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Samsung Galaxy S (I9000)
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28-04-2010 3:59pm#1I'm in the market for a new smartphone and have been looking earnestly at the Desire and Xperia X10. Now that i've spotted this new Samsung phone its made me stop and wonder whether I'm better off waiting until June(The supposed release date for this phone). The screen looks absolutely stunning, makes the iPhone screen look cheap and dull. I wouldnt be a big fan of the housing though, too much 'chrome' around the sides and the back looks like an iPhone. In fact the interface with the Samsung TouchWiz UI looks cartoony with icons like the iphone too
The spec is very impressive though except maybe the camera at 5MP, 8MP seems to be the norm these days but that wouldnt be a deal breaker for me.
So what do others think?
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*bump*
Review here: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478.php
Excerpt:Final words
We tested the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and it tested us in return. It bared its teeth at us and so did we. Ours was a grin. Easy boy, good beast. There goes the new leader of the Android pack. The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S has oomph to spare and even hardened geeks like us cannot help but acknowledge its compelling power.
Not only does the Galaxy have a performance edge over its competitors, it's probably better too in terms of usability thanks to TouchWiz. And the majestic Super AMOLED display is a great reason on its own to buy the Galaxy. Be warned though, you're unlikely to ever go back to TFT again. Meaning that at this point, the question to ask yourself is whether you're ready for a long-term affair with Samsung.
If you are looking for the ultimate Android device, there are very few things really to make you consider another handset.
Impressive response in this video:
Think it might be my next one when Android 2.2 Froyo is released for it later in the year!
Adds flash support and stuff.
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It is getting Android 2.2 as I said, and I wish people would stop using the words "iPhone clone" seriously, iPhone isn't the be all and end all of touchscreen phones (don't take that to mean I'm saying Android or Samsung phones are either!)
How can you say if looks like crap when it has a bigger brighter screen, it's lighter, has the same button layout and such?
They look almost identical to me physically, and Android looks like a good OS, Some people are just too hard to please:
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BopNiblets wrote: »It is getting Android 2.2 as I said, and I wish people would stop using the words "iPhone clone" seriously, iPhone isn't the be all and end all of touchscreen phones (don't take that to mean I'm saying Android or Samsung phones are either!)
How can you say if looks like crap when it has a bigger brighter screen, it's lighter, has the same button layout and such?
They look almost identical to me physically, and Android looks like a good OS, Some people are just too hard to please:
I agree. When I saw the Galaxy S in the GSMArena review the first thing I thought was "God, that looks an awful lot like an iPhone".
While I don't particularly like the look of the iPhone, which in turn turns me off the look of the Galaxy S, I wouldn't go as far as to say the Galaxy S looks either "really tacky and cheap" or "like crap", as some of the previous posters stated.0 -
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newballsplease wrote: »whats the story with Apps? or how you buy them?
At the moment, the free market is only available but they have said paid market should be available in the next week or two.
I suppose the biggest negative the phone has (but isn't an issue for me) is that it doesn't come with a flash for the camera but I love the phone.
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newballsplease wrote: »*bump*
Anyone else wanna add anything to this thread before i go ahead and purchase?!!:D
It is a brilliant phone and well worth it, I love everything about it, it feels nice in the hand, touch screen is brilliant, screen is amazing. All in all a bloody good phone
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was.deevey wrote: »tried one in the shop and was really disgusted ..
a) How much of an iphone ripoff the OS is
b) How yikky it felt in comparison
c) How clunky and unresponsive the OS felt (it was pretty loaded of apps though)
d) Felt huge in my hands.
BTW .. i generally really really like samsung phones I have one and I've had 2 before, but using this phone had me feel like i was using a chinese iphoney with 3g meh.
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