Samsung Galaxy S..... impressed.

[Fingolfin269]

Any updates on the Epic yet? I went through the Engadget preview again and may actually pay full price.

 

[ponyo]

Cool thing about the Vibrant is that if you unlock it you can use it on AT&T and get 3g in most places since it has the 1900 mhz band.

 

[zerocool84]

Cool thing about the Vibrant is that if you unlock it you can use it on AT&T and get 3g in most places since it has the 1900 mhz band.

Ahh it does, cool.

 

[kaerflog]

Cool thing about the Vibrant is that if you unlock it you can use it on AT&T and get 3g in most places since it has the 1900 mhz band.

I had to do some research but its TRUE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735461&highlight=att
Very cool.
Funny thing is that I wish it was the other way around.
I like the design of the Captivate better and wish it could support Tmo 3G.

 

[s44]

Too bad 850 isn't covered too...

(edit -- unless...)

 

[kaerflog]

Too bad 850 isn't covered too...

(edit -- unless...)

Nah, that guy was disproven by a couple of posters that the 850 band does not work.
It is too bad as ATT have been moving most of its 3G to 850 as lower frequency 850Mhz band is better at penetrating solid objects (like buildings) than the 1900Mhz band.

 

[Auric]

2.2 isn't even released for it yet. 3.0 won't even be out until like October. At least wait until 3.0 is out to ask that question.

But since only a few months away it's wise to consider software compatibility before buying, n'est ce pas?

 

[Rottie]

Do tell, what exactly is the difference? Because the only ACTUAL difference according to the paper specs is the preloaded proprietary software.

i have not check what apps preinstalled on both phone but I just look at home screen which I like about tmobile galaxy s

 

[s44]

But since only a few months away it's wise to consider software compatibility before buying, n'est ce pas?

Look too far ahead and you'll decide to wait for the Galaxy S2... or some other competitor in that insane-looking generation.

 

[dougp]

i have not check what apps preinstalled on both phone but I just look at home screen which I like about tmobile galaxy s

Yah, that's not correct - they're identical interfaces.

Vibrant

Captivate

 

[Deeko]

Any updates on the Epic yet? I went through the Engadget preview again and may actually pay full price.

Rumored release date is on or around 8/20. I've been waiting for details on this one as well.

 

[you2]

Is there any advantage of the vibrant over the captivate other than avatar ? Also how limiting is the no side apps (if you don't root the captivate?). Last but least has anyone compared the droid x to the galaxy s with regards to text legibility or usage outdoors? (I think the droid x folks claim the droid x has shaper text but not sure if this is actually the case).

In boston at&t has better download speeds though the one year price on the droid x is a lot better ($179 vs $250)

 

[Rottie]

Yah, that's not correct - they're identical interfaces.

Vibrant

Captivate

I see...I guess someone messed up both demo phones when they test drive this phones ...oh well...thanks anyway.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Is there any advantage of the vibrant over the captivate other than avatar ? Also how limiting is the no side apps (if you don't root the captivate?). Last but least has anyone compared the droid x to the galaxy s with regards to text legibility or usage outdoors? (I think the droid x folks claim the droid x has shaper text but not sure if this is actually the case).

In boston at&t has better download speeds though the one year price on the droid x is a lot better ($179 vs $250)

Apparently there are some noticeable ones.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/...ew-shootout-captivate-for-atandt-and-vibrant/

 

[you2]

Interesting. Hum. they actually seem quite similar though the captivate clearly has better software for video processing. Has Samsung provided a date for 2.2 ?

 

[Bateluer]

Has Samsung provided a date for 2.2 ?

When the community bakes a ROM for it.

 

[ponyo]

Interesting. Hum. they actually seem quite similar though the captivate clearly has better software for video processing. Has Samsung provided a date for 2.2 ?

what better software? One is softer. One is warmer. It's personal preference.

This review is more like preview. You can tell they didn't play around with the phones thoroughly and learn the different features of the Touchwiz and the phone.

Samsung gave September as the release date for 2.2 for the international version.

 

[joecool]

i tried the vibrant for two weeks. so many things about it i loved but in the end it went back. android rocks but the samsung hardware was so not ready for prime time. i could give a very long list of all the disappointing things about it but you can find those lists many other places so i won't waste space here. the two worst things were:

- battery life is awful. with heavy usage i could get maybe 4 hours out if it. even w/moderate usage it wouldn't last a day.
- inconsistent performance. sometimes it seemed to fly, other times it just bogged down; tap a button and wait 5 seconds for a response. if you tapped it again 'cause you thought maybe the first tap wasn't registered and it remembers the tap and applies it to the app when it finally opens it and takes you somewhere you didn't want to go. what a pain.

the straw that broke my back, tho, was when the google navigation app crashed the phone 4 times in a row. each time it took nearly 5 minutes to reboot and get back to the map screen to get to the directions. smart phone? not very.

 

[Kanalua]

^^^Yeah, battery life is an issue, but I was able to fix that after a quick google search for extending the battery. I did 8 hours yesterday with pretty heavy usage out of my Vibrant without optimizing my phone for extending the battery life.

I noticed that heavy multitasking, and even aggressive "task killing" does affect response time (but that should be expected). I haven't had google nav crash on me, though I did have to exit from Nav and restart Nav when the GPS lost its signal in town and wouldn't reconnect. It was a mild inconvenience.

Overall, the pros outweigh the cons for me. It will do until the next gen of better phones comes out.

 

[joecool]

^^^Yeah, battery life is an issue, but I was able to fix that after a quick google search for extending the battery. I did 8 hours yesterday with pretty heavy usage out of my Vibrant without optimizing my phone for extending the battery life.

I noticed that heavy multitasking, and even aggressive "task killing" does affect response time (but that should be expected). I haven't had google nav crash on me, though I did have to exit from Nav and restart Nav when the GPS lost its signal in town and wouldn't reconnect. It was a mild inconvenience.

Overall, the pros outweigh the cons for me. It will do until the next gen of better phones comes out.

i tried some of the battery "fixes" - mostly just installing task killers and keeping an eye on it. but what a pain - i don't want to constantly have to police my phone to keep the battery from draining. i want a phone that just works, all day, w/out me having to constantly baby it. if i knew i just had bad unit, or a software fix was due out soon, i would have stuck w/it, but w/out such promises it wasn't worth the risk of having to go two years on an expensive contract w/a marginal phone.

oh, well.

 

[KingGheedora]

^^^Yeah, battery life is an issue, but I was able to fix that after a quick google search for extending the battery. I did 8 hours yesterday with pretty heavy usage out of my Vibrant without optimizing my phone for extending the battery life.

I noticed that heavy multitasking, and even aggressive "task killing" does affect response time (but that should be expected). I haven't had google nav crash on me, though I did have to exit from Nav and restart Nav when the GPS lost its signal in town and wouldn't reconnect. It was a mild inconvenience.

Overall, the pros outweigh the cons for me. It will do until the next gen of better phones comes out.

What did you do to extend battery life? I use mine between a light and medium amount, and I usually go at least 36 hours between charges. This includes ~1-2 hours of listening to podcasts (downloaded, not OTA) / day. Long convos take the most juice, but that's not something I do much of.

 

[ponyo]

I dont have any problem with the battery life. My Mytouch3g had much worse batterylife and I was constantly using task killer to kill things to save battery and performance. But on my Vibrant I do not have task killer installed. Task killer hurts this phone and do not help it. The slowdown you experienced could have been caused by task killer or some poorly coded rogue program you installed. My phone experienced some major lag when I installed some nonmarket apps. Once I removed them the lag disappeared and havent had any problem since. As for nav it works fine for me. I used it heavily during my vacation down in jacksonville and it worked better than my Tomtom and just as well as my Mytouch 3g which I used for comparison in testing the gps.

 

[KingGheedora]

Agree, i'd like to reiterate that I haven't had any problems with battery life with this phone.

 

[Kanalua]

What did you do to extend battery life? I use mine between a light and medium amount, and I usually go at least 36 hours between charges. This includes ~1-2 hours of listening to podcasts (downloaded, not OTA) / day. Long convos take the most juice, but that's not something I do much of.

Just followed this website. For me, web browsing would drain the battery, as well as watching videos. Cut back to 2G when 3G not necessary and dropping the brightness of the screen helped. only sync one gmail account. Went with a black background. Only enable GPS for navigation/endomondo. i went hiking the other day, and had GPS on the whole time tracking my hike and had about 78%; battery before making battery adjustments.

The one thing I don't like is that the battery icon will show about 75ish percent battery left, then pulling up the battery info on the phone shows only 49% battery? WTF?

 

[joecool]

all this battery saving stuff is fine and good, but i don't want to have to spend 15 minutes every day managing every task and applet running on my cell phone. i want to turn it on and just have it work. if i have to tweak it a little, like cranking the brightness down, or installing an app to stop the bloatware from running, or disabling wifi when i'm not using it, that's one thing, the list of things i had to do w/my vibrant to get battery life up was ridiculous.