Samsung Vibrant Review
Well folks, it’s here. The T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant is the first of the four Samsung Galaxy S cellphone to kick US shelves, and the manufacturer’s first Android Super phone. The be noticeable feature of the Vibrant is its gorgeous 4-inch Super AMOLED display. Accompanying the display, the Vibrant sports a 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor with a GPU beats the hell away from any smartphone GPU today, a 6 axis motion sensor, including a nifty tackle the TV-out method that’s unseen on many smartphones today. What makes the Vibrant build up to the competition? Will that screen send others running?
Design
Out of all the Samsung Galaxy S series models, we’d must say the Samsung Vibrant is the sleekest and sexiest one among the bunch. The look is pretty familiar, but the blend of the slim profile, clean design, and rounded edges is basically pleasing to the eye. Also, at 4.82 inches tall by 2.54 inches wide by 0.39 inch thick and 4.16 ounces, the Vibrant results in a good travel companion, slipping easily right bank account and feeling lightweight in the hand. That said, the handset feels plasticky and slick. We wouldn’t say it’s fragile, but it surely definitely resulted in a lot being desired, especially compared with the solid and sturdy Nexus One.
Display
The Vibrant’s stunning 4-inch Super AMOLED display shows a fantastic sense of depth when displaying HD video content and high definition images. When we snapped a picture of the flower pot in a very park, the colors literally popped off the display, and the high definition-video we recorded in Times Square looked incredibly smooth during playback. The iPhone 4′s display might appear small compared to generous screen estate of the Vibrant, but Apple’s device includes a higher resolution (960 x640 pixels vs 800 x480). We also remarked that when placed close to 1 another, the Vibrant has a faint bluish tint when compared to the iPhone 4; the flower pot image had slightly more accurate colors on the iPhone 4, and internet pages with the same images appeared slightly brighter on the iPhone 4 at the same time.
Keyboard
The Vibrant incorporates a custom gray keyboard with white letters for a static black background. We immediately disabled the haptic feedback, which appeared to slow the phone down. Once switched off, the large display got comfortable to type accurately and quickly. Fed up with tapping? The Vibrant also includes a Swype keyboard, in which you draw a path between letters for text entry. Swype has a learning curve, however it successful after you get the hang of it. You want there seemed to be a faster way to switch between keyboards, because your only choices to change it in settings.
Performance
Speakerphone quality was more or less whatever we expected; there was hook hollowness to the calls, but it really had been clear enough and loud enough to maintain conversations. We paired the Vibrant to the Logitech Mobile Traveller Bluetooth headset and the Motorola S9 Bluetooth Active Headphones easily, until then, there isn’t any support for voice dialing over Bluetooth. This feature will likely be added with Android 2.2.
