Samsung I9000 Galaxy S
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- Des
- 3pc
- 28 Jun 2010
Have had the Galaxy S since 19th June and have fully exploited the potential of this device now, loaded it with multimedia and installed more than 20 very useful apps. The phone is nothing less than phenomenal and does not have any setbacks (i.e iPhone's ridiculous signal problem) and handles everything that i have had to throw at it so far, 720p video captures, DIVX/XVID movies, high res pictures, live audio streams, full internet browsing, 3G video calling and it does it all with minimum fuss and the screen (Super AMOLED) is simply the best bar none. Yes the iPhone has higher resolution but pixel for pixel it has better contrast and colours, the vividness of the screen will spoil you and you will never want a normal TFT again.
The SWYPE text input works very well, the whole experience has just been so smooth and painless.
Some negative points however... Battery life is terrible if you play with it all the time, but this is not an exclusive problem to this phone.
No Flash support as yet, but Froyo release will remedy this.
Overall from social networking to multimedia handling, this phone does it with a smile and never breaks a sweat.
If you can afford it, buy it.
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- fredje
- 38h
- 27 Jun 2010
Hi, before bying the galaxy S, can anyone tell me if the swype texting works in the dutch language?
thx for answering...
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- googler
- 4FQ
- 27 Jun 2010
Question people... If money is no concern is it better to buy this phone unlocked or wait for T-mobile to release it? your expertise is would be appreciated
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- sammy
- vtJ
- 27 Jun 2010
Wis
you have to download samsung kies or to change the setting on the phone usb connection to mass storage whichever.
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- Wis
- YTx
- 27 Jun 2010
I just got the phone, and i had trouble connecting my usb to my laptop to upload photos or songs. It simply cant read. Anyone facing the same problem? Help needed. tks
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- FREDPHOESH
- pTU
- 27 Jun 2010
I wish people would stop talking about iPhone killer.
That is sooo 2009.
The iphone now has to come up with an android killer.
Last week I upgraded my HTC hero to an iPhone4. Next week I am going to return it and get the Galaxy S. I have extensively researched, thought about it, played with the Galaxy S in the shops and my iPhone4, and have come to the conclusion that where the iPhone4 is a fantastic but flawed phone, the GalaxyS offers more, and has very few of the limitations, restrictions, and proprietary nonsense one has to put up with on the iPhone.
My new iPhone is pretty smooth, but it is NOT free of occasional laggyness. The screen is darn gorgeous, but then so is the Galaxy S screen, and bigger. The only feature I would want is a camera flash, but then in my basic testing, the iphone4 flash is so weak you would not be able to illuminate a dark dinner table in a group shot... so the uses are very limited.
So, back to android it seems!
Cheers,
Mark
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- ZEB, Germany
- TsZ
- 27 Jun 2010
K.Hoang, 27 Jun 2010I got this phone that I ordered from Expansys USA today. Th... moreselect to write a message. Tap and hold the text input field. It ll show u "input method". now u can choose swype for keyboard input.
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- Anonymous
- q{b
- 27 Jun 2010
Is there anyway to somehow get HTC's Sense UI on this phone? I know that this is a Samsung phone but I'm just curious because I like the way Sense looks compared to Touchwiz.
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- android_enthu
- 07u
- 27 Jun 2010
arthur, 24 Jun 2010enthu, this phone supports flash(web). but it doesnt have L... moreHi Arthur
I was talking of camera flash only.
Have you or anyone taking video and/or pictures under:
1) Sunlight - outdoors
2)Low-light - indoors
How are picture quality & video quality ?
Plz share ur experience.
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- android_enthu
- 07u
- 27 Jun 2010
[deleted post]Hi
So there is big announcement by Samsung on June 29th, when they will announce the exact date. but speculation is July 21.
t-mobile has already announced the phone coming to USA as Samsung Vibrant. see below:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsung-Vibrant/Samsung-Vibrant-An-Early-FAQ/td-p/402865
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- K.Hoang
- kCy
- 27 Jun 2010
I got this phone that I ordered from Expansys USA today. The clarity and color of the screen blew me away. Waited for 5 weeks and paid $619.99 US for this 8gb version. It worths every minutes and every pennies.
I just can not seem to find the Swype key input for texting. I know it is there but can not get it to work. Can someone help me please?
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- edd
- Lay
- 27 Jun 2010
in my opinion 3 things keep this from beeing the perfect phone at this time:
-because it's the same size as the HD2 i wouldn't have minded a 4.3" screen :)
-a camera flash like the hd2/evo (tho i don't really care about the phone camera but it's nice to know it's there...also as a flashlight)
-a metal backplate would make it feel less plasticky and i wouldn't mind extra 10g for that
But i soooo want this phone still:D
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- raducris
- 33I
- 27 Jun 2010
Tech , 18 Jun 2010 No 512 Ram , Only Showing 256 , Is this some Dirty Sellin... moretech youre dumbb like the night.the software only sees 256 of mb because its made to work with max 256mb,but the hardware has 512.the 2.2 froyo will work with al 512 mb.
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- Anonymous
- Law
- 26 Jun 2010
googler, 26 Jun 2010well people??? does it support front facing camera to make ... moreYes it does!
Posted from my wifes galaxy s!
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- chidino
- kNK
- 26 Jun 2010
velsarav, 26 Jun 2010Does this support front facing camera to make video call?Depends on your carrier. For example, here in the US, AT&T's version does have a forward-facing camera, while T-Mobile's does not (likely because T-Mobile isn't big on video conferencing). So Samsung's making the Galaxy S both ways.
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- googler
- 4FQ
- 26 Jun 2010
well people??? does it support front facing camera to make video call?
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- Javahaxxor
- mvx
- 26 Jun 2010
Shan, 26 Jun 2010Recent Hotest topic is Htc Desire VS Galaxy S, Who win??That's easy, the I9000 Galaxy S
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- Javahaxxor
- mvx
- 26 Jun 2010
Very positive impression. A myriad of features, and a fantastic screen which you can actually use in daylight.
Some things bother me a bit. No built-in voice calling, a pain to remove contacts, interface can get a bit slow when you run many apps, but that's the downside with multitasking. Wouldn't have it any other way. Battery time is short if you use WIFI and GPS intensivly, just a bit more than a day, which should be enough for most people. A bit thin plastic back side, I'm worried it will break if I drop it (which I don't plan to)
I think the iPhone 4 is going to win at design and durability, since it's glass and steel, but everything else is better (apart from the app repository, I guess) with the I9000
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- randy
- uEx
- 26 Jun 2010
6.5 millio in indonesia, dude i just bought one only cost 5.7millio, greedy. phone is fantastic, thin and fast. no led, i wish they put led. battery also worse, other then that, is a very dandy phone.
estimated price range for indonesia are 5-6 millio.
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- Anonymous
- nSb
- 26 Jun 2010
All the manufacturers building custom UI are actually disadvantaging themselves. Whatever they do with Anroid they should do it as applications and should always but always allow upgrade to plain Android version.
It is apparent that Google will release new Android version every 2-3 months and people will not tolerate handsets lagging behind, see Xperia if you need an example.
Also I find Google's policy of Android outrageous. You do not even know what is in the pipeline let alone have a say on it or contributing to it. It should be real open source and open to everybody during development so that App developers and manufacturers can prepare their products for the new version.
I cannot see all the manufacturer's being happy with Googles grip on Android hence you have Bada, MeeGo, SymbianX and maybe another chance for Windows comeback.