The Samsung Galaxy S Review
The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone is the latest Android release from Samsung. It has of course been compared in depth to Apple’s latest iPhone 4, and although it is similar in functionality and layout, it is a different, and in many ways superior, beast.
For the obligatory bit of technical jargon, its weight is only 118 grams (so the same as the newly released Galaxy Wave), it operates on Android 2.1, the Samsung processor is 1 GHz, and the browser is Chrome-lite - the very latest from Google. It of course incorporates a camera of 5MP, as well as video and music player. Its dimensions are 64.2×122.4×9.9mm - this makes it a whole millimetre fatter than the new iPhone…something I’m sure most discerning users wouldn’t fuss too much about.
Of course on top of all of these are the apps that you can get from, or through, Android. The iPhone fanatics of course talk you into a stupor about how many apps Apple have in comparison the the Android equivalent, but in fact many of the app-creating boffins prefer working with the android technology, so many of the best apps are available only from them, and of course all of the most popular (’take me to the nearest pub’, for example), are available on both. The only extra ones you get through Apple are the slightly less well developed ones, that you wouldn’t want to use anyway!
But for me the real highlight of the Samsung Galaxy S is the screen size and quality. It uses a C-type Super AMOLED display, at a large 4 inches - one of the biggest screens for a smartphone you’ll find, and has a resolution of 800×480. This is the crowning glory of an excellent phone.