TechRadar acknowledged GPS faults in the Galaxy S, and stated that these have been fixed in the Google Nexus S. There is however a solution to the problem and it includes opening it and welding the antenna contacts with the motherboard.
Galaxy S so primerjali s trenutno najzmoglivejšimi telefoni z operacijskim sistemom Android, kot so HTC Desire, Xperia X10, Nexus S in pametnimi telefoni, ki uporabljajo različne operacijske sisteme, na primer iPhone 4 s sistemom iOS, ter HTC HD2 s sistemom Windows Mobile.