LG Dare vs. Samsung Instinct

• The Contenders
• Sexiness
• Navigation
• Features
• Multimedia and Internet
• Call quality
• The winner is...

Round 4: Multimedia and Internet-browser quality

Do they pack a multimedia punch?

Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 - black (Sprint)

These handsets do a lot more than just make calls--they also have cameras, digital media players, and full Internet browsers. We tell you which phone offers the better experience.

Player	Donald	Bonnie	Nicole	Total
LG Dare (Verizon Wireless)	3 Again, the Dare has it all on paper, but the execution sucks. Scrolling Web pages is awkward, the music player feels generic, and video organization isn't very sophisticated.	4 Web browsing on the Dare isn't quite as smooth as on the Instinct. However, I felt music and video playback was better. Songs sounded a touch richer and watching video was definitely better with a clearer picture.	4 The Dare simply killed when it came to photo and music quality, I feel. However, it didn't do so hot with the Web browsing, which I felt was just slow and clunky.	11
Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 - black (Sprint)	5 As an MP3-player addict, I'm reluctant to give kudos to the music player on a phone, but the Instinct's is very well done. Video quality is smooth and the Web browser doesn't feel overly crippled.	3 The larger screen makes the Web-browsing experience better on the Instinct. However, watching videos on the Instinct was frustrating. Clips wouldn't start half of the time and when they did, they were extremely pixilated.	4 Again, I have to give the Instinct negative points with the Web browsing. And I thought the music player held up well in comparison to the Dare's.	12

Winner: Samsung Instinct