[Galaxy S I9000 General] ewingr:
I've enjoyed this thread, and also just read the review linked from this thread to GSMArena on the phone.

I've been thinking this phone may be the one I want. Was interested in the EVO, but don't want the network it works on. Now after reading the review, I have mixed feelings about this phone, after reading the review.

I typically do want the most power I can get that is current, as I like to stretch my purchases as long as I can. I'm currently on an AT&T Tilt and am much more than ready for an update.

Here's the things that have me concerned, with more detail on my concerns following:

Ringer volume

Quality or pictures

Quality of Videos

Voice command capability

No Flash

Lots of complaints I've read about Samsung support

Ringer Volume

One of the problems with my Tilt is I often do not hear it ring. I need to measure the decibles on it and see how it compares to the 66 referenced in the review. But one of my imporant 'must haves' is more ringer volume.

Quality of Pictures

I may need to read more reviews by GSM on others. Maybe all 5M phone's pictures are not that great.

Of course I don't expect it to replace my good camera, but I'm thinking its time to have decent pictures from a phone considered 'high end'. I anticipate having it handy for various ad-hoc situations that I'd like to take pictures.

Flash

Goes hand in hand with above comments. My ad-hoc situations are most often indoors, and may require some light. I've read about phone LED flashes often washing out the pictures. But I have a friend with an HD2, and he has sent me some examples from his, and it does a nice job.

Quality of Videos

It's interesting in the review that in one breath it says "The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is in the elite club of mobile phones that shoot 720p video." and "...the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is a worthy replacement of those pocket HD cameras." , then it goes on to say "What’s takes some of the fun out however is the stuttering we found in all the videos we shot with the Galaxy S".

Take the fun out of it? Makes it worthless.

Voice Command Capability

Hoping someone here will tell me this can be resolved by native Android/capabilities or a Google app. But they said the voice dial was worthless, going on to say that the Google voice search may step in.

What I am used to is Microsoft's Voice Command. Having many contacts in my phone, I can say:

Call John Doe on Mobile​

or

Call John Doe at home​

or

Dial 555-555-5555​

And I can play music with:

Play Jazz​

etc.

That voice functionality may be the one thing that could, for the time being, keep me from abandoning Microsoft.

Complaints about Samsung Support

I suspect most reading this thread have read about that, and the frustration with not being aboe to upgrade the Behold, after supposedly being told it would be upgraded.

I've gotten lots of good results from this board on my HTC based AT&T Tilt. Doesn't seem to be much here on Samsung products. I'm not feeling that rooting and support of this phone here is a given.

That's about it. Interested in your thoughts, if you read this long post :p

Lots of nice stuff about this phone, especially ths Super Amoled. I'd hate to have to wait a much longer time for whatever is next with that.

Oh, one other thing...I'm hoping to get this on AT&T, but the specs I've been reading about the I897 that is supposedly the At&T verison of the Galaxy are eithe wrong, or somewhat lacking compared to the true Galaxy.