After a month of the Intercept, I went back to BlackBerry. Why? The frustration of that phone wasn't worth it. The lag was horrendous, and I have a new-found hatred for touch screen phones. Even if it was slated for Froyo (Android 2.2), it wouldn't have been worth the wait. The Intercept was just horrible.
First off, that touch screen. The lag on the response was just... Enough to make you ill. You'd have to click on something two or three times for it to register, and 9/10 times it would open and automatically close. And when it finally did open, it took forever to respond. I often dealt with getting a force close message because the apps tended to freeze. In the end, I downloaded a new Launcher app that took care of most of the home screen lag problems, but oish, the rest wasn't worth it. The new launcher app was Zeam, by the way. I recommend it if you have problems with your home screen.
Now, the camera was a 3.2mp. That's alright, though I had the original EnV (when I had Verizon), and that camera was 5mp. Are we regressing on the in-phone cameras? I'm not sure I approve. There was no flash, so you had to be in great light to get anything clearly. Even then, the pictures weren't that great.
I could probably rant on and on about how much I hated that phone. Samsung (and Sprint) really dropped the ball on this one, and I have to say... After all the reviews I've read about this phone, I should have spent the extra money and gone with either the Epic or the EVO. Or the BlackBerry I wanted! No use in crying over spilled milk for me, but buyer beware! The Intercept honestly has to be the worst entry-level phone I've ever used, regardless of the operating system it's on.
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