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Triumph Vs Samsung Galaxy Reverb??
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lfritz3215
Newbie
Honestly, I would go with the Reverb. They've both got the same specs, but from what I've heard, Samsung is just an all-around better company when it comes to customer service. You'll probably get a much better experience with the Reverb. 
mistichunter
Well-Known Member
the diference is that the thriumph can have custom roms installed.
SR - Samsung Reverb
MT - Motorola Triumph
Plan price - SR USD 35 and MT USD 25 (for grandfathered customers)
Manufacturer - SR Samsung and MT Motorola
Shape - SR Rounded corners and MT Rectangle
Weight - SR 128 gm and MT 143 gm
Price - SR 250 USD and MT 150/170/or cheaper USD
Android version - SR 4.0 ICS and MT 2.2
Screen Size: SR 4 Inches and MT 4.1 inches
Pixels - SR 233 ppi and MT 228 ppi
Screen - SR not known and MT is Gorilla Glass
Battery - SR 1700 mAh and MT 1400 mAh
CPU - SR 1.4 GHz and MT is 1 GHz
RAM - SR 768 MB and MT is 512 MB
Storage - SR 4 GB and MT 2 GB
Front Camera - SR 1.3 MP and MT 0.3 MP VGA
Bluetooth - SR 4.0 and MT 2.1
HDMI - SR not known and MT yes
SD Card - SR up to 64 GB and MT up to 32 GB
HD Recording - SR not known and MT yes
SAR - SR 0.56 W/kg and MT 1.20 W/kg
Read all online customer feedback and customer reviews too for both phones.
Then, make your own decision.
Honestly, I would go with the Reverb. They've both got the same specs, but from what I've heard, Samsung is just an all-around better company when it comes to customer service. You'll probably get a much better experience with the Reverb.
I don't know about customer service, but I wouldn't get the MT unless you are willing to fiddle with it to get it to where it works like it should (in other words, root & custom ROM). I can only hope that the Samsung has better quality hardware too- the MT might say Motorola, but it is a Huawei in reality, and not a great one at that. In retrospect, if the Reverb had been available at the time & I had known the hardware situation with the MT, I would have bought the Reverb hands down.
With all that being said, the MT has developed an amazing dev community, partly because it does have so many issues and partly because it is stupid easy to root. I have to say I learned more about android with the MT than I thought I ever would, which is a great thing!
I do like the looks of the MT better (I feel like more of the surface is screen), but I think the curved corners of the Reverb will make it more comfortable in the pocket (love this about my GS3).
My 2 cents'...
Lanman1978
Android Enthusiast
I actually think the Reverb is a pretty decent phone. With a faster processor than the Triumph and ICS you really can't go wrong. I might have bought the Reverb had I not already bought the Evo V. I love my Evo though so I think I made the right decision.
thangfish
Android Expert
SR - Samsung Reverb
MT - Motorola Triumph
Plan price - SR USD 35 and MT USD 25 (for grandfathered customers)
Manufacturer - SR Samsung and MT Motorola
Shape - SR Rounded corners and MT Rectangle
Weight - SR 128 gm and MT 143 gm
Price - SR 250 USD and MT 150/170/or cheaper USD
Android version - SR 4.0 ICS and MT 2.2
Screen Size: SR 4 Inches and MT 4.1 inches
Pixels - SR 233 ppi and MT 228 ppi
Screen - SR not known and MT is Gorilla Glass
Battery - SR 1700 mAh and MT 1400 mAh
CPU - SR 1.4 GHz and MT is 1 GHz
RAM - SR 768 MB and MT is 512 MB
Storage - SR 4 GB and MT 2 GB
Front Camera - SR 1.3 MP and MT 0.3 MP VGA
Bluetooth - SR 4.0 and MT 2.1
HDMI - SR not known and MT yes
SD Card - SR up to 64 GB and MT up to 32 GB
HD Recording - SR not known and MT yes
SAR - SR 0.56 W/kg and MT 1.20 W/kg
Read all online customer feedback and customer reviews too for both phones.
Then, make your own decision.
Nice post.
Just wanted to add that even though it's not listed, the 64gb card does seem to work in the triumph.
Now that I'm on Straight Talk ($45) I realized that most phones are over priced. You can easily get a used At&t or T-Mobile 1st Gen dual core 1GB of ram phone for less then $200 and it might have a Ice Cream Sandwich update. In my case my phone was $100 and I'm rocking Cyanogen Mod 10 AKA (Jeally Bean 4.1.1).
I haven't had the motorola triumph, but its 2.2, and everyone says that it has problems with the service, both have a front facing camera, and back camera with flash, i have the samsung galaxy reverb, and let me tell ya, it is allover, an amazing phone, coems with 4 gigs of storage(estimate) and the 1.4 gHz processor is enough to play multiple games at once with no lag, plusmany other applications. i got a benchmark score of 2177! and the price wasnt much for it off contract. the mt may have more roms and roots, but its been out, what a year? maybe 2? the samsung galaxy reverb has been out a few months, give it time and itll be just as hackable, i got up to 63fps on the reverb, all around amazing phone, id take it over the triumph, if the reverb isnt in your price range, save up, its probably the best bang for the buck.
Unless you want to root your Reverb you should be aware that the Reverb suffers the same clipboard bug that the other Samsung Galaxies do. At some point copying to the clipboard will crash the app you are currently running.
To fix I had root the phone, and delete everything in /data/clipboard/ then reboot the phone.
This is a temporary fix and I will have to do it again in the future.
To fix I had root the phone, and delete everything in /data/clipboard/ then reboot the phone.
This is a temporary fix and I will have to do it again in the future.
