[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
My advice is wait until Froyo.. The reason why you are disappointed is probably because it feels sometimes like Samsung aren't doing anything. This is because there aren't many leaks.

You may also be disappointed because many people here at XDA are jumping to incredibly uninformed conclusions. We have morons running around saying that Samsung will never release updates, people saying the lag can't be fixed in RFS (whilst Samsung might not have integrated a few performance patches) and newbies saying "the GPS problem is hardware" without ANY proof whatsobloodyever.

Also, whilst those who defend this phone regularly get called fanboy's, there are certainly a lot of HTC fanboys here too (which seems to be finally getting revealed now that many ex-HTC users are calling some of their ex-products worse).

Froyo might be a completely different ballgame (I wouldn't underestimate Samsung). But either way, a lot of people coming from other platforms are saying their SGS is better than their other phones anyway.

I wouldn't touch WM7 because:

1) Windows Mobile seems to be a dying platform. Unfortunately, Microsoft took too long to release it.

2) So this means they wont get many developers and users on-board.

3) Windows Mobile is closed source, and development isn't easy (You probably require Windows).

Why I wouldn't touch the iPhone:

1) For starters, Steve Jobs stood on stage and lied about the antenna. Rather than fix the problem, he called other mobiles rubbish (despite their antenna problems often being VERY difficult to replicate in real life). I have very little respect for that.

2) Development is difficult, you really need OSX. The OS is closed source too.

3) Many users NEED to jailbreak, because of restrictions in the store.

4) Apple products often have weird design issues, which people seem to ignore, but which exists.

5) Huge app store

6) iTunes.. Enough said..

Symbian

1) Symbian is open source, which is great...

2) But these days, only Nokia sells them. Symbian's marketshare will likely only decrease.

WebOS/Palm

1) Forget about WebOS. In most countries you can't find ANY webOS phones, so audience is VERY limited

Meego/Maemo

1) The Nokia N900 is the only phone that uses it.

2) But it probably runs faster than Android because it's compiled code.

3) But limited exposure. I'd consider it, if the hardware wasn't so sucky...

Android.

1) Apps might run slower, because it's bytecode

2) But, HUGE range of mobiles

3) Huge range of apps (Not as much as iPhone though)

4) Open source OS.

5) Evolving quickly, reliable vendor (Google know what they are doing)

6) The SGS seems to be the only laggy Android phone out there (probably due to a few bugs that need fixing in RFS, which might already be fixed in head/trunk).

I'd say hold off until Froyo. I have the feeling Samsung will surprise us. Remember, the leaks only show SOME integrated code, and even JPK could have been missing a whole lot of patches. A lot of claims made by users isn't true either.

The reason why some things haven't been fixed yet may also be because they are integrating the fixes directly into Froyo.

There is a VERY good reason why Android is quickly growing though. In fact, I'd be surprised if Android isn't #1 by next year. But I'd honestly have no problems buying another Android handset ;)