Flashback: the original Samsung Galaxy S was a best-seller that spawned an empire

17 January 2021
It launched 11 years ago and there have been many millions of Galaxy S phones sold over the last decade. It is still one of the top Android lines.

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  • 17 Jan 2021

walkman8, 17 Jan 2021I owned it. It was absolutely horrible. The first devic... moreSamsung Galaxy SII also had terrible battery life.

    I had this beauty. The first amoleds on phones.

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      • 17 Jan 2021

      AnonD-762416, 17 Jan 2021Today: The screen was superior to LCD. In 2010: All infl... moreA quality LCD screen is better than any OLED screen. Standard full RGB sub-pixel layout instead of pen-tile matrix and no burn-in or ghosting effect.

        Samsung take so much time to afford new technology and software to mid range segment.
        They keep it simple with Zero creativity and called that "less is more"
        I am not greedy.But if you spend a lot on research and development, Show all your customers what you got

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          • 17 Jan 2021

          Today: The screen was superior to LCD.

          In 2010: All influencers breaking their necks to twist arguments why LCD was superior. All lead by the known paid dittos. "This scientific looking table, by this reputable site, clearly proves the greatness of LCD". I don't have to name any of the handful of people, you know exactly who to think of. They're still around and they're still doing it with a vengeance.

            AnonD-762416, 17 Jan 2021It sounds like you had a faux S. Why would you have to inst... moreI seem to mispronounce my issue. It couldn't open the Store (or whatever it was called back then), it simply crashed just by clicking on the shortcut. It was the weirdest experience I've ever had with smartphones.
            It was covered by the warranty, of course, but it really pissed me off.

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              • 17 Jan 2021

              walkman8, 17 Jan 2021I owned it. It was absolutely horrible. The first devic... moreIt sounds like you had a faux S. Why would you have to install the app store? 👀

                True dat

                  I owned it.
                  It was absolutely horrible.
                  The first device that I had to send back to Samsung to fix it - for some reason it was impossible to install App Store.
                  It was laggy, poor responsiveness, crashed a lot, battery was poor.
                  However, I cannot deny that screen was drop-dead gorgeous.

                  I'm getting the Ultra, after avoiding Samsung for 10 years exactly because of my experience with this device. I hope for the best.

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