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

TechRadar Review

hittman...

As with most comparison reviews, there are pros and cons to each.

From reading that review, they made very clear that each has its advantages and that the final choice is highly subjective: 'It almost comes down to preference'. On the other hand, it's a comparative review; they can't just conclude with 'it depends'.

The HTC Desire is only better if you value the OS / interface / flash / community support more highly than a fantastic screen, as it has the worst screen of all three.
On the other hand, it has a flash, which the Samsung does not.
On the other hand, its 720p video recording is (currently) inadequate.
On the other hand, its build quality appears excellent and the fit and finish make it feel like a high end product.
On the other hand, would you rather have a 4.3" AMOLED screen as opposed to something that felt a bit more solid?
Etc. etc...

There's just no correct answer as each user will have different priorities.
 
Robbie G said:
hittman...

As with most comparison reviews, there are pros and cons to each.

From reading that review, they made very clear that each has its advantages and that the final choice is highly subjective: 'It almost comes down to preference'. On the other hand, it's a comparative review; they can't just conclude with 'it depends'.

The HTC Desire is only better if you value the OS / interface / flash / community support more highly than a fantastic screen, as it has the worst screen of all three.
On the other hand, it has a flash, which the Samsung does not.
On the other hand, its 720p video recording is (currently) inadequate.
On the other hand, its build quality appears excellent and the fit and finish make it feel like a high end product.
On the other hand, would you rather have a 4.3" AMOLED screen as opposed to something that felt a bit more solid?
Etc. etc...

There's just no correct answer as each user will have different priorities.
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I agree but I'm looking to hear from owners who made the jump from the Desire to the Galaxy as they can provide the best conclusion if that makes sense?

I can read reviews site all day but hearing from actual owners is can help me decide whether to purchase or not. Hope that makes sense?
 
hittman said:
I agree but I'm looking to hear from owners who made the jump from the Desire to the Galaxy as they can provide the best conclusion if that makes sense?

I can read reviews site all day but hearing from actual owners is can help me decide whether to purchase or not. Hope that makes sense?
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It certainly does make sense, as long as you consider two things:

- People that have moved from one to the other are unlikely to be admitting that they regret the change. Almost everyone will tell you it was the right decision for them. They will give reasons for why it was a good idea but you probably won't hear them say, 'Terrible move for me as the build quality is awful'.

- The reason that they moved will depend on mainly subjective factors, such as whether a bigger screen was more important to them than a flash, etc.

I totally agree that first hand user experiences are very valuable though.
 
IanAG said:
Have you received this yet? I am tempted by this, was planning on going sim free and carrying on with the PAYG tmobile sim in my pulse but this is a pretty good deal given that I will likely need some minutes shortly.

Have you used beepy before?

Thanks
Ian
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I havent been with beepy before.
I had an email stating that they were awaiting stock but did have enough coming in to cover all back orders. They did say they would be receiving the new stock at the beginning of this week. I've emailed them to enquire if this is the case but have not received a reply yet.

It is one amazing deal though. I'm going to try ringing tmobile directly to see if they will match it as I would rather go through them directly.
I'll let you know once i receive a response from my email.
 
My colleague has a Desire. I've played with it a bit, very nice phone. My brother has the galaxy S, I prefer this.

The only advantages that the desire has is the flash and community support due to the phone being around longer. The build quality may feel slightly more solid but to be honest theres not much difference in it.

I absolutely love the screen on the galaxy, even without the lag fix the menu scrolling is far quicker and smoother (i noticed stutter on the desire). The 720p 30fps recording is brilliant, the desire cant do this. Coupled with the fact the galaxy has has the fasters cpu and gpu at the moment..

The galaxy trumps the desire in every other way, once they impliment the lag fix officially with froyo and the gps fix (which also only seems to be affecting a few people) which is coming out in sept. You would be silly to go with any other phone in my opinion.
 
Response from beepy

"Thank you for your e-mail.

I am afraid this handset will be out of stock until the end of the week. Please confirm via return e-mail if you are happen to wait for stock of this handset.
Thank you for your time."
 
hi im considering selling my desire and buying one of these. just wondering what kind of battery life are people getting from the custom software with normal usage( texts, calls music and internet)
 
flexo786 said:
hi im considering selling my desire and buying one of these. just wondering what kind of battery life are people getting from the custom software with normal usage( texts, calls music and internet)
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I've been told 2 or 3 days. Really depends on your usage and what stuff you have running in the background of the phone.
 
hittman said:
I've been told 2 or 3 days. Really depends on your usage and what stuff you have running in the background of the phone.
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hmm I have been txting, wifi for games & internet I have to charge every night.

3G is turned off. Brightness is on lowest setting.

Dont think much is on in the background (how do I check lol)
 
Most I have gotten out of mine so far is 2d 14h with 45% left...

Thats with :
3G enabled.
Two movie widgets running.
Facebook sync every hour.
Auto sync enabled, facebook, contacts and calendar.
Wireless and network location Off.
Brightness set manually to minimum with a dimmer app to reduce it further from 30 to 10.
K9 email sync every hour. Several email recieved and deleted.
2 -3 txt msgs recieved.
Several Facebook notifications recieved and viewed.
1 short phone call.
30 minutes playing a puzzle game.
No Live wallpaper.
Downloaded and installed two apps from market.
Updated three apps from market.

EDIT: That was unplugged at 07:00 first morning, then at 23:30 put into Airplane mode till 07:00 the next morning and back into airplane mode at 23:30 again till 07:00 the next morning...
 
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Help with MS Exchange 2003 sync

I have setup the email and I get it to sync my contacts and calender and I can compose a new email and it sends fine. It do not however show me my inbox or any emails. It just says "unable to open connection to server".

If I install touchdown I can get emails onto the phone.

Can anyone offer any assistance.

I have had a desire and that worked on android 2.1 although it did lose sync if you did too much too fast.

Thanks
 
I should be getting a new SGS delivered on monday :)

i just got an Xperiea X10 yesterday and although its a great phone and has really impressed me the lack of multitouch is very apparent, along with missing a lot of the more recent apps with it being stuck on 1.6, camera is excellent but i have a digital camera for that.

i was torn between this and the HTC desire but as its mainly as a phone, internet and games, with maybe watchin the odd film, the SGS took it as videos clearly show the phone is great at 3d gaming and the samoled screen has had nothing b.ut great reviews

its also said the plastic on the back of the phone can feel cheap but ill be getting a case for it so it wont make any difference to me.

so i now have tonights night shift, tomorrow and the weekend to read through this thread and get upto speed with the phone ill have for the next 2 years.
 
hittman said:
Any previous owners of the Desire that now own the Galaxy? is the Galaxy a much better phone than the Desire?

I'm quite tempted to get the Galaxy because of the screen.
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Had both and my personal choice would go to the Galaxy S, but it all depends if Sense ui on the Desire is important to you i personally never liked it and used launcher pro as i did on the Galaxy S.

My personal reasons far better screen(very viewable in the sun) bigger screen and the 720p is better a solid 30fps, the flash side for the camera wasn't a big thing for me as both cameras ain't the best out and i found the GS very good in low lighting conditions.

If you can hold off a few months might be worth seeing what the new HTC HD is like its rumoured to have the new 1.3ghz snapdragon and has a 8mp camera.
 
Im a very happy SGS owner, can get 48 hours inbetween charge. Ive lowered screen brightness, disabled aut-sync, and GPS, and will spend a great deal of time online. The screen is the greatest user of power as is poor 3g reception. Luckily enough Im on vodafone and despite living in a very old house I get H most of the time.

Had a scare the other day when I dropped the phone when loading the boot of the car. Thankfully the cheap silicone case did its job and no damage or scratches whatsoever.
 
Woo got my new SGS!!

O the camera isnt working :( t-mobile shop wont have any new stock till Tuesday.


Has anyone else had problems with the camera not working from stock? (I dont have fring installed)
 
Lol just bricked my phone, i was S**tting bricks :D thank god to odin. And hey im on newer firmware and a custom rom now so its not all bad! lol Thank god for phones being like little computers you can save now adays was terrified of just having an expensive paper weight.
 
I can get a day and a half out of my SGS if I try, that includes sending many texts in a day.

I average about a day though, and I do tend to leave it on over night (girlfriends in India) and leave sync on. I keep the brightness as low as it can go and I'll usually turn off the 3g when I'm at home even though I get H about 90% of them when I'm home.

I installed ADW Launcher last night and I found that it drained the battery almost as quickly as LauncherPro did. With light usage I found I'd lost about 20% of battery life 2 hours after coming off charge.

I also find the Music Player to be very, very good for the battery life. I had it in use for about an hour and the battery only dropped by about 2%.

I AM, however, still having an issue with the EQ in that it certain EQ settings cause it to have a strange phase like effect, almost like it's limiting certain frequencies, colouring the sound in places. It's an issue that's not present with Mixzing but there is quite a lot of hiss from that app.
 
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