Samsung Galaxy S taking UK pre-orders, Vodafone promises June 15 delivery
By Vlad Savov 
posted June 11th 2010 2:05AM
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[[over 18 lunar cycles]] eh??
You guys are really trying hard to be creative. It's not making it an easier read.
@everyone does
Lunar cycle = one month.
@Glitch
Ummm...yeah, I know. No one speaks like that and it isn't a common saying. Whatever. It's a silly attempt at trying find a different thing to say than "month". Sometimes one can try to hard. I'm done with it.
@everyone does
Oh no, it made you THINK!!!1
@everyone does
I'm with you bro. Engadget goes out of it's way to jazz up/bulk out boring or small stuff. Sometimes it works, sometimes it's really crass.
Professional writing isn't saying everything with 100 words when 25 will do. Then again, maybe they're paid by the word :)
(or should I say: Perchance, these obtuse scribes are handsomely remunerated per free form sentence part... job pls engadge.)
@everyone does Just capitalizing on Super Mario Galaxy 2 fervor.
@everyone does
It's also wrong. A lunar month is 1 day shorter than a solar month.
@abugida
Does that mean it is one night longer?
Yeah, why would we want to raise the vocabulary bar...rotfl
lol....?
He writes similar to Dean Koontz. Using uncommon, but correct words that only liven up the author's written expression.
@everyone does - Upset because the writer decided to use a phrase with which you're not familiar.? If you did know what the phrase meant, you have wasted your time on here.
Don't assume a story isn't an "easier read" for anyone, except for you.
@in5ane - Professional writing is not using the same words and phrases over and over again. How dare they use a different phrase to mean the exact same thing as something else!!!
This was written by someone who was born "one score and eight years ago."
Oh yeah, who fabricates a cellular device without a source of illumination for the camera, in this day and age?
@Glitch
lunar cycle =! one month
a lunar cycle is 28 days. that's why holidays based on the lunar calendar (Easter and almost all Chinese holidays) always fall on different days of the year from year to year.
it would be fine for engadget to use "lunar cycle" and "one month" interchangeably if they were, in fact, interchangeable.
@pinetreehater
That's quite the spin...I wish I had told my teacher's in high school that I was writing like Dean Koontz each time they scolded me for "fluffing" a paper with a thesaurus to meet a minimum page requirement (and at the same time making an obfuscated read).
Look I was just making fun of Engadget's over-the-top attempts lately to be cutesy in their writings. It seems to be getting more and more forced, rather than clever.
@SCB
Wow.... angry much? Get off the computer & go take your ritalin.
BTW, the word "teacher" is not possessive in the context in which you use it..
You're trying too hard!
Dear Samsung,
This phone would of been the mother of all Android phone if it wasn't for one simple thing, NO FLASH FOR CAMERA...
THis is not 2009 this is 2010...
hehe, they take the time to put a front facing camera and no flash on the back on. Add the not needed extra GUI, non standard Android buttons, glossy finger print magnet if you even look at it plastic, and I'll pass.
Nice screen tho! :)
@anotherworld agreed!
I would definitely get this phone over the iPhone4 if it wasnt for the flash, or lack of it.
Im also a bit hesitant about the swype keyboard, I think the best on the market is HTC Sense keyboard, its ability to guess what you type is way beyond my wife's iPhone 3gs, and way way better than android native.
@anotherworld
Agreed. Make it anodized aluminium, put in a decent flash (or perhaps 2 - one xenon and two LED's) and get rid if the daft TouchWiz UI and relaunch with Froyo. Perfect :)
@anotherworld you are right :)
It's been a while I am trying to follow Galaxy S news. The battery life,Cpu,Ram , almost everything is perfect.
I am still going to hold for rumored Samsung Galaxy S Pro (This suppose to come with keyboard). Add to that a flash and I am all for it.
If the Galaxy S Pro came as I want it, then for sure It will replace my main phone.
@fredphoesh
do you take pictures at night?
whats more important flash for a cam or flash for web browsing?
Galaxy S over iphone4 anyday
@anotherworld No flash?! Shit, back to the T-mobile Android drawing board.
@audi2009 Yes I do like to take pictures at night and no I dint really care to much for flash on browser.
@anotherworld
yeah i would almost buy this thing in a heartbeat if they had included a camera flash. basically a deal-killer on this one.
Now...when will this hit North America...
@kapanak july
I cant wait to see a full review of this phone!
@BoxBabaX
This phone is hot. big screen plus that hummingbird. mmmm, tasty
@Drybones5 big *beautiful* screen, ftfy ;)
@juanvaldez
Awesome, thanks!
Now I only wish that our cell phone plans were that cheap... Okay maybe a little more expensive, 1Gb data????
@BoxBabaX Glad you had a chance to review before they deleted the links, that's a little weak. Rather than risk the banhammer I'll say that the wiki article has links to the reviews. CNET Asia gave it 8.4 out of 10 and that beats or ties: Desire, iPhone 3GS, Nexus One, and many others, really nothing out-perfrormed it.
I would give my left nut for a 4 inch Super AMOLED screen to be in the iPhone.
@thinkthis I'd give my leftnut and half the right one for the quality of games in the app store to be in the Android marketplace when this device lands. It's ok, I'm getting a 3DS when it drops and that'll be better than the iPhone for gaming anyways.
@thinkthis
Steve Jobs will require 3 nuts, and a powerpoint made on iWorks for iPad, explaining why AMOLED is better than LCD.
Then he would like to have a meeting to discuss why Super AMOLED is better than OLED.
@thinkthis
Id be willing to give your left nut also.
@juanvaldez
iPod Touch. Then you're not also running down your phone battery playing games.
No Evo in the U.K., this'll compete nicely with the iPhone 4 & Incredible. Yes I know, Touchwiz and the iPhone will outsell the Galaxy S but that's not what I'm saying at all.
It's certainly got the specs but I'm not crazy about the design and I don't much care for Samsung as a whole. Would love to have that 4" AMOLED though.
@Shooter McGavin 4" SAMOLED (super)
@Shooter McGavin -- these are *precisely* my thoughts on the subject, as well...
It's also on pre-order in Taiwan for about US$705.
GAAAARAAAAAAAARAAAAAAAARGRRFGHHFFFHHHH i want it in the US NOW
@tranquilnight I think if they beef it up it might be worth the delay. Primary thing I can think of would be a Galaxy S pro, but those rumors seem to have died and it was probably just a mock-up. Other possibilities could be a special content partner (maybe less likely than the pro, I know it's on their mind but obviously they have less control to make this happen).
@tranquilnight It is coming, hold tight. Droids, Galaxy S, not sure what LG has in store.
Man, we get SCREWED in the US on mobile phones.
@plyx
I agree they get these phones free and with everthing more than everything I would want for less than my monthly bill. It drives me nuts.
@plyx
Yeah I mean you have what ... the EVO ? that SUCKS man !
And the Pre you got it what a full fucking year before anyone else in the world ?
Oh and the milestone (sorry ...Droid) that was another full 4 months before Europe.
The only nice people with the old continent are Samsung and Nokia.
So get over yourself please.
@Flix C
Well, you guys have much better prices and wireless carriers.
@Shooter McGavin Ya pretty sure that's what we were saying not the fact that we get some phones before europe. I'd rather wait then get stuck paying up the ass.
QWERTY version NOW!
@Xstream the Samsung Galaxy S Pro has a slide out Qwerty Keyboard, but make sure you buy from Amazon or Vodafone as Samsung Customer support is poor.