Samsung Galaxy Spica / Reviews

Hot on the heels of Samsung's first Android phone, the Galaxy, comes the company's latest offering, the Galaxy Portal. The Portal is essentially a cut-down version of the Galaxy with less memory and a TFT, rather than AMOLED, screen. This is reflected in the price, though. The Portal can be picked... More

The Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 sports a snappy 800MHz processor, but in reality, the presence of the mighty hardware is almost undetectable, because the phone doesn’t feel noticeably faster than the T-Mobile G1 or Magic... or the first Galaxy. The CPU, however, makes the quality Xvid and... More

The hardware is great, but there are so much problems related to software that it is hard to believe Samsung has launched this product without solving them... And what is worse is there is no official word from Samsung showing some intention to solve the issues.

There are some of the problems:

- The... More

You can read a dozen reviews about this phone so I won't repeat them. The hardware and fit-and-finish are top notch. The Android OS v.1.5 does NOT impress. 1.6 has been out for months and 2.0 has been out for a few weeks now.

*** Samsung has not stated whether they will update the phone at... More

Overview: This is a great product. yes there is no market icon, but a little googling will help you update the firmware, and once that is done...it works superb! best Android phone on market till date. The only thing is Samsung needs to officially support this phone in the US. SAMSUNG AMERICA DOES NOT... More

Just bought this phone in Taiwan, and I must say i'm impressed with it. After 1 week of playing with it the Amoled screen is phenomenal and while there are some lag issues they're not prevalent enough for me to find them annoying. The OS is stock android so the UI certainly doesn't have... More