One of the best things about the Galaxy S has to be its 4-inch Super AMOLED display. This has a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA) and measures 4 inches diagonally. An Android phone with a similar screen is the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, though its resolution is slightly different at 854 x 480 pixels.
The “Super” moniker for the screen identifies it as one using Samsung’s new AMOLED technology. The advantages compared with regular AMOLED are that it’s thinner, brighter, uses less power and has better screen legibility under direct sunlight. One of the first things we observed about the touchscreen was that it’s very sensitive to our fingertip touches. It responded to the lightest of touches, which is good when you want to type fast and not worry about missing letters. Watching videos was a good experience, thanks to the large display and eye-popping colors reproduced by the panel. Furthermore, you can watch DivX HD videos stored in the memory without messy format conversions, perfect for those who plan to use the Galaxy S as a media player.
The Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is obviously very snappy and responsive and the power of its 1GHz CPU can be felt throughout the interface. There are also multi-touch gestures (which are also quite smooth) and the TouchWiz interface to freshen up the stock Android looks. Check out the Samsung’s new Android flagship in the videos below.
Another nice idea from Samsung is the sliding lid over the microUSB port at the top of the Samsung GALAXY S – prevents dirt and lint from clogging the port. The same can be found on the Samsung Wave, and takes another worry out of the equation. The top also houses the 3.5mm audio jack, which can serve as an S-video port for TV-out, if you get the additional cable. It would have been nice to have an HDMI-out port, so sound can travel to your TV as well as picture, but obviously Samsung hasdecided to leave the GALAXY S out of the multimedia battles. The only other element worth noting is the microscopic mic hole at the bottom of the device and that’s all there is on the outside. Pretty simple and streamlined exterior..