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Nexus S and Vibrant

I still think vibrant is better than nexus s besides 2.3!!
still the same 16gb, no sd card, no 720p, nfc is just a receiver only (i read somewhere)
http://androidapproved.com/item/nexus-s-vs-galaxy-s-vs-nexus-one/

me keeping my vibrant

I know everyone is going to beat this topic to death. Is there any reason to grab the nexus if you have a vibrant. Is there anything besides the FFC.

As long as there are drivers available for the BT/WIFI/GPS, there is no need to get the Nexus S if you have a Vibrant. The rom will be ported to us anyway.

intruda119 said:
I know everyone is going to beat this topic to death. Is there any reason to grab the nexus if you have a vibrant. Is there anything besides the FFC.
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there is flash. there is 2.3 and there will be future updates as well. i also think it looks much better then Vibrant.

richiehd said:
As long as there are drivers available for the BT/WIFI/GPS, there is no need to get the Nexus S if you have a Vibrant. The rom will be ported to us anyway.
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the question is when ? It took a long time and very buggy releases from Galaxy S Froyo until finally Vibrant leaks started to come out. When do you think they will leak 2.3......even 2.2 is not out yet.....
so porting from Nexus S might not be as easy as it looks......

kolyan said:
there is flash. there is 2.3 and there will be future updates as well. i also think it looks much better then Vibrant.
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I agree with the Nexus does look better then the vibrants iphone look. Dont we have flash on vibrant or am I missing something. And soon as the Chefs around here get a smell of 2.3 it wont be long until its on vibrant.
Is the cpu any faster? Adding ffc mod to Vibrant makes it a Nexus right?

Camera flash..i think he means.

intruda119 said:
I agree with the Nexus does look better then the vibrants iphone look. Dont we have flash on vibrant or am I missing something. And soon as the Chefs around here get a smell of 2.3 it wont be long until its on vibrant.
Is the cpu any faster? Adding ffc mod to Vibrant makes it a Nexus right?
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Camera flash we dont have. 2.1 also does not have Adobe Flash, only 2.2. They also added NFC which is useless to most, SAMOLED class is curved (which i think is cool), FFC is there, 3.0 bluetooth was taken out and replaced with 2.1....no biggy here. Everything else is the same.
Onces I play with it in store, i will know for sure if i want it. I hate how Vibrant feels in hand, if Nexus S is the same, then no go.....

The point of the Nexus S is that it a bare bones Android phone. Meaning there is little in the way of Samsung and T-mobile, or other carriers. This means ideally that as soon as Google releases an update it should be realitively quick to get it to Nexus S. As opposed to the Vibrant that we are still waiting on amn official release. My understanding anyway I could be wrong.

Well I'm getting one just to have a working GPS at the least... I hope to god they've rectified that train wreck.

dinan said:
Well I'm getting one just to have a working GPS at the least... I hope to god they've rectified that train wreck.
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dont know about that...... hardware should be the same. only time will tell.
ps. NS also lacks SD Card slot.....

If only for the support, I agree. I wonder, will it support at&t frequencies?
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Cant use my 32 gig sd card full of videos and music. Humm, thats a deal breaker. Plus no dual core cpu? No 720P? pffft.
But it is the new test phone, so it will always have the latest and greatest. I still dont have a real Cyanogen 6.x for my vibrant.

I see no compelling reason to go from a Galaxy S to the Nexus S. FFC is useless to me and can be added anyway. Camera flash is no big deal. First crack at the Google software is the big seller, but that's mostly just geek cred not particularly useful. I'm happy with the modified ROMS on the Vibrant. Lack of SD card hurts the Nexus. NFC will be useless for a while.
However if I didn't already have a Galaxy S I'd be looking at the Nexus S if only to get a working GPS... presumably. Have to wait for some real world reviews.

Personally I dont need a ffc or a flash, my sister has an evo and she uses her ffc maybe twice a month. I almost never use the camera in dim light conditions plus the night vision on the vibrant is good enough. Similar 1ghz processor, 512ram, no sd card is killing me!! eventually 2.3 will be ported to vibrant just a matter of time!!
ps gps issue has been addressed in almost every rom in the dev section.

kolyan said:
the question is when ? It took a long time and very buggy releases from Galaxy S Froyo until finally Vibrant leaks started to come out. When do you think they will leak 2.3......even 2.2 is not out yet.....
so porting from Nexus S might not be as easy as it looks......
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It's not "easy" but easier than you're making it sound. Your comparison is irrelevant. The reason froyo took so long to port over was differences in the device we were porting from, and once the JK2 froyo build leaked, it was running near perfect on the vibrant the same day. 2.3 is out and released already and the device we'd be porting it from has an almost identical setup and also is compatible with the T-mobile network from the get go etc etc. I'd say there's gonna be some sort of working port by the end of the year without a doubt.

On the google page about the Nexus S it said that it featured wifi hotspot without additional fees from carriers. If the Nexus S is ported to the vibrant any chance that feature could be included too?

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It's not "easy" but easier than you're making it sound. Your comparison is irrelevant. The reason froyo took so long to port over was differences in the device we were porting from, and once the JK2 froyo build leaked, it was running near perfect on the vibrant the same day. 2.3 is out and released already and the device we'd be porting it from has an almost identical setup and also is compatible with the T-mobile network from the get go etc etc. I'd say there's gonna be some sort of working port by the end of the year without a doubt.
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How is Galaxy S different from Vibrant vs Nexus S different from Vibrant ?
port from Galaxy S was never working 100% until Vibrant Froyo (JK2) leaked. GPS wasnt working, all buttons were messed up, 3.5mm jack wasnt fully functional...etc. and 2.3 Vibrant leak is NOT coming in near future or most likely EVER.

people are speculating that it may be difficult to port 2.3 over to vibrant si,ply be cause it uses iNAND flash memory but IDK im no developer
have to wait and see when its released
Also specs might be very similar but we dont know on how similar the hardware is...drivers could still be incompatible with galaxy S hardware
I wouldn't expect to see samsung release 2.3 for galaxy S line of phones IMO they probably have some sort of deal with google to exclusively have 2.3 on nexus S and google would lose sales if galaxy S got 2.3 as an OTA

Worth getting over Nexus one?

Hey guys!I'm planning on getting the Samsung Galaxy S soon.But now I'm actually stuck between this and the Nexus One.I'm aware that the processor aka the 'Hummingbird 1Ghz processor' is faster than the Snapdragon processor on the Nexus One.I'm not really going for the looks but I've realised that the SGS has a lagging problem and I believe that rooting and using the one click lag fix can fix that but I'm not planning to root my phone.Is there any other way I can fix that without rooting?Because I'm going for the SGS mostly because of the large internal memory that can keep lots of apps!While the Nexus one only has 190mb available.So please help me with this!And lastly,will it receive Android 2.3?Cos I heard that Samsung isn't very frequent in their updates.

Go for Nexus S and forget about Nexus One, the Nexus one is old news= old phone. Galaxy S is a good choose but if i where u I pick the Nexus S and you get the android rom updates allways first.

In the area I'm leaving in,Nexus S issue not available yet. So I'm stuck between this 2 choices...

would also go nexus s, but you will be limited to 8 Gbyte, no sdcardslot
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Isnt Nexus s with 16gb internal memory???

AsherChua said:
Hey guys!I'm planning on getting the Samsung Galaxy S soon.
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Great choice!
AsherChua said:
But now I'm actually stuck between this and the Nexus One.
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Why? SGS is a newer phone and has far better features.
AsherChua said:
I'm not really going for the looks but I've realised that the SGS has a lagging problem and I believe that rooting and using the one click lag fix can fix that but I'm not planning to root my phone.Is there any other way I can fix that without rooting?
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I'm on JPX and there is no visible lag anymore; they've fixed quite a bit. GPS is working great now too.
AsherChua said:
Because I'm going for the SGS mostly because of the large internal memory that can keep lots of apps!While the Nexus one only has 190mb available.
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2GB for apps is available I think, yes!
AsherChua said:
So please help me with this!And lastly,will it receive Android 2.3?Cos I heard that Samsung isn't very frequent in their updates.
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We were worried about Froyo, but now we have it. It does take time, but eventually you will get it. If you want it immediately, I'd like to ask you why, since you aren't even interested in rooting it? The Nexus One is a developer-friendly phone, while the Samsung Galaxy S was designed entirely with the consumer in mind. Am sure, with the success of the SGS so far, Samsung will not let us down.
What's more? Gorilla Glass [Even Samsung's Nexus S does not have it]!

Go the SGS I'm about to flash Darkys rom it's going to be sooooo quick.

Thanks for the brilliant answer!Looks like I'm gonna go with the Samsung Galaxy S!

SGS all the way.
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Dude...you're asking this in the SGS forum...what do you think the replies are going to be? LOL
HOWEVER, I've gotta say that the SGS kicks almighty ass!!
The Nexus One came out in January, and this phone in August and has way better technology in ever respect. You won't regret getting the SGS....unless you flash 2.2 onto it lol...

Well maybe some other guys will want to advice me not to buy this phone after their own experience with it.But so far,all the replies look pretty satisfied with SGS

QwertyManiac said:
Great choice!
Why? SGS is a newer phone and has far better features.
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very nice comparison engine, even when i picked the Nexus S it shy in comparison to SGS
the only thing that is NOT accurate for SGS is the part that claims
microSD card (32GB included, max 32GB)
it's 16 GB or 8 GB, i've never seen a 32GB version any where
i would most definitely buy one if it existed, maybe as a Special Edition, or something other funky release, for collectors only.
unfortunately most of those Collector edition versions are only made for 900/1900/2100 market
there is a Acer liquid something model which is a special release I really realy liked, but .... no north america bands (NAM)

Galaxy S II or wait for Atrix ?!

As all of you know the Atrix is only available in US & Canada and most of the rumors point to may/june release date .
Today i read at gsmarena that the Galaxy S II will be supporting a 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor ! .Then i looked at the specifications and they were pretty much attractive like the 4.3 SAMOLED+ screen , the 32 GB memory and the 8 MP camera !
What really made me go through the phase of confusion is that the Galaxy S II is coming to europe this month or the beginning of may
My question is if you were in my situation what will you choose and does the atrix deserve all the waiting ?

The atrix is good, and has its quirks, but so does every phone. All the problems of the atrix are well-known.
As for the galaxy s2, may I remind you of a little incident with the last generation? Specifically something pertaining to GPS?
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I do remember it , actually my sister is suffering from this problem right now along with some other problems like the filing system .
The problem is that i'm waiting for the atrix for a pretty long time and i read a lot of articles about impressions and reviews for the device so you know that a man in my position well have his doubts , especially when i still haven't got a try of the device.

Dark Sector said:
As all of you know the Atrix is only available in US & Canada and most of the rumors point to may/june release date .
Today i read at gsmarena that the Galaxy S II will be supporting a 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor ! .Then i looked at the specifications and they were pretty much attractive like the 4.3 SAMOLED+ screen , the 32 GB memory and the 8 MP camera !
What really made me go through the phase of confusion is that the Galaxy S II is coming to europe this month or the beginning of may
My question is if you were in my situation what will you choose and does the atrix deserve all the waiting ?
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Dude.. I think the Samoled screens are incredible when it comes to color *but the reality is they look all nice just because all the color is oversaturated*.
Resolution will be same old crap, phone will be thin but with a crappy finish.
Now the the real real real thing you must think about... Samsung has crappy quality control. Guaranteed. I urge everyone who reads this to look up i9000m corrupt SD in google and you will find the polls here on XDA on the ridiculousness of the lack of interest from Samsung to do anything and even admit a mistake... and B, their way of addressing this so called "issue" after 7 months post release.
If you want to know the horror stories i had to live with the i9000 and how finally after my 3rd phone died, i simply decided to go out and buy a new one... just ask and I'll tell you more
500 bucks down the drain and eventually, I managed to get it to boot a semi working filesystem. It chewed up one brand new SD card, gg.. and now i gave it to my wife because all it does is look pretty and make calls.. also lets not even mention their horrible commitment to updates and more importantly their crappy choice in filesystems (related specifically to the i9000).
By the way, in case you do not know. The i9000 is the Original Galaxy S..
Yeah, people can ***** about motorola all they want, I'll NEVER be buying samsung again..
PS: Most people say the Nexus S redeemed samsung, but its a pretty known fact, google set the spec sheet and phone workes great because its an i9000 with all the quirks already ironed out and of course running AOSP gingerbread.
yeah... GG

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024557

I enjoy my atrix very much. Even with the locked bootloader the psuedo roms are working fine until we get that bad boy decrypted!
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it really depends if the galaxy s2 will have the same problems as the original. the two main problems i had with the phone that made me sold it was the gps never working right and not very accurate when it does. The other is reception/deathgrip i mostly use my phone in a low reception area, 2-3 bars at best, and every time i pick it up it would always drop down to 1 bar or edge and would constantly drop calls. I couldn;t make a call longer than 5 mins before it would be dropped if im in a low reception area.
all the problems with teh atrix is pretty minor compared to these imo. if samsung fixed these problems and super amoled plus screen is as good and some are saying then i will consider it, it was nice to have all those roms and mods(assuming the bootloader can be cracked)
im also skeptical on the build quality. all teh galaxy s phones felt pretty cheap with teh captivate being the best of the worst...

I suggest you Galaxy S2 while Atrix is now a troubles maker by many issues.

gachiennuocmam said:
I suggest you Galaxy S2 while Atrix is now a troubles maker by many issues.
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"Troubles" Like what?
I see a couple of Wifi posts and the lag seems to be fixed by launcher pro?
What other troubles?...

My Atrix is being returned to AT&T in about 10 days. I'm hoping to get a SGSII.

If I was in your position, I would wait till I could play with both of them. Because I like to do a lot of web browsing and text related stuff, I almost always choose the phone that has the higher pixel density and/or higher resolution. It just makes reading small text so much more pleasant.
I guess this only matters to people with sharp eyes, who like reading small text though.

gachiennuocmam said:
I suggest you Galaxy S2 while Atrix is now a troubles maker by many issues.
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I thank you there, for our daily lesson in grammer.

Stay away from samsung android phones. Samsung can help very screw up the os. I had a galaxy s and bought an atrix out of pocket, best thing i ever did.
Samsung lured to us about when they would update to 2.2 for 6 months. And their android ui is very ham fisted. Don't go samsung.

Does the Galaxy S ll have a Nvidia Tegra dualcore processor? No. LOL. But Cyanogenmod would be really nice to have. And I know it will get it. Oh well.

gachiennuocmam said:
I suggest you Galaxy S2 while Atrix is now a troubles maker by many issues.
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This post is an example of a fail Chinese to English translation.

It won't be long after release for us to know whether GPS works well on the SGS2 or not, and whether the phone has any other quirks. Things like this, such as Atrix touch and other issues only take days to come to light on XDA. (The touch issue would really piss me off, I hope they fix that for Atrix owners soon, too bad Bell will delay any fix for months like they do any update).
I'm satisfied with resolution of the i9000m SD defect in my case. They repaired it, it works now end of story. I have doubts about how you managed to kill 3 i9000's that don't even really have reported hardware issues...(or did you you say the $500 was down the drain but you managed to get it working again?) With an unlocked bootloader comes great responsibility.
The major upgrade with samoled+ on SGSII is that it is RGB, no longer pentile. Hardly 'same old resolution' when it will now have double the Red/Blue subpixels with full 800x480. Compared to qHD RGBW pentile it will have ~10% more total subpixels and 48% more R/G/B subpixels (since it only has 480x270).
The thing that will keep my away from pentile in the future is how crappy solid primary or almost-primary colours (just R/B in SGS case) look with effectively half the resolution.

Dark Sector said:
As all of you know the Atrix is only available in US & Canada and most of the rumors point to may/june release date .
Today i read at gsmarena that the Galaxy S II will be supporting a 1.2 Ghz dual-core processor ! .Then i looked at the specifications and they were pretty much attractive like the 4.3 SAMOLED+ screen , the 32 GB memory and the 8 MP camera !
What really made me go through the phase of confusion is that the Galaxy S II is coming to europe this month or the beginning of may
My question is if you were in my situation what will you choose and does the atrix deserve all the waiting ?
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If the Galaxy S II comes to AT&T then why the hell would you get the Atrix??? lol
well unless you don't want to wait.

I wanted a SGS II, but couldn't wait so I bought the Atrix.. I like the fingerprint scanner, plus when a dual core optimized update drops it shouldn't really matter too much... IMHO...

I want to thank all of you guys for telling me about your opinions .
I guess i'll follow the GS2 forum to see if the GS2 have technical flaws like GS did .
The more the technical flaws decreases the more the possibility of me buying it increases .

BravoMotorola said:
Does the Galaxy S ll have a Nvidia Tegra dualcore processor? No. LOL. But Cyanogenmod would be really nice to have. And I know it will get it. Oh well.
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The GS2 will come in 2 versions . One with Nvidia processor and the other with Exynose processor .

Samsung Galaxy S2 or S2X (Hercules)??

Hello all,
If I could get the Galaxy S2 or the S2X, which one should I go for? OR are they both the same and the only difference is the screen size (4.3' vs 4.5') and the processor (1.2 vs 1.5 GHz)??
Could you please give me some specific details as to which one I should buy and why?
I will be using the phone on a Bell Canada network, so if I get the S2X, i will have to unlock it; and S2, i could probably get it from Bell so no need to unlock it
Any help is appreciated, Thanks fellas!

Get the international one. Because it has more support, so more roms, kernels, mods,... And 4.3 inch is big enough. You can also overclock to 1.6 but thats not needed because it's already blazing fast. But you still decide
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http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3621&idPhone2=4129
Here's a good place to start. Opinions are like a$$holes and elbows, everyone's got one, some people have two...and yours might or might not matter to me.
That said, I just upgraded to the SGS2 but I chose that over the 2X due to the price difference. The SGS2 is available for some really nice deals right now.
Good luck!

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http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3621&idPhone2=4129
Here's a good place to start. Opinions are like a$$holes and elbows, everyone's got one, some people have two...and yours might or might not matter to me.
That said, I just upgraded to the SGS2 but I chose that over the 2X due to the price difference. The SGS2 is available for some really nice deals right now.
Good luck!
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i have owned, sold, and switched to the SGS2, and I do not regret it at all. The SGS2X has a qualcomm/adreno 220 combination, and compared to the exynos/mali 400 combo, its a night and day difference. although the exynos is clocked @ 1.2, compared to the X's 1.5, the SGS2 is way faster/smoother/more liquid. It is all around a better device IMHO. Besides the extra .2 in screen difference, this SGS2X is not as good. And that isn't just opinionated, if you do your research, you'll see that this is all backed up in video, graphs, and reviews. The SGS2 is still the best device out ther IMHO, even better than the nexus. The only thing the Nexus has that we cant is the higher resolution. Besides that, there is nothing. Go with the SGS2, I personally peomise when comparing it to the SGS2X, you will not be disappointed.

I have question as well in relation to this I am currently on Bell Network on Galaxy S2. Now I am planning to get the Telus S2X and Unlocking is not an issue I can do that but with Samsung in order to flash you have PDA, KERNEL, PHONE and CSC files. Now I understand we don't have ROMS yet for S2X for Bell but Can I use the CSC file which I believe is the network config file on the Telus S2X?
I guess Its not worth getting the phone as I found out that its and overclocked processor.

Exynos is too fast.Buy the international if you can.
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help do i swap my iphone for a galaxy s

help do i swap my iphone for a galaxy s please can you give a reson why
thanks bob

no, don't. you should wait for galaxy s 3. or if you can't wait, just buy galaxy nexus.

but it is just a straight swap my iphone feals realy slow

that and iam on pay as you go so new phones are very pricy here in the uk lol

why not buy nexus s? it's the same like galaxy s, but without samsung's crapwares. everything is stock android

going for £250 on ebay here no an opstion i thought thats what rooting the phone overcome the crapware lol

stfudude said:
no, don't. you should wait for galaxy s 3. or if you can't wait, just buy galaxy nexus.
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I agreed with u also..
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is the galaxy s that bad then whats wrong with the galaxy s bigger better screen faster cpu better gpu whats wrong with the galaxy i need a reson please

boothbenny said:
is the galaxy s that bad then whats wrong with the galaxy s bigger better screen faster cpu better gpu whats wrong with the galaxy
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Nothing, it's working perfectly using the Teamhacksung CM9 alpha. It's beautiful. I wouldn't swap an iPhone 4S for it, but any other model (even an iPhone 4, probably) yes I would.
(I did the same as you, I managed to swap my HTC Desire for a Galaxy S a month ago - it runs Ice Cream Sandwich beautifully - cos it's so similar to a Nexus S)

thanks just one or two more people to confirm that a galaxy s i better than an 3gs and i will swap it i did have a htc wildfire but is was just too slow and now i think that my 3gs is too slow just need more speed vrum vrum

boothbenny said:
thanks just one or two more people to confirm that a galaxy s i better than an 3gs and i will swap it i did have a htc wildfire but is was just too slow and now i think that my 3gs is too slow just need more speed vrum vrum
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If you come from a 3gs, you can blindly swap it for a SGS and you will notice a world of difference...
Bye
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go for it.

well i have had both phones and got way more out of my sgs compared to the iphone3gs.... my 3gs is now a paper weight cause my sgs is still a very great phone... i say go for it

cool thanks guys swapping at 6:30 will post when back

back now sofar wow thanks guys now for the fun part begins

Just for anyone's sake, here's my opinion:
If you are looking for something "like" the iPhone 3GS but "Faster", get an iPhone 4 or 4S. Personnaly, I hate the iOS and the way it's closed to everything BUT the mighty apple, but still, if you like the way they are, well, it's the only thing that "is" an iPhone
But if you like something you can mold, play with, set as you like. Well, the Galaxy S is the best of it's generation. Pretty easy to root and to cusromise, easy and well built rom, amazing display, fast CPU and GPU, the only thing better than SGS is the Nexus S, but it's still the same hardware so it's only a software related "better"!
Anyway, please post your feedback!

You can do everything you want on SGS.is practically unbrickable[no matter what you do you still have a backdoor called 'download mode' to undo your phone.apps are free.on the other hand on iphone you have to set every site for apps and of course..a noob in iphones can totally screw it.(sorry for my bad english)
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well what can i say what a phone well impressed with its speed now rooted and running ics teamicssgs rc4.1 ace phone a big thanks to you all

good for u!!!