Galaxy S - Vibrant (tmobile)

[Charles Wirth]

http://galaxy-s.t-mobile.com/Samsung...d-galaxy-phone

After owning the iPhone and the Nokia 5800 it didnt take me long to figure out how much better the Galaxy S is. If you have not seen the feature list please click the above link to check it out.

Reception is great in the worst area of Las Vegas, where I live is a known dead zone for all carriers. I was on tmobile before with both iphone and the Nokia, both suffered from very poor to no reception here at times.

I cannot compare the touch screen (personal use) to the iPhone 4 but this one beats the 3Gs and Nokia by far. I have not gotten used to the swipe texting yet.

Speed wise I was sold, watching the Galaxy S and Iphone 4 on a wireless network where the Galaxy S was the clear winner.

AGPS is very accurate on Iphone 4 but was topped by the Galaxy S being closer by feet and showed what direction I was facing correctly.

The loss of iTunes was a huge relief, to use the appplication "Market" does not require a credit card to setup and has great functionality. lots of easy to find free stuff that makes having the phone more useful. Shopsavvy, google sky map, key ring, pandora, trapster, sound boards galore for the best ringtones, ezparking that can be used to find your way back to any location.

Showing off, the Galaxy S wins when you do a side by side compare with friends. the display is much bigger, responds better, and much brighter where Apple can claim higher resolution that is quite hard to tell the value watching youtube videos.

The Nokia 5800 kinda sucks with ovi maps, I regret picking it up on sale actually. The ovi maps are very slow and with real GPS installed not very accurate. The touch face is too small to use your finger for most things so a touch pen is provided. I never downloaded any apps in the few weeks I used it, I researched on just getting a ring tone I wanted and failed. Handling calls were a problem with the small face, impossible to scroll easy with lots of contacts, the browser was very slow.

Depending on where you buy:
$499 unlocked
$672 in $28 payments for 2 years.
$200 With new contract
$150 Wal Mart special

All come with a $50 rebate.