[Galaxy S I9000 General] nicoloco:
Hi,

I would like to post my feelings about my first experience with an android phone.

I bought the Samsung Galaxy S 4 days ago and I spent a decent time to play with it.

My background : I had the HTC P3600 and then HTC Diamond, HTC HD Mini and Iphone 3GS

As you can see I am a fan of HTC and I switched to iphone just because my company gave it to me.

I used to flash my winphone often in order to get the last update and some customisation.

My iphone had the same treatment :D

Now regarding the Samsung I must confess I bought this one and not the HTC desire because it was not available on Optus. That's the main reason

And I must confess that for the moment I am higghly disapointed by Samsung and/or android but maybe you could help me to change that :D

Of course the screen is awesome and the possibility to put easily a divx file and watch is really nice ( I never watched anything with my iphone I prefered to use my archos5)

But the following issues are for me quite annyoing and also I must confess surprising to me :

* the amount of lag. It is not smooth at all for instance when you scroll the app page ( not as smooth as the iphone). I have plenty of delay when I open a mail, when I open facebook, when I open the market, when I use the "go back" button ...

Fortunately this is a 1Ghz cpu !! What would be the result with a slower one ???

* The mail app is not working at all and that's the main issue for me !!! I never had any issue with my mail on windows mobile or iphone. My company is using exchange 2003 and I can't get my mail most of the time. Sometime it works and in this case you can be sure that switching from wifi to 3g or the opposite is going to screw the sync. So I have to reboot, swithc off the wifi ... or even to remove my account and recreate it.

I tested touchdown application so I am sure that the problem comes from the default mail app ( is it samsung or android ?? I don't know)

For the moment I have not been able to get my appointment on the calendar ( I get the one from facebook or gmail but not from exchange)

* Samsung kies ... works only on some desktop / OS ?? I can make it work on my home PC ( vista 64 ) but not at my office ( vista 32) because of a MTP failed error. Looks like it is a godd replacement for itunes .... same crap .. .even worst maybe

*the battery is a joke. I am not using GPS, bluetooth, push, smart backlight ( it is at the minimum) and I try to switch on the wifi as often as possible and it doesn't last a business day ( meaning 8-10 hours).

With the iphonhe or the HTC HD Mini I never had this kind of issue.

Ok I took the phone with one of the biggest screen ... but it is also one of the biggest so the battery could be well sized don't you think ??

The worst thing is when I switch off everything except 3G during the night ... I used to do that with my iphone and lose only 5-10% of battery overnight. With the samsung it is more around 30-40% !! So if I forget one day my plug ... I can forget about using my phone

* minor issues : facebook is crap compared to iphone ( i tested both the samsung app and the android one)

The lack of app is quite annoying. I didn't find anything similar for the moment to FSteam or Sydney Tripview which were 2 of the most used app for me ( tripview is the one I used everyday)

Now I want to keep on trying and thinking that Android could be good.

I have started to download some app like touchdown to back up the flaw of the samsung OS but seriously ... paying 20$ just to get my mail is something I don't get. Funny thing ... I wouldn't mind to pay 20$ for touchdown is the default mail app was working fine just because it add a lot of nice feature. But in this case i would first pay just to be able to see my mail ...

Anyway ... I will keep on digging and trying to fine tune the phone.

I have already flashed twice the phone ( JG1 and JFF) which fix some issues ( but not all the lag ...)

I have already charged my phone completely 4 or 5 times ( in 4 days ...) so the battery should be at its maximum now ... I will see if it's better

Am I the only one who feel that way ?

I really want to conclude at the end that android is better than the iphone but for the moment I must confess I can't and it makes me sad

cheers

Nicolas