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Samsung Galaxy S i9000 or iPhone 4? |
JohnM
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Changing handset soon, narrowed it down to these 2. Any thoughts from those that have used both of these handsets? Leaning more towards the Samsung, do like Android. Please share your thoughts 
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jj03
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its simply a question of signal or no signal lol. Seriously, the new iphone, based on my mrs handset, is as nice as ever. The galaxy S, which i have on pay'n'go, is the quickest handset ive ever used. It fly's. I prefer the galaxy S, by a long way. For me, the iphone is way overpriced, and most importantly, i don't like being dictated to by apple as to what i can and can't do with a phone. Galaxy all the way. Its fantastic. |
Dups!
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Actually, Samsung are no better at signal reception either!
They are better than Apple and HTC but that's as far as that goes. Samsung and LG would fall under what I term category 2 in signal reception. Apple at 5 while HTC at 4.
Nokia, Motorola and SE are category number 1. You are guaranteed a decent signal with those.
Anyway, I like the build quality of the Iphone and its silky smooth UI but I also hate its closed system so I think the Sammy is a nicer option seeing that you like Android.
Hardware on the Samsung is top notch and the build quality is very good plus Froyo is around the corner which will really take on iOS4 with not much difficulty at all. Not that the iphone4 is a slouch on hardware.
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goldenface
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Samsung Galaxy S to get 2.2 Upgrade.
Flash 10, +being able to use you phone as a mobile wifi hotspot.
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Bonovox
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Yes the Samsung I would choose for basically what it is and what it does. I would choose it because of Android but also because for overall quality too the Samsung. Plus with the Samsung you are free unlike Apple's restrictions. As for signal yes Samsung are not the best but that also goes for quite a few recent Sony Ericsson models with poor signal having the antenna at the bottom of a phone is asking for reception problems. Go for Android Samsung 
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Dups!
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Yes, Bonovox, you will get a few lemons here and there from all the manufacturers and SE is no different. The point is overall Samsung are behind the three manufacturers, ie, Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson.
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Marly
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On 2010-06-30 15:10:51, Dups! wrote:
Yes, Bonovox, you will get a few lemons here and there from all the manufacturers and SE is no different. The point is overall Samsung are behind the three manufacturers, ie, Nokia, Motorola and Samsung.
You probably mean Sony Ericsson , that's my experience too, btw.
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Dups!
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Yes Marly, that's what I meant. It's fixed, thanks.
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Bonovox
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Dups I am not talking about lemons I am talking about many different A200 phones I have had like the Elm with absolutely dreadful signal & other models of theirs. But now with my X10 Mini they finally got it right with the antenna at the top & it holds a strong signal but alot of their A200 models up from the W910 onwards had terrible reception all of them cos the antenna was located at the bottom & when you hold the phone the signal fluctuates.And this was in high coverage aeras. I never experienced signal problems wit LG,Nokia, Moto though Samsung I have but they have improved massively. 
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Dups!
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That is strange cause I have used a lot of SE phones with excellent signal reception. I still have the P1i, P910i and the W890i which hold signal beautifully.
In fact, the W890i has an antenna at the bottom and I have never experienced a problem.
The Blackberry 9700 I own is not so good at signal. The Moto V8 is okay.
Generally, the Samsung and LG are poor in this respect. The less said about HTC the better.
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JohnM
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Thanks for all the replies, the galaxy is looking most favourable, especially when it gets 2.2 fw. Quite impessed with the x10 mini I bought for my wife this week. First experience of Android, and I have to say, I'm very impressed.
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jj03
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well, both my galaxy and omnia hd are solid signal wise. No problems at all. Besides, the samsung is cheaper and as capable, if not more so than the iphone. |
Miss UK
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John go for the HTC Desire
Samsungs batterys suck well they did on the S8300v dunno if there
Android ones are any better
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Bonovox
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When i had the Samsung Jet sometime ago the battery was solid
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JohnM
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On 2010-07-01 00:31:23, Miss UK wrote:
John go for the HTC Desire
Samsungs batterys suck well they did on the S8300v dunno if there
Android ones are any better
Galaxy S looks promising, has 1500mAh battery. Might see if I can find some "real world, daily use" battery life figures. Desire is nice too, but Galaxy is looking to have a better camera from what I've seen.
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