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lordvoldmort

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well this may seem stupid but
I was thinking to buy the a galaxy s for a quite good time till nexus S got announced by now so logically i should go for the nexus s but for some unknown reason i feel to like the galaxy s more than the nexus :confused:
so practically speaking which one should i go for?
thanks
 
lordvoldmort said:
well this may seem stupid but
I was thinking to buy the a galaxy s for a quite good time till nexus S got announced by now so logically i should go for the nexus s but for some unknown reason i feel to like the galaxy s more than the nexus :confused:
so practically speaking which one should i go for?
thanks
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Ok this is how I see it. In case you didn't know the Galaxy S phones are Android but not Google phones. No navigation, Bing is the default search, plus other Google apps are missing. The Nexus S is a pure Google phone running vanilla Android which you can customize with various launchers plus it'll always get updates first. For me it's a nobrainer the Nexus S hands down.
 
dasanman69 said:
Ok this is how I see it. In case you didn't know the Galaxy S phones are Android but not Google phones. No navigation, Bing is the default search, plus other Google apps are missing. The Nexus S is a pure Google phone running vanilla Android which you can customize with various launchers plus it'll always get updates first. For me it's a nobrainer the Nexus S hands down.
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Huh, what? The Galaxy S's I've seen here in the UK have all the Google apps including navigation. They even say 'with Google' on the back. I assumed this is the same all over the world.

The main difference is that the SGS uses it own proprietary interface called touchwiz whereas the Nexus S will use the standard Android 2.3 interface
 
zba78 said:
Huh, what? The Galaxy S's I've seen here in the UK have all the Google apps including navigation. They even say 'with Google' on the back. I assumed this is the same all over the world.

The main difference is that the SGS uses it own proprietary interface called touchwiz whereas the Nexus S will use the standard Android 2.3 interface
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Really? They're not like that here in the US but nonetheless they're still running 2.1 while the Nexus has 2.3 and will be the first to get Gingerbread 3.0. Still an easy choice.
 
ChrisAG said:
Canadian Galaxy S phones have Navigation and Google Apps. Vibrant models just got the upgrade to Froyo Dec. 9.
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Exactly. The Canadian version is different than the one in the states.I believe we have more memory,front facing cam, we definitely have Google and Nav and now froyo. I think there are other differences but I don't remember them right now.
 
well to make it more clear i'll tell you my worries about the nexus s
1-I don't like the pure android UI that the nexus s will have seems to like the touch wiz UI galaxy s have (strange huh?)
2-even both devices have 5 mp camera and the nexus s have flash (which galaxy s doesn't have) but from what i read the video recording quality in the nexus is lower and it does not have HD recording and they say it quite suck
for all other aspects they are almost identical and i think none of them is top over the other
P.S people keep saying that this phone will be completely outdated in like 3 months or so when dual core processors come out so is it better to wait again :( or just give it a shoot and buy one of these?
thanks
 
I would go with the Nexus S if you have an option, if you are in the US the Nexus S will only work on the T-Mobile data network, even though it is unlocked.
It will have 2.3, vs the 2.1 or 2.2 for the Galaxy and who knows if the galaxy will ever get 2.3.
You get the default android look so you can custom it the way you want.
You get the new features in it like the NFC.
The one thing about the Nexus S I don't like no external SD card so you are stuck with the 16gb the phones comes with.
 
mattuhh said:
Samsung Nexus S vs Samsung Galaxy S - Pocket-lint

Google Nexus S vs. Samsung Galaxy S ? Comparisons - Know Your Mobile

Basically Nexus S has flash, Galaxy S doesn't.
Galaxy S has external sd as well as internal, Nexus doesn't.
Galaxy S has bluetooth v3, Nexus has v2.1.
Nexus gets updates first, Galaxy doesn't.
Other than than, basically identical.

up to you
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Flash - Galaxy gets this with the Froyo update.
External SD - This is something that you certainly need, esp when you use the phone for multimedia purposes. Great when you move stuff to other devices...
Bluetooth - v3.0 has certainly a lot of speed compared to 2.1
Update - Certainly a few months wait is not gonna kill anyone! :-)

I just love the TouchWiz interface of Galaxy.

Galaxy all the way.....
 
Flash - Galaxy gets this with the Froyo update.
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The person was talking about the LED flash in camera not the Flash in browser!


Mattuhh has given the most precise answer. See according to those factors what you like and chose among them. Otherwise the phone is almost identical.
 
P.S people keep saying that this phone will be completely outdated in like 3 months or so when dual core processors come out so is it better to wait again :( or just give it a shoot and buy one of these?
thanks
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See in the world of technology everything will be outdated in 3-4 months. It all boils down to when the person desperately need the stuff or can he wait for it.

Waiting for things can be a vicious circle as new things keep on coming and a person would be waiting all the time wanting the better thing.


HOWEVER Galaxy S is atleast a 5-6 month old phone. And it is disappointing that given the time gap the hardware specs of both Galaxy and Nexus are almost same. Considering that nexus S might be outdated in near future. So it might be a good idea to wait. But then we havent heard of any concrete decision on a phone with mindblowing specs as yet. All are rumours.


So you have to decide whether you can wait or want the phone now!
 
I would say wait for the Nexus S. With technology, the longer you wait, the better it gets. But of course you have to stop waiting at some point...

BTW, Gingerbread is 2.3. Honeycomb is 3.0. Stop mixing them up.
 
Nexus S except for two things:

If you really must have more than 16GB of storage (thats the problem for me).

If you really must have a great video player (the GS one in the latest 2.2.1 update is perfect, there isn't a better one to be had on any OS/handset out there). The Nexus S will have decent options like RockPlayer, but if this is a priority for you then the Galaxy S may be worth a look.
 
Aravindan said:
Flash - Galaxy gets this with the Froyo update.
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Sorry, missed the 'a' lol

dasanman69 said:
the Nexus has 2.3 and will be the first to get Gingerbread 3.0. Still an easy choice.
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snapper.fishes said:
BTW, Gingerbread is 2.3. Honeycomb is 3.0. Stop mixing them up.
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He said it HAS 2.3 and will BE GETTING 3.0 first

anyway.
OP, to be honest, it boils down to 2 things.
1. Do you want massive amounts of memory? Nexus has 16gb max,Galaxy has up to 48gb max
2. Do you want faster updates?
The rest is just little things that aren't massively important
 
They're both Samsung and that's a fail. Learned my lesson even if the Nexus has fixed the S issues. Too late, my money is already spent and wasted.
 
vikingisson said:
They're both Samsung and that's a fail. Learned my lesson even if the Nexus has fixed the S issues. Too late, my money is already spent and wasted.
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If that's the way you feel about it that's your choice, but if that was the case for me, I'd never buy another Nokia, Sony Ericsson, or LG phone as I have had problems with all of those too.
To be fair all a phone should do is make phone calls, everything else is an added bonus, if I wanted 100% perfect GPS I'd buy a satnav, if I wanted an amazing camera I'd buy a dslr etc. I can understand why you feel that way, when something is advertised as a feature, it should work properly, but these things happen.
 
mattuhh said:
If that's the way you feel about it that's your choice, but if that was the case for me, I'd never buy another Nokia, Sony Ericsson, or LG phone as I have had problems with all of those too.
To be fair all a phone should do is make phone calls, everything else is an added bonus, if I wanted 100% perfect GPS I'd buy a satnav, if I wanted an amazing camera I'd buy a dslr etc. I can understand why you feel that way, when something is advertised as a feature, it should work properly, but these things happen.
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I'm not bitter because a device fails, I've had plenty of things fail. It is the design that is bad and the lack of support or acknowledgment. The change to a very different internal SD points to that bad design but since I'm stuck with the "old" phone and hearing bs from all sides that I'll not buy Samsung. And their software is horrible.
 
vikingisson said:
I'm not bitter because a device fails, I've had plenty of things fail. It is the design that is bad and the lack of support or acknowledgment. The change to a very different internal SD points to that bad design but since I'm stuck with the "old" phone and hearing bs from all sides that I'll not buy Samsung. And their software is horrible.
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By the design what are you referring too? does the Nexus S have a new internal SD or new file system? I don't know myself but it would be nice to find out, and luckily so far I haven't had to deal with the customer support but I have heard alot of horror stories regarding that side of the company, the only problem is that there is technically nothing wrong with the phone other than slight lag occasionally and some poor gps reception, but it all still actually works like it was made too so I guess the way Samsung see it is it isn't broken so they wont fix it.

I totally understand where you're coming from though, and I agree their software is horrible (I'm assuming you mean kies?) I have to unmount and remove my external SD card every time I want to connect to it.

But on the good side, the phone is a strong and sturdy handset, still pretty fast, especially with lagfix applied, and so far hasn't gone wrong on me once, which is more than I can say for other phone's I've owned. The last being a Sony Ericsson C905, which had the have the screen fixed 3 times in one year, the microphone replaced after 3 months, and the charging port replaced.
Maybe I'm just lucky, or maybe I'm not as fussy as everyone else I don't know, but personally I think the Galaxy S is a pretty good bit of kit.
 
mattuhh said:
By the design what are you referring too? does the Nexus S have a new internal SD or new file system?
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The whole SD is new design (iNand). Not sure about the file system but I'd suspect they've been told (by google) to get with the 21st century on that too.

I totally understand where you're coming from though, and I agree their software is horrible (I'm assuming you mean kies?) I have to unmount and remove my external SD card every time I want to connect to it.
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That and their bundled apps that make no sense and related or not they half broke the google apps that I prefer to use.

I don't know, but personally I think the Galaxy S is a pretty good bit of kit.
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It does sound good and the specs seem better but until I see reports from real users after 6 months I'm not believing it. I can tell the difference between whiners, people that are just 'holding it wrong', and common problems that are ignored by the manufacturer but irritate the user.

A GPS that barely works if at all, ASOP apps that are mysteriously broken, an update process that defies logic, internal RAM that will suddenly corrupt, lag that is much worse than my HTC that is spec'd much slower, and other things are inexcusable with such a highly rated device.

there's a lot to like about it but after 3 times bricking through no fault of my own and hearing the same horror stories over and over gives me no confidence.

Here's another clue, the Nexus S is more expensive than the full retail price of the S which has an external SD slot. That flash and iNand must be the reason maybe and why Samsung skimped on the wrong things before.
 
vikingisson said:
The whole SD is new design (iNand). Not sure about the file system but I'd suspect they've been told (by google) to get with the 21st century on that too.
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I haven't heard about that. I'll have to have a read-up on it. Cheers.


vikingisson said:
That and their bundled apps that make no sense and related or not they half broke the google apps that I prefer to use.
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Yeah I agree that some of the bundled apps are pretty pointless, but I don't use many of them myself, and the Google apps I do use all work pretty well so it never affected me.

vikingisson said:
It does sound good and the specs seem better but until I see reports from real users after 6 months I'm not believing it. I can tell the difference between whiners, people that are just 'holding it wrong', and common problems that are ignored by the manufacturer but irritate the user.

A GPS that barely works if at all, ASOP apps that are mysteriously broken, an update process that defies logic, internal RAM that will suddenly corrupt, lag that is much worse than my HTC that is spec'd much slower, and other things are inexcusable with such a highly rated device.

there's a lot to like about it but after 3 times bricking through no fault of my own and hearing the same horror stories over and over gives me no confidence.

Here's another clue, the Nexus S is more expensive than the full retail price of the S which has an external SD slot. That flash and iNand must be the reason maybe and why Samsung skimped on the wrong things before.
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It does make you wonder just how good the Nexus S will be, let's just hope Samsung took into account all the info from consumers and fixed them for the Nexus. Pity they won't be fixing them for existing customers too.
 
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