Samsung Galaxy 3 vs LG Optimus One

[Aditya11]

@Aditya11,
So basically ,the things Galaxy 3 sucks at is not important to you, right ?
And, you proclaim that it should not be important to others.
Yeah, right..ROFL!!

Your constant attempts to put words in my mouth are amusing! You seem to be too fond of my writing style to continually address me on something or other and expect my reply!

Regarding brands, here is one interesting thing and I should have used it much sooner while debating about brands!

The Icons of Trust readers survey in Digit November'10 issue.

Trust Index for cell phone brands: Nokia leads with 89 points on the scale of 0-100, SAMSUNG IS SECOND WITH 85 POINTS and LG is on the EIGHTH place with 73 points. The write up also says this: "A lot of people trust Samsung over LG, although both are Korean brands" (page 43)

Take this as you will... and hopefully this should "prove" something to some people who were constantly asking for the same..

 

[skeletor]

i know ARM itself doesn't make the processors but here its written directly ARM !! without any other name. any explanation for this? or Nokia makes SOC for its own smartphones?

May be they just source it.

Nokia N8 - Full phone specifications

ARM 11 680 MHz processor

*img401.imageshack.us/img401/2320/nokian8pcb675.th.jpg

seems like Broadcom (yellow outline)

Edit: found a source: *www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2010/10/8/nokia-n8-caught-bare-naked.aspx

yea, I won't be ripping apart my Nokia 5800 for you.

Trust Index for cell phone brands: Nokia leads with 89 points on the scale of 0-100, SAMSUNG IS SECOND WITH 85 POINTS and LG is on the EIGHTH place with 73 points. The write up also says this: "A lot of people trust Samsung over LG, although both are Korean brands" (page 43)

ok I agree....but LG Optimus One is a better phone than Samsung Galaxy 3??

 

[Aditya11]

ok I agree....but LG Optimus One is a better phone than Samsung Galaxy 3??

Question is "how much" better..and are you willing to go with an inferior brand (inferior, based on user survey).

 

[NainO]

But LG made a great come back with their optimus series (optimus one, optimus s and optimus 7)...
Most of the people dont even know about this series

BTW Icon of Trust placed ASUS at 8th place in Laptops and Notebooks category. And according to desibond ASUS is the most reliable brand in this category.
The reason is lack of knowledge/penetration.

 

[skeletor]

Question is "how much" better..and are you willing to go with an inferior brand (inferior, based on user survey).

Twice the RAM, better screen resolution, VGA recording and Gingerbread already confirmed.

These "user surveys" just determine the popularity; nothing else.

 

[coderunknown]

seems like Broadcom (yellow outline)

yah, thats a Broadcom chip (the trademark on the chip)

yea, I won't be ripping apart my Nokia 5800 for you.

thanks a lot buddy. really helped. well about the 5800, you can send it to me, i'll do it myself

Question is "how much" better..and are you willing to go with an inferior brand (inferior, based on user survey).

i don't think theres any use talking about what "was", but what you get now. what LG was, is a not so famous brand in case of mobiles. what LG is, is trying to be a better brand. and they are heading in the right direction. and if not you, others will agree. i do agree Samsung is better, but that doesn't mean any & all Samsung mobile will be better than LG. in that sense, Apple better than Samsung, why not go for Apple. cause it doesn't offers that much value as Samsung. heck !!! its too costly to be compared with budget handset.

But LG made a great come back with their optimus series (optimus one, optimus s and optimus 7)...
Most of the people dont even know about this series

BTW Icon of Trust placed ASUS at 8th place in Laptops and Notebooks category. And according to desibond ASUS is the most reliable brand in this category.
The reason is lack of knowledge/penetration.

exactly.

These "user surveys" just determine the popularity; nothing else.

if same is done in case of processors, Intel:AMD:VIA. outcome will be something like 99:1:0 (best possible scenario). maybe same in case of discrete graphics as most peoples (not of metropolitan) are still in the age of XFX 8600GT.

 

[Aditya11]

But LG made a great come back with their optimus series (optimus one, optimus s and optimus 7)...
Most of the people dont even know about this series

Whether such come back is really "great" is yet to be seen..and I am not talking only in terms marginally better hardware..a "brand trust" comprises of many things than that.

BTW Icon of Trust placed ASUS at 8th place in Laptops and Notebooks category. And according to desibond ASUS is the most reliable brand in this category.

From what I read, he also advises to stay away from LG brand! It is upto you to rely on a collective user survey or not..

The reason is lack of knowledge/penetration.

That's just guesswork..

These "user surveys" just determine the popularity; nothing else.

You are wrong. There is rather detailed explanation of how the Trust points are calculated and it requires users to partake in a comprehensive questionnaire. I encourage you to check page 42 since its too long to type / post here.

i don't think theres any use talking about what "was", but what you get now. what LG was, is a not so famous brand in case of mobiles. what LG is, is trying to be a better brand.

Only thing is, the "Was" was just a month back! I am surprised that when I actually do present some sort of proof of brand superiority, people are still finding excuses to defend LG..and then *I* am termed as biased! lol

in that sense, Apple better than Samsung, why not go for Apple. cause it doesn't offers that much value as Samsung. heck !!! its too costly to be compared with budget handset.

It is not about hardware and price...it is about which brand you TRUST!! and clearly most of the cell phone buyer's trust Samsung brand WAY MORE than LG, and that is, as of now, a FACT. Let that not stop *you* from buying an LG still, of course!

 

[akay56]

hi

i have been following this thread since its infancy, as i myself was interested in either these two phones or the Motorola Charm. (Any Moto Charm users pls pls pls do post some opinion on this forum)

but the objective of this post here is to inform the forummers and just in case others have not noticed yet that the LG Optimus One (T) has been included as one the Top 10 smartphones of 2010 by Cnet. personally i feel 'Nuff said on this topic.

Top smartphones of 2010 - Best smartphones of 2010 (photos) - CNET Reviews

BTW moto charm users... waiting to hear from you folks.

 

[tejaslok]

someone voted the poll !!!

its 1 down to draw with samsung one

 

[skeletor]

Currently the poll stands 27-27.

I'm restarting it as both the fones have been launched and reviews are out too. We need to get rid of the speculative votes before the launch of Optimus One.

Transforming it from "Which one will be the next best VFM Andriod?" to "Which is the best VFM Android?"

 

[utkarsh009]

I voted here for lg optimus one coz of following reasons:-
7.2 mbps hsdpa, better resolution, more ram. but i still need recommendations for purchasing a phone. which is better? G3 or O1? and let me tell you that i want hsdpa to be 7.2 mbps and os to be upgradable to gingerbread. tell me if G3 satisfies it or else i'll buy O1 as soon as it is launched in ranchi.

 

[Joker]

optimus one kicking arse in the new poll..it seems...

I voted here for lg optimus one coz of following reasons:-
7.2 mbps hsdpa, better resolution, more ram. but i still need recommendations for purchasing a phone. which is better? G3 or O1? and let me tell you that i want hsdpa to be 7.2 mbps and os to be upgradable to gingerbread. tell me if G3 satisfies it or else i'll buy O1 as soon as it is launched in ranchi.

go for optimus one.

rated higher on gsmarena too by voters

 

[noja]

Looking at default features of both phones, lg does win in everything but multimedia capability. But if you make use of third party apps, you can have a clear winner, optimus one.

 

[Hrithan2020]

Well, now O1 seems to be winning by far,in the new poll..
No surprises there..

 

[als2]

ok friends been busy lately
maybe someone already said about video resolution O1 support
here is update from my side
1. Battery is realy good
tip: lower your sync time of app. like twitter,facebook to improve battery.kill background app.
i am getting easily 1.5 days with 30 min cal,3 hr internet,2-3 hr songs, lots of messaging

2:Video playback
stop using default video player as it only supports resolution till 480*320
use third party app. i am using rock player and i can easily watch video of resolution 640*480 without any lag .

 

[Hrithan2020]

@als2,
Thanks for the info.

Are you facing any issues with the phone being detected when connecting to PC via USB?
Some friend was saying there were issues..

 

[noja]

ok friends been busy lately
maybe someone already said about video resolution O1 support
here is update from my side
1. Battery is realy good
tip: lower your sync time of app. like twitter,facebook to improve battery.kill background app.
i am getting easily 1.5 days with 30 min cal,3 hr internet,2-3 hr songs, lots of messaging

2:Video playback
stop using default video player as it only supports resolution till 480*320
use third party app. i am using rock player and i can easily watch video of resolution 640*480 without any lag .

rock player is trial can you play full 3 hour movie on it?
Did you try 720p?
Which mode of rock player are you using, hardware or software? Which format of video did you try and what container? Gsm arena gave this phone pretty bad marks in the music playback department saying that its got some bad stereo crosstalk etc

 

[zeu5]

guys i am following this thread since birth.. and i ma going to buy optimus...till lack of flash would hurt me ... but at this price range its ok... for me resolution is one big issue in galaxy 3...

 

[coderunknown]

Are you facing any issues with the phone being detected when connecting to PC via USB?
Some friend was saying there were issues..

the problems reported are of 2 kinds:

1. error in mem card.
2. some say drivers don't install (cause they connect is as modem).

 

[Hrithan2020]

guys i am following this thread since birth.. and i ma going to buy optimus...till lack of flash would hurt me ... but at this price range its ok... for me resolution is one big issue in galaxy 3...

Good luck
Regarding the flash, it is one of my least wanted features. (In the sense, that among all the features Froyo came loaded with, Flash just might be least exciting of them all for me ) In fact, outside of youtube,(for which, anyway there is an app for, and which in my opinion works better) I hardly watch any videos. (I am using Froyo, and have never found use for the Flash plugin. Of course, if you do rely on some video streaming sites which offer only flash content and want to access it on your mobile, it may be necessary..)