To Upgrade Samsung Galaxy S I9000 rather than HTC Desire A8181
A few friends of mine just got themselves upgraded their smart device to HTC Desire couple of months ago before Samsung Galaxy S released in the market. They are amazingly impressed for what HTC Desire is capable of, particularly on the user interface (“UI”) called HTC Sense.
HTC Desire became a hot topic in town when it released since May/Jun 2010 and it is still hot and demandable as it could be upgraded from Android OS 2.1 (Éclair) to OS 2.2 (Froyo) lately in Singapore. On a vantage point, the upgrade could be done via Over-The-Air (”OTA”).
To begin with the comparison for advantages and weaknesses on both smart devices, let’s look at the both design at the first glance.
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You could possibly realize by now that the screen display on Galaxy S is slightly bigger than Desire by 0.3 inches. In terms of weight, Desire is slightly heavier than Galaxy S by 16g. Thickness wise, Galaxy S is considered slimmer than Desire with the measurement of 9.9mm and 11.9mm respectively.
Speaking of the specification on both devices, perhaps it might took a while for me to list down all, however, I prefer to show you the obvious differences between the two.
Let’s start with the internal memory, Galaxy S comes with 16GB storage, running 512 RAM with 2GB ROM. Whereas Desire is running on 576MB RAM with 512MB ROM. Even though both device supports up to 32GB external microSD memory card, but you could already tell by now that the internal memory is still sound favourable to Galaxy S.
Sadly to say that Galaxy S doesn’t come with LED flash for 5MP camera, this might be at a losing end for those who like to shot photos at the dark places. Unlike Desire, it comes with LED flash for 5MP camera with maximum image resolution of 2592 x 1936 pixels. Both offer Geo-tagging features but Galaxy S offers more, such as, touch focus, face and smile detection. Generally, I believe both devices could deliver the same result on the photo quality under the sun-light though.
Another obvious specification which makes Galaxy S more favourable sound is that it comes with secondary camera which allows the users to have video call where as Desire doesn’t have one. This could be argued that the secondary camera might not affect the Desire potential buyer of getting it. Considering the existing telcos’ network within Klang Valley might not be matured enough to support smoothest 3G video call even though the rates are competitive as compared to voice call.
Perhaps few of you could possibly complaint on the Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 UI customization which would eventually cause the entire speed performance to sluggish mode. Well, you might be right; however, this could easily countered by rooting the device with installing an app called “One Click Lag Fix”. Well, I must say that there will be some works to be done in order to optimize the device’s performance. Unlike Desire, the device is perfectly working well with the HTC Sense UI without any lagging issue. Plus, you don’t have to worry any single concern about rooting the device in order to have better performance. In short, Desire would save your hassle, time and effort as compared to Galaxy S.
Both Desire and Galaxy S now are compatible with Android OS 2.2 (Froyo). Of course, Desire always has the latest update and Galaxy S comes later. Most of the Android OS developers are using HTC device (i.e.: Nexus One) courtesy by Google and therefore HTC devices usually get the first hand OS update released and follow by the rest of the device manufacturers such as Samsung, Motorola, ASUS Garmin, Sony Ericsson, etc. Well, I believe Desire would have privilege in the matter as compared to Galaxy S, however, Galaxy S would keep up the pace as always. Further, it is still better than XPERIA X10 where Sony Ericsson just announced that it would releases Android OS update to 2.1 (Éclair) for XPERIA X10. Read more at the following link. (http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_x10_tastes_eclair_with_720p_video-news-2003.php)
Personally, I would much prefer on the high specifications and taking into consideration of additional features on the smart device. Obviously, there are some disadvantages on Galaxy S, such as, LED Flash light missing as well as the TouchWiz 3.0 UI customization lagging issue. However, as mentioned earlier, the sluggish subject matter could be easily resolved by having Froyo OS update. Well, despite of the drawbacks, Galaxy S is still my preferred choice thus far by few reasoning below:
- Higher internal storage capacity with 2GB ROM
- Super AMOLED display
- Swype technology integrated
- Secondary camera
- Light weight at 119gm
- Bigger screen display of 4 inches
- Bluetooth V3.0
- TV-Out feature
- Image/video editor
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
Considering the abovementioned additional features and integrated functionalities come with the reasonable pricing, I believe Galaxy S is a good device and value for money in the year of 2010. Whereas Desire would still have its vantage points when it comes to device design, LED flash light enable and the price is reasonable too.
Every device has its own unique features which make them so different in style, perception as well as the characteristic. And because of that, different users’ preference would acquire different featured smartphone according to their own requirements. Anyway, there is no perfect smartphone in this world, so let’s pick the one we love the most!
