this is the best video from the galaxy s i have seen. the first time i was searching german-speaking reviews but yours is the most informant video i have seen :-) Tank you!!
@XxPearlieexX The smaller dot is a proximity sensor. It's used to sense things in the proximity of it, so when you do a phone call the screen turns off so you don't press random buttons while talking.
for those wondering swype is accessed by long pressing on the text field and once a menu pops up saying input method tap on that and it will give you that option for swype
I think that is a quite relevant question, Clocktoe, because iphones do not have T9. In fact, when I checked it at mall two months ago, I couldn't find this specific function...
I received this phone in the mail just 2 days ago and couldn't believe my eyes when i opened it up and saw the sleek design...and that was just the box! Once inside the box...it gets even better! Definately rather have this than an iPhone :D. Highly recommended :).
@MrMGab For first time use it's best to charge it fully as it will calibrate the battery. In general though, it's always better to let your battery die out before you charge it.
Great review, love all you review, very professional. Just in the process buying a mobile, like to know your personal choice of THE Android phone. Thanks
@LottyDotty05 omg, seriously, the htc EVO just like the htc Desire HD both have Super AMOLED Display technology. and the battery on the EVO is good for 36 hours of heavy use, battery will always last for a day+ for sure. dont forget the 1080p video recording the evo is capable of... as well as 4G high speed internet..
@24Slexani but the galaxy s phone has way better pictures and room to customize it to your settings, it also has live wallpaper and has a bigger screen to watch videos and etc.
@Godzillarr you can change almost everything , theres only one type of sweep style bekuz theres no way of having another way of swyping...but this phone has way more options then the iphone
Hi. Thanks for posting the informative video. You mention that Android 2.2 is coming soon. Did you mean we'd be able to upgrade this handset from 2.1 to 2.2? That'll be really good.
@Channe1F1k no not when i am not using to check my mails or socializing......i installed this app called battery indicator, i dunno how reliable it is but the battery meter sure do drains out fast
i like it... looks great to me, honestly it stands next to the nexus one and plus they're both with google so i'd say the galaxy S and nexus one are like on the same team competing against the iphone... is it with tmobile??
open up a text typing area, and long press on the text area, and you can switch keyboards from there, I own a US Galaxy S..with the 4 touch buttons on the bottom..I don't think the US version has the front facing camera either.
@Mobz2596 other smart phones only copy the screen of the i phone, but most of the feature of the iphone was copied from other smart phone... and the features of the iphone are old.. sony ericsson had it years ago...
I'm planning to buy my new phone next week.. can you give me some advice what phone will be much better.. I'm planning to buy touch screen phone..give some idea.. thanks..
@kris198921 I don't know about the situation in the US, if there is a price difference in the two phones' monthly plans (dunno, I often hear most people don't take that into consideration, which would be...just..weird). But around here the monthly price for a 'free' Galaxy S on contract is like half that of the iPhone 4. I think an unlocked SGS is ~$300 cheaper than an unlocked iPhone 4, too. Considerably cheaper indeed.
@ChaZIPeh no simply plug in the usb cord to your laptop and open the folder and then transfer music from your itunes or you could easily get a free music app
@l3d3ni The galaxy S has Super AMOLED, very different from the standard AMOLED display, much better in sunlight from the tests i've seen, I think they claim up to 80% less sunlight reflection compared to the standard AMOLED screen.
@leodee How well do you rate Samsung phones? I've heard from a few friends and other internet users that they tend to be fairly bad in the sense that they slow down after a month of using, tend to break easily, battery dies etc?
Im sure consumers could have put up with a slightly thicker handset to include a flash , they need to do more market research I think. The perfect phone if it had a flash.
@samsungisthebest2010 Disable Wi-fi when not in use, change screen brightness so it's more dim, install an App Killer to click whenever you're done using the phone.
@TheCHE47 i sad amoled is worst in sunlight, not super amoled, i know all about new samsung technology, but cant say about Samoled on sunlight since i dont have one to see first hand :(
Quick question: What are the rules for charging this phone for the first time? Is it just the usual charge until full and then drain and repeat 3 to 4 times? Thank you in advance!
you see that at 12:26 there's a keyboard effect (pop up effect) likethe ipad keyboard effect! how can i enable that effect ( i want it coz it's every nice) pls answer as fast as possible
I know you guys usually only do smartphones but either tonight or tomorrow my family is switching to verizon and I was wondering if you could give me any suggestions for the best non-smartphone, because quite frankly, I just can't afford the data plan crap. Thanks!!!
@kexyorangejuice what the hell yea right...iphone doesnt have live wallpaper just a boring screen that doesnt move, android has a back button, home button option button not a boring circle, and android has more ways of customizing your phone then the iphone in which you are limited to what you can do
Great review,love the super amoled 4" display.Unfortunately,the samsung interface imo is so bland.Compared to the HTC,it looks ancient.I recently owned the Htc desire (great smartphone) but exchanged it for the Dell streak,(Multimedia powerhouse).Different strokes i suppose.although my squeeze owns the samsung Tocco ultra,(not bad) I do feel samsungs suit the ladies more,with htc,evo hd2,dell streak,etc suiting larger hands.Same with the upcoming iphone 4, not in the man-phone category!!
The back cover is so fragile that you have to ultracareful while opening it. It gets broken very easily. Another thing, avoid cycling if the phone is kept in jeans front pocket. If onlt it was a bit metallic and had flash then it would had been great but still a nice phone anyway.
@helloshayan Nope, my phone hasn't got a 1ghz gpu. But it is a great phone, and a nice keyboard for txting. I feel these smart phones are more for gaming, than an actual phone. Since the average smart phone only has a battery life of 2 days?. I was just thinking of upgrading one of these days you know. But I think I'd go with a Android in the end. The Samsung does look great. But I like to have a good camera included in the phone. Flash is a plus to.
I've been waiting for the Android-Iphone like phone, hmm the only thing now that i might not consider getting it is that theirs no home button :/ , i ve been a android user for 1 year 1/2 and the home button is a normal button for me. But the only thing im confused about is what carrier is this going to be? or is it going to all carriers? and what's the price? if someone can tell me that would be great :)
What store sells the Galaxy S earphones, please answer this!(I'm in big trouble for ripping my friends earphones, this is the 7th time) if he finds out I'm dead...
How you rate this phone out of 10?...is the battery life really good? i cant wait to have my hands on it but dont know when it will come to Germany.....sigh
I have this phone but what i want to know is where the front camera is oppersite that to the left there is like two dots that look like led lights? Can anyone tell me what it is please
this is the best video from the galaxy s i have seen.
the first time i was searching german-speaking reviews but yours is the most informant video i have seen :-) Tank you!!
I heard that they are going to have 100x zoom camera in future!
@XxPearlieexX The smaller dot is a proximity sensor. It's used to sense things in the proximity of it, so when you do a phone call the screen turns off so you don't press random buttons while talking.
I got one yesterday!!!!
Im sooo happy with it and this video definately helped me to make my choice!!
Great videos!
I saw this phone in the shop today and i must say im impressed! It looked alot better than what i was expecting :)
for those wondering swype is accessed by long pressing on the text field and once a menu pops up saying input method tap on that and it will give you that option for swype
I think that is a quite relevant question, Clocktoe, because iphones do not have T9. In fact, when I checked it at mall two months ago, I couldn't find this specific function...
I received this phone in the mail just 2 days ago and couldn't believe my eyes when i opened it up and saw the sleek design...and that was just the box! Once inside the box...it gets even better! Definately rather have this than an iPhone :D. Highly recommended :).
@MrMGab For first time use it's best to charge it fully as it will calibrate the battery. In general though, it's always better to let your battery die out before you charge it.
@lilmems01 no you haven't. You can use it landscape or portrait, but it's better in portrait mode because in landscape the keyboard is way too big.
Unboxed mine today.
Those earphones are surprisingly good. Seems to be better than my Sennheiser CX299 earphones.
Thanks for the unboxing, can't wait to get this phone! Looking forward to your next video with a more in depth review of the features :) Cheers!
To get swype on, you hold your finger on the typing space then you will see the option pop up on the screen
Great review, love all you review, very professional.
Just in the process buying a mobile, like to know your personal choice of THE Android phone.
Thanks
@LottyDotty05 omg, seriously, the htc EVO just like the htc Desire HD both have Super AMOLED Display technology. and the battery on the EVO is good for 36 hours of heavy use, battery will always last for a day+ for sure. dont forget the 1080p video recording the evo is capable of... as well as 4G high speed internet..
@MrMGab The last one. The new battery system does not require charging.
@24Slexani but the galaxy s phone has way better pictures and room to customize it to your settings, it also has live wallpaper and has a bigger screen to watch videos and etc.
@l3d3ni It's an LCD like 3GS, this is SAMOLED.
@Godzillarr you can change almost everything , theres only one type of sweep style bekuz theres no way of having another way of swyping...but this phone has way more options then the iphone
Hi. Thanks for posting the informative video. You mention that Android 2.2 is coming soon. Did you mean we'd be able to upgrade this handset from 2.1 to 2.2? That'll be really good.
@Channe1F1k no not when i am not using to check my mails or socializing......i installed this app called battery indicator, i dunno how reliable it is but the battery meter sure do drains out fast
i like it... looks great to me, honestly it stands next to the nexus one and plus they're both with google so i'd say the galaxy S and nexus one are like on the same team competing against the iphone... is it with tmobile??
open up a text typing area, and long press on the text area, and you can switch keyboards from there, I own a US Galaxy S..with the 4 touch buttons on the bottom..I don't think the US version has the front facing camera either.
@TheForge10 i beleive it supports flash but it comes with 2.1 software, you need to update it to 2.2 and flash should work.. acording to the site.
pal you are really lucky to get all these phones and review them
@Mobz2596 other smart phones only copy the screen of the i phone, but most of the feature of the iphone was copied from other smart phone... and the features of the iphone are old.. sony ericsson had it years ago...
I'm planning to buy my new phone next week.. can you give me some advice what phone will be much better.. I'm planning to buy touch screen phone..give some idea.. thanks..
@kris198921 I don't know about the situation in the US, if there is a price difference in the two phones' monthly plans (dunno, I often hear most people don't take that into consideration, which would be...just..weird).
But around here the monthly price for a 'free' Galaxy S on contract is like half that of the iPhone 4. I think an unlocked SGS is ~$300 cheaper than an unlocked iPhone 4, too. Considerably cheaper indeed.
@the408bay it will be available from US Cellular in October of this year
Long press on the text box to activate the 'swype' text input and turn on T9.
um u brought so many phones then what do u do with the phone after the unboxing?
great unboxing
@Lidenburg123 yes...it can play wmv, mkv, mp4, avi n flv formats.
@ChaZIPeh no simply plug in the usb cord to your laptop and open the folder and then transfer music from your itunes or you could easily get a free music app
@Thewiseguitar every phone lacks something. Although there is no flash the pictures are excellent
@9creaney this model looks better than the wave...so i wouldn't be surprise if it's a little more expensive.
@TheBenTonks
I think the HTC is better. The sense UI much better than the touchwiz.
@utubedude3196 all capacitive touch screens are extremely sensitive to the touch. so yea it is.
nice review...is the phone scratch prove?
leodee.. Matt.. your always my bet it unboxing video.. much update and very clear review.. Nice..
How much did this phone cost when it came out in 2010?
@l3d3ni The galaxy S has Super AMOLED, very different from the standard AMOLED display, much better in sunlight from the tests i've seen, I think they claim up to 80% less sunlight reflection compared to the standard AMOLED screen.
Hello really fond of this phone ! is this better than the htc desire?
@leodee How well do you rate Samsung phones? I've heard from a few friends and other internet users that they tend to be fairly bad in the sense that they slow down after a month of using, tend to break easily, battery dies etc?
Im sure consumers could have put up with a slightly thicker handset to include a flash , they need to do more market research I think. The perfect phone if it had a flash.
@samsungisthebest2010 Disable Wi-fi when not in use, change screen brightness so it's more dim, install an App Killer to click whenever you're done using the phone.
i ganna get this phone but i wonder if you can change the background in the meny or will it always be black ?
cant decide if i should by this now or wait for iphone 4 when in stock (australia) could be another 2 months??
I have the a8 it has a non removable battery beat that
@Wynton25
Yes , all networks are usable
@drummerkid1993 u have in your hand iphone 4 so u know u can see in sunlight?
@TheCHE47 i sad amoled is worst in sunlight, not super amoled, i know all about new samsung technology, but cant say about Samoled on sunlight since i dont have one to see first hand :(
Quick question:
What are the rules for charging this phone for the first time?
Is it just the usual charge until full and then drain and repeat 3 to 4 times?
Thank you in advance!
@Producer4life1 how are the touch buttons at the bottom? are they pretty responsive?
can't you have a picture to your lock screen and still have a live wallpaper as a background?
@RickStylus
Yea what your seeing here is the UK (European) version : )
Good, But will it blend ?
you see that at 12:26 there's a keyboard effect (pop up effect) likethe ipad keyboard effect! how can i enable that effect ( i want it coz it's every nice) pls answer as fast as possible
12:26
hey . . .i got some trouble between taking the wave or the galaxy s ... which would you recommend ....tnx
I know you guys usually only do smartphones but either tonight or tomorrow my family is switching to verizon and I was wondering if you could give me any suggestions for the best non-smartphone, because quite frankly, I just can't afford the data plan crap. Thanks!!!
@Barro0695 the touch screen is just wonderfull
didnt this phone come out before the iphone 4 in europe
@RickStylus I think so, because I've never seen such a charger before O.o
Should I get this phone or wait for the Galaxy S2....because sometimes phones get worse as they go on...so ideas?
@PiiNOYkami plug in your usb cord into your laptop and press mount and then you can transfer all your music on itunes to your phone if you would like
The s2,s3 and s4 do not have a booklet like the samsung galaxy S. They should actually have that in their boxes
@HasiBsProductions That is the question!
@kexyorangejuice what the hell yea right...iphone doesnt have live wallpaper just a boring screen that doesnt move, android has a back button, home button option button not a boring circle, and android has more ways of customizing your phone then the iphone in which you are limited to what you can do
@whoopwhoopjb67 where did u by it? online? which website?
Great review,love the super amoled 4" display.Unfortunately,the samsung interface imo is so bland.Compared to the HTC,it looks ancient.I recently owned the Htc desire (great smartphone) but exchanged it for the Dell streak,(Multimedia powerhouse).Different strokes i suppose.although my squeeze owns the samsung Tocco ultra,(not bad) I do feel samsungs suit the ladies more,with htc,evo hd2,dell streak,etc suiting larger hands.Same with the upcoming iphone 4, not in the man-phone category!!
looks soo clean and clear graphics is great
The back cover is so fragile that you have to ultracareful while opening it. It gets broken very easily. Another thing, avoid cycling if the phone is kept in jeans front pocket. If onlt it was a bit metallic and had flash then it would had been great but still a nice phone anyway.
@helloshayan Nope, my phone hasn't got a 1ghz gpu. But it is a great phone, and a nice keyboard for txting. I feel these smart phones are more for gaming, than an actual phone. Since the average smart phone only has a battery life of 2 days?. I was just thinking of upgrading one of these days you know. But I think I'd go with a Android in the end. The Samsung does look great. But I like to have a good camera included in the phone. Flash is a plus to.
how muts this will cost in finland ore wen this will come out? pleace replay.
@Minis1999 Why don't you post that on a video about iPhone?
... but agreed, even the iPhone 4 isn't perfect ;(
how do u install or download apps from internet to samsung i9000 :S?
this isnt the commercial box right? i bought one and the box is completely different from what i have.
@l3d3ni The iPhone isn't good in sunlight but its at least a bit better than amoled :)
@remnantrestraint lol..it's kinda looks like the iphone but slightly bigger
@Mobz2596 yea the galaxy s is just an upgraded version of an iphone, and trust me its way better
you see that there appears phone locked! at my galaxy s doesn't appear in the lock screen how can i do that to appear (i have android 2.2.1
in was dispointed when i found out you have to romove the battery on the s2 to get the sd card
I've been waiting for the Android-Iphone like phone, hmm the only thing now that i might not consider getting it is that theirs no home button :/ , i ve been a android user for 1 year 1/2 and the home button is a normal button for me. But the only thing im confused about is what carrier is this going to be? or is it going to all carriers? and what's the price? if someone can tell me that would be great :)
And the legend was born..
The menu and some UI features look iPhony but I think they did that to target former iPhone users.
What store sells the Galaxy S earphones, please answer this!(I'm in big trouble for ripping my friends earphones, this is the 7th time) if he finds out I'm dead...
do you need to charge the battery for 48hours like many phones?
Is the Samsung Galaxy S better than the iphone 4?
And which provider is this with?....At&t?
How you rate this phone out of 10?...is the battery life really good? i cant wait to have my hands on it but dont know when it will come to Germany.....sigh
iPhone 4 is higher res on a smaller screen and you can see it in sunlight.
@leodee Captions, CC icon in the menu on right bottom of the video
I have this phone but what i want to know is where the front camera is oppersite that to the left there is like two dots that look like led lights? Can anyone tell me what it is please
how did u get youtube app on ur samsung
is this out already?
I love to takin pic and listenin to music but some people say that this phone's speaker is low, no flash for the camera. I'm sad :(
where did you get or order it from? please i need ti know!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
@leodee
What is your primary phone?
Cant wait to get my hands on this, hope this is free when i upgrade in few months:D
@YouDead11 In Greece it costs 550 euros (765 dollars) you are very lucky
@lukiboi they are both 199.99
Does it have a T9 keyboard?