I am considering buying an android phone, and two possibilities (at equal price) are the Samsung Galaxy S and the Google Nexus S (made by Samsung).

Some thoughts:

  • The Galaxy lacks a flash for the camera.
  • The Nexus doesn't have removable memory.
  • The Nexus doesn't have an FM radio.
  • The Galaxy comes with horrible Samsung addons, while the Nexus is cleaner, and is more likely to get updates.
  • It might be hard to update the Galaxy anyway, as the update tool from Samsung requires windows, though it looks like there might be some alternatives that support linux.
  • The nexus is ~10g heavier.

So, I ended up (in December 2011) getting the Galaxy S. I also put Cyanogenmod 7.1 on it, which I feel is much better than the stock software (and alleviates most of my concerns with this compared to the Nexus S).

Comment by walter Wed Mar 21 00:12:28 2012
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