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Droid X vs Samsung Galaxy S

clubtech said:
Having both devices for a few days, the Galaxy S has a bug with slow access times to the internal memory (NAND) and thus it is slower in launching apps and pretty much the device comes down to a crawl if you have an app that requires lots of DB access.
The Droid X as super fast internal memory and thus feels snappier when opening apps.
I also noticed that on the DX the default moto launcher is slowing down the phone. changing it with Launcher pro and the phone is flies.
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lol, Samsung makes the WORLDS nand. its not the nand. trust me.
 
jroc said:
I think the screen is better on the X. Look at the street sign, the words are clearer and u can see the shadows on the sign. U can see more details on the X.

I thought these Samsung phones had Super Amoled? They didnt address the sharpness going to Super?

Seeing this makes me want an LCD screen always. Give me more details vs. vibrant colors.

And I know its preference....lol
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its the penTILE you hate.;)

im not too fond of it either:rolleyes: but it is bright and pretty:cool:
 
tsanuri said:
I would disagree the Galaxy S looked oversaturated to me. But I am a TV nut that can not stand the way most people watch their TVs.
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hehe, i prefer live custom colors over vivid presets anyday.

ckochinsky125 said:
Samsung's phones in general have been really awful the omnia, glyde, the omnia 2 is so slow and they all just fell really junky IMO
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yes the thin plastics feel cheap and the devices do lose their accents quite quickly....
 
jroc said:
I think the screen is better on the X. Look at the street sign, the words are clearer and u can see the shadows on the sign. U can see more details on the X.

I thought these Samsung phones had Super Amoled? They didnt address the sharpness going to Super?

Seeing this makes me want an LCD screen always. Give me more details vs. vibrant colors.

And I know its preference....lol
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What? :eek: Galaxy was better on pictures and video. Everything about the screen on the Samsung was much better looking from the home page to the keyboard. Droid looked dull in all aspects imo. The Samsung has a setting for night time for pictures and is supposed to make things brighter but still a flash would been nice since they have it on the others. Droid was a bit faster loading most applications though, not all but from what he loaded it was but either way , it wasnt a big deal. One loaded right after the other.

Thing is for me, im a iPhone user converting to Android and the Galaxy is a bit bigger than the iPhone which is ok, but the Droid is even bigger than the Galaxy which should dwarf the iPhone. Dont mind bigger, but damn!! I dont want a monster in my pocket either.

Both phones run good. Im not a big Motorola fan and i had a Samsung years ago and hopefully they changed the sounds for the Galaxy. They been using some of the same notification sounds for too long.
Would of also liked to see more tests done and support is an issue too but imo the only phone that has good support is iPhone. Take it to them and they fix or replace it right there.
 
U shoulda bolded the rest of that first part and re-read it....lol Maybe if you look at that comparison clip full screen and at 720p u would see the differences a lil better.....

The street sign on the X vs. on the Samsung.....u dont think it looked sharper on the X? What about the shadows missing from the street sign on the Samsung screen. Is that a feature of the camera, leaving out details? Or is that a feature of the screen? And looking at the color of the street sign, its borders on pink where the X its red/burgundy....that says to me accurate colors vs. over saturated colors.

I dont know.....

And if u think the Google maps and Youtube clip loading was micro seconds apart......to each his own? lol
 
I'm thinking of getting either the Galaxy Vibrant or Droid X in the near future. In regards to the Samsung display, I really haven't seen/read a review where the reviewer didn't go on about how good the Super AMOLED display looked. I understand there are draw backs to Pentile matrix but there are also benefits. From the things that i've read, it appears as if video will good really good on Pentile displays while text may look fuzzy.

Now about the UI, in my opinion, the GS seems snappier and smoother than any phone its compared to. Take for example 4:52 on the second video. When the picture is soomed into, the X steps into the zoom while the GS is super smooth. If the DX was that smooth, then it would be a no-brainer for me when it comes tochoosing my next phone. Do guys think 2.2 will take care if these lags on the X?
 
JazzMat said:
It is very funny. The look is so obviously an iPhone wannabe, you have to wonder what sort of ribbing Galaxy owners would take from iPhone users. I prefer the Droid X, which competes functionally with the iPhone in every way but doesn't try and mimic it.

Frankly, I'd be a little embarrassed to own the Galaxy S because it tries too hard to be an iPhone. I'd rather own a phone that stands on its own merits and has its own identity.
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The fact that the Galaxy runs Android makes it different. And it is a bit bigger too. Galaxy looks nice. I dont care if it resembles the iPhone. I happen to like the iPhone but im switching to an Android.
Droid isnt as nice looking imo but it is a good phone. Kinda plain looking though.
 
ricardo001 said:
I'm thinking of getting either the Galaxy Vibrant or Droid X in the near future. In regards to the Samsung display, I really haven't seen/read a review where the reviewer didn't go on about how good the Super AMOLED display looked. I understand there are draw backs to Pentile matrix but there are also benefits. From the things that i've read, it appears as if video will good really good on Pentile displays while text may look fuzzy.

Now about the UI, in my opinion, the GS seems snappier and smoother than any phone its compared to. Take for example 4:52 on the second video. When the picture is soomed into, the X steps into the zoom while the GS is super smooth. If the DX was that smooth, then it would be a no-brainer for me when it comes tochoosing my next phone. Do guys think 2.2 will take care if these lags on the X?
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I see what u saying about the zooming. It was smoother on the Galaxy S. What about the home screen scrolling compared to the X? It didnt seem slower on the Galaxy S?
 
jroc said:
U shoulda bolded the rest of that first part and re-read it....lol Maybe if you look at that comparison clip full screen and at 720p u would see the differences a lil better.....

The street sign on the X vs. on the Samsung.....u dont think it looked sharper on the X? What about the shadows missing from the street sign on the Samsung screen. Is that a feature of the camera, leaving out details? Or is that a feature of the screen?

I dont know.....

And if u think the Google maps and Youtube clip loading was micro seconds apart......to each his own? lol
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Hell no!! Yes it showed the shadows on the sign but the display as a whole on the X looked dull. Not as crisp at all. To each their own. If you like a dull screen, the Droid is for you. I mean c-mon, the Droid has a 8 MP camera to the Galaxy's 5 MP and it showed a shadow but overall the picture wasnt as good.

There was a comparison to about 8 phones some magazine did and overall the best cameras imo were Samsung and Apple. One other was pretty good but cant recall what it was. May have been Nexus one but dont remember. Each camera took the same picture and they showed them all in regular and zoomed in and Droid and another 8MP camera(an HTC?) were not close to the best.
 
VegasTouch said:
The fact that the Galaxy runs Android makes it different. And it is a bit bigger too. Galaxy looks nice. I dont care if it resembles the iPhone. I happen to like the iPhone but im switching to an Android.
Droid isnt as nice looking imo but it is a good phone. Kinda plain looking though.
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Hey, if you like the look, more power to ya. But it's awfully hard to deny that the Galaxy is as close to a carbon copy of the iPhone as Samsung could make it. It doesn't just "resemble" it; it's more like a clone that didn't quite turn out right. And while imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, I want my phone to be more than a carbon copy of something that came before:

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And IMHO, I think the DX is better looking than either of the other two.
 
Well this is a Droid X forum :), so I would expect most of the comments to favor the X. Honestly though, I am torn between the S and the X. Let's face it, these 2 phones are both very fast, very nice Android phones.

Many things in this video did seem a bit quicker on the X, but again, JUUUST by a bit. And even so, this is just 1 comparison review. I think the S has some advantages (maybe not many per this video), and I think the X has many advantages. Camera for the X isn't one of them though. At least it's not clear for stills at this point. There is a distinct lack of S photo samples available from which to judge compared to the many for the X. (The pics seemed to be taken at different times BTW, looking at the street shadows, etc. Also, comparing the PQ of photos taken on each phone by looking at how they appear on the phone, through a video does not seem to be the best method to judge the camera anyway). Also, regarding camera quality comparison, I don't hear anyone talking about video camera samples between the X and the S either, where the S definitely has an advantage, and IMO a big one over the X.


The screens themselves? I haven't seen either one in person, so I will not jump to any conclusion until I do. All I know is that all of the reviewers love both screens, so it seems hard to go too wrong ..

I am very torn between these phones, I still wish we could get more S reviews (for me specifically for the VZW version of the S). I think owners of both will be very very happy. I will be an owner of 1 of these, just not sure which yet!
 
I dont think its cuz its an X forum.

There are differences noticed. The shadows is one. The sharper texts on the sign is one. The borderline pink colors on the sign on the Samsung screen vs. red/burgundy on the X is one. Go look at a No Parking street sign and see which screen shows it more accurately.

It could be at different times. Normally when u do comparison shots its done at the same time. I dont know...

They will be 2 great phones. But there are differences I think ppl can see. I thought Super Amoled was supposed to be this great screen everyone would want to have. I dont see it. Both screens have their plus and minuses. If its the Pentile Matrix causing the differences, Samsung needs to rethink that IMO.

Like when using an HDTV and HD cable, dont u look at the HD channels for the sharper picture?

I think I will just have to agree to disagree with some of yall about the screens....lol
 
elchingon666 said:
APPLE would NEVER go after SAMSUNG...the reason is something that most people did not know...SAMSUNG is the one who made all the CPU's for all the iphones till now...SASMUNG recently partnered with INTRISITY to design the Hummingbird CPU for the Galaxy S and when APPLE found out how fast that setup was, well, they couldn't beat it so what did they do?


They BOUGHT OUT INTRISITY...LOL....


These are FACTS..do some research and you will see.


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On point my man...I also remember reading somewhere that those pretty lil A4 processors came out of Samsungs labs...
 
Regarding the "dullness" of the DX, seems a big factor is the angle of observation. The difference in color vibrancy seems much more in the shots where the phones are one on top of another (i.e. DX is at a greater angle to the camera), and less when they are side by side. Super AMOLED is supposed to have wider viewing angles; and here it's accentuated further by the two phones' relative positions.

Regarding the difference in sharpness of the sign in the video, that seems at least as much a factor of the two phones' respective video recording as their screen quality. Wasn't the review showing the phones as they played their own videos? In fact, that would explain the difference in shadows (each phone presumably shot it's video at a different time of the day).
 
Nice comparisons when reviewing in 720 and 1080 :)

The X display has one advantage (bigger), but contrast & color look washed out compared to the Galaxy. Web speed is not a good comparison, since not using same network.

Shame the VZW version of Galaxy is gimped with 2gb built-in space, but gets a flash. Funny how all versions have at least 8gb EXCEPT the VZW version.

One thing to consider for music fans is sound quality. Hummingbird sports dedicated hardware for audio quality and reports are it sounds very good. Moto X sounds about like the older Droid, which is a tad on the weak side- both for volume and depth of sound. Perhaps a trait of TI chipsets. My N900 got around this by Nokia putting a dedicated audio amp in the 3.5mm line-out.

Phone radios on X apparently are not as good as Droid's and about the same as the Inc, but my tests were only in the premise of Best Buy and the viewing range of the VZW rep. All devices side-by-side showed Droid with -5dBm better signal. Could not move the Droid, since was wired to a demo display.

Sammy is kind of iffy with radios in their devices, so will be interesting how they both perform in fringe areas.
 
exempli_gratia said:
Regarding the "dullness" of the DX, seems a big factor is the angle of observation. The difference in color vibrancy seems much more in the shots where the phones are one on top of another (i.e. DX is at a greater angle to the camera), and less when they are side by side. Super AMOLED is supposed to have wider viewing angles; and here it's accentuated further by the two phones' relative positions.

Regarding the difference in sharpness of the sign in the video, that seems at least as much a factor of the two phones' respective video recording as their screen quality. Wasn't the review showing the phones as they played their own videos? In fact, that would explain the difference in shadows (each phone presumably shot it's video at a different time of the day).
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LCD by the very nature of how the light is emitted to the pixels will always be more washed out and less contrast than AMOLED. Advantage though should be better sharpness for LCD, but review reports confirmed what my own eyes saw- the text looks weaker/jagged on the X. Makes ZERO sense for the Inc to look better, since the the old Droid blows the Inc away for text.

Super amoled adds a much better viewing experience in sunlight than the amoled on the Inc (vampire to the sun).
 
Galaxy S's screen looks much better compared the droid imo, I quite like the interface on the Galaxy S, could be faster but when your talking about differences of a second or less it's not really an issue and this will improve when 2.2 is released, or at least with custom roms down the road.

The most demanding applications on phones are 3d games, and the Galaxy S is well ahead there, shame they didnt do any gaming tests.
 
Shocky said:
Galaxy S's screen looks much better compared the droid imo, I quite like the interface on the Galaxy S, could be faster but when your talking about differences of a second or less it's not really an issue and this will improve when 2.2 is released, or at least with custom roms down the road.

The most demanding applications on phones are 3d games, and the Galaxy S is well ahead there, shame they didnt do any gaming tests.
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Played with a Vibrant today and man, that phone is nice. Very, very good screen. Bright and clear. Also picked up a Droid X today and though it wasnt working to play with, that thing is just too damn big.
It is bigger than the HTC HD2 and i didnt like that one because it was too big. The Droid is huge but it is nicer looking than the other Droid it was next too with the keyboard. But, it isnt as nice looking as the Vibrant.
 
Looks are in the eye of the beholder but what drives me to want the galaxy s is the screen and the graphics performance. It is far superior to any phone out right now and the little lag that is currently displayed on the S can be solved with a custom rom.....which last I knew, correct me if I'm wrong, is not going to be an option for the X or be a risky and PITA operation that wont be available for quite some time. I think that the openness of the S in time will make the S a better investment.
 
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