Samsung I9000 Galaxy S review: From outer space

22 May 2010
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  • anonymous
  • 07M
  • 26 May 2010

Lol, 26 May 2010First you should know that the Gpu on Galaxy S = 28 M trian... moreit doesnt matter how they do it, what matters is the result.

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    • Anonymous
    • ijs
    • 26 May 2010

    Enough with the accusation of I9000 as iPhone copy. If by design, it does look a bit like iPhone but please take a look at the specs not the design!. The specs are not completely a copy of iPhone. It doesn't even has the iPhone OS built in but Android OS. So cut your crappy Apple/iPhone fanboy talk.

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      • Lol
      • KFP
      • 26 May 2010

      Anonymous, 25 May 2010i dont understand how its a better gpu than this phone on t... moreFirst you should know that the Gpu on Galaxy S = 28 M triangles per second. But combine with hummingbird cpu it can give 90M triangles/second. While Gpu of N8 is alone capable to 32M triangle/second.

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        • 07M
        • 26 May 2010

        what about software updates?

        will samsung support galaxy S??

        or leave it to dry after a few months?

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          • choy
          • R0K
          • 26 May 2010

          [deleted post]i totally agree with you they talking about iphone rip off n nearly 80% of the parts in a iphone the processor in the 3gs is a samsung spc100 while the humming bird is the spc110 even the ipad a4 processor samsung have involvement in its manufacturing cause its similar to the hummingbird processor so even if samsung made a phone tht looks like the iphone apple wont even have 1 bit of a prob cause samsung supplies them with nearly 80% of the parts 4 the iphone e.g audio chip,processor nand chips etc

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            • Anonymous
            • t7Z
            • 26 May 2010

            Anonymous, 25 May 2010probably my next phone..but Galaxy s PRO with qwerty keyboa... moreThere seems to be nothing about the Galaxy S pro, I would love to have the QWERTY hardware keyboard even though I wont use it.

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              • Anonymous
              • Ydg
              • 25 May 2010

              sam, 24 May 2010If Nokia N8 has better GPU then why are these games running... morei dont understand how its a better gpu than this phone on the n8

              according to research nokia N8 = 32-33m triangles a second

              samsung galaxy S = 90 m triangles a second - N8 has nothing but the camera on this phone...

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                • Pachi
                • jIH
                • 25 May 2010

                No Flash for Camera= Complete $%*$( Failed.....

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                  • Dante
                  • mEH
                  • 25 May 2010

                  But seriously, Xperia X10 can stand up to this phone, once it gets updated, save for the Screen and the ram(512MB).
                  But then X10 has an excellent 8MP camera, as opposed to five. What's with the excessive hype.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • vj1
                    • 25 May 2010

                    probably my next phone..but Galaxy s PRO with qwerty keyboard..ill wait for it..i wish it has flash for camera and a better appearance..

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                      • rtimi
                      • kK}
                      • 25 May 2010

                      Skero666, 25 May 2010Nice phone, to bad that it's another iPhone ripoff...like a... moreWhat exactly is the iphone ripoff, because when iphone came out no phone looked like it or it didn't look like another. The fact of the matter is iphone menu design grid is just a modified version of what palm had. The only thing that made iphone look better was the smoothness which was due to no multitasking.

                      Now with OS 4 they have what I call a hybrid multitasking, that requires certain things to pause while others run. remember anything new is an advancement of the old except if it's original like the capacitive screen on a phone. hmm lets see oh yes I know every mouse pad surface uses capacitive touch sensors so iphone just advanced that too.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • MFG
                        • 25 May 2010

                        I don't understand the comments about video recording in the review.

                        First gsmarena.com say: "Videos are captured in 1280 x 720 pixels resolution at 30 fps – unlike the Samsung i8910 OmniaHD and the Sony Ericsson Vivaz, which shoot videos at 24fps. The amount of resolved detail is good, noise levels are low – the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is a worthy replacement of those pocket HD cameras."

                        But in the very next paragraph they say: "What's even worse is that we consistently found stuttering in all the videos we shot with the Galaxy S."

                        So which is it: "a worthy replacement for pocket HD cameras" or "even worse" (worse than what? they just said that video recording is good) and "constant stuttering"??

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                          • Skero666
                          • Mvw
                          • 25 May 2010

                          Nice phone, to bad that it's another iPhone ripoff...like all the touchscreen phones now days. iPhone was a revolution, and i don't see another company to have the same success or innovation level.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • TSI
                            • 25 May 2010

                            Hey there. Im from Australia and at the moment we have SE X10, HTC Desire and iPhone 3GS as our high end phones available. Im wondering whether to wait for iPhone 4G or the i9000 or go with one of the models available. Any suggestions would be great....

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                              • hide0us
                              • utg
                              • 25 May 2010

                              M sure will come loaded with android 2.2(froyo) sumtime soon..n flash support will come along..camera flash is a downer..else awesome fone..

                              will be even better now as the company has confirmed it will be released with 512 mb of ram..

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                                • Daz
                                • nUa
                                • 25 May 2010

                                Not for me I'm afraid.

                                With No Flash with the camera & No flash in the browser and No decent GPS mapping, it's pretty poor show.

                                If it was re-released with all of the above on it, then it would be an absolutely stonking phone.

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                                  • Hendry
                                  • mS0
                                  • 24 May 2010

                                  Samsung Galaxy S, Has The Best Multi-Touch Screen Ever!

                                  The screen on the Galaxy S is manufactured by a company named Atmel. The technical name for this display is the Atmel maXTouch, and this screen can handle up to 16 points simultaneously. It has a response time of 7 milliseconds which is 2-3 times faster than current multi-touch displays. This screen is expected to drastically limit or even eliminate miss touches, aka having your hand on the edge of the screen unknowingly.

                                  see and compare HTC Desire & Galaxy S: http://www.frandroid.com/18526/samsung-galaxy-s-un-vrai-ecran-multi-touch/

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • pU{
                                    • 24 May 2010

                                    Niraj, 24 May 2010Well both Galaxy S and N8 are great device, so I dont want ... moreYeah I agree with you

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                                      • KFP
                                      • 24 May 2010

                                      Anonymous, 24 May 2010I am ok with 20fps, I am not gonna shoot movies with it :PWell both Galaxy S and N8 are great device, so I dont want to argue more.. But I dont like when people says N8 is crap..
                                      Okay we should stop this useless argues..
                                      Have a good day (or good evening), friends..!