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I am from India and I am thinking to buy an Android Phone. My choices are between
Samsung Galaxy 551 - Samsung Galaxy 551 - Full phone specifications
LG Optimus one P500 - LG Optimus One P500 - Full phone specifications

Please do see to them and suggest me

After reading comments below and many other places HTC Wildfire is out of the race so please select from the given two.

choose the 1st one if you type lot & play less or no games on mobile.

choose the 2nd one if you want all round performance but at the expense of using a on-screen keyboard.

choose the 3rd one if you got lots of money to waste on.......... on useless items.

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Sam.Shab said:
choose the 1st one if you type lot & play less or no games on mobile.

choose the 2nd one if you want all round performance but at the expense of using a on-screen keyboard.

choose the 3rd one if you got lots of money to waste on.......... on useless items.

Lol Sam why do you think HTC Wildfire is waste of money?

^^ The display of Wildfire is not up to the mark. Another thing is that its RAM is only 256MB so that should affect performance

Optimus One is the best VFM for about ~11.5-12.5K range. You have to settle for 3.15MP+AF Camera with no flash. But other than that the phone is Awesome. I bought one 2 days ago and love it

choose the second one. only choose the first one if you desperately need a hardware keyboard. do not choose the third one

iNFiNiTE said:
^^ The display of Wildfire is not up to the mark. Another thing is that its RAM is only 256MB so that should affect performance

Optimus One is the best VFM for about ~11.5-12.5K range. You have to settle for 3.15MP+AF Camera with no flash. But other than that the phone is Awesome. I bought one 2 days ago and love it

yes, the logic of HTC Wildfire is kind of strange.

1. you get a low resolution screen.
2. you get 5Mp camera with flash.
3. you get a SLOW processor with less ram.
4. the price is 2k more than both the other contenders.
5. well i am not sure of this but usually the battery on HTC mobiles run out of juice really fast.

& all of them runs Froyo (Wildfire needs an OTA update). so HTC Wildfire is for HTC fanboys ONLY. and for the rest, theres Samsung & LG (no Motorola or SE. both sucks).

yaah its a straight choice between samsung 551 and LG optimus one....take a look and feel.. :mrgreen:

Optimus have better graphics and more RAM...Samsung 551 have qwerty keyboard..

Moreover,LG optimus one gives ultimate feel while web browsing..
really fast,smooth and easy..
Sound quality is also upto the marks..
Only camera sucks.. battery life 1 day with all time use..

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my choice would be for 2nd one LG optimus one, i bought the phone like yesterday and i love it ! and

I loved O1 for all round performance, really i didnt see any difference b/w 256k and 16M colour depth here !

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Can you tell me some disadvantage of optimus one over Samsung?

^^ over which Samsung? if Samsung 551, don't switch to Optimus one if you used a mobile with a good physical keyboard. also G551 got Wifi "n". O1 sticks to b/g. & lastly the colour of G551 (or all galaxies) more than O1 but i don't think that makes a difference when G3/G551 got a lower resolution.

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Sam.Shab said:
^^ over which Samsung? if Samsung 551, don't switch to Optimus one if you used a mobile with a good physical keyboard. also G551 got Wifi "n". O1 sticks to b/g. & lastly the colour of G551 (or all galaxies) more than O1 but i don't think that makes a difference when G3/G551 got a lower resolution.

At last what you suggest out of Optimus one and samsung i5510?
See this video before coming to decision YouTube - Samsung I5510 Review

depends. depends on what a user wants. i am ok with a onscreen keyboard, so for me i am ok without a physical kb. also physical keyboard means a lower rated battery (to make space for the physical keys) = a lower backup time.

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I came to know that Samsung i5510 has far better touch than optimus + it is less laggy than that

if you got the info that touch on Optimus isn't good, first confirm if its Optimus or Optimus One. yes, even O1 have some problem. XDA forum have many threads running where the members mentioned that touch on O1 lags a bit. this maybe cause of the slow processor (600Mhz) on O1.

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Sam can u PM me ur gtalk id so that we can chat? I really need help..

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The main reason why I bought samsung 551 was it had a qwerty physical keyboard so as I am always used to type on keyboards not at all times its comfotable to use the touch screen (at least for me) and to use touch screen your hand needs to be clean at all times, else even if its greasy, oily touchscreen will look bad, so for me a physical keyboard option was good. Going by this forum here many people own LG optimus one, rarely could find a samsung galaxy 551 owner,,, from my two days of owership all i can tell that samsung 551 is a good phone and till now i havent explored all its features, as even I am new to android. People have rooted their phones and installed apps, games stuffs etc i am not that much techie, expert,,, , i just used wifi to surf net and download some apps, wifi speed is good, gps navigation is also good, after watching the review tried to open youtube video in my samsung 551 browser and it came out very powerful and clear, the wifi router was in another room, about 25 feet away bounded by walls, so guess the flash support should not be an issue... provided you have strong wifi signal,,

Only thing which needs to be considered while buying android phones is the internal memory a high internal memory will give option of installing lots of apps, appstosd will only give choice of transferring some apps to sd card, and to install apps on sd card by default,, you need to root the phone, do some extra techie job....

The earlier phones used to have a loud speaker it used to shatter, now all new phones have limited volume, you cant try to blast the mobile speaker

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RSK Please PM me your Gtalk id and Mobile Number.. I really want to know more about Samsung i5510

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I am also torn between the two. LG is not really known for smartphones and so I am wondering if that alone should tilt the balance in favor of 551.

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asheesh gupta said:
I am also torn between the two. LG is not really known for smartphones and so I am wondering if that alone should tilt the balance in favor of 551.

Asheesh I am myself confused, there are many positive and negative points about both the phone. So its really hard to decide

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Hello everyone, me too in the same dilemma, at last decided to go for motorola XT502 over the above two discussed.

Please let me know if my decision is good?

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if anyone plan to buy samsung galaxy 551 then please sure to check swype feature before you buy my phone does not have swype, but in box its mentioned dont know where to take it ... as the univercell phone shop is long distance from my home....

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HI,
i am also confuse abt this
Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 or LG Optimus One P500

in specs it says O1 has higher resolution but there is no clear info abt ram and rom in o1 specs
also touch responce is big issue

can u suggest me which one should is choose?

vav said:
HI,
i am also confuse abt this
Samsung I5800 Galaxy 3 or LG Optimus One P500

in specs it says O1 has higher resolution but there is no clear info abt ram and rom in o1 specs
also touch responce is big issue

can u suggest me which one should is choose?

P550 is a much better choice. If you love qwerty, do check the Galaxy 551

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In order to make this decision , you need to have your requirements clear.

What O1 will give you

1. Better resolution screen (320 X 480 vs 240 X 400 for 551). It does make a difference in the way images, fonts, and icons look on the screen

2. Froyo 2.2 with a promise of upgrade to gingerbread 2.3

3. Higher RAM of 512 MB. Higher ROM as with froyo, compatible apps can be installed on SD card

4. Snappy performance and excellent touch screen response

What Galaxy 551 will give you

1. QWERTY keypad . No matter what the manufacturers may say, it IS easier to type using a physical keypad. Heavy texters will not find only a touchscreen fulfilling their needs

2. Samsung brand name (My 2 cents - this is a purely a perception of the Indian junta. however, resale value for a samsung phone may be higher)

I am an owner of LG O1 - all the 4 points mentioned above were important to me and QWERTY keyboard wasn't. Hence, an easy choice for me. However, everyone has to decide for himself/ herself because it is dependent on the requirement of the user. As I read on some forum - It doesnt matter how smart the phone is, the only thing that matters if it is smart enough for you.

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@^^^^

rightly said, your choice should purely depend on your requirements even i had to make a hard choice between the two phones, and I choose samsung for my requirement. Choosing a samsung or LG is your personal preferrence depending on what features you give importance. Just because other choose XXX brand does not mean you should go blindly for it, even you can check out sony xperia, HTC wildfire also. In my homework first I compared

LG Optimus, HTC Wildfire, Sony Xperia Mini, Samsung Galaxy 551, and then went on shortlisting ,,,,

Another thing rightly said is indian junta go by brand name if this would have been a choice between samsung n nokia most would have given nokia as their choice, mostly it was like for indians mobile phone means nokia, such was the market capture of nokia some years ago, then ultimately many people got fed up of good old nokia and moved away from it, I dont think rarely you could find anyone who hasnt owned a nokia ,,, even yesterday my colleague also had some prob with her phone and was looking to buy a new phone. I suggested her LG optimus one so that I can see and feel how it looks as I already have galaxy 551, :razz:

but her reply was,,,

I WANT ONLY NOKIA WITH 3.5 MP CAMERA AND GOOD MUSIC..

I told if you want good music and camera then go for SE,, but she was like,, I WANT ONLY NOKIA,,, :-|

girls girls told her then do as u wish.....

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^^^ he he he :-D

vav said:
in specs it says O1 has higher resolution but there is no clear info abt ram and rom in o1 specs
also touch responce is big issue

Optimus One
RAM - 419 MB
ROM - 512 MB

I have used both galaxy 3 and optimus one, and frankly speaking I didn't felt much of a difference between their touch response.

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What are RAM and ROM of Samsung 551?

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^^^ may be same as galaxy 3 i.e.
256 MB RAM
512 MB ROM