Thread: Samsung Galaxy S
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2010-12-23 , 04:43
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Originally Posted by Kangal View Post

Oh really? I thought it had 0 GPS issues.

Btw I own both I9000 and an iPhone 4 and I can tell you the iPhone 4 screen is better. Why?
1) It is glass so swiping your finger is actually smoother. This isn't subjective, it is actually smoother try it.
2) The touchscreen is much more responsive on the iPhone 4 (this may be Samsung's shoddy software, but still a big issue).
3) The i4 is more visible in sunlight because it is Transflective, visibly brighter (more nits). SAMOLED is bang-smack between the Nexus One and the iPhone 4 for outdoor performance.
4) The i4 has a matte screen while the SGS has a blue-glossy screen. In the dark, the SGS screen looks better and vibrant than the i4. In the sun the i4 leaves the SGS in the dust.
4) The extremely sharp resolution helps things look crisp. The SGS also has a sharp resolution but when looked at a little closer things look cloudy because of the pentile arrangement of the pixels.

I wish with the SAMOLED2 they could have the traditional 4dot-pixel instead of the pentile, increase the transflectivity, use a more powerful backlighting, use a matte finish on a (gorilla) glass screen.
These will take its toll on the cost of manufactoring, and make it less effecient, but in the end it will be worth it.
Take the best of IPS and the best of AMOLED!
One of the co-workers has a Nexus S and one has the one through TMobile (Fascinate? Vibrant? I forget the name right now). Both have flaky GPS. Maybe co-worker #1 was just unlucky. But the last I heard Samsung was refusing returns/repairs on the phones if the GPS was bad saying "it's not a defect".

As far as the screen, why would I buy an iPhone? I loathe Apple's crappy products.

I've played with both the co-workers Samsung phones and read ebooks on both screens (that's my standard for pixel quality) in the dark. Neither is "fuzzy" at reading range. The true black background is fantastic.

I work nights, in a dark room. So I don't know what the Samsung screen looks like in full sunlight. I do know transreflective is nice. But, it's not always a matter of the hardware. The Samsung screen is gorgeous (and it has good storage, memory, processor, etc). And, it runs Android (which is reasonably although not fully "open"). The iPhone 4 may (or may not) have better hardware, I don't bother to pay really close attention to Apple products. But, it's secured down in a locked garden and I'm not paying for that. Yes, I "could" jailbreak the iPhone but why bother? It still tells Apple their customers agree with their official policy of controlling how someone can use their own phone.

In any case, I have a n900, the screen is already trans-reflective, and I really enjoy my phone. Granted Maemo is only "sorta open" but I can always hope Intel will keep things more open for Meego.