Samsung Galaxy S Plus I9001

Powerful, fast, light, extensive feature list, good still and video quality, latest Android version

Still a little expensive, it looks like last year's phone

This is the phone that the original Galaxy S should have been. It's fast, slick and a pleasure to use

Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support ; 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA support ; 4" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) resolution, PenTile matrix ; Super slim at 9.9mm ; Android OS v2.3.3 with TouchWiz 3.0 UI...

No flash for the camera ; No dedicated camera key ; Fingerprint prone plastics ; Virtually unchanged year-old design ; Adreno 205 GPU is weaker than PowerVR SGX540 in the original

Samsung's bespoke Hummingbird chipset has been swapped out for Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon. The "T" means it's a faster version of the vanilla MSM8255 chipset found in a good deal of Android phones. With a clock speed of 1.4GHz, it could be up to 40%...

It makes sense to play this card once again, with probably enough people willing to go for a flagship without busting the piggy bank. And the Galaxy S Plus is a flagship through and through, make no mistake. It’s just not this year’s flagship

Considering we loved the original Galaxy S, it will come as no surprise that we love the Galaxy S Plus. While it's by no means on with the Galaxy S2, the Galaxy S Plus offers-up a competitive spec-sheet for a much-lower price.

usability, responsiveness

94% of reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

battery, reliability

88% of reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Slow speed, hangs all th e time, apps close after opening

Hi, I bought this phone just over an year back. Since the beg, I have found the speed on this phone to exceptionally poor. The applications hang all the time. Whenever I used to open anything to view, the app will close by itself. The phone will switch...