When I first had a chance to play with the Original Samsung Instinct, my first thoughts were iPhone killer, and best phone ever.

When Samsung announced the newest Instinct the S30, I was worried they would try to improve on it so much they would ruin it, kind of like what Microsoft did with Vista, or how the sequel to the original movie sucks.

But I think Samsung struck the right balance between improvements and what should be left alone when they came out with the S30 because it’s an amazing phone.

It’s slightly lighter than the original with a bigger screen that offers in my opinion a better image quality than the previous.

The touch feature is also more sensitive than the original at least I think it is, as the phone seemed more responsive to touch that the original, it’s also a lot faster than the original.

It also looks better than the original too, makes me wonder if they are going to change up the Times Square billboard to show the newest one.

The phone is also great to watch TV on with SprintTV, I think I spent at least an hour each day just checking out the TV channels while I had the phone for review.

Something lacking still in the newest instinct is an Instant Messaging program, and a lot of people will not get this phone because of that. Samsung has opened up the API for the S30 so hopefully someone will create one, but I think Samsung should have worked with AIM, Yahoo and Microsoft to develop their own.

Overall the phone is great and if you loved your original Instinct and are about to upgrade you won’t regret getting the S30.

It’s available now from sprint for $99.88 with a 2 year contract and a $100 mail in rebate.