Samsung Galaxy S i9000

[akashv]

1. Budget? - 21K MAX
2. Display type and size? - Atleast 4 inch capacitive
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip? - Anything
4. Preferred choice of brand? - Anything except HTC
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type) - Touchscreen only
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera. - 5MP with autofocus and HD video recording
7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc). - ANDROID
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly. - WiFi required
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)? - Swype, GPS
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)? - GAMING,Multimedia,Internet
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? - Samsung Galaxy S i9000
12. Any other info that you want to share - Hey all Gaming is the top prioroty so a good CPU/GPU is a must
Gorilla Glass is required
Also it should have very good Community support


So is Samsung Galaxy S i9000 the right cell for me?

[AndroidFan]

^^^ Yes,,, very good phone... Get it... (available for 20k after coupon ICICILB. HSBCLB or RCOMLB1 on Letsbuy)

[ofabhishek]

check Nexus S too....

Samsung Google Nexus S I9023 - Full phone specifications

[desiibond]

do remember that SGS has really poor GPS. Check these instead:

1. Motorola Defy for 14.5k (terrific ROM support)
2. Nexus S: 19.9k (much better than SGS when it comes to GPS but still not perfect, superb ROM support)
3. Lg Optimus 2X (buggy UI, need to use custom ROM from day 1) if you can extend budget till 24.5k-25k.

if you can consider HTC too, then do check Desire S.

[abhi615]

Originally Posted by akashv

1. Budget? - 21K MAX
2. Display type and size? - Atleast 4 inch capacitive
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip? - Anything
4. Preferred choice of brand? - Anything except HTC
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type) - Touchscreen only
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera. - 5MP with autofocus and HD video recording
7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc). - ANDROID
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly. - WiFi required
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)? - Swype, GPS
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)? - GAMING,Multimedia,Internet
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? - Samsung Galaxy S i9000
12. Any other info that you want to share - Hey all Gaming is the top prioroty so a good CPU/GPU is a must
Gorilla Glass is required
Also it should have very good Community support


So is Samsung Galaxy S i9000 the right cell for me?

i'l not recommend nexus s , poor community support i guess., and no card slot.
and i'v always been skeptical about LG phones (i mit be wrong on this).
no doubt motorola is a great brand, but they tend to neglect indian ( asian customers).
dude, why did u exclude htc completely ?

[aroraanant]

Hey why not HTC???
coz SGS is good phone but its GPS is really very bad and I m not going to recommend Nexus S

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by abhi615

i'l not recommend nexus s , poor community support i guess., and no card slot.
and i'v always been skeptical about LG phones (i mit be wrong on this).
no doubt motorola is a great brand, but they tend to neglect indian ( asian customers).
dude, why did u exclude htc completely ?

N:S has poor community support? Dude, go check XDA. And it comes with 16gig memory which is enough for most buyers and would not need an SD card. Partially, you are right about LG phones. They made a great droid, LG O1 and followed it up with phones running pathetic overlay UI (even though the h/w is awesome).

[s_holmes]

Originally Posted by AndroidFan

^^^ Yes,,, very good phone... Get it... (available for 20k after coupon ICICILB. HSBCLB or RCOMLB1 on Letsbuy)

I think this is a very good deal. But I am a little confused whether to go for Galaxy S now or wait a few more weeks (months??) for the release of Galaxy R. I think it would be released for around 25K..

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by s_holmes

I think this is a very good deal. But I am a little confused whether to go for Galaxy S now or wait a few more weeks (months??) for the release of Galaxy R. I think it would be released for around 25K..

if you can wait, then better wait. I don't think SGS would make you happy if you frequently use GPS. And the problem cannot be fixed using a custom ROM. You can wait for SGR if you want. Still, why do you want to stay away from HTC devices?

[s_holmes]

Originally Posted by desiibond

if you can wait, then better wait. I don't think SGS would make you happy if you frequently use GPS. And the problem cannot be fixed using a custom ROM. You can wait for SGR if you want. Still, why do you want to stay away from HTC devices?

I personally do not have any issues with HTC. But there is no dual core phone in the pipeline (atleast AFAIK) from HTC in the 20-25 range...

But the OP has some restrictions in going for HTC as mentioned in his post.. Dunno why..

[abhi615]

Originally Posted by desiibond

N:S has poor community support? Dude, go check XDA. And it comes with 16gig memory which is enough for most buyers and would not need an SD card. Partially, you are right about LG phones. They made a great droid, LG O1 and followed it up with phones running pathetic overlay UI (even though the h/w is awesome).

okay, may be i was wrong. but is nexus s available for 19K ?? surprising. but somehow i have not seen much of this phone in india.

P. S. : JUST AN OPINION. NO HARDCORE FACTS.

[AndroidFan]

In September end/October first week, we will see iPhone 5. All companies will start scrambling to compete... and I am very confident that we will see a Quad Core Kal El phones before the end of the year... -- AnandTech - NVIDIA's Project Kal-El: Quad-Core A9s Coming to Smartphones/Tablets This Year



So, if you can wait... atleast till October iPhone release... you should wait...
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By the way... if you are not particularly inclined to buy an Android phone, please consider WP7...

Here is a killer deal - HTC Mozart for 16.5k -- http://www.flipkart.com/mobiles/htc/...d-009e4ec879bc

See HTC Mozart Review -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibzv09CNm2U



I really like that phone... very beautiful Unibody design, 5MP Camera, WP7 is very good... 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches screen, Gorilla Glass display, 8 GB storage (No SD Card slot!), 512 MB ROM, 576 MB RAM, 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset...

IMO, 8GB ought to be enough for anybody...

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by abhi615

okay, may be i was wrong. but is nexus s available for 19K ?? surprising. but somehow i have not seen much of this phone in india.

P. S. : JUST AN OPINION. NO HARDCORE FACTS.

that is because people are not really aware of it's potential. By looking at the price, many think that it is a mid specced phone when infact, it can give most sub 25k droids a run for money.

[ssb1551]

Kal-El!!!..couldn't they come up with something original?? now they are even taking names of Superhero!!..Guess it has to be the first instance, aint it??

Had Siegel & Shuster been alive I'm damn sure they have been proud & claimed some copyrights as well!!

[gagan007]

@HTC Mozart: 8GB with no SD card Slot=Fail in my very personal opinion. Readers' discretion is advised.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by gagan007

@HTC Mozart: 8GB with no SD card Slot=Fail in my very personal opinion. Readers' discretion is advised.

missing SD card slot is ok if inbuilt memory is of 16-20Gb but with only 8Gb memory, this is not advised. seriously, only VFM Windows Phone7 mobile & that too without a slot

[AndroidFan]

Originally Posted by Sam

missing SD card slot is ok if inbuilt memory is of 16-20Gb but with only 8Gb memory, this is not advised. seriously, only VFM Windows Phone7 mobile & that too without a slot

Built-in memory is a memory card which is non-swappable... But if you are adventurous, you can replace the 8GB card with a 32 GB one... but you would need to perform a small operation...

See New HTC 7 Mozart SD Card Memory Upgrade « Life in The Fast Lane

[s_holmes]

Originally Posted by AndroidFan

Built-in memory is a memory card which is non-swappable... But if you are adventurous, you can replace the 8GB card with a 32 GB one... but you would need to perform a small operation...

See New HTC 7 Mozart SD Card Memory Upgrade « Life in The Fast Lane

Your avatar says that you are an Android Fan. But still you seem to be suggesting a Windows 7 phone.. Strange!

[ofabhishek]

guys, whts the current retail market price of Nexus S....??

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by ofabhishek

guys, whts the current retail market price of Nexus S....??

19.9k

[NainO]

+1 for Galaxy S

[azzu]

Originally Posted by ofabhishek

guys, whts the current retail market price of Nexus S....??

Rs.18,799 on letsbuy with "icicilb" coupon

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by Sam

missing SD card slot is ok if inbuilt memory is of 16-20Gb but with only 8Gb memory, this is not advised. seriously, only VFM Windows Phone7 mobile & that too without a slot

It's more due to the way that WP7 handles an SD card. Remember those OS crashes and data loss that used to happen when users swap or remove SD card? I recently reviewed HD7 but that had SD card glued to the socket.

Originally Posted by s_holmes

Your avatar says that you are an Android Fan. But still you seem to be suggesting a Windows 7 phone.. Strange!

There is a difference between being a fan a fanboy

[akashv]

Thank you all for your replies

The Galaxy S i9000's GPS issues seem to be a hardware problem so it cannot be repaired by any firmware or custom roms
As i travel a lot GPS is absolutely necessary for me!

So decided to go for the Nexus S leaving the Gorilla Glass of i9000..But while researching I seemed to come across problems regarding the Nexus S's proximity sensor problem leading to black unresponsive screen during and after calling!
Can anyone explain this/ Is this corrected in any software update??..Plz reply!

[akashv]

Solving GPS no-fix problem on Samsung Galaxy S i9000

Does this fix the Galaxy i9000's GPS problems??

[abhi615]

Originally Posted by desiibond

that is because people are not really aware of it's potential. By looking at the price, many think that it is a mid specced phone when infact, it can give most sub 25k droids a run for money.

ok.u mean nexus s 9023 (samsung website lists its price as around 25k)..if u have noticed i'v myself asked ques in one of the forums abt "desire s or galaxy s".,and fellas helped me out(including u). but there was no discussion on nexus s there( of course it was never called for there).but wat is ur say on nexus s or desire s or galaxy s. i wud really appreciate a detailed , unbiased view on this. hope to hear from u soon.

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by akashv

Solving GPS no-fix problem on Samsung Galaxy S i9000

Does this fix the Galaxy i9000's GPS problems??

nope. it might make it slightly better but still, the GPS performance cannot be compared to other droids.

Originally Posted by akashv

Thank you all for your replies

The Galaxy S i9000's GPS issues seem to be a hardware problem so it cannot be repaired by any firmware or custom roms
As i travel a lot GPS is absolutely necessary for me!

So decided to go for the Nexus S leaving the Gorilla Glass of i9000..But while researching I seemed to come across problems regarding the Nexus S's proximity sensor problem leading to black unresponsive screen during and after calling!
Can anyone explain this/ Is this corrected in any software update??..Plz reply!

I think those came up during 2.3.3 upgrade. From what I heard, N:S does have better GPS performance. Regarding proximity sensor issues, didn't hear much about this issue. Post at XDA forum's N:S page asking for update on this. and btw, how comfortable are you with Nokia's devices. When it comes to maps, nothing beats Ovi navigation. it's more detailed and it's offline maps.

Nokia and Microsoft are having an event in three weeks time. We might expect Nokia bringing out WP7 devices with Ovi maps apps in it. Just a thought.

Originally Posted by abhi615

ok.u mean nexus s 9023 (samsung website lists its price as around 25k)..if u have noticed i'v myself asked ques in one of the forums abt "desire s or galaxy s".,and fellas helped me out(including u). but there was no discussion on nexus s there( of course it was never called for there).but wat is ur say on nexus s or desire s or galaxy s. i wud really appreciate a detailed , unbiased view on this. hope to hear from u soon.

yes. N:S's current price of 19.9k makes it totally VFM device, not to forget that it has the same h/w that most single core top end droids have.

What exactly will you be using your phone for. based on that, I shall suggest you a phone.

[abhi615]

Originally Posted by desiibond

yes. N:S's current price of 19.9k makes it totally VFM device, not to forget that it has the same h/w that most single core top end droids have.

What exactly will you be using your phone for. based on that, I shall suggest you a phone.

well i'v been thinking abt galaxy s or desire s as previously told. i'l using it for reading, music and very rarely movies. i generally dont carry a digi cam so wil be using the phone camera here and there, not very frequently though. and usual stuff. and at times internet access. basically a decent all round phone. and one i buy now, i;l keep it til 2 yrs or more if everything goes well.
i guess thats it.

[abhi615]

and i;m not into rooting.

[sygeek]

I would suggest Nexus S for this budget. You can get it for 18k for the least.