Samsung Galaxy S... highest spec Android phone released... also with QWERTY!

Looking at reviews and specs i kind of regret getting a Desire now and not waiting for one of these :(. Oh well
 
What is Samsung's TouchWiz interface like? Are they retarded like SE and have to spend months overlaying their UI over Android updates?
 
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Anyone else got one of these yet?

Those who have it, how are you getting on?

I might buy one, it depends on how the rooting goes at XDA and Modaco :p
 
Hi Rob,

Remember I said me and my brother had bought Desires? Well we have gave them to our girlfriends and bought Samsung Galaxy S.

He works in CPW and so I got a third off and went sim free. Cost me £315 :p

Well first off, it does not feel in the hand as good as the desire. Hard to expain really just the desire has a weighty compact quality feel to it and I don't have the awesome litttle weather widget anymore and cant find one as good lol.

However the screen is amazing and I can view it perfectly without the backlight (still really bright and I just realised I don't even use it with the backlight on), outdoors/close to lots of bright natural light like windows it is noticeably better than the desire.

I can text way easier on it and the video camcorder is ace (720p is why the iphone was so tempting to me :p).

I have read people saying they think the phone is ugly but having had both in real life I much prefer it to the desire and its rubberish with plastic browness!

Here is a little vid my brother did of our younger brother :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwFa0FiSX8s Looked better before the upload but still it looks pretty good for a phone :)

I never really got on with the desire but do really like the galaxy s. There is lots of little advantages

720p recording
Better still camera pics
Wireless n
8gig internal (sim free) 16 for voda
Bigger screen with super amoled screen
Battery last longer
Typing is much better and so is the general usability, could be the software or the bigger screen can't say for sure
faster framerate with games I have tried like raging thunder 2
the samsung facebook is much better
the sound quality of the loud speaker seems much better
the headphones are much better and I really do believe the actually sound coming out of it is better too (could just be placebo)

um just lots of little things but I just did not get attached to the desire and if I was I would just hang on to the desire and upgrade to the next really big thing and not just a load of little improvements

Cheers
 
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Cheers for that Hooa!

I am very tempted so I'll be giving all the reviews a good read later :p

With regard to your comment about the weather widget, I'm not sure whether you mean the widget itself or the clock with the weather on it?

If its the latter, have a look here - http://www.ermesjo.org/blog/?page_id=66

Thanks again :)
 
I hate the Galaxy icons there to square and look like an iphone..
can they be changed to look like the dersire icons ??
 
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Anyone know yet if the apps/games install to the 8Gb/16GB Internal storage on this phone.
Or do they install to the 512mb ram/rom ???
 
Its interesting you mention that as the Galaxy S has a 2GB ROM specifically for storing apps on, as well as the 8/16GB storage.

Very nice I must say. :cool:

Quick, someone say something to stop me from buying one :( :(
 
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