my first impression of a Samsung Galaxy S 4G

[foghorn67]

My girlfriend picked one up yesterday. She had the Vibrant and I told her to return it since this phone was coming out. T-Mobile actually gave her a loaner for the wait.
My first thoughts on picking up the phone was the appearance and build quality.
It's much improved. They have thinner chrome accents and the back of the phone is matted and textured.
It is also extremely light. One of the lightest phones I have ever picked up.
The AMOLED display is vibrant, but the color accuracy is way off. It also has an odd purple or gray color cast.
I didn't even try to talk her out of a Samsung product because I saw where she was coming from.
The G2 was bulky. I like it but I admit it isn't the thinnest.
The mytouch 4g is downright ugly. I'm all about function over form. But that thing looks cheap and it looks like it was thrown together by random spare parts.
I like HTC. but they need something better to offer Android folks on T-Mobile.

 

[ponyo]

Try the speedtest. That phone is supposed to have the fastest download speed of all phones out right now.

The phone comes stock with 2.2.1 which is very nice. She shouldn't get any browser scrolling lag. If the color tint bother her, she can try to adjust using Galaxy Tuner program from the market. It's free and that program will also allow her to acess and control the Wolfson sound chip. Galaxy S has the best sound out of all phones. GPS is supposed to work correctly in Vibrant 4g but who knows.