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I have a Samsung GT-S5830i. I don't have a lot of additional apps installed - maybe two games and a Twitter profile manager. It, generally, feels sluggish when

I have a Samsung GT-S5830i. I don't have a lot of additional apps installed - maybe two games and a Twitter profile manager. It, generally, feels sluggish when switching between applications, such as messaging to web browsing. My new Geeksphone Keon with FirefoxOS feels much more responsive than the Samsung with Android. And the Firefox browser works much better on the Keon! Unfortunately, a couple of functionality things with the Keon prevent me from migrating across - as far as I can see contacts can only be imported from Facebook or a SIM card. Also email only supports some webmail options (e.g. Gmail) and IMAP, no POP3 or Exchange server support. I'm not complaining though, as I know it's a developer release. I'm just hopeful someone with better skills than me will enhance the relevant applications. With respect to this Jolla article, I'm unimpressed the phone is priced so high. My initially gut feel when I saw the article was "damn, I just got this FirefoxOS phone." After reading that the price point for Jolla is EUR399, I'm pretty happy with my EUR125 Keon purchase.

shared4you 13y ago
> as far as I can see contacts can only be imported from Facebook or a SIM card Did you update FxOS after you bought the phone? There is a new "Importer" app which sync'ed contacts from Google/Gmail. Works well.
- phillc73 13y ago
  Thanks, and I haven't looked at contacts again since the update. I appreciate you pointing this out to me. I will have another look at contacts this evening.
CJefferson 13y ago
You are comparing a phone with 256MB RAM (The samsung) to a phone with 512MB RAM (the Geeksphone). It is unsuprising the Keon is faster and snappier!
onli 13y ago
I have a Samsung Android-phone of the same era. Very slow with the stock rom, but quite good to use with a custom one (and profits a lot from using opera mini). The androidcentral-community around your phone seems quite active, if you aren't already using a custom rom, have a look: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1730 http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1730 Though the Keon propbably is the better choice anyway.
kaoD 13y ago
Try installing CyanogenMod 7.2. I have the same phone and it did MAGIC with mine.

shared4you 13y ago

> as far as I can see contacts can only be imported from Facebook or a SIM card Did you update FxOS after you bought the phone? There is a new "Importer" app which sync'ed contacts from Google/Gmail. Works well.

phillc73 13y ago
Thanks, and I haven't looked at contacts again since the update. I appreciate you pointing this out to me. I will have another look at contacts this evening.

CJefferson 13y ago

You are comparing a phone with 256MB RAM (The samsung) to a phone with 512MB RAM (the Geeksphone). It is unsuprising the Keon is faster and snappier!

onli 13y ago

I have a Samsung Android-phone of the same era. Very slow with the stock rom, but quite good to use with a custom one (and profits a lot from using opera mini). The androidcentral-community around your phone seems quite active, if you aren't already using a custom rom, have a look: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1730 http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1730 Though the Keon propbably is the better choice anyway.

kaoD 13y ago

Try installing CyanogenMod 7.2. I have the same phone and it did MAGIC with mine.