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Samsung does not know how to make phones. I got burned bad on the Galaxy S and this one looks like a continuation of that line.

nhoj 16y ago
What was it that you didn't like about it?
- peregrine 16y ago
  For one the plastic casing was as cheap as you can get. I dropped my phone once while getting out of my car less then a foot off the ground and the thing looked like I threw it against the wall. Second the gps did not work, this was not an uncommon issue, so uncommon that T-Mobile replaced my phone no questions asked for a G2. Third the software they put on the phone, while not an issue for this phone, was slow, buggy and hard crashed my phone at least once a week. This coming from the G1, running community build roms, which hard crashed maybe twice in the 2 years I owned it.
  - sandipc 16y ago
    Samsung was also notoriously slow in releasing the Froyo update for their phones
    - nollidge 16y ago
      Correction: IS slow in releasing Froyo. Still don't have it for my Mesmerize.
  - keltex 16y ago
    Here's a fix for the GPS problem: http://cellphonesignal.net/google-nexus-s-a-gps-system-leaks-sometimes.html http://cellphonesignal.net/google-nexus-s-a-gps-system-leaks...
    - peregrine 16y ago
      Thats interesting the Nexus S has the same issue. And while this fix put a band-aid on the problem it in no way fixed the issue at all. And sometimes it actually made it worse.
alexyoung 16y ago
I think the product seems technically very good, but it has this weird cheap quality to it. I've noticed that HTC's phones feel and look more solid. I'm not sure why, maybe Samsung needs more investment in material sciences and design?
andybak 16y ago
The only problem with the Galaxy S is the buggy software it was released with and the appalling length of time it took Samsung to get Froyo out the door. I'm running it with JPU Froyo and it's a lovely bit of kit.
moe 16y ago
I can't speak for the Nexus S but the Galaxy S is pretty splendid hardware. I really wonder what your complaints are (about the hardware) because it's the most beautiful non-iPhone that I've seen to date.

nhoj 16y ago

What was it that you didn't like about it?

peregrine 16y ago
For one the plastic casing was as cheap as you can get. I dropped my phone once while getting out of my car less then a foot off the ground and the thing looked like I threw it against the wall. Second the gps did not work, this was not an uncommon issue, so uncommon that T-Mobile replaced my phone no questions asked for a G2. Third the software they put on the phone, while not an issue for this phone, was slow, buggy and hard crashed my phone at least once a week. This coming from the G1, running community build roms, which hard crashed maybe twice in the 2 years I owned it.
- sandipc 16y ago
  Samsung was also notoriously slow in releasing the Froyo update for their phones
  - nollidge 16y ago
    Correction: IS slow in releasing Froyo. Still don't have it for my Mesmerize.
- keltex 16y ago
  Here's a fix for the GPS problem: http://cellphonesignal.net/google-nexus-s-a-gps-system-leaks-sometimes.html http://cellphonesignal.net/google-nexus-s-a-gps-system-leaks...
  - peregrine 16y ago
    Thats interesting the Nexus S has the same issue. And while this fix put a band-aid on the problem it in no way fixed the issue at all. And sometimes it actually made it worse.

alexyoung 16y ago

I think the product seems technically very good, but it has this weird cheap quality to it. I've noticed that HTC's phones feel and look more solid. I'm not sure why, maybe Samsung needs more investment in material sciences and design?

andybak 16y ago

The only problem with the Galaxy S is the buggy software it was released with and the appalling length of time it took Samsung to get Froyo out the door. I'm running it with JPU Froyo and it's a lovely bit of kit.

moe 16y ago

I can't speak for the Nexus S but the Galaxy S is pretty splendid hardware. I really wonder what your complaints are (about the hardware) because it's the most beautiful non-iPhone that I've seen to date.