After constant subjection still good but with a few quirks

After constant subjection still good but with a few quirks

Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Smartphone (10.2 cm (4 inches) Super AMOLED touch screen, HD video, 1GHz processor, 8 GB of internal memory, Android 2.2) Metallic Black (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Customer Review

The Samsung Galaxy S.
The delivery includes phone, battery, charger cable, installation CDs for gravel, headphones and manuals.
After unpacking it, you will notice once the size, it's bigger than the iPhone, and as the Samsung Wave, the display fills about 85% of the total front and is equipped with 4-inch one of the largest mobile phone displays.
Taking it in his hand, one wonders just once over the surprisingly small weight, the Samsung Galaxy S is much easier than, say, the iPhone 4, or the considerably smaller Samsung Wave.
This is because that it is made of plastic, and has not been processed with metal or aluminum.
The processing does not come to the Waves approach, but still sees the Galaxy as a unified whole out.
It has on the one hand the main menu button at the bottom in the middle, directly below the display.
on both sides next to it are touch buttons, a menu button on the left, a back button on the right side.
At the top right of the page is the lock button which is the iPhone above.
On the left side is the volume knob.
Above is an earphone interface and a connection interface to PC and charging cable.
On the back there is left the 5MP camera that shoots very solid photos, however, has no LED Flash Mode, as the wave at Samsung the case.
Right is the speaker, the only wohlgemert, the Samsung Wave had two, and sounded better at music without headphones.
The sound quality is with the same headset.
The Super AMOLED display is fantastic to bear, when turning on the phone for the first time.
Who was previously already impressed by the colors of the wave, will be even happier by the large display of Galaxy.
The contrasting colors make application icons look like in 3D.
Now we come to the technique:
The operating system is Android 2.1, an update is not possible with me, but who can update it, is already able to enjoy the Android version 2.2 Froyo.
This works on the controversial PC software gravel, which is supplied in the form of two installation CDs.
Alternatively, PEBBLES can also download via the website of Samsung.
GRAVEL was initially very buggy and had some blunders.
However, these were eradicated by different patches.
But now back to Android 2.1, the operating system has a Home screen, consisting of 7 pages, where you can attach so-called widgets, like a wall.
The widget palette ranges from normal applications to Google Instant Search, up to the power saving widget.
Then there is the Main Menu that very reminiscent of the iPhone.
Here all existing applications and apps are stored.
When longer Press an application this is immediately stored as a widget on a home page, a wilkommene comfort function.
The Android Market is well known for download tens of thousands of apps, games, extension or apps for social networks.
The download is relatively fast.
Here I would like to refer specifically to games, these create some graphics on PSP level.
The sticking point, as with others, play, of course, is the control.
In strategy and racing games that is still acceptable, but at action games, especially first person shooters which is very used to.
Especially because of the 4-inch display you do not get much to see if you control with your fingers.
Let us now turn to the showpiece of every smartphone on: Surfing the Internet.
Due to the size of the display, it can surf much more comfortable.
The default browser brings solid speed, but who wants to surf faster should the browser Opera Mini set.
For some reason, multi-touch is not working yet under this browser.
Who has the same problem as me, and can not update to Froyo, but still do not want to do without Flash, which I put Skyfire warmly.
While the comparatively slower, but can play Flash content.
The surfing is, as I said, strongly favored by the size of the display.
A Samsung Wave is significantly smaller in comparison.
There is also a YouTube app, which is very successful.
From calling apps to play the desired video takes only a few seconds.
The player has a disadvantage, namely that the image does not Ranzoomen, as was the case with the Samsung Wave.
There loads much faster than the Wave, which I always keep mussste break only for 20 seconds, until finally underwent a 6min video without interference (for some reason).
The wireless reception is very good, even if I'm out of the house, I get a (very weak) signal, although thick concrete walls in between.
Who, incidentally, would set up a proxy, may under Settings / Wireless & networks / WLAN settings / / do menu button Advanced / Proxy.
Of course, the mobile phone and multi-tasking capable.
Here, there is even an own Task Manager that manages all ongoing program and stopped immediately on request.
Battery performance is unfortunately rather weak.
That it could compete with the Samsung Wave, was anyway doubtful since the display was much bigger.
But with me the battery was filled after 12 h only 30%, if I once sent a few SMS, from time to surf, and a time for 15 minutes fire up a game.
If you want to have a little longer battery life, you have a few compromising brightness and background make: My background is all black.
The brightness is low, and wireless I've always turned off when I do not need it.
This saves a lot of battery power.

What also stands out through the screen, the easier writing skills.
In addition to the normal QWERTY keyboard there are also different handwriting fields.
These are quite funny to use, but the recognition is still partially gruesome.
Sometimes exactly drawn As HS and vice versa.
However, there is still a keyboard, namely Swype.
This is almost perfect.
One can simply "Swype" with your finger through the keyboard without lifting even a finger.
This is lightning fast, almost faster than a normal computer keyboard.
In contrast to the handwriting recognition field is fantastic.
Even if one traces only about the way to the different letters, immediately above the word you want appears.
And if it is uncertain what is meant, a window appears with the possible words that were meant.
The only problem is the vernacular.
Those who like to use something more colloquial expressions must use the Swype keyboard for the word to type well because in the vocabulary such words do not exist.
Swype stores these criteria but, that is, the next use can also Swype these words.

So I must say, the Samsung Galaxy S surpasses the iPhone and in my opinion also the Samsung Wave and each highly recommended.

UPDATE:
I have the Galaxy S now for several months and I have noticed some shortcomings, which unfortunately pull down the overall impression drastically.
My main point concerns the nonexistent possibility to update the phone through KIES ... I have no idea why it does not work, it has neither a branding, still is not updated gravel, so I had to draw Odin. I honestly do not see one, I make a lot of work, I manually firmware draufzuladen just because gravel is to buggy.
For the PC, even updates the gravel software have not solved the bugs.

Unfortunately, the deficiencies are not only restricted to gravel, now begins the Galaxy S to me to go partly on my nerves.
It often run applications that should not be running, the MP3 player, for example, must be repeatedly gechlossen via the task manager, so it is really closed.
The same applies to games that I have downloaded from the Android Market.

The normal Internet browser zickt also partly on forum pages rum, links are not loaded until you get in and out zooms, partially completely different links will open when you tap ... I have Dolphin added myself as a substitute that does not have such problems ,

The display is really very scratch-prone, I got it since day 1 in a cell phone pocket and am always very mindful dealt with it, yet it is often verdrckt and has now also some scratches on.

The Galaxy tends desöfteren to be hot while playing games or intensive Internet use, or during longer listening to music (!!!!)

Then the biggest point of criticism that has brought me to buy the HTC Sensation.
The phone began always partly to having smaller trailer, for some time it crashed (!) From time to time from ... but then it began to stop after each restart for about 10-15 minutes.
Some applications could no longer start up without it crashing. That was just too much for me.
And when it has come from the fact that I have flashed it on ODIN, gravel is to blame, that I've been using the smartphone no joy, unfortunately.
The three-star I give for the phone itself, I draw two stars from now because my Samsung has spoiled the fun with this terrible software.

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