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[Galaxy S I9000 General] lostsoul3471:
Same here. On paper, Samsung phones are great. Coming from a Blackjack and Epix, I loved both until the inoperable crap started to creep in and both phones become a pale shadow of what they were supposed to be. Like someone said here earlier, Samsung will rush this to market and with shoddy construction it'll have significantly shorter lifespan that what you'd want from a premium level phone. Take the Epix (Fail) as a prime example, great design, but implemented like it was made by a team with down syndrome.

Simply put, don't believe the hype. I will never again buy a Samsung product. (Including their TVs, as they're overpriced and over hyped as well)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] YoungAceAtlanta:
I wouldn't buy a android smartphone.. they UI is just to lame. or to old (the moment was just a g1 with a few upgrades on sprint if you ask me.)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] C:Sharp!:
Would have been the PERFECT phone with a flash. Too bad! :mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SUCCESSOR:
I love how people get so upset when a high tech device doesnt have a camera flash.

I can't comment on Samsungs devices. I've never owned one. I've gotta say though the Hummingbir Processor gets me wet. I heard somwhere that the Cortex A8 800mhz processor in the 3gs was on par with the Snapdragon 1ghz. If thats true how would a Cortex A8 1ghz be equivilent to the nexus CPU?

And that 4" Super AMOLED screen is sexy. Unless they **** up and put 256 ram in it i think this ones got some potential.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaGuR:
Lots of negativity here about his phone,

Will post some youtube clips, and see if the negativity remains.

This phone looks awesome :)

multitouch comparison with HTC Desire

youtube.com/watch?v=hVlsRCMltDg

3D Gaming

youtube.com/watch?v=perMuqI0qdE

In depth Demo

youtube.com/watch?v=3IBxJeHHmPM

can't post links :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hassan:
Here you go mate. :)

Multi-touch comparison with HTC Desire.

[YOUTUBE]hVlsRCMltDg[/YOUTUBE]

3D Gaming

[YOUTUBE]perMuqI0qdE[/YOUTUBE]

In depth Demo

[YOUTUBE]3IBxJeHHmPM[/YOUTUBE]

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pluto:
if i bought this phone the first thing i'm gonna do is install home+ , panda home or laucher pro , the general UI is cool , but the iphone-like menu and samsung widgets are terrible !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hassan:
One website claiming that it has LED flash. :confused:

Here is a original link
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaGuR:
handtec.co.uk/product.php/2977/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-

Recording: HD (720p)

* Speed: 30fps

* Video Zoom

* LED Video Light

* Supported formats: MP4, 3GP,WMV, DivX HD, XviD

* Video Streaming

Has a LED flash for the video camera too :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gerosz:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478.php
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PC Master:
RAM is confirmed from Samsung 512MB,

ROM still unknown, maybe 512 also
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gerosz:
ROM is 1,8 GB - information by gsmarena's rewiev.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] d0p3d:
Have to disagree there . The Samsung calculates around 90 million triangles, where the other 1 Ghz processors like the Desire only do somewhere around the 22 million. Its a successor pur sang :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Paul22000:
Aside from no camera flash, it seems amazing. It's a Nexus One + Super Amoled + thinner, DivX and more. If I were to get one, I'd put stock FroYo on it of course!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
I've had mine on order for a few days now, should get it June 4th :-)

To correct a common mistake, the Galaxy S does NOT have a Snapdragon processor. Snapdragon is from Qualcomm and uses an AMD graphics core. The Samsung is powered by the Hummingbird processor, which is Samsungs own ARM Cortex with PowerVR SGX 540 graphics processor. They are a world apart. :cool:

The other cool feature, besides the gorgeous super AMOLED screen is the new screen controller. The touch sensitivity and accuracy pan the HTCs.

All credit to HTC who have filled the void over the past couple of years, but I cant wait for my Samsung to arrive :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bajica:
I totally agree with u, im getting mine as soon as it gets available, cant wait, lets just hope it gets rooted by time gingerbread comes out, froyo has no features i actually need, 2GB ROM minus OS is gazillion apps :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cbrehm1007:
anyone worried about the ui because of older samsung models can relax because this is a brand new ui. Google the phones specs for more details.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
Yeah, am not too worried about Froyo, although the bluetooth stuff might be useful, but Samsung have already said they'll be doing a Froyo update for the Galaxy S :)

I can't imagine it'll take too long to root the thing given the amount of interest it's likely to draw.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
Doh! I take that back, I do care about Froyo, it's got all the JIT compiler work in it that gives a massive speed up where used.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jopherr:
it doesnt have a snapdragon processor. Its using one of samsung 1ghz processors. Why would Samsung use the snapdragon SoC when they make their own processors. The Samsung Soc in the galaxy S has a better graphics chip than the snapdragon
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cten1:
i'm in love with this phone

its going to be super fast and the screen is amazing

i can't wait till this comes out
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bajica:
I only saw better speed in games (correct me if i am wrong) an we know that for games samsung processor is 4 times faster (again, correct me if i am wrong) :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Klonka:
Where have Samsung stated that they'll be doing a Froyo update for the Galaxy S? And have they said when? That is great news if it's true. I just need too know where I can find that official information, then I have about all info I need for making a pre order =).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] chibucks:
coming from the samsung instinct to the moment, i've learned that samsung doesn't like to have things work the same way as other phones...

wonder what tricks they have up their sleeves with the galaxy s...

the atmel screen is pretty nice... but heard those will be used on some soon to be released verizon android phones...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xiuhan83:
Poor speakerphone

According to GSM arena review

it has poor speakerphone...

i know the phone is not out yet but could anyone clarify whether this can be tweak.....its very difficult at least for me to have a phone that has soft ringtone volume.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478p4.php
[Galaxy S I9000 General] millerliteguy:
Phone sounds awesome...Only problem I have is that every Samsung phone I have seen has a cheap plastic toy feel to it...I hope that this one is going to have a more sturdy build like the N1 or something similar..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jrwingate6:
GSM Arena says this phone is on top of the food both performance and look wise when it comes to Android phones. They also say once you use the new Samsung interface you will never want to use another Android interface ever again. Lastly they say that the Nexus One and HTC Desire AMOLED displays don't even hold a candle to this display.

I've already made my mind up. Please T-Mobile come through for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Titicaca:
1 GHz Snapdragon or 1 GHz Cortex A8 ??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Paul22000:
Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVlsRCMltDg
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeansalim:
It Samsung's Hummingbird

Samsung S5PC110

1GHz Cortex-A8(Slightly more powerful than the snapdragon)

+

GPU -PowerVR SGX540(Samsung claims it's 3x more powerful than snapdragon)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magicdroid:
hmm @ the bolded parts...

Check this out:

- Flawless multitouch (Desire(N1)/Samsung comparison) on a screen that will let you forget TFT and AMOLED ever existed.

- Not same CPU: Hummingbird CPU has a slight edge over Snapdragon, it's GPU handles more polygons (check out GSMArena.com for their full review).

Some 3D games in action on the I9000:

Modern combat

Nova

- As for the UI... Metamorph anyone??

- Besides.. once rooted, we can has Froyo and JIT on this beast.. heck, we can put anything on it!

I only have one complaint... pricing (at current).

Other then that, this device might indeed not be a successor, but it can be called the new leader of the Android pack.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magicdroid:
1GHz A8 Hummingbird (by Samsung and Intrisity)

btw. Apple recently bought Intrisity, they use the Hummingbird tech in the iPad.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magicdroid:
ROM is 8GB or 16GB, both are available.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dan 6a:
Thank you for youe email.

I can confirm it does come with an LED Flash. It is a Pre-Order item at the moment.

Regards

Handtec Customer Services

Handtec.co.uk

SO it DOES have good memory and it DOEs have LED flash!!!

Bring it oN!!!!!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magicdroid:
What??.. That's AWESOME!! :eek:

You sure they are talking about the same phone? ;)

Oh, and about that ROM (which isn't exactly read-only) quote: it should read 8GB or 16GB internal storage, plus the addition of an optional SDCard. Not sure where that "1,8GB" came from.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeansalim:
It's 2GB ROM(1.8GB remaining) and 8/16GB internal Flash

Desire's ROM for example is 512M, which leaves near to nothing for app installation(as you know it's only until Froyo that app install on the SD or Flash were enabled) and both of them pack eclair.

This gives this phone another edge over it's competitors.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] magicdroid:
I see... I can't find that info anywhere, but I'll take your word for it ;)

with that amount of memory we could even install multiple roms on it :-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jeansalim:
I took it from GSMArena review page 7. But couldn't paste the link here due to restrictions.

Here it is :

"Besides its 16GB integrated storage, the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S supports microSD cards of up to 32GB. The slot is under the battery cover. There is also 2GB of ROM, with 1.8 GB free space for app installation. As you know Android 2.2 Froyo will enable installing apps on the memory card and the extra internal storage. Until then all Droid devices will have to rely on their inbuilt memory. Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is really a winner here with those 1.8 GB of free space - HTC Desire for instance offers only 120 MB."

and what is for desire is same for nexus one
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hassan:
Have a look in GSM Arena review page 7 under "Connectivity is duly covered"

Here is direct quote

:)

Some more info about 2.2.

Direct link to source
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
Several Samsung reps said to various reporters at Google IO that the Galaxy will get a Froyo update later in the year. Given the HTC announcement, they had little choice.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
Indeed, the next iPhone CPU is an ARM Cortex with PowerVR GPU built by Samsung.... now where have I seen one of them recently :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Paul22000:
Huh?

Where?

Handtec.co.uk is a reseller isn't it? I'm 99% sure that's wrong.

Unless it comes from Samsung, I wouldn't trust it.

Pretty sure they're just trying to get you to buy one, even with incorrect information.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TravUK:
The black piece between the lens and the chrome surround could be glass or plastic over an LED flash, but I suspect not. :confused:

I can live without one, I only use a flash on my real camera for studio work, and don't expect to be doing that with my phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cryingfreeman83:
it don´t have LED flash!!!! Handtec.co.uk have old bad specification

expansys and other web shops fix this mistake
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Klonka:
Well...not totally. Expansys still states "LED video light" on Samsung Galaxy S 16gb.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Danne736:
Since there seems to be 2 different versions the 8 and 16 gb the later might have a led.:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] demon-knight:
@Paul22000

Paul you got the cpu wrong its not a snapdragon its a Samsung-Intrinsity Hummingbird CPU clocked at 1ghz
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JaGuR:
New video, of the contacts and calling capabilities :)

Looks nice

youtube.com/watch?v=uYd7WUPY20E&feature=player_embedded
[Galaxy S I9000 General] somdave2005:
You guys think they'll be able to root this phone here at XDA?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Paul22000:
On XDA, nothing is impossible. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
I like this new video of the contacts. I personally am loving this new UI (though in some places there could be better color combinations) it seems very full featured and great new add-ons compared to the Sense which is great but can be sluggish in contacts menus, call logs, etc...

http://blog.gsmarena.com/samsung-i9...her-demo-video-this-time-its-about-telephony/

Phone is extremely fast and honestly 2.2 doesn't seem to matter much to me after seeing this near full featured customized UI (though it would be welcomed, but if it does not come, so be it), we can root the phone (God willing) and we can tether, etc..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wliu88:
that's wonderful
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AASonyKK:
This is fantastic!!! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hashfoo:
I don't know how useful any input will be until one of us actually gets the phone, but here is my opinion on your list:

The quality of the pictures and video, and the presence of a flash are simply things you are going to have to decide upon yourself. Everyone has different needs, and I suspect that 90% of the people interested in this phone aren't that bothered about either of those. I know personally that I don;t use my phone very much for pictures/videos and so the quality of these doesn't matter too much. Flash is important to me only as a light source, not for picture taking, and so I can live without it. You will need to decide whether it is worth getting a phone with more capable camera abilities (eg the N8, or the x10).

Th ringer volume is again something that we are all going to have to wait and see. I know my Samsung Omnia had a very quiet ringer, but there was an option to manually increase this to a better level (although I found those instructions on modaco, not from Samsung). It may be the same with this phone, or it may not. I'm sure we can let you know :)

Voice command: I have already pointed out (somewhere in this forum) the vlingo app as an alternative to google's own voice command. It seems to do what you want. http://www.vlingo.com/

Samsung support: I wouldn't rely upon it. They have a very bad history of support which they may try to better, but there are no guarantees. My advice would be to rely on community support for most things, and if you are not happy to do so, then avoid a Samsung phone. Hopefully there will be a few developers/cooks interested in this device, and so we may be able to all help each other out with problems and upgrades. Modaco is pretty good for some devices that don't have much support here, and there are a few other communities that may have more of a Samsung feel than xda.

As for carriers, I'm in the UK so I have no idea on the US situation. We will probably be getting our phones soon, so I'm sure there will be a lot more helpful information to come about the device, though.

I think if the camera is very important to you, you may find there are phones that are better suited to your needs. The Galaxy S is a powerful piece of kit, but more so as a pda than a camera. It will play games nicely, and be good for watching films and browsing the internet, but the camera will be fairly average. Of course, this is just my opinion. ;)

Hope this helps!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
ewingr, here check out these 2 reviews I found

http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=9322#top

http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=9327

Very detailed reviews. Of course I can't read them lol so I used google translate (on the google toolbar) and it translated it (after it loaded the whole page lol)

on one of the websites there are a few samples of pictures, yes they're small but they're nicer than the ones GSMarena takes.. for some reason the pictures GSMarena takes are always bad looking compared to other websites lol, maybe because we can zoom in xD.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mikulec:
This is something I was wondering, if it has some sort of tv-out. Looks like it has acording to the review.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
Yep :D According to reviews it does have TV out =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hermanherz:
I think Samsung is planing something really big with this phone. Every review has it's own specification etc. Samsung has only presented the main features but things like Tv OUT or flash light they hide...very strange.

http://www.androidos.in/2010/06/samsung-galaxy-s-launch.html

They will launch it in 110 countries at the same time, remebers me to apple^^.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hassan:
Some solid words about 2.2 update from Russia by Eldar Murtazin.

Source

Right at the end. :)

Samsung's Galaxy S scores in benchmarks

Cnet
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frozengash:
samsung phones have never been well supported or very long lasting. samsung promises froyo? remember behold 2? front facing camera? why so you can have phone sex with your online girlfriend/boyfriend?

wife had a samsung and the audio and interface started to get buggy after about six months. battery cover would fall off magicly at times. my old HTC g1 has never had any problems. i would strongly consider this phone if it wasn't samsung.

sorry to flame/troll
[Galaxy S I9000 General] bajica:
I see u had a bad luck with your samsung phones, sorry to hear that, i had 2 before and newer had any problems with them, front facing camera is a feature u may not need, but there is plenty of people that do need it, u cant call an extra feature as bad thing, that makes u "hate-boy" towards samsung, im currently using iphone which is great and we all know that, but android platform has all those wonderful features my iphone doesn't, with 4 inch super amoled screen the best hardware for android currently is galaxy s :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] frozengash:
yeah, you got me. i hope i'm wrong about this and future samsung products. honestly. I suppose i'm just bitter about my past experience.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ewingr:
Sure. Just spurring conversation based on my interests.

In the end, the camera isn't too important. And I'm sure it will be way better than the on on my old Tilt.

I've seen a bit on that vlingo, but not enough details to see if it does what I need. That is the one thing that may help a lot on deciding on this phone.

But then, there's finding out what really lands on AT&T. or maybe Verizon. Easier for me to stay on AT&T.

Anxiously awaiting...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ewingr:
Just checked out the reviews. Yes very detailed.

Some of the translation was pretty entertaining :D

I'm thinking I really do want one of these. Now, here's hoping that AT and T gets the real thing, and not a watered down version.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Will.1:
I just hope for once there will be decent samsung support.

But most importantly XDA / other sites support cuz that's what we really need in reality.

Ohhh if only this phone was HTC (with Super Amoled of course)...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ewingr:
Boy, I'm with you there. I suppose if we just want to keep waiting, eventually HTC will have that. But I suspect Samsung will hold on to th Super AMOLED for themselves for a little while.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kirandeep:
Could someone please clear up how much space will be available for apps? from what it seems the internal 16gb is for storage and there is a seperate rom for apps?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Highl1:
1.8 GB of ROM is available for applications
[Galaxy S I9000 General] leoon:
Is this space enough? whats the avg size of an app in Android?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PlanetJumble:
Considering that other Android devices before had something like 200 MB for apps left, that is pretty much. It should be enough to let you install as many apps (hundreds!) as you like even before Froyo comes to the rescue. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kirandeep:
Thanks!...yes 1.8gb is alot, i have my G1 rooted and have 180 apps and it takes up around 200-300mb, even with app size increases it should be more than enough and with froyo some apps can go to the storage.

:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zippa71385:
Im told T-mob is getting it late june... although I dont see it in our "streamline" yet... I HATE...HATE... HATE... Samsung smartphones... The hardware sounds good but the really f'kd up the behold 2, behold, memior, highlight, ect. ect. so on and so forth... this looks like a T-mobile "WRX" lol as to sprints "evo" :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BasieP:
difference is that this samsung is running android.

So you can just remove all the samsung software and update it with 'normal' android.

(just have to wait till there are custom roms)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Orangeandblue302:
So is this phone Made by HTC for Samsung? Why is it supported on XDA if not?

It looks amazing but I have had terrible luck with Samsung Made phones in the past so if this actually an HTC with Samsung badges, WOW!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ramsey:
No lol this is fully Samsung I believe.

I don't think XDA is only for HTC :P.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Orangeandblue302:
I remember reading a link when I first signed up a year ago and I think it stated that Xda was a development site that supports HTC phones and Phones made by HTC. I know HTC has done this in the past (i may be wrong but I think it was a SE (Xperia maybe?) phone).

PS, dont take that as a noob statement I have been around for a bit even though my post count might not state it, I use the Search alot, I know Paul likes me for that, lol.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mikulec:
XDA is no more only about HTC phones, and that is good. Galaxy S is made by Samsung and I thing all the most important hardware is made by Samsung too (CPU,RAM,...).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Orangeandblue302:
Ok thats what I was wondering. I usually stay in my own subforums and dont venture to the homepage much, because of my bookmark, but i now see alot of Palms and Other phones. I think its a great idea for XDA to venture out across other platforms, lets just keep the Moto Kids outta hear (JK;))

sorry i went off topic. This phone looks amazing and I might think about getting this and using my Nexi as a backup (sad to actually say that)

Edit- now my question is, should I drop the cash, unsub'd of course, and have (almost the same processor, aside for the GPU) or just rock my nexi until a 1.5 or dual core comes out...ugh... rhetorical question of course im just thinking out loud.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BuddyLee:
depends on your situation ... the nexus one is good as is and personally i dont feel the need to have the galaxy s. But since i have the cash, im only getting it "just because."

but the way i see it is that multicore or 1.5 wouldnt be here until a yr or so. So rocking the galaxy s right now is probably the best you can get on gsm.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PlanetJumble:
I'd say the performance crown won't last long on any head. So if you always have to have the fastest smartphone of the pack, be prepared to drop in a lot of coins. Before the end of the year, there will be something faster on the market (leaving JIT out), i'd take any bet.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Cpt-Future:
Hi Folks!

There's a review with some demo vids and pics available over at GSM Arena:

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9000_galaxy_s-review-478.php

The phone features a really nice bunch o features but there are some Cons:

- Camera without flash

- Recorded vids have a mysterious stutter effect bug (page 3 in the review)

- No HDMI out is a shame for a device recording 720p

- speaker seems suboptimal its kinda difficult to hear in noisy environments

- battery pack could be better

- Only ANDROID 2.1

- SAMSUNG's customizations minimize update ability (we do want 2.2+ !)

- still not available!

- New super phones (eg HTC Scorpion / Olympian) expected to come soon

Thats it for now!

Future