evo and Epic phones. But this is where the phone has its issues. Sometimes, when running two to three apps at a time, the phone's buttons (menu, home, back and search) just stop responding for up to 15 seconds. This is an obvious design flaw, and will hopefully be rectified with the eventual upgrade to Android 2.2.
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But overall I don't have any complaints other than that. The sound quality, even on speakerphone completely crushes my Samsung Ace. It is loud, rarely cuts out, and the speaker is clear for me to hear the person on the other line.
I'm going to give the device an early 8/10. I'll give it a few months and come back with what I think of it then (after I've dropped it a couple times).
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-Nate
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