[Q] SGS Camera - Galaxy S I9000 General

Hi all.
I have a question: I've got 3 smartphone, 1 SGS, 1 iPhone, 1 HD2 WP7.Camera on iPhone and HD2 (even with WM6.5 and Android) is very fast to take a shoot,when press the button you will have a shoot as soon as the smartphone takes it.
On the SGS, instead, there are a lot of second you have to wait to view the picture.
Why?
Is there a modded camera apk, or others tweaks, to make sgs camera fast or quick as iphone and hd2 one?
thank you all for replays.

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Diamond 3(Temporary), have you ever seen this before?-Photo included

First, this is NOT FAKE PHOTO!
My friend just got a test machine.
General Specs as following:
CPU: 1Ghz
ROM: 1GB
RAM: 1GB
3.8'' SCREEN
8 MP CAMERA
Dual Flash light
TV-out/ TV function???
Guess this is the next generation of Diamond. Diamond 3. Suppose it will be released in the middle of next year.
If I have a chance, I will see this machine later this week. and I will bring you some photos~
Wait and see.
seriously )
800 MP camera? )
No no no ... what you need to know is that ... Chinese (no offenses, but i've read some articles and examples and got the chance to live see this) usually copy the style of thing in europe and give them another name. What you see there is just a phone looking like diamond, but another company just copying
again ... 800 MP camera ... good one )
georgeono said:
seriously )
800 MP camera? )
No no no ... what you need to know is that ... Chinese (no offenses, but i've read some articles and examples and got the chance to live see this) usually copy the style of thing in europe and give them another name. What you see there is just a phone looking like diamond, but another company just copying
again ... 800 MP camera ... good one )
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i've been living here(xda-dev) for about 2 years. Am I going to take replicas to show you all guys? Am I stupid? ??? this machine is directly from HTC. its test machine.
do you even conceive what 800 MP camera means? Your current diamond 2 has 5 MP; seriously ... think about it!!!
if it is about 8 MP, it's okay, I can believe that, but 800? no no no ...
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if it is about 8 MP, it's okay, I can believe that, but 800? no no no ...
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OH SORRY!!! letter's fault. it's 8MP. NOT 800MP
Double post d/l
now you're talking ).
http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d438/d925/f934.cfm
try fitting that in a diamond3 ... and imagine that is only 160 MP . What can I say ... looking forward to TD3
its just a letter fault..
JohnQ said:
Samsung Omnia ONLY 2 DAYS! Throwed it away
Touch Pro for 3 weeks and throwed it away
HD using..::..
Babe.:|Im coming for you HD2
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Past tense of throw is threw....
Where does your garbage bin live?
What's special about the photo, I get the same one when connecting my regular TD2 ?
I will be surprised if they keep the diamond series alive. i mean, what is the difference between Diamond series and HD series? Just the size of the LCD?
I am getting a bit weary of HTC. They are launching new device every 6 months. I got diamond 2 and within a year they have HD2 and now they seem to be planing to launch Diamond 3 in few more months. I would like for HTC to launch a phone and stick to it for a while... support it for 2-3 years. My 1.5 year old diamond hasn't seen a update for a long time. In fact, none. As HTC decided to completly ignore the US 3G GSM diamond. Same can be observed with HTC G1. HTC launched Hero and completly ignored G1. I am now closely monitoring Asus and Motorola. Let's see how they treat their phones.
arkavat said:
I will be surprised if they keep the diamond series alive. i mean, what is the difference between Diamond series and HD series? Just the size of the LCD?
I am getting a bit weary of HTC. They are launching new device every 6 months. I got diamond 2 and within a year they have HD2 and now they seem to be planing to launch Diamond 3 in few more months. I would like for HTC to launch a phone and stick to it for a while... support it for 2-3 years. My 1.5 year old diamond hasn't seen a update for a long time. In fact, none. As HTC decided to completly ignore the US 3G GSM diamond. Same can be observed with HTC G1. HTC launched Hero and completly ignored G1. I am now closely monitoring Asus and Motorola. Let's see how they treat their phones.
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True, but on the other side xda-dev is a great upgrade path in itself: you get roms from newer devices ported to your device when possible, and mixed/tuned in various ways. In fact, with xda, I feel the support is great.
However, phones are in a transition right now: the TD2 is using the [email protected], and this proc is clearly at the end of its life...So the TD2 is maybe not as great an option as it could be regarding future upgrades. For me, the TD3 would be extremely tempting if they kept the overall format (maybe get a 3.4'' screen just reducing or even getting rid of the zoom bar), add a led flash (5MP are nice, no need for more) and increased low-light sensitivity, and a snapdragon in the .8-1 GHz, >512 MB ROM and Ram. Newer phones seems to almost standardize to the snapdragon the way they did with MSM7200, and having more ram/rom than needed for the initial rom is great for allowing flashing newer roms as long as possible. WVGA is clearly the new standard for a few year too, so a phone with those characteristics would not be obsolete for a long time (about 2-3 years ;-) )

Calling all XDA Galaxy S owners! I need your opinion!

I am a Xperia X1 user and am looking for a good android phone, which I have narrowed down to a Desire or a SGS.
I really like the added benefits of the SGS (Better Screen, 8GB internal memory, HD Video), but cannot deny the fact that the UI on the Desire (Sense) is much better than the Samsung setup….
What are your opinions on the standard system?
The reason why I am asking here is that you all will generally have experience with Sense, which all of the custom ROMs for my xperia has been brilliant over the past 18months (kept it alive).
I notice that the SGS XDA portal, has a lot less posts than the HTC Desire forum, but I am hoping that this is due to the fact that the Desire has been out longer than the Samsung.
I am due to upgrade my phone in 10 days so need to figure out which way to go.
All opinions are welcome!
When I purchase this phone my thought was:
1. UI and software can be update and modified, hardwares are fixed.
2. Communities and 3rd party supports for this phone, which are great right now.
These are enough for me.
djglenn1337 said:
I am a Xperia X1 user and am looking for a good android phone, which I have narrowed down to a Desire or a SGS.
I really like the added benefits of the SGS (Better Screen, 8GB internal memory, HD Video), but cannot deny the fact that the UI on the Desire (Sense) is much better than the Samsung setup….
What are your opinions on the standard system?
The reason why I am asking here is that you all will generally have experience with Sense, which all of the custom ROMs for my xperia has been brilliant over the past 18months (kept it alive).
I notice that the SGS XDA portal, has a lot less posts than the HTC Desire forum, but I am hoping that this is due to the fact that the Desire has been out longer than the Samsung.
I am due to upgrade my phone in 10 days so need to figure out which way to go.
All opinions are welcome!
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I've had an iPhone 3G and a 3GS. Sold the 3GS a month ago to buy the iPhone 4. Due to every shop being out of stock on these babys, I decided to give Android a chance.
I nearly bought the Xperia X10 but in some shop they had a Galaxy S Demo Unit. I grabbed it and fell in love with it. It's so light-weight compared to other smartphones!
When I went home with it, I read some footage about it on engadget, gizmodo, etc. I didn't know it was the strongest Android phone at this time. I was very surprised and even more in love!
The screen is a blast.
I was in the same situation, though I was coming from a WinMo handset. I'm so happy with my choice, I know a few nexus one and desire owners who are now wanting a SCS - which says a lot.
My last phone was an HD2 with WinMo 6.5.5 wich have a wunderful community (Android development very fast).
But the Samsung i9000 is a nice Phone, with a wunderful screen, and 720p videoplayback and recording. And of corse, Android.
(Faster than HD2 [thanks Android], more Apps, 720p rec/play, etc...)
Thanks very much for the feedback guys... its good to get opionions of Win Mo users switching, as most reviews I have read on the internet is based on prev Iphone users (who's opinions I do not value).
Are you guys mostly using the stock SGS software, or running custom roms?
laxtor said:
My last phone was an HD2 with WinMo 6.5.5 wich have a wunderful community (Android development very fast).
But the Samsung i9000 is a nice Phone, with a wunderful screen, and 720p videoplayback and recording. And of corse, Android.
(Faster than HD2 [thanks Android], more Apps, 720p rec/play, etc...)
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Do you prefer this phone to your HD2? The HD2 was a great phone (as was the TyTn II)!
I am using factory's rom with a little bit of addition: rooting + auto killer to manage memories.
From an Omnia i900 winmo. 6.5.5 user, I have no lags problem on this phone.
Well, how about the opinion of a user switching between iPhone 3GS, Symbian s60v3 and v5, WinMo6, 6.1, and 6.5 and Android 1.5, 1.6, and 2.1 phones, in order to find my perfect suite?!? Actually my last/previous phone was Vivaz PRO
It is really the best phone that i laid my hands on up to now.
Hardware-wise, unbelievable super AMOLED multi-touch screen, fantastic HD video camera, super-fast CPU, a lot of RAM, 8GB internal memory and VERY VERY light! (OK, I miss the LED flash, but I can live with that).
Software-wise, I believe, after a lot of experience with multiple OSs, that Android is the future (at least for the next couple of years). Very smooth OS, open to do everything you wish (root, custom firmware, install pirate soft, etc) easily, and VERY FAST GROWING/UPDATING (compared with WinMo and symbian, that feel a bit ancient by now).
Go for it bro! You wont regret!
Just sold mine galaxy s on ebay.. and for a very good price  I am so happy now
If you are like me and use gps navigation a lot, simply run away from this phone.
I am now back to my HD2 (so happy I did not sell it). No navigation software can compare with tom tom.
All in all galaxy s has:
Superb screen:
HD video recording
And that is about it….
The gps is rubbish, don’t listen to the people telling you that they fixed it…
All “fixes” are just to provide fast network location fix (which in most cases is inaccurate)
With my HD2 it does not matter how cloudy it is, and how tall are the buildings around me,
I have GPS fix in 3-5sec and I MEAN GPS FIX, not network location fix.
SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I AM.
2 days ago I was in central London and tried to find the closest tesco with google maps…
After 5min I just gave up… galaxy s simply could not do it
With HD2 things like that takes 10 to 20 sec (including typing tesco in the search bar)
I am also very disappointed with the android OS,
This thing does not even support external gps… we had that in winmo 10 years ago…
It has all sorts of problems, for example application starting on the background (consuming data) and there is simply no way for the user to control that.
One more thing the internal memory card is very very very slow and this slows down the devise a lot. Sure people will tell you about the sd card fix but REALLYYYY… should I start fixing the Samsung rubbish? No thanks, will stay away from Samsung and android for another 2 years (at least)
same here i always purchase my smartphones by the hardware spec, and the amount of Forums/groups available for it.
unfortunately the HTC Athena was flawed, the device itself is amazingly great, howerver support for it was low.
SGS i9000 on the other hand has a very lively group just like HTC Desire
kcharng said:
When I purchase this phone my thought was:
1. UI and software can be update and modified, hardwares are fixed.
2. Communities and 3rd party supports for this phone, which are great right now.
These are enough for me.
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mitko76 Good luck doing anything with GPS in central London...Buildings have this horrible side effect on ALL GPS systems.
Google maps is easily the best Search for phone, but not the greatest GPS, since is need a Connection to work if you deviate from the rout too much.
I've had this phone for w eek now and it is a great phone, there are a few niggles in the software, but believe me way less than stock windows mobile 6.5.
The screen isn;t as crisp as people would have you believe, White text on a dark background gives you a red effect around text and text Isn;t smooth, no where near the Iphone 4 IMO, however the contrast and colours are superb.
Give it a go if your on contract you have 7 days to return it.
Logicalstep
As a x1 user who has just upgraded to a Galaxy S a week past i can say that it is definetly worth it.
I did own a Desire for a day when i got it on contract but i didn't get coverage for the network in my area.
I find the Galaxy S to be a nicer looking phone, screen looks a lot brighter and better. Sound quality from the speaker is better and the UI also seems much faster.
It's a great phone, no questions asked, but you have to realize that it needs some work (like the fixes and all) and customization.
I'm using the imfamous JF3 stock rom and i do notice some lags and battery drain (but I use it very heavily, frequent syncs and updates, tons of widgets and all that) so i'm gonna switch over to the better ones.
I come from the Omnia II wich was a great phone but very poorly supported by samsung and the community. This isn't the case at all for the SGS. I used to have sense on my device, big fan of sense, but i like the SGS homescreen as well with the different pannels, really like it. Touchwizz is sort of a love/hate relationship
I'm loving android so far, even though i don't understand everything, i'm sure i could enhance my phone a lot.
hope this helps
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mitko76 Good luck doing anything with GPS in central London...Buildings have this horrible side effect on ALL GPS systems.
Google maps is easily the best Search for phone, but not the greatest GPS, since is need a Connection to work if you deviate from the rout too much.
I've had this phone for w eek now and it is a great phone, there are a few niggles in the software, but believe me way less than stock windows mobile 6.5.
The screen isn;t as crisp as people would have you believe, White text on a dark background gives you a red effect around text and text Isn;t smooth, no where near the Iphone 4 IMO, however the contrast and colours are superb.
Give it a go if your on contract you have 7 days to return it.
Logicalstep
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Logicalstep, that is what I am trying to explain .. I DO NOT NEED “Good Luck” when using my hd2’s gps in central London, it simply work. I work in central London so trust me, I know what I am talking about.
If you are coming from a phone with poor gps I can understand your point, but hd2 simply has a proper gps unit in it and it is working no matter where I am. With HD2 I can even get gps lock in the train (10 sec), tried this with galaxy s and guess what... it FAILED (after 10min).
You can keep convincing yourself that the buildings are high, the sky is cloudy or God knows what ..
But the simple truth is the gps is rubbish.
Keep waiting for the NEXT firmware to fix the issues, and when it failed keep waiting for the next one and so on....
Mitko please do us a favour and leave the forum, we know that you sold your Galaxy S, and frankly its quite boring to see you posting on every thread and preaching slander. The GPS does take a short while to position (about 30-40 secs) but after that it works perfectly for me. I have used it on several occasions when lost in central London.
Since last December I've owned the following handsets: N900, HD2, Desire, X10, Galaxy S.
Of all of these the Galaxy S is my favorite, followed very closely by the HD2.
NZtechfreak said:
Since last December I've owned the following handsets: N900, HD2, Desire, X10, Galaxy S.
Of all of these the Galaxy S is my favorite, followed very closely by the HD2.
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Coming from you that is high praise indeed.
Loving my SGS, no way am I going back to Symbian.
On my side I am coming from winmo6.5 and then iphone3GS
if i had an advice to give you in order to choose between the desire and the samsung it would be to know that :
* you won't have HTC sense on samsung ... I mean really nothing comparable.
* there is almost no button on the samsung .No trackball ( painfull for selection) no LED ... and it's quite annoying some time
Yes when I compare both with my colleague , mine has a better screen ( bigger , brighter) but it will worth it if you watch a lot of video or look at a lot of picture. If it's just to have more beautifull icon ... you will forget it looks better after few weeks
I am still a little bit uncertain about the GPS ... I need to do more tests and to check the settings I could enhance but it can't be compared to my TomTom ( on both winmo and iphone)
Hopefully there will be soon a real fix for the slowness of the SD card ... hopefully ...
Thanks guys, this is brilliant information!
I used the phone briefly in a phone shop yesterday, and I have to say that it looks very impressive! Especially compared to my x1 running Windows 6.5.3. The only first negative impression that I had was how cheap and flimsy the back cover was...but I hey, I know no phone will be perfect.
When my contract is up next week, and I am going to go for the SGS and as Logicalstep has commented I have 7 days to return it if unhappy.
I really appreciate the feedback, as it has made me allot more comfortable with going for the SGS.
djglenn1337 said:
Thanks guys, this is brilliant information!
I used the phone briefly in a phone shop yesterday, and I have to say that it looks very impressive! Especially compared to my x1 running Windows 6.5.3. The only first negative impression that I had was how cheap and flimsy the back cover was...but I hey, I know no phone will be perfect.
When my contract is up next week, and I am going to go for the SGS and as Logicalstep has commented I have 7 days to return it if unhappy.
I really appreciate the feedback, as it has made me allot more comfortable with going for the SGS.
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I'm sure you will enjoy it
And honestly i agree about the cheap looking back but honestly that's why it is so light and you forget about this quickly.
Especially if you add a case ( you have some very thin one)

HD2 vs Galaxy S - Which would you take?

Short version here is that I already have a HD2 and currently playing with the Android builds that are available.
Now I've just been given a Samsung Galaxy S with an upgrade (get it in 2 days) and I must admit as much as I'd like to keep it, there's a part of me that thinks that the HD2 is the better phone, especially as it looks like we are going to have a stable droid build in the near future (devs really are top folk).
So, take the phone built for droid or stick with what I have and hope droid gets perfected on it in the near future?
Opinions welcome
todd69 said:
Short version here is that I already have a HD2 and currently playing with the Android builds that are available.
Now I've just been given a Samsung Galaxy S with an upgrade (get it in 2 days) and I must admit as much as I'd like to keep it, there's a part of me that thinks that the HD2 is the better phone, especially as it looks like we are going to have a stable droid build in the near future (devs really are top folk).
So, take the phone built for droid or stick with what I have and hope droid gets perfected on it in the near future?
Opinions welcome
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It's hard to say. It really depends what OS you favor. If you like WM (as a backup) and Android (albeit buggy and laggy) on the same phone, take the HD2. If you want Android to be the primary OS, take the Galaxy S.
Keep in mind the Android port won't be perfect (at least for a while). For example, the Rhodium (Touch Pro2) port has been going on longer than the HD2 port, and it still has many bugs and features that do not work.
If you really want both devices, why not keep both and alternate phones each week?
I'm personally not ready to switch to Android as a full-time OS on a phone. WM has a lot of tweakability inside and Android still has its time to mature.
See where you are coming from and if I can get away with it may just sneak the samsung away
I've always like WM over the years and love the tweaking abilities with it, I think I'm just a bit tired of it on the HD2 as IMO you still need a stylus when you get past the front end, well I do with my big chubby fingers LOL
Android is nice, had a Nexus One when they first came out but found the camera and a few other things lacking so sold it pretty quick.
To many toys and not enough time I suppose LOL
Well, atm it's very hard to say. As I own a HD2 and like it still very much, I'm not planning to buy a new toy within the next, let's say 3 months. After that I will definitely buy an Android-phone because WP7 sucks already D) and the HD2 will stay THE WM6.5.x-phone - maybe forever.
If I had to buy an Android-phone tomorrow, I'd buy a Galaxy S (Pro) - but I think I would sell it again for the next Android-flagship by HTC, what ever it will be.
if you like to have a faster gpu than go for the galaxy S because it has the fastest gpu units of all smartphones today
Personally I am biased towards android. If it werent for the 4.3 inch display of the hd2 I would have dumped it long ago. Windows mobile is so mature that At the end of this year windows phone 7 is coming out. People have all but stopped developing stuff for it. It still has a great community in xda but frankly windows mobile interface sucks. Maybe I'm a dunce but I could never find proper twitter widgets.
Android isnt perfect on the hd2 and may never be. But lets see I think bluetooth and the camcorder mode doesnt work. Also call quality may be lacking. All things I Can deal with.
Personally Ive seen the samsung captivate which I believe is the At&t variant and I love it. Save yourself and stick which the phone thats native android.
I played with AT&T's version at the store. I don't like Samsung's UI much, but the screen rocks. I didn't notice the screen size difference much.
Deal breaker for me is actually the charging port. It's microUSB with a slick slide cover, BUT THEY PUT IT ON THE TOP OF THE PHONE!!! What engineer thought that was a good idea?
If the Android port weren't going so well and if weren't for the dumb port placement, I'd be on the Galaxy S series now.
hd2 vs galaxy s
hi all, just to give my input on the subject...
First of all HD2 is the only device that is capable of running both WM and Android.
I got the galaxy for my wife, and am not impressed, here is why:
1. build quality sucks, it feels flimzy, all plastic with no substance.
2. doesn't sink with Samsung software
3. Samsung support sucks.
4. android is not the latest build (apparently it will get upgraded)
5. with original ROM it is slow and chunky.
6. GPS has issues.
7. UI looks like certain fruty devices available in black or white...
I have HD2 with many twins, Energy ROM, and also running Android as a second boot.
Android runs smooth with minor issues: no GPS, BT,and not very loud. Camcorder works fine with third party app. so does flashlight. For those worring about Windows needing a stylus, well how often do you see the original UI? plus what version r u running? HD2 is in my opinion the best of both worlds and the best phone to by. it is definitely for people with some comp knoledge rather than the push the button mentality.
I'm sticking with winmo until WP7 matures a little.
Yes WinMo is approaching the end of its cycle, but since it is, most anything you could think you want is available.
Just installed a PSX emulator and am playing Final Fantasy 7 right now.
I can watch just about any type of video.
More music options than I can count.
I guess for me, the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality applies.
well after 24hrs with the Galaxy, the HD2 is going
Tough choice as I love playing with these new droid builds coming out, they really are great but after spending the day with a full blown droid phone, god it's fast, seems a lot faster than the Nexus One I had, weird!
No issues with satnav for me and UI suits me fine.
I'll be sad to finally say goodbye to WM, it's been a gadget lovers delight over the years
Thanks for the input all
If its an upgrade why cant you have both?
Ive never had to give back my old phone when I got an upgrade.......
I was looking forward to having a shiny new android beast to sit next to my HD2 when the time comes.......you've got me worried now.
If T Mobile think they're gonna take my HD2 away they've got another thing coming.......
LOL, no don't have to give the phone back but would rather sell it than have it sitting in the spare drawer.
Eh, with the HD2 in a month or two I think its Android build will have the same performance as the Nexus One and similar phones. Plus, it will be the only 4.3 inch screen phone on T-mobile with Android.
Yeah, the Galaxy still has a better GPU, but I have never played a single 3D game on my HD2 really. Probably because it has no amazing 3D games but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7500539#post7500539
Definitely Galaxy S! I Have HD2 for 6 months now and I've already flashed the device like 212109863489458 times (lol) and it' s getting annoying i have to flash my device every 2 weeks because of bugs. I don' t think that' s the case with android + The hummingbird processor beats snapdragon. I've seen benchmarks which shows an unreleased new HTC phone (everybody speculating about dual core snapdragon) saying that it' s a super fast new HTC. And guess what... The Galaxy S even beats that one in benchmarks... Don' t get me wrong I love my [email protected], best phone I' ve ever had to this date, but the combination Hummingbird and android (soon 2.2) is a better choice I think.. Hope this helps.
galaxy s doesnt even have a flash ! lol! gay phone !
Hello there!!. i am doubt on this question too. I have a hd2 from 8 months ago, and ... really, hd2 ROCKS!. but have some inconvenients like battery life, or wm6.5 and that this will not be upgradable to wm7. Given, android runs really fine but the future of this os on my hd2 makes me doubt a little.
So, what about the galaxy S battery life, gps, photo positioning, screens ...?, it will be possible to flash futures ROMS of android like Android 3.0, i´m ready to say good to WM. But for the moment, i know that on my hd2 it will be possible to flash, maybe, all futures androids roms, whatever they are.
Well I decided to sell the Galaxy S, really nice phone but I much prefer being able to pick and choose the android builds and WM roms to play with, if you like that kind of thing, stay with the HD2.
Now that I have setcpu set up on my android build the battery life is very good.
GPS on the galaxy can be a bit iffy, read the forums and you'll see lots of issues, the camera isn't as good as the HD2 and the lack of flash is a definite issue IMO.
The screen is stunning on the galaxy but the HD2 screen size makes up for this.
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galaxy s doesnt even have a flash ! lol! gay phone !
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Don't be so quick to judge a book by its cover.
Camera flash on the HD2 (and other devices) only work up to a certain distance -- then, the flash becomes useless as it is unable to provide enough light to illuminate the surroundings. The HD2's "night mode" is, imo, horrible; my older, cheaper camera phones had better "night mode" pictures. As seen in the photos in the link, the Galaxy S's "night mode" allows it to capture images at long distances, without flash, and the image is decent.
Its camera -- or more accurately, its camcorder-- actually has a slight advantage over the HD2's. Android OS allows the phone to capture HD videos, whereas WM has limitations that prevent the HD2 from recording in HD. I've seen some videos shot by the Galaxy S, and I have to say I'm very impressed.
That´s ok. But now, the QUESTION. Will be the Galaxy S upgradable to android 3.0?? This could be a GOOD FAVOUR POINT for this device, and if it couldnt be, sucks. Anyone know something about this?? my HD2 is right now open to all this supposed SO roms.
What the hell ... hahaha

Are you pleased you changed from HD2 to Desire HD?

Now the desire Hd has been around for a few days, I was wondering what those that have changed from HD2 to desire HD think of it. Are you glad you changed? or prefer your old HD? Your thoughts may help those that are thinking about changing..(like me!)
One word: YES!
Now that the novelty of the DHD has worn off, I think i prefer the HD2 (with Android). The DHD is like a HD2 that has missed a few gym sessions and put on a few pounds. The HD2 definately feels better in the hand.
That said, i do like the DHD. It definately benefits from the better GPU and memory.
I would say absolutely yes. Its so great. Think its slightly worse looking than the HD2, but its super fast, slightly faster than my HD2 on droid. But way more reliable, like it actually turns on when you press the on button!
Plus 8gb included
Last week I got the DHD before that I had the HD2,
Pro's DHD over HD2
- Faster boot
- Fast lock screen windows when I press the power button
- Everything works (duh) (one of the last Android roms for HD2 also almost everything works so...
- HTCSense.com (not a real improvement but he...)
- I really like the design and captivate buttons
- New sense = ok
- 8 MP camera instead of 5 MP
- I prefer the power button on top, so not every button on hd2 will wake the phone
- Sometimes apps will not install or work in HD2, did have this on DHD.
Speed is more or less the same, I do not thing one is much faster then the other.
Pro's HD2 over DHD
- Smaller
- Battery life, maybe strange to find out, but I really think my HD2 with android lasted longer!
I will keep my HD2 and waiting that WinMo 7 works so I can see how that works.
Cheers.
Three words - yes yes yes! Whoops I have had an accident ;-)
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If hd2 had million colors on the screen i wouldnt have sold it. Desire win for that only
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I'm still a bit undecided, i prefer the home screen and CHT set up on the HD2 and the fact you can go into android anyway make it much closer than i thought it would be...
having said that the DHD is super slick and smooth with virtually no judders, and texting is superb so as a phone its better but i'm already missing the tweaking and i've only had the DHD since friday LOL
As someone else mentioned above thinking about keeping my HD2 and seeing what happens on the WP7 front because if that gets sorted having the choice of running WP7-Android-WM6 is pretty awesome...
Pro DHD
- ANDROID MARKET
- HTCSense.com
- captivate buttons
- camera seams to be better, but would prefer 5 MP with better quality
- I prefer the power button on top
Pro HD2
- smaller
- lighter
- although the metal of the DHD imposes a better quality I prefer the gummed surface of the HD2
- with Co0kies home tab I have much more information on the Home screen as with Androids Sense Home
i also upgraded from the hd2 to dhd, and i think the dhd is a lot better.
- Its more reliable than android on hd2
- Its faster
- I think it looks & feels better
- Better camera
- htcsense.com (that needs some improvements tho)
Why the hd2 is better
- battery easy accessible (spare battery is easy with hd2)
- instantheart rate (search for it in the market) works better on hd2
The HD2 is only smaller by like a few mm guys. It's hardly that noticeable
The hd2 is literally only a few mm smaller but the shape of the dhd makes it feel bigger than the actual difference is IME...
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Only had my Desire HD for a couple of days but so far I'm happy.
DHD is faster and more responsive.
Only 2 apps needed to make the DHD perfect - secubox and the thing I miss most of all, CHT
I'm much preferring my DHD! I can use Android 24/7 now!!
I had no end of troubles with Android on my HD2, tried several radios, several rom builds! The best result i got was stable for a few days, then the longer I used it, the more often it would black screen of death and I'd have to reformat and start over - got kinda bored of doing that!
Alize said:
I'm much preferring my DHD! I can use Android 24/7 now!!
I had no end of troubles with Android on my HD2, tried several radios, several rom builds! The best result i got was stable for a few days, then the longer I used it, the more often it would black screen of death and I'd have to reformat and start over - got kinda bored of doing that!
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SecretVaultpro.
Its in the market.
I have the DHD after my HD2, and I love the DHD more!
I think the reasons of this has already been told by those who think the same as me.
And as Ericjennings said, u only need 2 apps to make it perfect, in my case only one app was enough to make it perfect.
With my HD2 I needed tons of apps sometimes, and even a HSPL to get better ROM's and stuff like that.
Yep, I feld in love again after my HD2, and this time with my DHD
I love the DSD, had a huge amount of problems with my HD2.
Used to freeze at least 5 times a day, wouldnt start when hitting the power button etc etc.
Only thing i really miss is the CHT home screen, hope it will be available for DSD soon.
It was by far the greatest home screen available.
Anyone know if there is a CHT coming for Android sense???
Ive had the DHD for around 7hrs now.
its much faster and smoother to the HD2.
Def not liking this sim cover..its a PITA to remove..and mine doesnt align properly on the right side. it protrudes out by 0.5mm!
changed my hd2 for dhd. happy for screen, chipset, battery, sound with earclip. less happy for cover...perfect assembly, but I don't think it will last 1 year like my old hd2. I saw its paint, I think we will see some with peeling in a few time

omnia 7 or wait for focus

Hello. Sorry for asking this question again in forums. I saw a similar topic about 3 months ago but my question is rather different than just the design of the product.
In Brazil there's not too many choices for wp7 since it wasn't released here so my only option is to buy from ebay-like sites.
Omnia7 seems to be a nice device, i was looking for something smaller and lighter than hd2 (hd7 does not seem to be an option). Focus was my primary but its kinda hard to find it here and its more expensive than omnia7.
My question is should i wait for a good offer and get focus or omnia7 is good enough or even better than focus?
technically they are pretty much the same. I read that focus camera is really good, i was wondering if omnia has a good camera as well (this is important for me).
Some points:
- microsd is not a problem...im fine with 8gb
- camera is important
- weight/size is important
- known problems of both???
- some other choice i should consider?
thanks in advance
Few people will be able to answer you with true knowledge because the Omnia 7 in just in Europe and the Focus is just in the US. Not many people will have tried both. Engadget reviewed both, you could start there.
I just switched from a HD7 to an Omnia 7 (broke my HD7 switching the SD Card, decided to buy a phone where I wont be tempted to do that again and get a zune HD). I can't compare it to the focus but I can comment on your points.
- Camera:
The camera is actually pretty awesome, takes some nice decent shots and is miles better than the camera that came with the HD7.
- Weight:
Much lighter than my HD7, I think this is the lightest phone I've had in a while.
- Problems:
No problems so far, it performs quite good and games load up really quickly.
If you don't care about MicroSD Card slot then just go for the omnia, from what I can tell the focus is pretty much the same phone anyway but just a different shape and with a SD Card slot.
This is going to be a really weird thing to say, but one small annoyance is that it's made from metal. The phone back is literally freezing to touch in cold weather
As I know these two phones are nearly the same (foucs US only, omnia 7 worldwide), though it seems to me that omnia have far better build quality as almost whole body is made from aluminium (only top and bottom is plastic-wich is better because of scratching). And I'm actually impressed with the quality, 2 months of use and still no scratches without any protection, I also drop it once. It also feels extremly solid in hand. Far better than my old iPhone 2G (got scratched everywhere)
I have Omnia 7, build quality is top notch. Focus looks plasticy to me :] Camera is good as Samsung can make good cam phones :] Well, no problems on Omnia7
thank you all. we have a winner. Omnia7

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