Samsung Galaxy Portal/Spica - Is it better then the pulse?

[Guest robot1000]

Do any of you have any experience of the Samsung Galaxy Portal (spica) i5700 as I've been offered the following great deal from T-mobile?

Samsung Galaxy Portal

100 mins

100 txts

Unlimited Internet

Free bolt on (unlimited txts or Landline minutes)

All for £7.50pm for 24 months (Total £180)

Edited July 6, 2010 by robot1000

[Guest meinnit]

Traitor!

(No idea about the original question :))

[Guest robot1000]

Traitor!

(No idea about the original question :))

lol

As I'm nearing the end of my contract anyway (o2), this looks like a quite enticing deal. Plus the fact that unlimited internet (3gb) seems the best internet deal out there.

I have to decide whether to keep the Samsung or sell it on and just use the contract with my existing pulse

[Guest Azurren]

Do any of you have any experience of the Samsung Galaxy Portal (spica) i5700 as I've been offered the following great deal from T-mobile?

Samsung Galaxy Portal

100 mins

100 txts

Unlimited Internet

Free bolt on (unlimited txts or Landline minutes)

All for £7.50pm for 24 months (Total £180)

Probably better than the pulse :)

Remember, the phone itself is worth a lot more.. However if you can afford to spend more per month then do so and get the likes of the nexus one / desire / galaxy S. There is a reason these phones are going cheap :D

[Guest Krinyo]

Probably better than the pulse :)

Remember, the phone itself is worth a lot more.. However if you can afford to spend more per month then do so and get the likes of the nexus one / desire / galaxy S. There is a reason these phones are going cheap :D

As i know - at least in Hungary - Spica have iGO on board. And Spica have much more memory...

[Guest aidanj]

i posted the following on hukd, as the deal was shown on there:

i logged in just to post. i myself am an owner of the t-mobile pulse, and, on the whole, it's great. my sister owns the galaxy spicca/i5700, and i really don't like it. my main issue with the samsung is that i find the touchscreen to be so clunky, it's not even funny. the phone is forever hitting the wrong keys - it really oes my head in. my pulse, on the other hand, is an absolute dream to use - the keyboard is as responsive as can be, and hits all of the right keys for me - a pleasure to use.

also, both the samsung and the pulse both have a 3.2 mp autofocus camera. the samsung takes better shots, but, at night time, it lags like nobody's business. samsung have always been bad in this regard, but the i5700 takes the cake. when taking a picture at night, moving the phone around will blur terribly, AS WELL as slowing the camera itself down - it takes forever to catch up, despite having a processor that's 272 mhz faster than the pulse.

next, when taking a picture with the i5700, you have to tap to focus, and then release the focus, and press the camera button again to take the picture. on my pulse, it's half press the hardware button or on-screen 'ball', fully press, and the picture's taken. t-mobile are taking forever to update the i5700 from the stock android 1.5 (might be 1.6, can't remember) to the recent 2.1 version. other countries have it already, and have done for a while.

the same is true of the pulse, BUT, the pulse has a far superior (imo) modding community than the i5700, with custom roms aplenty, if that's your 'thing'. lastly, it's amazing - the pulse has 192 mb ram - 105 mb of which is available, yet you NEVER get any more than around 26 mb free. manufacturer huawei really need to sort that out - but my pulse still does everything as fast as my sister's i5700.

as for the lg - it seems fine from reviews, by lg don't seem to have much support for it, and i haven't seen a modding community to speak of. the touchscreen is said to be very responsive by way of finger and stylus input, so that's a plus over the awful samsung. without a doubt, i'd urge anyone reading this to get the pulse, consider the lg, and avoid the i5700 at all costs. samsung just can't seem to get the hardware and software right for their touchscreen phones - be they capacitive or resistive.

[Guest robot1000]

i posted the following on hukd, as the deal was shown on there:

i logged in just to post. i myself am an owner of the t-mobile pulse, and, on the whole, it's great. my sister owns the galaxy spicca/i5700, and i really don't like it. my main issue with the samsung is that i find the touchscreen to be so clunky, it's not even funny. the phone is forever hitting the wrong keys - it really oes my head in. my pulse, on the other hand, is an absolute dream to use - the keyboard is as responsive as can be, and hits all of the right keys for me - a pleasure to use.

also, both the samsung and the pulse both have a 3.2 mp autofocus camera. the samsung takes better shots, but, at night time, it lags like nobody's business. samsung have always been bad in this regard, but the i5700 takes the cake. when taking a picture at night, moving the phone around will blur terribly, AS WELL as slowing the camera itself down - it takes forever to catch up, despite having a processor that's 272 mhz faster than the pulse.

next, when taking a picture with the i5700, you have to tap to focus, and then release the focus, and press the camera button again to take the picture. on my pulse, it's half press the hardware button or on-screen 'ball', fully press, and the picture's taken. t-mobile are taking forever to update the i5700 from the stock android 1.5 (might be 1.6, can't remember) to the recent 2.1 version. other countries have it already, and have done for a while.

the same is true of the pulse, BUT, the pulse has a far superior (imo) modding community than the i5700, with custom roms aplenty, if that's your 'thing'. lastly, it's amazing - the pulse has 192 mb ram - 105 mb of which is available, yet you NEVER get any more than around 26 mb free. manufacturer huawei really need to sort that out - but my pulse still does everything as fast as my sister's i5700.

as for the lg - it seems fine from reviews, by lg don't seem to have much support for it, and i haven't seen a modding community to speak of. the touchscreen is said to be very responsive by way of finger and stylus input, so that's a plus over the awful samsung. without a doubt, i'd urge anyone reading this to get the pulse, consider the lg, and avoid the i5700 at all costs. samsung just can't seem to get the hardware and software right for their touchscreen phones - be they capacitive or resistive.

Does Samsung handle multitasking?

I've found a modding community here for the Samsung and it does seem quite active

Edited July 6, 2010 by robot1000

[Guest Azurren]

Does Samsung handle multitasking?

I've found a modding community here for the Samsung and it does seem quite active

Yeah I just found that one just now :D

With the extra ram yes, it can multi task 200%+ Better than the pulse :)

[Guest skrattinn]

I have I5700 and i love it so much:) It has Android 2.1 and 130 mb free :) It is very quick and never problem with reboots or similar problems

So its thumbs up for i5700

[Guest robot1000]

So the next questions going to be:

Anyone wanna buy my pulse? lol

[Guest robot1000]

I have I5700 and i love it so much:) It has Android 2.1 and 130 mb free :) It is very quick and never problem with reboots or similar problems

So its thumbs up for i5700

How do you find the bottom keys, do you feel like they get in the way?

[Guest ogiogi]

FROYO anyone :)

[Guest Speckles]

I've played with one, but I really don't like it. Too many plasticky fiddly buttons, and it was still Android 1.5 (May have been upgraded now?)

Ended up on the same deal with the Pulse, which I sold, unopened, for £130 to a bloke at work, and then used my PAYG Pulse :)

£50 for 24 months of 100 texts/100 mins/unlimited landline calls/3GB internet - Bargain!

[Guest Azurren]

Just ordered one of these for my mum.. 29 left in stock now :D

It may turn out to be "to complicated" for her and she may have to use my already set-up, ready to go pulse :)

I'm counting on it

[Guest Rem1x]

Just ordered one of these for my mum.. 29 left in stock now :D

It may turn out to be "to complicated" for her and she may have to use my already set-up, ready to go pulse :)

I'm counting on it

That's dastardly.

[Guest Azurren]

That's dastardly.

Dick Dastardly to be precise :)

Oh wait.. Damn

[Guest wassupjg]

I've played with one, but I really don't like it. Too many plasticky fiddly buttons, and it was still Android 1.5 (May have been upgraded now?)

Ended up on the same deal with the Pulse, which I sold, unopened, for £130 to a bloke at work, and then used my PAYG Pulse :)

£50 for 24 months of 100 texts/100 mins/unlimited landline calls/3GB internet - Bargain!

Nice 1.

[Guest gusthy]

Which one is better, always depend on usage.

I have time to wait 2 or 3 seconds, but Spica screen is too small for me.

So it is not an exact question...

[Guest Azurren]

Which one is better, always depend on usage.

I have time to wait 2 or 3 seconds, but Spica screen is too small for me.

So it is not an exact question...

0.3 inches smaller..

If you can see a difference, well.. Yeah :)

HTC Hero is widely considered a better phone than the pulse, can you guess the screen size?

[Guest gusthy]

0.3 inches smaller..

If you can see a difference, well.. Yeah :)

HTC Hero is widely considered a better phone than the pulse, can you guess the screen size?

you know, I also have a G1 so I know what I am speaking of.

The screen size depends of the square of the screen diameter, so the pulse screen is 3.5^2/3.2^2 times bigger.

It is around 20%, it is relevant difference when browsing or reading ebooks.

Edited July 7, 2010 by gusthy

[Guest phildrip]

My wife has a i5700, and I'm always jealous of the speed of the thing compared to my Pulse. The battery life on the Samsung seems hugely better, too.

[Guest robot1000]

It's just arrived!

Anyone know of any way of transferring everything from the pulse to the samsung?

[Guest Azurren]

It's just arrived!

Anyone know of any way of transferring everything from the pulse to the samsung?

Swap the micro SD card, log into the market, downloads then download everything in the list before closing it (As it will reset to what is downloaded on the Samsung)

[Guest Azurren]

Just ordered one of these for my mum.. 29 left in stock now :P

It may turn out to be "to complicated" for her and she may have to use my already set-up, ready to go pulse :D

I'm counting on it

I failed miserably :)

Although I have had problems when setting up the Spica:

Can't seem to download external apk's (Just says the package is malformed or something)

Can't download any email attachments

Bluetooth is dreadful (Only works when it feels like it)

But.. (Big but) the speed is amazingly fast. No waiting, you can multitask, you press a button and the menu opens instantly (Instead of having to wait a second)

Screensize is smaller but the resolution looks far better. Imo I think I prefer the smaller screen

[Guest robot1000]

I failed miserably :)

Although I have had problems when setting up the Spica:

Can't seem to download external apk's (Just says the package is malformed or something)

Can't download any email attachments

Bluetooth is dreadful (Only works when it feels like it)

But.. (Big but) the speed is amazingly fast. No waiting, you can multitask, you press a button and the menu opens instantly (Instead of having to wait a second)

Screensize is smaller but the resolution looks far better. Imo I think I prefer the smaller screen

Have you tried installing the latest 2.1 firmware?