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Samsung i9000 (Original Galaxy S) review: 2010 first Galaxy S.

Item: Samsung i9000 (Original Galaxy S)
Rating: 65
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2010·$500

Overall

65/100

Class rank

#16 of 50

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Samsung i9000 (Galaxy S).

The original Galaxy S — started Samsung's dominant smartphone line with Super AMOLED and Hummingbird CPU.

01Display

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2010 — 18 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size4.0"

Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2010 — 15 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetHummingbird S5PC110

RAM512 MB

Storage8 GB + microSDHC

03Camera

60/100

At 60/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2010 — 6 points above the cohort average.

Main5 MP

FrontVGA

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2010 — 21 points above the cohort average.

Capacity1,500 mAh (removable)

05Software

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker software results among flagship phones of 2010 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works

First Galaxy S — started everything.
First Super AMOLED phone.
Hummingbird 1 GHz.
118 g pocketable.

What doesn't

512 MB RAM.
5 MP cam.
8 GB storage.
Aged Android 2.1 launch.

Cross-shop it against

HTC Desire (original 2010)

$500 · score 74/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 50-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .