Droid X vs Samsung Galaxy S

[nj02vette]

It takes literally two seconds to touch the lock button and see if you have any messages. The icons for whatever message you have will be at the top left corner and will not go away til you look at the messages.
Seriously takes two seconds to check. Push button, look at screen, no messages, put it down. If there are some, the symbol will let you know what type. I know that takes effort for some but it really isnt any effort at all.

And it takes literally 0 seconds to look up at my phone on the desk/counter, see no flashing, and not have to pick it up and be disturbed from my other activities.

 

[vud911]

If you're into glossy plastic ...

Most of the phone that matters actually feels okay. Its the back cover that everyone complains about. I do agree it feels cheap in combination of the phone's lightweight.

 

[you2]

How does the samsung screen compare to the droid x in direct sunlight or bright but indirect sunlight ? This is an issue for since I spend a lot of time outside...

when i hear the notification, i just look at the phone (just like i do with my x). when it has been on vibrate, or if i havent had the phone on me, i just hit the lock button to look at the notification bar instead of looking for the light. it's not really too big of a deal.

picture quality is great. i have heard some claim it is oversaturated, but i think those people are trying to justify why their phone's screen is better. the display is amazing. and, for being an amoled, it is much better in the sun (than the DInc).

as far as speed goes, it's honestly a tossup. when i did browser comparisons, they literally were less than a second of difference between the time the link was clicked, and the time the page was fully loaded. sometimes the x won, sometimes the fascinate won. as far as launching apps, again, they were almost exactly the same. like i said before, when playing games, i experienced less lag with the fascinate. it wasnt a HUGE difference, but once in a while my x would experience a quick (half a second or less) lag, where i never saw it on the fascinate.

call quality was great. but, i live in denver where verizon has great coverage. i had the phone in the mountains with me a couple times, and there was nowhere i could use the x that i couldnt use the fascinate. in the month i've had the phone, i have not dropped a single call. there was a time or two i thought i did, but I had CS pull up my account to check, and it turned out it was on the other end.

as far as ram/internal/SD. yes/yes/yes. but, i honestly didnt notice the memory difference. i was a bit disappointed in the 2GB storage, but it still takes quite a few apps to fill that up. but, i know a lot of people will be running out of space.

 

[krichek]

How does the samsung screen compare to the droid x in direct sunlight or bright but indirect sunlight ? This is an issue for since I spend a lot of time outside...

The Samsung devices are much easier to read in direct sunlight. With the X I had to constantly move it to find just the right angle to reflect the glare away so I could squint to see the screen. On the Samsungs there is virtually no glare and the contrast is considerably better so it is much easier to read. If it matters, I owned both and used them side by side for several days before making my choice.

 

[you2]

Thanks; and which phone did you pick ?

The Samsung devices are much easier to read in direct sunlight. With the X I had to constantly move it to find just the right angle to reflect the glare away so I could squint to see the screen. On the Samsungs there is virtually no glare and the contrast is considerably better so it is much easier to read. If it matters, I owned both and used them side by side for several days before making my choice.

 

[JuneNYC]

And it takes literally 0 seconds to look up at my phone on the desk/counter, see no flashing, and not have to pick it up and be disturbed from my other activities.

Market>noled>solution

 

[cwrig]

Not really. You can take an extra .5 second and touch the button again and it turns your screen off. You dont have to let it time out for whatever you have it set at. I have mine set for 1 minute so it wont turn off if im reading something but if im done reading or checking messages, i turn it off with the button when im done.

Notification light is a must. I mean I wouldnt die without it; but not having one would be a real pain. Takes this phone out of consideration for me.

 

[SirKronan]

I went to the local Verizon store to play with the X and the Dinc. The phone is nice, but the look is not. I just do not understand why the 4 Android buttons at the bottom of the phone are just 4 tiny rectangles that wiggle. It gives the phone a cheap look in my humble opinion (it is never a good thing when some parts of a phone are wiggling). The body of the X is just not as polish and stunning like the HTC EVO, the Galaxy S line, the newly leaked HTC new phone (possibly EVO2), and of course the iPhone. In my humble opinion, these phones have the top of the line finish and look, and these are the phones that I measure against. The X just does not stack up.

I finally got a chance to try the Vibrant today and man that thing feels cheap! No way would I give up my X for that. No contest! The X blows it away!

Hahahaha. Different strokes ...

You're kinda missing the point, but hey, that's ok. Glancing at the phone 10-15 times a day vs. picking the phone up, turning it on, turning it off, putting the phone back on the desk. Multiply by 5 days a week, you're talking some time invested there bud. But that's my preference, it is obviously different for you.

And it takes literally 0 seconds to look up at my phone on the desk/counter, see no flashing, and not have to pick it up and be disturbed from my other activities.

Notification light is a must. I mean I wouldnt die without it; but not having one would be a real pain. Takes this phone out of consideration for me.

THIS!!!

In meetings I go to, people set their phones on the table on vibrate mode. Their phones vibrate and their check their messages. Most attendees tolerate it because, after all, it's 2010. But it's still a distraction. People that don't have notification lights are actually picking their phone up periodically to check. Again, no biggie, but still a distraction to some. With my phone silenced, sitting there on the desk (not vibrate, sound OFF), the light comes on if it's a message, and the screen pops up with a photo caller ID if it's a call. All it takes is a quick and silent glance at my phone that nobody will even notice.

I realize this doesn't matter to a lot of people, but it matters to the four of US!!

 

[jroc]

Until seeing the last few posts....I never realized how convenient a notification light was.

I'm so used to having one (on the Droid and X) it never registered what I would have to do if I didnt have one.

 

[krichek]

Thanks; and which phone did you pick ?

Sorry it took me awhile to answer. I had the X for 15 days but returned it and went with the Vibrant. Both phones are great, the Vibrant was just a much better fit for me in the end. Here are some reasons why and before anyone gets irate these are important to ME but may not be important to you or anyone else.

The Vibrant is:

Brighter than the X (screen wise).

Louder than the X

Has considerably less glare in brightly lit enviroments

Has a higher storage capacity

Has both HDMI and composite out. (I use the composite out
alot when traveling for my kids in the car. It beats swapping DVD's)

Better media support (see above for why this is important to me)

Is way more 1 hand friendly (VERY important to me)

Both screens are supposed to be made from Gorilla Glass but, the Vibrants' feels considerably "slicker" and is more sensitive. Again very important for one hand use

Wireless N works on the Vibrant with the routers installed in my house which means I can finally ditch the one G router I had installed for devices like the X. The X had serious problems connecting at N speed reliably

Bluetooth when paired to my vehicle works much better on the Vibrant




Things the X did better that I miss:

Voice icon on the swype keyboard

Notification led (not a deal breaker for me but nice none the less)

3 mics - I miss this mostly because I could talk on the phone with the window down with the X

Dedicated camera button

HDMI cable that is actually available

 

[SafetyCliff]

I've had my Captivate for about 2 weeks; my wife's X just arrived yesterday by FedEx. There's enough difference in size that the Samsung is definitely more pocketable, but the back design on the X, with the ridge below the camera, makes it easy to hold. I'm usually two-handing, so the extra size & weight doesn't matter. I do miss the notificaiton led that was on my old HTC WinMo, but the screen is so sharp that I would buy the Samsung again if I had to choose.

This may change in few weeks after I finish setting up her X, already jealous because it isn't locked down by AT&T, I can't (snicker) load TP app's...yet.

Also waiting for the Google to release a calendar/contacts syns with my new home Win 7 platform; there must be an 8 month mandatory latency.

 

[Deleted User]

Samsung's track record has not been so good up to today.
But as a company, one as big as Samsung Electronics, they would be making a big mistake if they don't support a phone that is launched in 100's of countries not to mention all 4 major carriers in the US. With that being said I would like a hybrid of X and Galaxy S. 4.3inch screen, hummingbird's gpu, OMap's cpu, vanilla android of X, looks of Galaxy S.
++For the techies like me samsung support wouldn't matter with a phone so widely available and so many developers/hackers available++
+++I will wait and see what HTC has in its queue+++

samsung didn't even release the source code to galaxy indulge making custom roms and backups impossible.