I've convinced myself that I would like to trade my x10 for an SGS. Is anyone here going to give me a reason not to?
Only plus with x10 is 8mp camera with 720p video recording.
What do you think?
Ephumuris
The galaxy s is great, but comparing gingerbread and froyo, gingerbread runs laggier on the galaxy s occasionally either because of lack of optimization by samsung or because of lack of RAM (on froyo I'd have 180Mb of ram on boot and the phone runs smoothly for days while on gingerbread, I'd have 140Mb of ram on boot and the ram seems to get used up to 80Mb after a day's usage and the phone becomes laggy).
So, when Ice Cream Sandwich comes, my concern is that the 512Mb of RAM on the SGS might not be sufficient for it to run super smoothly.
But apart from that, the SGS is great, especially on 2.2.1 roms.
However, you might want to consider dual core phones like the SGS2 or the upcoming Nexus Prime.
Thanks for the reply. I'm just changing phones every couple of months getting a feel for different manufacturers as my upgrade is due in 6 months time.
Ephumuris
Actually, HD video recording is better on the SGS!
At least that's what I saw when comparing to my cousin's X10.
better go for sgs 2 bro u get eveything
ephumuris said:
I've convinced myself that I would like to trade my x10 for an SGS. Is anyone here going to give me a reason not to?
Only plus with x10 is 8mp camera with 720p video recording.
What do you think?
Ephumuris
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If you're only trading it like with a friend or stuff like that, just do it.
The SGS also records on 720p. Besides the CPU/GPU on the S is superior than the one embedded in the X10. At least for gaming it is.
One word for you: superamoled
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The galaxy s is great, but comparing gingerbread and froyo, gingerbread runs laggier on the galaxy s occasionally...
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That is one opinion! Running my SGS on XXJVS firmware with Voodoo kernel and ext4 filesystem is smooth an lag free. If you can wait a bit longer, wait for the S3....
don go for sgs....the choice is sgs2,moto droid,etc if uwana buy now but if u wanto wait abit , then wait for the 2ghz quad process......well iam waiting for one.cause my exp in using android is , like its open ground an more ghz,ram the better it b...for future proof...ive heard a hell of phones with high specs comming the end or mid 2012
I've had my SGS for a year now and I really like it. The customizations that can be done to this phone are incredible. It is fast and reliable.
I have actually watched movies on it when I had to wait for something. The screen is very nice, oh, did I say it was fast?
My only problem with my phone is the GPS is nonexistent. I have tried different fixes, but ruining stock firmware and not rooted, the GPS sucks.
I will be looking for another phone when my contract is up in a year and I do not know if I will return to Samsung.
Ian
SGS has a much better display, more ram, better multitouch technology, bigger battery, significantly better cpu/gpu, native divx support, wireless N tech and bluetooth 3.0 and prob a bunch more pros over the x10. the x10 has a slightly better camera, with flash, i kinda like the look better and thats about it.
So based on what I said, you decide
Kind of sounds like an SGS would be an improvement for now!
For the guys saying wait... I am due an upgrade soon so I'm just after trading maybe add a little money to it too. When my upgrade comes it will be whatever the latest and greatest device is in March 2012!
Ephumuris
yes do it either sgs1 or sgs2
I had an x10 and binned it for the sgs.
I am so happy that i did. The sgs is blazing fast compared to the x10 and there is tons and tons of development going on.
I dont miss anything about my x10 at all
I went from a wildfire to the sgs, I still miss the little bugger
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Did you know that the SGS graphics can elaborate up to 90 millions of triangles per second?
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Did you know that the SGS graphics can elaborate up to 90 millions of triangles per second?
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Holy ****! That's over 9000!
ephumuris said:
I've convinced myself that I would like to trade my x10 for an SGS. Is anyone here going to give me a reason not to?
Only plus with x10 is 8mp camera with 720p video recording.
What do you think?
Ephumuris
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I actually did the exact same thing after a month or 2 of using the X10...this was around same time last year. no regrets.
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Hello guys I wana knkw which is better . Cuz when I post on desire forum x10 vs desire they all were x10 sux and stuff and and I also post x10 vs.vibrant they said the vibrant is better im trying to collect some info cuz im buying eithrr desire or galaxy s on monday orr should I keep the x10 and wait for 2.1 cuz I dont like the 1.6 and its been almost forever still no 2.1 on x10 I wonder if 2.1 will be available how nice x10 will be I just cant imagine it . So plz help me guys n wht u think and also would 2.1 would it.bring camera flash?
First of all 2.1 isn't going bring camera flash.. that's hardware related, and second why did you buy x10, when you knew it had 1.6 on it?
Flash:
Download Vignette from the market.
X10 vs Galaxy:
My mate bight a galaxy S two weeks ago and is already sending it in for replacement.
1.6 vs 2.1:
If you can't wait a few more weeks, then I highly doubt you'll be keeping either of those phones because of the compulsive need to always upgrade. Kinda defeats the purpose, really.
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HTC fan, he bought the X10 probably because the Desire and the Galaxy S were announced for Canada only recently.
If you can get the Galaxy S for only slightly more than the X10, then I recommend it even though I'm an X10 owner and fan. The Hummingbird CPU, extra RAM, 8Gb onboard ROM, S-AMOLED screen, 2.1 (with 2.2 coming in September) make it superior to the X10. Sorry, but that's the truth.
As for the Desire, I would stay with the X10.
P.S. before I get flamed, I have no intention of moving to the Galaxy S.
^ 100% Agree.
Yea when 2.1 comes to the X10 all our problems will be over. I wont even have to work anymore probably. It will be such an amazing thing that if I were to accidentally drop my phone from 40 Ft. it will bounce right back into my pocket (unharmed). I am so tired of ppl *****ing about 1.6 vs 2.1/2.2. Get the FU** over it already. There are so many more things in the world to be concerned with. Just my opinion though.
@htc fan89 i bought my x10 3 months ago i didnt had knowledge of android or what 1.6 was. i can wait 3 weeks or whatever but is it official that its coming this month or its just people saying it .
I'm just tried of people crying for 2.1...that's all
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HTC fan, he bought the X10 probably because the Desire and the Galaxy S were announced for Canada only recently.
If you can get the Galaxy S for only slightly more than the X10, then I recommend it even though I'm an X10 owner and fan. The Hummingbird CPU, extra RAM, 8Gb onboard ROM, S-AMOLED screen, 2.1 (with 2.2 coming in September) make it superior to the X10. Sorry, but that's the truth.
As for the Desire, I would stay with the X10.
P.S. before I get flamed, I have no intention of moving to the Galaxy S.
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Nicely put
We're always going to have the need to upgrade to the latest android smartphone just to get the full potential. It's a never ending cycle, and unfortunately I'm a victim. I think I will stick with the Xperia X10 since I've gone through so much with it and although it is my 5th Android phone, I've learned most about Android capabilities from the X10. It's a good phone, I'm sure in a few months something awesome will come in Canada and we all going to want it. I've tried selling my phone but the resell value is just ridiculous. I'll be sticking with the X10, even though I love Super AMOLED. I want to be around when the bootloader gets cracked.
What is the resale value of X10?
I'm not going to do it anyway ... i'm just curious.
My next will be one of those dual core smartphones which most likely will be launched next summer
And if we don't get dualcore, at least we will have 1.5Ghz
Resale is about $300 cdn if that. Theres tonnes of them up on kijiji and craigslist.
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What is the resale value of X10?
I'm not going to do it anyway ... i'm just curious.
My next will be one of those dual core smartphones which most likely will be launched next summer
And if we don't get dualcore, at least we will have 1.5Ghz
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lol dual core would be LEGENDARY
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lol dual core would be LEGENDARY
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Not entirely sure about that. First thing is that it would drain the battery a lot more. Secondly it's not really needed for the most part.
We already have DSPs and dedicated chips that handles much of the heavy lifting like sound, video, graphics etc. Unless you're doing _heavy_ multitasking on your phone the performance increase would be minimal. And given that Android is pretty good at allocating resources you'd probably be better off with more RAM in the future rather than a new CPU.
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Not entirely sure about that. First thing is that it would drain the battery a lot more. Secondly it's not really needed for the most part.
We already have DSPs and dedicated chips that handles much of the heavy lifting like sound, video, graphics etc. Unless you're doing _heavy_ multitasking on your phone the performance increase would be minimal. And given that Android is pretty good at allocating resources you'd probably be better off with more RAM in the future rather than a new CPU.
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I'll take whatever I can. I'm just commenting on the advancements being accomplished w/ smartphones.
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I'll take whatever I can. I'm just commenting on the advancements being accomplished w/ smartphones.
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I'm interested in the deverlopment as well. I think we're going to see a period of increased power, much like the Ghz wars of the past ten years. After that we're probably going to see more effort being put into better battery-life and increased portability. Much like Laptops are becoming the norm for computers I think Smartphones (or rather their descendants) are going to replace Laptops as the daily computing platform.
A major part of todays interweb users could probably switch from using computers to smartphones without losing any functionality. Just attach a larger screen and a bluetooth keyboard and you can Facebook, mail, surf the web, watch youtube, play casual games and enjoy media.
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Yea when 2.1 comes to the X10 all our problems will be over. I wont even have to work anymore probably. It will be such an amazing thing that if I were to accidentally drop my phone from 40 Ft. it will bounce right back into my pocket (unharmed). I am so tired of ppl *****ing about 1.6 vs 2.1/2.2. Get the FU** over it already. There are so many more things in the world to be concerned with. Just my opinion though.
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you got me all excited about this boomerang bouncy ball feature, then i realised that you were being sarcastic... devo
fk the x10 i should have waitied for something better. i just got a decent deal at the time.
For all the top end android phones this just doesnt come close. The ram is below spec for v 3. and no dam multi touch... I thought my T28 was my last SE and I gave them i more chance with this. If i had the choice again i would have got the desire no doubt about it....
just hoping when they crack this thing it will be more worth while.... strongly doubt it.....
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fk the x10 i should have waitied for something better. i just got a decent deal at the time.
For all the top end android phones this just doesnt come close. The ram is below spec for v 3. and no dam multi touch... I thought my T28 was my last SE and I gave them i more chance with this. If i had the choice again i would have got the desire no doubt about it....
just hoping when they crack this thing it will be more worth while.... strongly doubt it.....
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Hang on, below spec for version 3? You're whining over a recommendation, not requirement, for an OS update that will come out six months after the device was released? Sheesh, some people really need to learn how to have realistic expectations.
fair enough of the v 3 "requirement" RAM is still well below the others anyway ... what really is so good about this phone? timescape... not a chance... mediascape umm.... screen, a little bigger but not a OLED or anything super.... in call volume is terrible.... outdated software and **** support.
X10 isnt top and thats all there is to it! however... coming from 6.5win this still kicks its ass.
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fair enough of the v 3 "requirement" RAM is still well below the others anyway ... what really is so good about this phone? timescape... not a chance... mediascape umm.... screen, a little bigger but not a OLED or anything super.... in call volume is terrible.... outdated software and **** support.
X10 isnt top and thats all there is to it! however... coming from 6.5win this still kicks its ass.
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The support being **** isn't really fair, we've had more than one update every month that fixes a lot of issues so the support isn't bad. The outdated software has a point but the OS shipped with the phone is being updated and we're going to see a new OS in a matter of weeks.
OLED? I can go on for pages about it but I'll just mention two points. Sunlight and bad resolution.
It's totally crap in sunlight, even more so than any other screen I've experienced. I've tried to use the Desire in sunlight but even max brightness and shading it with my hand didn't help.
The resolution is crap. Period. Not only does it have a effective lower resolution when you use it compared to counting the actual pixels but it also makes text and high contrast graphics really blurry. If you have an oled display nearby I invite you to look closely at black text on white background on both it and a tft display and compare them. Even though the difference is smaller when look at from a distance many have complained that the difference, even though hard to notice from a distance, gives them headaches.
For me brighter colours don't make up for crap resolution. I'll gladly take fewer colors if it means that I can read on it and use it outdoors.
So the GS2 has been getting fantastic reviews and the specs are just monstorous! It pretty much kills anything on the market right now, how do you feel about this? Will the Arc be outdated quicky? These phones move WAY to fast for me...its not even funny...you buy a phone and theres already one that makes you feel inferior...
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So the GS2 has been getting fantastic reviews and the specs are just monstorous! It pretty much kills anything on the market right now, how do you feel about this? Will the Arc be outdated quicky? These phones move WAY to fast for me...its not even funny...you buy a phone and theres already one that makes you feel inferior...
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While I think the GS2 has better technical specs than the SE, I think the overall design of the Arc is much more unique than that of the GS2. I also find that the Sammys tend to be more plasticy (if that is a word). Additionally, I don't think apps (and the OS) have been optimized for the dual core processor in the GS2.
What the GS2 has going for it, is a front facing camera (which should have in the Arc too) and an unlocked bootloader! Those two might tempt me to pick up a GS2 to play around with.
You should have waited for S2 instead of buying Arc What specifications S2 was going to have, was published on every mobile site since S2 was announced
I do think always to buy things per my own need not to what is the highest. I did care for design and decent performance. ARC was and is the solution for me. Does S2 devalue my arc? no! This is not a good example but I will try
You are driving an Audi RS4 and then Nissan GTR comes out with a performance car, do I care? no because I love my RS4 very much(BTW I don't have a RS4)
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I do think always to buy things per my own need not to what is the highest. I did care for design and decent performance. ARC was and is the solution for me. Does S2 devalue my arc? no! This is not a good example but I will try
You are driving an Audi RS4 and then Nissan GTR comes out with a performance car, do I care? no because I love my RS4 very much(BTW I don't have a RS4)
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+1 well said..
SGS II is also ~150 USD more expensive than the Arc.
With the rapid growth of GPU and CPU for mobile, IMHO, spending your every pennies to get the top line of these hardwares every couple months is not worth it. It will get depreciated very quickly. And all the values left would be:
1. design and built quality
2. battery life
3. functionalities
Arc's beautiful design and 8MP camera + exmor r, however, will stay on top of the line for quite a while
(1) The Galaxy S2 is Fugly
(2) "Samsung" and "quality" are two words that wont be used in the same sentence.
I don't think the Arc is in anyway now going to be forgotten about.
I was initially going to wait on the S2, but it was going to cost me about £150 on the plan I'm on, where as the Arc was free. Not really bothered about the dual core CPU as it runs more than fast enough as it is. Front facing camera I don't care about as I'm never going to use it (don't think many iphone users do either as it only works on wifi). The feel and quality of the S2 is way way way below that of the Arc too.
So still well happy with my choice.
Dazza
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So the GS2 has been getting fantastic reviews and the specs are just monstorous! It pretty much kills anything on the market right now, how do you feel about this? Will the Arc be outdated quicky? These phones move WAY to fast for me...its not even funny...you buy a phone and theres already one that makes you feel inferior...
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I just purchase Arc from Japan knowing it's long been outdated. Even several months old Atrix's has killer specs compared to Arc. I still went for Arc mainly because of it's styling.
I want to wait for GS2 but the styling doesn't appeal to me and not having LED notification kind of killed my desire for it.
With Android handsets, by the time the phone you desire hits the market, there is another killer one coming in a month. It's hard to keep waiting. But, I will move to GS2 if it looks better outside than it is in pictures. But, I doubt Samsung can make anything as attractive as SE phones . Just the SAMSUNG logo kills it for me
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Could not agree more!!! Well said!
LOL I agree, it has monster specs but it is FUGLY! Arc and IP4 are MUCH better looking..
SGS2 is definately amazing phone specs wise. There's no denying that. I was going to get SGS2, but got Arc instead. I just wanted to get rid of my iPhone.
Arc looks amazing, works very well and is fast. SGS2 is faster and has better screen, but Arc actually does everything I need currently. I think Arc is enough for me the next 2 years. There will always be new stuff coming, but there is no real need to change every 6 months.
SGS2 will probably be the king until SGS3. But it doesn't make my Arc bad. Actually my Arc is excellent
A phone with better specs than the Arc has been released, so what?
It was bound to happen at some point.
What I really don't like about the galaxy phones is how they look and feel like previous versions of the iPhone. Seriously, the tipping point for getting the arc over the other phones is its unique style. Do you trade off specs and performance for style? Not really. But I don't see the need to pay extra when I can get something that I want and that pretty much caters to what I need.
If you want to be future-proof, get the SGS2 - it might be the HTC Desire of dual-cores with its potential long life. Give it a couple months more and a few more dual-core phones will come out. Will you be wanting every new phone with better specs?
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(1) The Galaxy S2 is Fugly
(2) "Samsung" and "quality" are two words that wont be used in the same sentence.
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+1 on that
I think you guys are stuck with arc. And couldn't afford sgs2 so why bashing it? And quality on sgs2 is way better than arc. Only thing arc has is camera and Hdmi 2.3 and slim other than that same as x10. I don't see how and why people bought the arc
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I could afford to be choosy when opting for a phone I liked the arc so got the arc you can to through life upgrading everything tvs pcs cars houses phones but there is always something bigger and better round the corner so just enjoy what you have
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well, i was on the fence between both phones but ended up with the arc, its just an awesome phone, super fast, even in the browser, which i was surprised.
the x10 was trash, but now that sony is giving it 2.3 it makes use of all of its hardware. so its actually a pretty good phone now. the arc of course is way better.
dual-core wouldnt really be as future proof as people are making it out to be....unless ofcourse your idea of future proof is about 6ish months long till the next big thing comes out....and didnt nvidia already map out quad-cores? which means the wait for 2.5+ would be needed since 2.4 will take advantage of the dual-cores.
coming from an atrix, the only real noticable difference in speed comes when you open certain apps, and even then...the difference is by about...1, maybe 2 seconds? so until android can utilize dual-cores, a single core phone done right is fantastic.
*personal preference here*i love sony's screen for movies and pics vs Samoled. cant comment on Samoled plus but the over-saturation and fake colours on the galaxy S phones drove me nuts :/
so those are some of my reasons for getting the arc over the Gs2.
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+1 on this.. lol..!!
Doesn't look like double cores have any real advantage right now, something really better for the user. Unless you're counting any second after app launching.
It's definitely the future but I wouldn't pee in my pants because of that right now.
SGSII is probably awesome. However has inferior design, inferior UI (for me of course) plus the fear of quality. And Samsung software doesn't seem polished ever. SGSI had issues AFAIK and just look at their WP7 problems story.
My wife just got a GS2 and after setting it up and playing around with it for a few days I'm convinced the two are fairly similar in use.
Sure the GS2 is a bit faster when multitasking but day to day use is to me almost the same.
That said I'm happy to hold off for newer design when it comes as jvq on GS1 with ext4 does it all only on a slightly smaller screen.
Battery life is comparable.
Browser is almost identical in speed.
Gmail a slight bit slower.
Phone call quality is on par.
Music player... Sounds great with both running voodoo app.
Just wish it had a flash for camera but still takes amazing pics for 5mp.
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I'm not a fan of the SGS2 form factor. Too big and bulky for me.
It's a shame that the SGS2 wasn't the exact same form factor as the original SGS with an improved camera otherwise it would be my phone...
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I'm not a fan of the SGS2 form factor. Too big and bulky for me.
It's a shame that the SGS2 wasn't the exact same form factor as the original SGS with an improved camera otherwise it would be my phone...
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Yeah mate.
Gs1 owners have it pretty good in my opinion. No phone is perfect but jvq gs1 is not too far off.
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Yeah mate.
Gs1 owners have it pretty good in my opinion. No phone is perfect but jvq gs1 is not too far off.
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I bet if one were to use galnets miui on the gs1 it would be comparable in speed to the gs2 (I find miui much faster compared to stock jvq, that's my opinion though)...
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Thank God the SGS2 wasn't released the 14th as I believed, because I would have bought one. I think my SGS1 does the job very well and it would be stupid to buy it. All that "must get better phone" non sense... I'll leave that for the iPhone users
I will install CM7 soon and will forget the thought of buying this phone.
SGS 1 is better then SGS2 about the battery cover and other important parts.
I would like the RGB screen in SGS2 (compared to pentile on SGS) but other than that I'm not really clamouring for any of the other features. Maybe the RAM would be nice, but the dual-core and 8MP/1080p camera don't seem that big of a deal.
The clincher for me to upgrade would be a higher resolution, 960x540 would be nice at 4.5", and a more powerful GPU to go with it. I feel like future games will run out of GPU before they max out the CPU, maybe I am wrong.
One thing that many reviews don't really consider is what about SD speed? I find myself wishing the SD card were faster when doing many tasks like transferring files via USB, installing/updating applications, etc... I may have seen something about improved SD speed in the SGS2 but I can't recall exactly.
In the end I would be very happy to win one for free in the Bell contest, but for my own money I will hold off until at least the next flagship release. I shouldn't really be dropping $500+ on new phones every year and I have no regrets about the SGS, it seems like it will have good longevity especially in the GPU department.
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I would like the RGB screen in SGS2 (compared to pentile on SGS) but other than that I'm not really clamouring for any of the other features. Maybe the RAM would be nice, but the dual-core and 8MP/1080p camera don't seem that big of a deal.
The clincher for me to upgrade would be a higher resolution, 960x540 would be nice at 4.5", and a more powerful GPU to go with it. I feel like future games will run out of GPU before they max out the CPU, maybe I am wrong.
One thing that many reviews don't really consider is what about SD speed? I find myself wishing the SD card were faster when doing many tasks like transferring files via USB, installing/updating applications, etc... I may have seen something about improved SD speed in the SGS2 but I can't recall exactly.
In the end I would be very happy to win one for free in the Bell contest, but for my own money I will hold off until at least the next flagship release. I shouldn't really be dropping $500+ on new phones every year and I have no regrets about the SGS, it seems like it will have good longevity especially in the GPU department.
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Agree with the screen and the ram, the SGS2 is a multitasking god.
It rarely kills apps which most of the time makes it seem like its faster because it never has to relaunch anything
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I bet if one were to use galnets miui on the gs1 it would be comparable in speed to the gs2 (I find miui much faster compared to stock jvq, that's my opinion though)...
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MIUI is based on CM7 which lacks GPU accelerated browser.
Played ard with my frd's stock SGS2.
Very smooth without lag.
1 big stickly point with SGS is its sucky GPS. I think SGS2 fixed that problem.
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Played ard with my frd's stock SGS2.
Very smooth without lag.
1 big stickly point with SGS is its sucky GPS. I think SGS2 fixed that problem.
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GPS IMO is fine on Stock Froyo on my I9000m...
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GPS IMO is fine on Stock Froyo on my I9000m...
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Gps locks almost instantly for me on jvq with Aus settings in Gps fix.
No problems with tracking and I use it everyday for work. I think it was hit and miss with some gs1 as its always worked for me even on 2.1.
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I have never had luck with gps, it locks on really quick and is pretty accurate (use it for golfing all the time) but once I jump into a vehicle it goes off the charts.
Mind you I never use gps in my vehicle, golfing + sgs = pro
Even with the Hype,.SGS 2 still has many problems, yellow tint, pink spot, over heating, weak battery... I'm glad I stick with my SGS..Now with DXJVQ.. SGS is finally a beast unleashed!
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they are selling samsung galaxy s (1) for 242€ on sale without contract. and optimus 2x for 326€. i know optimus 2x has some nasty **** problem but i think sgs is quite stable more than optimus 2x what do u think? should i go for sgs?
Hey dude
The one thing I miss from sgs is an led flash.
Optimus 2x has that.
But optimus has a lcd screen, where sgs is oled.
Because oled has no back light, if you use a dark theme, you can get so much more battery use with the display on with oled phones than with lcd phones.
I'd never buy an lcd phone again, but I do miss having a camera flash on the sgs.
Depends what's more important to you.
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Hey dude
The one thing I miss from sgs is an led flash.
Optimus 2x has that.
But optimus has a lcd screen, where sgs is oled.
Because oled has no back light, if you use a dark theme, you can get so much more battery use with the display on with oled phones than with lcd phones.
I'd never buy an lcd phone again, but I do miss having a camera flash on the sgs.
Depends what's more important to you.
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ye i also miss the led-flash agreed but maybe the price will sum it up? 242€ is not bad for one of the best single-core phones out there
It is my understanding that the SGS2 has an inferior sound chip to the SGS1. For that reason alone I will be staying with the 1
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It is my understanding that the SGS2 has an inferior sound chip to the SGS1. For that reason alone I will be staying with the 1
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Gs1 definitely sounds better than GS2. Especially with voodoo sound.
And yeah a flash would be good but when I compare night shots with both cameras, the flash makes people look like startled animals in headlights. GS1 night pics are remarkably clear and natural.
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they are selling samsung galaxy s (1) for 242€ on sale without contract. and optimus 2x for 326€. i know optimus 2x has some nasty **** problem but i think sgs is quite stable more than optimus 2x what do u think? should i go for sgs?
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From what I've read optimus 2x is not that great. Galaxy would be a better buy id say.
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Well, well, looks like Sammy may beat the bionic to the punch. If it does, its hello gallaxy s2, goodbye moto bionic.
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Go for the SGS2! I think that is the best mobile right now
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Go for the SGS2! I think that is the best mobile right now
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+100000000 to that! best phone out there!
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+100000000 to that! best phone out there!
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I would have to agree 100% the SGSII is hands down the best phone on the market right now. And even more so with a few tweaks the speed and performance along with excellent battery life will make it #1 for a long time.
My friend just got it. It's really very light in terms of weight. Nice!
S2
Yes it is really nice. Thin and very light. It holds better in my opinion than even the Galaxy S (1). It was the European version, couldn't get it unlocked to use on US so saw no real service on it but the menu style and camera functions are similar but those small enhancements always intrigue me.
i love my Sammy GSII
I waited patiently for the dual core handsets to come out, then hesitated many times over which one to buy. Finally got my SGS2 this week and rooted next day! I must say, Terga 2 games blew my mind, streaming FLV movies on the go is finally a possibility, Touchwiz makes more sense than 'sense' and finally the color depth of the screen is second to none.
Amazing phone, i doubt i'll need to upgrade for the next 12 months
What a phone it is , I just love my GSII. Awesome work has been done by Samsung.
SGII is my dream) the q is, buy or not to buy? I think to buy)
I have it 2 weeks ago, it's great!
Agree beste phone ever
i've had mine since the uk launch day and i haven't felt any regret about paying premium on the unbranded unit one bit.
I would have preferred to purchased the 32GB version but i guess i can just upgrade to nexus prime when it get released
If you got i9000 galaxy s .. then no need for SII
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If you got i9000 galaxy s .. then no need for SII
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Care to explain? Based on my experience, GS2 was a huge improvement from GS1
That is if the US even gets the S 2 and if they ever release a CDMA version. With the way its looking and Apple being a bunch of spineless uninnovative ******* we may never see the phone.
There's been rumours that there will also be an SGS2 with hardware keyboard. As hardware keyboard-zealot... I can't wait for that one. Let's hope it won't stay a rumour though.
Its a good phone but i dont understand all the praises it gets^^ Its all plastic, it overheats, it has problems with some 3d games and the screen just looks aweful in my opinion.
Maybe im just used to LCD screens but it comes down to this for me: Advantage of the sgs2 display: Black is black. Disadvantage: All other colors are way off. White is more like light blue and no comment about the green in the android market for example.
Speaker sucks too. And dualcore is just for the lulz atm. Nothing out there that is really using it as far as i know. But it takes alot of juice. That and bad software results in 1-2 days of battery life from what i've heard in different forums.
I dont see any reason why this phone should be better than my DHD which has the same screen size also a pretty bad speaker and 1-2 days of battery life. But i prefer SLCD and aluminium case, and the software/custom roms are way more advanced.
I'll wait for the next generation Ice Cream Sandwich phones from htc or samsung. Also interesting to see what will come out of Motorola now that google bought it!
Note: I dont want to bash the SGS2, its a good phone. But i dont see it being way better than everything else. Just at least take one look at the phone before you buy it to check if the display is for you and be prepared for some software issues (touchwiz + 3d games).
i've tried it...
hello every one, I've got a SGS 1 with CM7.
It works great, even 7.1.0 is in RC....
I've used for about 20 minutes SGS 2 of a friends of mine and I've seen with my eyes the improvment that Samsung Samsung have done.
If before we compare SGS 1 with the iphone 4, the SGS 2 is clearly better than iP4.
no doubt about it.
8M camera, display AMOLED so much improved, dual core....
Hope 4 a CM7 stable for both SGS 1 and 2
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And dualcore is just for the lulz atm. Nothing out there that is really using it as far as i know. But it takes alot of juice. That and bad software results in 1-2 days of battery life from what i've heard in different forums.
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This is all I needed to read to know that you have no idea what you're talking about. 1-2 days?? Are you kidding me?? It's an Android, not a Blackberry. The DHD was maligned in every review because of poor battery life, and that poor battery life was 6-14 hours.
My friend have bought a brand new HTC evo 3D, powered with qualcomm 8660 1.2 ghz dual core processor. Phone look great, but , trust me, i dont want to change my i9000 for that phone (and probably any HTC). Screen on i9000 look much better(with smaller res 800x480 vs 540x960) , amoled is amoled , multimedia experince is much better on i9000. We tried to play regulary .mkv 720p shakira spot on both phones. Suprisingly htc evo 3d can't play mkv with stock player. Ok, both of us are downloaded bsplayer lite, and mx player from the market, and on the both players htc evo 3d (with hw accel enabled has stuttering problems), but with all players (including stock) on galaxy s video is smothly. Sound in any way is much better on samsung, and video record 720p stutter on evo 3d (fps is unstable) when light condition change, but with samsung this problems do not exist (video is perfectly smooth in any light condition) .Games and Browser on both phones work great, and i cant find big difference. And another thing, evo 3d has 1gb ram (808 mb actually), but he is full of bloaware, and rarely free ram is more than 150mb). this is enough reasons for me to stay this year happy with my sammy, and dont care about ICS, most phones will not get stable ICS before Q3 2012.
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wonderful!!!
What rom is your SGS running on? Great to see you so happy!
Galaxy s ftw :d:d
I love my Bell Galaxy S... does everything I want it to and works great.
Rom THS ICS v16
I will use this sucker until my contract runs out in a year/half or until I break it.
Power vr sgx540 ftw !!!
I must agree in some points. But Galaxy S is not a perfect phone. If we had to stick to stock roms then its a really average phone compering to other phones. Display is very nice and sharp, and thats what I like with my Samsung. Other things are more at average ( call quality, browser, camera, lag)
I had a Sony Experia Arc and it was bit better even on a stock rom.
But apart form all the bad and good things is that, you can buy Galaxy S for 150-180Euro ( used ). This can't be beaten, for that price its a best phone on the market right now. Plus you can have ICS on it and there is a big support community.
You may disagree with me. Its my personal opinion.
I have bought this phone after winmobile resistive device, so I have in plans to be with my galaxy s at least when something really different will come again)) For example - something with webtop possibility - like motorola atrix.
I am planning to keep this phone until 2014 It's a great larger sized smartphone.
I will wait for SGS2 port of ICS
Yeah the phone is great, i don't plan to change it soon, there are so many mods/kernel/roms to not get bored.
yeah sgs is still one of the best phones=D lots of roms etc. processor is still enough fast for almost anything
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What do u mean by better, smaller 800*480 vs 960*540 resolution? Lols....higher the better.
I have mine almost 2 years now and it still rocks! Thx to the great community here. Thx guys!
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Its a classic ... hall of fame for cell phones. I'm keeping mine. It might be worth something one day. Wishful thinking lol. Waiting to get the galaxy s 3 tho....
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I came from a Blackberry Curve 8520 (ugh...) to my first Android experience with the SGS, and I couldn't have been happier.
Everything I've ever wanted to do with my phone has worked perfectly, it's definitely fast even today, and when I was finally starting to get (veeery slightly) tired of it 2-3 weeks ago, I found so many ICS builds (I was on GB until then) that only made it better!
It's one hell of a phone, and nowadays you can get it so cheap that I'd still recommend it to people who want an Android phone but don't need the latest, most expensive one with the most cores/RAM.
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My friend have bought a brand new HTC evo 3D, powered with qualcomm 8660 1.2 ghz dual core processor. Phone look great, but , trust me, i dont want to change my i9000 for that phone (and probably any HTC). Screen on i9000 look much better(with smaller res 800x480 vs 540x960) , amoled is amoled , multimedia experince is much better on i9000. We tried to play regulary .mkv 720p shakira spot on both phones. Suprisingly htc evo 3d can't play mkv with stock player. Ok, both of us are downloaded bsplayer lite, and mx player from the market, and on the both players htc evo 3d (with hw accel enabled has stuttering problems), but with all players (including stock) on galaxy s video is smothly. Sound in any way is much better on samsung, and video record 720p stutter on evo 3d (fps is unstable) when light condition change, but with samsung this problems do not exist (video is perfectly smooth in any light condition) .Games and Browser on both phones work great, and i cant find big difference. And another thing, evo 3d has 1gb ram (808 mb actually), but he is full of bloaware, and rarely free ram is more than 150mb). this is enough reasons for me to stay this year happy with my sammy, and dont care about ICS, most phones will not get stable ICS before Q3 2012.
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So you're comparing your phone to your friend's, which still has bloatware and probably a stock ROM.
I love the SGS, but seriously, don't boost it like it can destroy the HTC Evo 3D until your friend actually installs a performance custom ROM on his new phone.
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So you're comparing your phone to your friend's, which still has bloatware and probably a stock ROM.
I love the SGS, but seriously, don't boost it like it can destroy the HTC Evo 3D until your friend actually installs a performance custom ROM on his new phone.
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yes, i say how it look in reality, not paper specification. Everyone know that on paper evo 3d is much better,and yes, i also have stock jvq rom non rooted. Screen on evo 3d (without 3D mode) is nothing special, much better look on our galaxy, and multimedia on evo is poor. I did not say that our phone is best, i know that sgs2 is much better in any way, i just compared this phone with top HTC phone at the moment
Well regardless it's a nice spirit booster... I was just in between the price drop when SGS2 came out... So i i bought the SGS full price but i'm very impressed with it. Running ICS 4.2 and semaphore 9.1.
I was seriously considering upgrading to an SGS2 and compared two different ones to mine as i wanted the benefits of the S2 plus the better screen. But from what I saw although screen resolution was higher on s2 certainly it wasn't as bright and colours didn't Pop like on the galaxy s. Highest brightness setting on s2 also lower than S.
I wanted to buy a new phone a few months ago, untill I discovered custom roms....Now my sgs is as fast as a SGSII wit stock firmware...
I'm going to stick with this untill the SGSIII comes. And if that is not what I hope of it, I will stick with even SGS longer.
As said above, it's an average phone on stock, but with custom roms it's amazing. Only real negative part is the terrible camera and the lack of flash on it.