Hi all,

Just bought the Samsung Galaxy 5 for my wife yesterday. (This is my first experience with Android.)

Haven't got the chance to download any apps but first impressions are good. Response seem to be quite snappy (600MHz processor) from what little I have played with it.

Although the screen is QVGA (similar to Wildfire) it did seem to be sharper in appearance to the Wildfire - I had seen the Wildfire a month ago and was put off by the screen. This is probably due to its smaller screen size (2.8" vs. 3.2").

In fact, when looking for a (budget) smartphone for my wife, I had already discounted the Wildfire and had settled on the Nokia C6. That is until I saw the Galaxy 5 (heard about this model and had not considered it after my encounter with the Wildfire screen). Price aside, the choice between the C6 and Galaxy 5 was down to the screen resolution and OS. The C6 may have a higher resolution screen but my doubts about Symbian eventually tilted the scale.

In terms of styling and design, it loses out to the Wildfire, but then this one costs much lower. The physical buttons are plasticky but can't complain much at this price point.

Many shops do not have demo units but I found this one shop in Digital Mall PJ where the girl was almost volunteering to show the demo unit! If you are considering the Wildfire (i.e. budget Android) do check this one out as it's price is lower by almost RM500, and you don't lose much.

How much did you get it for?

RM699, the list price.

Hard to find a lower price as it is still new in the market - many shops still have not heard about it.

ya at least better than csl android ..hehe

It's good job you didn't get the C6. Symbian OS had its day now or long ago. OVI free apps are awfully appalling.

Thanks - further vindication of my decision

650 ORI set..
this is a BASIC android with OS 2.1 , nice try

is this for real rm699??

Yes, RM699 is list price.
I have the samsung raya booklet from senQ, all samsung items inside, except galaxy S which is sold via maxis.

You can get the phone at senQ for RM699 as well.

The samsung booklet is available at all samsung authorised retailers, electronics and home appliances.

wad screen do this hav?
capative?

Some photos of my friend's G5

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Added on September 1, 2010, 10:22 pmPLease do get these 2 apps to run on your phone from the Market....

-Advanced Task Killer-kill unwanted background running programs-save memory on phones
-Juice Defender-disable apn when in lock/off screen mode-saves battery a lot

This post has been edited by PrinceCaspien: Sep 1 2010, 10:22 PM


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Don't use ATK, rather, root the phone and use minifreemanager.

haha.. my opinion is tat the user of this phone will be drooling when wildfire users get their froyo upgrade while this model user will most likely be stuck with 2.1 for the rest of this phone's life( knowing samsung...)

its ok compare to csl 1.6 android for rm1050 upgraded to only 2.1.

how much the wildfire cost compare to this phone?

It's capacitive.

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Added on September 2, 2010, 2:34 pmList price is RM 1190 I think.


This post has been edited by robhor: Sep 2 2010, 02:34 PM

RM699 vs RM1190?it's RM491 diff..can get another cheapo Nokia/SE phone already. So it's not fair we compare Wildfire - G5 right?

But the specs are closer than the difference in price IMHO. At the end of the day, it's probably be a matter of design and brand name...

ic..so the spec is almost same but with huge price tag?

Compare wildfire with G3, not G5.