Comments on: Samsung Galaxy: UK Launch This Month!

By: DrCereal

DrCereal — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:38:29 +0000

I can confirm that the Samsung Galaxy has terrible battery life. Even with nothing running, network off, GPS off, etc, the battery will not last a day. I am curious, can you confirm that this will be fixed by a firmware update? If not, I’d advice against getting this phone.

By: cjp

cjp — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:52:43 +0000

According to posts in the UK O2 customer forums, at least one person has been told that Galaxy has failed testing and now has no release date. While this might seem unlikely I have heard that the Galaxy has a terrible battery life (less than a day) which can only be resolved with the latest software update from Samsung. Could be that O2 will delay it until Samsung provide this update pre-installed.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:38:28 +0000

I rang o2 upgrades this morning and was told that they will be releasing the galaxy during the week commencing the 10th August. No update on pricing however.

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:10:24 +0000

I hear the Galaxy is being launched with o2 on the 27th of July – but I am holding out for the HTC Hero – or the T-mobile G2 touch (same thing different name for the UK) it looks much better and has the blackberry style trackball – anyone heard the date that its being launched?

By: Samsung Galaxy Seen In Italy, France and UK | Android Phone Fans

Samsung Galaxy Seen In Italy, France and UK | Android Phone Fans — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:25:13 +0000

[...] network and now it appears that the Galaxy will make its way to France on July 16th, in the UK later this month and now we’ve seen an Italian version suggesting it will also launch on Wind in Italy in the [...]

By: anon-eee-moose

anon-eee-moose — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:46:55 +0000

So glad this phone is finally coming out, will be getting this ASAP

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:59:52 +0000

dash: Actually that is a ‘coming soon’ page. If you try to buy it it says this phone is not available yet. It also says the PAYG price is ~£375.

I read somewhere (can’t find it now) that this phone is launching on 25th of July.

By: dingbat

dingbat — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:16:59 +0000

Of course you get them late in the US. It’s far easier to test a phone in a small market, Germany, UK, somewhere else, and then learn from that and launch in the BIG market when you know it’ll succeed. How many phones, what knd of distribution, etc., needed to launch in the USA? Big investment.

By: dash

dash — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:46:08 +0000

seems like o2germany now has the i7500 https://service.o2online.de/portal/?$part=Productcatalog.content.detailView&hardwareId=4510%20090096%2000&commercializationId=NewCustomerWebshopPostpaid&tariffId=O-ACT-H

By: panda

panda — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:59:19 +0000

samsung galaxy launch in france 16 july with bouygues telecom.

By: Micha

Micha — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:09:56 +0000

@dude & all in Germany: Galaxy is available right now in Germany. I just ordered mine :D.

@Rest of world: Sorry guys.

By: SK

SK — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:27:42 +0000

@niklas, You can’t divide the RAM between apps and the Android system. It’s just a normal linux kernel running in it.

They might try to avoid picking an android system process when deciding which app to kill, but you can’t partition the RAM like you claim.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:54:09 +0000

I was waiting for the Hero, but this phone is a serious contender. It’s just the confusion with the RAM which is worrying me. How can a phone be available in a certain country and nobody really knows for certain how much RAM it has? Phandroid go go go! make some calls.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:50:06 +0000

How to root Galaxy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qtjVFMZC9M

By: Stefan Sarzio

Stefan Sarzio — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:01:50 +0000

It is estimated “next week” for about a month. :-(

O2 is not only unable to deliver the phone, they are unable to at least give a reliable date. I guess they are planing to release in parallel with Duke Nukem Forever.