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[Captivate General] Zysoclaplem:
I had the iphone 3g, 3gs, and the iphone 4 for a few weeks. I also had a nexus one for a while. All great phones, all great GPS accuracy. I left my iphone 3gs for my Nexus One because of the voice to text, and the google navigation. The iphone 4 dropped almost all my calls. It went back fast. I went with the Samsung Captivate because it trumped my Nexus in a lot of ways. I did not expect this GPS issue when I purchased it. By the time Samsung had announced that the GPS issue was indeed an issue, I had already returned mine 3 times because the GPS would not lock. They announced a fix sometime soon in the future, so I stuck with it. I would gladly go with another android device if it was available for AT&T and was comparable to my Captivate. The only other device close is the Sony Ericsson X10. I am not going back to 1.6 and no multitouch.

Unfortunately this is the best Android that will work with AT&T's 3g network at the moment. Samsung built an awesome device, they just need to fix the GPS.
[Captivate General] Roxy:
Yup, this is going to be my last Samsung phone.

Samsung is just too incompetent.
[Captivate General] sschrupp:
I had an HTC before this and it wasn't perfect and there were many vocal members that thought negatively about it. My fiance has an iPhone and is always complaining about it. When I look at Motorola threads I see lots of complaints.

I'm seeing a pattern here. No phone is perfect.

This is the best phone I've played with though. I rarely use GPS so that obviously doesn't affect my like/dislike of the phone. And from what I can tell most people are angry because of the GPS.

I can't honestly understand what the big deal is with GPS. Do people get lost that easily that they need to be looking at a GPS map every minute of the day? I'm sure for some jobs it could be a mandatory thing, but I'm just a little mystified at how many people are upset about GPS like their lives depend on it every day or something. Maybe I'm just lucky that I don't get lost easily, or can follow directions from mapquest?

I'm not trying to insult people with GPS issues, I just truly don't understand how so many people think the GPS issue is a deal breaker. Especially considering it will almost surely be fixed sooner rather than later.

And if people are upset about the update from Samsung not working... patience? I mean you're on the XDA forums posting, so you must have some experience here and know that when there's a problem with smartphones it gets fixed pretty quickly by the community you're a part of. So what's the rush to condemn Samsung for a buggy patch that'll probably be re-written soon anyhow?
[Captivate General] mikewong27:
This is my first Samsung phone. So far I'm pretty impressed. I had Apple 3G, RIM Blackberry Perl, Motorola Razor, Sony Erickson (forgot the model #) ect... So I had tried so many different brand in my years owning regular cellphones and smartphones. But so far, Samsung Captivate is the best among them all.

If Samsung would come out with a dual core or three core cpu, 4 to 5 inch monitor, front facing camera and 1080p video recording smartphone next year, I'll definitely get it...

I kind of knew that all OTA firmware updates from all major cellphone manufactures will have some kind of issues. That's why in the future, I will download the firmware and install the updates manually.
[Captivate General] yeeter:
I agree with sschrupp. Ignoring the GPS issue, I've had no problems with this phone. I had iPhone before this, and I liked it, but not as much as I like this phone. Android satisfies the need to tinker and tweak (thank you XDA). The hardware is pretty darn good too. I get good reception here in the boonies of Kansas, the screen is gorgeous. ignoring GPS issues, I really like this phone.
[Captivate General] mikewong27:
I agreed with you. No cellphone is perfect, especially when they are made in China or other asian places... they bound to have some kind of defect or it will not last more than one year...
[Captivate General] matthewpapa:
Wow you guys are crazy

This phone has been great, the best I have owned in years.

So the OTA update didnt work for you because you modified your phone from the original state? Boo Hoo. You cant expect a patch to work for your modified rom when it was designed for stock
[Captivate General] rsmith675:
yes If i can find a nexus one under 400 bucks this thing is gone tonight. i could care less about GPS since (call me old fashioned) i just look at what street to take but the fact that i have to wait until october for froyo id rather deal with edge on at&t then eclair and no CM
[Captivate General] Blazork:
To be honest I didn't really come in expecting updates and patches from Samsung and att. Besides froyo anyways.(whenever that happens) I went in expecting to be able to find all the things I need on forums like this one. And the devs here have risen to that challange fantastically. Yeah the GPS doesn't work and that really sucks. But that's what maps are for. I am running cognition with voodoo and this phone runs amazingly now. No lag. No stuttering when opening or switching programs. All in all very happy with this phone.
[Captivate General] AWiseMonkey:
Ummmm...wrong. The GPU in the Galaxy S is a better version, and unless you turn off all radios and the screen, an iPhone 4 will NOT go days on 1 charge. I have one here at work and know several people that have them.

Your statement about the S-AMOLED screen is completely false as well, AMOLED uses far less battery than TFT because it only lights the pixels that are required, not the entire screen then try to block it out with black like with LCD.

I agree the battery life is not good but what do you expect with the highest performance CPU/GPU on the market? Ferrari's arent know for great gas mileage either.
[Captivate General] ComanderTaco:
Are you serious chief , no Roms? Have you checked out cognition? Keep in mind the phone is still VERRY new so more rome are on the way. Even cyanogen. Comparing the iPhone to the captivate is stupid at best. And half of those gazillion iphone alps you sleek of are useless. I think androids market URLs holding its own and will surpass apple very soon in alps and handsets. Your ignorence about the captivate show that you probably shouldn't customize anything so maybe a neutered phone like the iphone is rite up your ally. Really people instead of crying about how awful the phone is get rid of it if its that bad. And maybe next time don't buy a phone on launch day so you can get a heads up at what issues it may have . Personally I rely on GPS everyday and was bumed about it sucking so bad, but the fact is its probably one of the , if not the, best phone as far as processing power and graphic output. Don't bust me up with your "retina" display watch a movie in a dark room side by side with an iphone and a galaxy s phone and tell me such one looks better. Sorry for the tirade but wtf go bash an awesome phone in the mac-tard forums if you think iphone is so badass. Just make sure you put a case on that I phone so the damn antenna works . Jesus Christ give me a break ...........

Taco

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[Captivate General] nooomoto:
I can't say I'm disappointed with this phone. I'm thrilled just because it's a powerful handset with Android, albeit mired by Touchwiz. I think my next handset will be an HTC, as it seems they are the only manufacturer that provides an official way to "rescue" your phone and get it back to factory settings.

I think the problem is the openness of Android, which is why we all love it. I wish Google would require manufacturers to provide downloadable official version of their factory firmware, along with the tools needed to implement them on your handset if needed. HTC has done this on their own. They seem to have the right idea, and understand that a significant portion of Android users want to tinker and hack their phones, so they provide a safety net incase we screw up.
[Captivate General] joeybear23:
Nah. I like it.

I'd buy from Samsung again.
[Captivate General] Stephenv1971:
Put me in the "I like it" category too.
[Captivate General] Leo_ee:
I've never owned a smartphone before. Reasons are obvious did not want to jump on the iphone apple bandwagon. Im neither a fan of apple nor iphone since u're shackled w what u get. I love my Captivate even with all its hickups its a badass phone and take it over the icrap anyday.
[Captivate General] sdotbrucato:
My only issue with the phone is the gps. I don't really use it for navigation all that often but a lot of apps I use are dependent on positioning and when I can't get a lock, it makes them useless.

This isn't my first smartphone but is my first Android device. Coming from a long line of Blackberries, and countless "feature" phones.
[Captivate General] NYCJOE:
Coming from a 3GS I have to say my cappy is the best phone I've ever owned.

Excellent reception and call quality. no issues with drops unlike my old Iphoney.

No need for Itunes. Just mount and transfer media.

Eats video for lunch with the built in codecs.

Awesome screen.

No issues with any of the apps I've downloaded.

Grabs my work e-mail and G-mail fine.

Internet/browsing works.

Living in manhattan I have little need for GPS but it seems to work well enough.

Standard micro USB cord (s)!!!

My only gripe is the infrequent UI lag (and waiting on flash with 2.2).

I use it stock... its my first andorid phone and I'm too much of a noob to hack. Maybe this is why I don't know what I'm missing?
[Captivate General] flashman2002:
I wont say I will be done with Samsung because of this phone. To me every phone I have used had issues. My last phone before this was the Storm 1. I think people get too caught up in all the issues and don't see how good the phone is as a whole. The phone isn't a GPS only, it is a phone. So why not use it as such?
[Captivate General] JPS81:
Not entirely true. AMOLED screens use up more power on a pure white screen than the iPhone 4's S-IPS screen, conversely it uses almost no power when displaying a pure black screen, whereas the iPhone 4's screen would still be consuming just as much power.

The difference comes when you turn the screen on, and S-AMOLED just loses out on average. You get better colors, better contrast, deeper blacks, however more overall power consumption even though you save a bit on black.

This is why the Captivate has similar battery life in terms of standby time and talk time (actual measured and reviewed, not Apple's bloated numbers) as an iPhone 4; ie. similar capacity batteries powering similarly equipped phones for a similar amount of time when both of their screens are off.

You're having a clear case of the grass always being greener on the other side. Do you like having audio with video that you record? Do you like having your proximity sensor work properly? Do you like notifications that aren't annoying and in your face regardless of what activity you're doing? Do you like having your rear camera shutter permanently down or have faulty white balance? If so, then the iPhone 4 is not for you.

Also LOLOLOL at the iPhone having days worth of battery charge. I don't know of a single iPhone 4 user that doesn't have to charge their battery every night, just like any smartphone user. And this list includes four of my friends and my brother. It's not powered by magic. It's powered by a 1420mAh battery being drained by very similar hardware to the Captivate. The iPhone 4 does not break basic physics.
[Captivate General] redeuxx:
Aside from GPS and that I had to use a lag fix, I love my Captivate. It would have been nice to be able to use the phone the way I do without any rooting. Unfortunately, AT&T has the best network in my area and the Captivate is the best Android phone on AT&T at the moment.
[Captivate General] saint168:
If AT&T has a decent HTC Android phone, I won't even have bought the Captivate in the first place. Although, the GPS on my Captivate is working much better after the update, it still can't compare to the HTC Aria I owned for a month. I also much prefer HTC Sense over Touchwiz.
[Captivate General] saint168:
Totally agree with your comment about the iPhone 4. I bought an iPhone 4 for my wife and a Captivate for myself. The battery life on both phones are just about the same - you do have to charge them every night. Beside what you mentioned, one other thing about the iPhone I hate is the so call "multitasking". More than once my wife complaint that her phone ran out of battery in the middle of the day. Turns out she started some software that uses the GPS and then switch to another app. That GPS app just completely drain the battery. There is no Advance App Killer on the iPhone. You have to close apps one at a time.
[Captivate General] flashman2002:
So you had the Aria for one month and the Captivate now for almost 3? Why keep the Captivate if the Aria was so much better. That is what doesn't make sense, get it ;).
[Captivate General] r34p3rex:
Definitely going back to HTC after the Captivate. Froyo has been available for so long already, why did they even bother to release the Galaxy S with Eclair? Also, the GPS performance is unacceptable. I don't know how they didn't catch the GPS problem before they released the phone. Also, the RFS file system is a boatload of crap too, why bother "fixing" something that isn't broken? If you're going to "fix" it, make sure it works better than the original.
[Captivate General] Hydrus-606:
This is my third Samsung phone. My first Samsung phone was the Impression. It had its issues to say the least but nothing that made me regret buying it...that was until the screen stopped accepting any touch input. The screen itself was fine as well as the phone but touching it didn't do anything. I got it replaced from AT&T and low and behold not even a month (OKAY...maybe about a month and 1/2) after I got my refurbished phone the same thing happened - the screen stopped accepting any touch input. I was furious, but unfortunately in desperate need of a new phone and ended up purchasing another Samsung phone - the Samsung Jack which happen to be my first smartphone. I was hesitant to buy another Samsung phone at the Impression fiasco it but desperate times call for desperate measures!

The Jack was an okay phone. I didn't necessarily have any bad experiences with it. Call quality and signal strength were always great. Generally, any issues I had with it were not Samsung's fault but that of Microsoft's inept ability to program a mobile OS -_- Anyway, I purchased the Jack back in February of this year. I recently got my Captivate on the 23rd of this month. This is obviously my second smartphone, however, it's my first Android device :). So far the phone is fantastic and has not given me any issues what so ever. Signal stregnth and call quality are fantastic. Matter of fact, this is easilly the best phone I've had yet regarding call quality (this is my 7th phone). I'm rooted, updated to JH7, and removed all the bloatware with Titanium. It's too early to say if this will be my last Samsung phone, but considering my satisfactory experience with the Jack and my experience with the Captivate SO FAR... no, this won't be my last Samsung phone.

*knocks on wood*
[Captivate General] sayurann:
yes

simply because ATT and samsung did not want to respond to the updates that they release and brick my captivate... they release a faulty updates... both have stupid CS and they dont want to replace my phone...
[Captivate General] thehavock18:
I don't see why people are having issues with customer support. I bought my captivate the day it hit the market so I could drop the iphone 3gs.

I had an issue updating the phone went to the store they told me I was over the 30 days so I had to call. 20 ish minutes on the phone they setup an over night with the new phone.
[Captivate General] aNdroidnut:
I sold my captivate and got and iphone 4, I buy and sell all the time. Hell I even went as far as closing my xda account that I had for 2 years to stop my smartphone addiction(kudvu002). After having my iphone now for 3 weeks I am ready to come back to android. I really liked my samsung but there is just no support(dev) for the device right now and I am tired of seeing that sub forum get beat up with constant ?'s. I am right now trying to decide if I am coming back to the captivate or going back to the nexus which would be my 3rd one(hate the trackball). The captivate is overall my favorite device android wise on att I just wish there was more support for it here.
[Captivate General] k2snowboards88:
This poll needs the "I'm waiting to see what happens before making up my mind," answer.
[Captivate General] crazililazn:
Kind of a late answer, and this might be thread necromancy xP but NOW, that i am using the reoriented kernel with an i9000 rom. I LOVE THIS PHONE.

the gps works fantastically, the screen is gorgeous, the phone is quick and snappy, and the camera is pretty good when u adjust some settings.

Only gripe I have now is the browser lag/mem leak in i9000/captivate froyo betas, and im sure by the time the real froyo comes out, it will be gone.

Coming from an iphone, i can say the UI is pretty similar and there is not much of a learning curve, and if you use your phone for a lot of multimedia purposes, then this phone will crush the iphone because of its ability to view .avi files (w/hardware acceleration) and the ability to drag and drop music (all iphone alternatives i found for this were pretty laggy), and the dlna and the soon-to-be-working microusb to hdmi cable(which imho, will be working by the official froyo update)

to summarize this all, I LOVE THIS PHONE :D
[Captivate General] Smallsmx3:
This thread is pretty stupid. Yes....if XDA did not exist and android was closed source this would be relevant. If your still rocking stock TW then u prob shouldn't own this phone. The hardware is just awesome......out of the box the software sucks hands down....run cog or any other rom and you'll have a different theory.....if u have a phone from launch and your GPS still sucks its time to trade your phone in. The GPS is fixed on the newer phones
[Captivate General] Roof King:
No phone is perfect! Coming from Palm and then Blackberry, the Captivate is light years ahead. Honestly, it's been kinda fun ruining the Death Stars plans to keep my super phone locked up and strangled. Rooting, killing TW, sideloading, loading ROMs, and VOIDING my warranty has made me feel young and rebellious again. However, I haven't had nearly any problems except for GPS and it works good enough for my needs since I have GPS in my vehicles.

Just ordered an Aria for my wife because she likes the smaller size so I'll get a good comparison when I get my "root" on.

Captivate Cog's 2.1.7 w/ Unhelpful's Kernel

Was rocking Cog's 2.2 roms but waiting for a little more stability with bluetooth but missing FroYo for sure.
[Captivate General] Caliesv:
We will see after froyo...
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
First, and last. It's really turned me off to Android also, because Google allows such ridiculousness.

What Microsoft has done with Windows Phone 7 (hardware requirements, etc.) is what Google should have gotten off their lazy ass and done a while ago. But they idling watch, under this guise of psuedo-openess, as their platform turns into a fractured pile of ****, with all sorts of awful phones ruining the experience for others.

I'm getting the first non-Samsung Windows Phone 7 that strikes my fancy for AT&T. Primary target being the HD7 on Telstra.
[Captivate General] Drew489:
Yep. My friend sold his three on Ebay...lost his shirt...just to get a phone that didn't suck.
[Captivate General] laxwillsch:
All I have to say is that if you are on the CAPTIVATE xda forum and you don't like your captivate you obviously like wasting your time. This phone is by far the best phone i have ever owned and I am a smartphone junkie. I have owned everything from HD2 to Palm Pre to Iphone 4 and hands down the best and most reliable phone (after a few key mods, which i do do all my devices no matter what os) If you know what your doing you can make the captivate the beast that the hardware should make it. The only thing that bogs this thing down is touchwiz and gps but I have found that both are fixable and manageable. Just look into either cognition or one of the reoriented 1900 roms. And to all those waiting for froyo on the cappy. It got leaked like over a month ago....
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
It's an uphill battle just to get something usable. Let alone "beast".

Basically, it's a pile of junk.
[Captivate General] wade7919:
In the I Like it Section.

As far as GPS , for **** sakes its a damn phone if you need gps that bad spend $50 and get a gps. Other than GPS its a great phone. An all the people crying because froyo isn't out yet... well damn the phone is still new, I had the BB Storm and didn't have but one update in 2 years... so lets whine about waiting a few months.

Like people has said, if you don't like it bring it back. Don't whine/cry about it because you need to be hand walked back to the store to return something you don't like.
[Captivate General] Rogue9:
All stock here and the update still failed @ 100%... I had to use Kies to get the update.... ut I still love the phone! :p
[Captivate General] emjee87:
I don't buy phones based on the manufacturer, normally. I just go by individual phone merits.

I've owned every iteration of the iPhone, with the iPhone 4 from release date to 10/22/10 (when I got the Captivate), I had a Palm Pre for a month after the first month of it's release, a Nexus One for four months.

Captivate is the best and worst phone I've ever owned. It beats the hell out of the iPhone just in terms of all the possibilities it has due to being an Android device. I prefer it over the N1(which I loved as well) because of the screen and how it feels more powerful. I actually kinda like TouchWiz, too, and have LauncherPro if I decide I want something else.

It's the worst device I've ever owned because I had to go through work to make it as good as it is. Granted, reading through these forums makes it relatively painless, the average user will not go to such lengths or be exposed to these forums.

The minute I got this phone home, I was already putting Froyo on it and by the weekend, I was experimenting with lag fixes. As of today, I now have GPS working (NOT agps, either.) within 5 meters, and using OCLF on Froyo, this phone is ridiculous. It's just a shame that a regular user won't have the same experience out of the box, and will likely be a bit turned off by what they will perceive as shortcomings of the phone.

Note: While I do love this phone, I will admit that if the choice were entirely up to me, I would be on T-Mobile rocking a G2.
[Captivate General] rb.:
i voted no because i dont know what kind of phones will samsung be releasing in the future. but right now the thought of getting a Nokia or a Windows phone or iphone 1 or more years from now is intriguing me. im very happy with this phone and its OS. its just that i want to try something new.
[Captivate General] MikeyMike01:
Many people bought into the flagrant lies from Samsung that they:

A- Gave a ****

B- Would fix GPS

C- Would release FroYo

D- Would fix the lag/bugs
[Captivate General] shawn122:
I can only speak for the Rogers Captivate:

1) GPS works

2) No bloatware

3) No Froyo yet...but lagfix makes the phone run smoothly

I am lovin it so far.
[Captivate General] mayoj7:
With a little bit of time and research, I have fixed 99% of my initial gripes I had with the captivate. I have gone from a sluggish, non functional GPS baterry hog to a blazing fast productive android device with the help of these forums and some simple mods.

So no this won't be my last Samsung as long as they are still putting android on them