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

msmalls74 · 13 Apr 2010 at 19:22

Hands on at GSM arena
http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-i9...er-amoled-ishness-to-our-office-video-inside/

Richie · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:08

oooo, nice to see the touch sensitive buttons being as responsive as sticking your finger in toffee....

TBH the Desire is about as big as I would like to go with a mobile phone... If anything its a bit big physically so this thing must be a PITA to cart around. I dont see it having anything much to add to the HTC Desire as they are meant to be adding HD recording and DivX etc support....

If 16GB is the internal memory then kudos for that :cool:

Yas786 · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:40

Begbie said:
Not touching it after the Omnia.

I wouldnt touch it because its a Samsung

...nice video but it just doesnt seem all that responsive :confused:

...seems like the buttons need to be pushed a bit before the phone decides to do something lol.

Camalot · 13 Apr 2010 at 20:43

That phone actually looks slow/unresponsive/sluggish after using a Desire, honestly.

broona · 16 May 2010 at 11:39

Updated hands on at GSM Arena, looking much better, http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-i9...-its-way-to-market-release-demo-video-inside/

GeX · 16 May 2010 at 11:43

Meatball said:
What Android needs is big deveopers such as EA to release Android apps that are equal to their iPhone apps. That will make me stay with Android.

before this can happen, there needs to be more Android devices with decent GPUs.. like this one

Super Tigers · 16 May 2010 at 12:19

broona said:
Updated hands on at GSM Arena, looking much better, http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-i9...-its-way-to-market-release-demo-video-inside/

Thats look damn sexy!!! I want, my contract ends August 2nd, so hopefully this will be available then.

El Gringo · 16 May 2010 at 18:36

That trusted source, phoneslimited.co.uk, states

The new Samsung Galaxy S i9000 will be available unlocked to all networks from June 1st 2010 with an initial release date price of £549.99.

Hxc · 16 May 2010 at 18:42

Fiiinally another QWERTY phone, pleasing to see

Jamesbcd · 16 May 2010 at 18:42

The QWERTY on the pro version looks awful imo.

Richdog · 16 May 2010 at 20:29

Jamesbcd said:
The QWERTY on the pro version looks awful imo.

It doesn't look bad at all, and a gazillion times better than the Milestones.

Seperate number row for the win, logically laid out.

grudas · 16 May 2010 at 20:38

why don't i get excited about mobile phones any more? while i like all these features.. some of them get useless for e.g. GPS.. start it with full battery go for a ride on a bike.. just to see the map/miles i did... 3.5hrs later battery is empty.. cmon improve it a bit or something..

Jamesbcd · 16 May 2010 at 20:51

Richdog said:
It doesn't look bad at all, and a gazillion times better than the Milestones.

Seperate number row for the win, logically laid out.

Yeh it's not the layout I don't like. I think it'd look better in black rather than silver.

El Gringo · 16 May 2010 at 22:34

It's the OS look that I don't like... The case looks iphony and the bubble icons do nothing to detract from this... Knowing little about Android, will this be editable?

I also have a Samsung omnia HD which made me promise myself I would never get a Samsung phone again, the support and the updates I was looking forward to were farcical. This, however, is an Android, which is why i'm daring to consider it. But it's at 2.1 atm, and knowing of Samsung's lazy take on updating phones, will future updates (2.2 for example) be likely to be available soon? Or at all?

mrk · 17 May 2010 at 11:44

It looks good. Depends on price I guess but those of us with unbranded Desires would have an easier time selling and upgrading if it came to it - which I doubt unless HTC or XDA don't push the 2.2 and HD updates to the Desire sooner rather than later!

Oh and I'd rather not anyway because it looks so much like an iPhone both inside and out. Can't have people thinking I'd turned into a townie or something now!

broona · 22 May 2010 at 10:32

Review up on GSM Arena now - http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478.php

Think I've just found my next phone, upgrade to my Hero due at the start of July, lovely!

Super Tigers · 22 May 2010 at 12:24

My contract ends August 2nd, this is top of my list.

Columbo · 22 May 2010 at 12:38

broona said:
Review up on GSM Arena now - http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478.php

Think I've just found my next phone, upgrade to my Hero due at the start of July, lovely!

No mention of the QWERTY version thought

This could be the handset that finally pulls me into Android.

V4NT0M · 22 May 2010 at 13:02

Grr, wish they would have put all of this power into a phone that didn't look like every other samsung phone.

Also wish there was an option in custom firmware builds to revert to Android's standard interface.

manveruppd · 23 May 2010 at 01:19

Richdog said:
It doesn't look bad at all, and a gazillion times better than the Milestones.

Seperate number row for the win, logically laid out.

Unfortunately that's a mockup by that blog's artists (that's what Engadget said anyway). Samsung are probably gonna stick a crappy 3-row keyboard with sticky, shallow keys on it