New Sprint Instinct, are there any drawbacks or is it better than the iPhone?

I don't know about the sprint phone, but I can tell you that right now the best phone similar to the Iphone is verizon's LG voyuer. I was going to buy the Iphone, until I read Consumer Reports. I'm glad I went with the LG - works like the Iphone, but it has more safety measures added, so you don't have to worry about having your phone hacked. It's easy to use, and I love the ease of downloading songs, and watching tv, whenever I want, it's an awesome phone - but like the Iphone it costs around 299.00 -