keep us posted on what you think

 

Yes, keep us informed, I'm going to be interested on how good the Optimus S will work for you. I have one and trust me, it's nothing to rave about, it just ran 2D games better than the Transform honestly... I'm totally satisfied with my Transform

 

Whatever works best for you bro! I just hope when 2.2 is officially released, they make the phone harmonize more with hardware and software because like you said, thats where the Transform lacks, and you can clearly feel it aswell. That being said, I'm not sure the Transform has the best drivers for gaming, but that also opens the opportunity for people to add better 3D drivers and such to make the phone more smooth.

 

when you switched your phones, did sprint charge you the new $10 fee?

 

Wouldn't it just be nice to swap phones as you please? Haha now that would put Sprint in the map. Not on, but in haha

 

Anyway getting back on topic haha, how is the LG Optimus S still going?

 

I heard it's performance with that even exceeds some Galaxy S phones! Good work bro haha

 

Part of the reason for this is because it has the same GPU as an Evo (i.e. an Adreno 200).

AFAIK the Transform doesn't have better internal specifications on paper. Sure it has a keyboard, front facing camera, LED flash, and larger screen, but it lacks a dedicated GPU (versus the Optimus S's Adreno 200) and has only 256MB of RAM (compared to the 512 MB on the Optimus S). The CPUs on the Optimus and Transform are of similar lineage so the higher clock speed may give the Transform a slight advantage in this area out of the box but it in no way makes up for losses in the GPU and RAM departments.

In addition to this, for whatever reason Samsung uses RFS-formatted file systems for internal flash memory (AFAIK on all of their product lines including Galaxy S phones) resulting in quite noticeable speed loss during I/O intensive operations and boot up. This said, I'm not sure what file system is present on the Optimus though I doubt it would be any worse.

As someone who went from a Moment (which has the same internals as the Transform minus the FFC while exchanging the larger SLCD screen for slightly smaller AMOLED screen), I couldn't be happier and am surprised Sprint has placed the Transform as a higher-end device relative to the Optimus.

 

Because people only care about screen size, flash, front facing camera, and a faster phone, which is the Transform's trick, the 800mhz processor. I still adore my phone though.

 

I just really wanted my keyboard and what sounded faster. Believe me I didn't give the Optimus S the light of day.

 

Calling it a "dual core" CPU is somewhat misleading though I suppose it may technically be correct as the 400MHz core is dedicated towards modem functions though I'm not sure how much of a performance boost it provides to the phone overall.

In a sense the old Moment which the Transform replaced was better than the Transform as though it lacked a front facing camera, it instead had an AMOLED screen. Though the Transform's screen is larger, it remains at 480x320 resulting in a relatively low pixel density. This is part of the reason I found it funny when Sprint released the Transform at a price higher than the Moment which debuted about a year before it with the same internals.

Now if only they had truly fixed the data lock issues on the Moment....

I have a relative who is dissatisfied with her Moment who would like the Optimus but unfortunately can't go without LED flash and wants a physical keyboard so you're definitely not alone.

 

Get the optimus S. You wont regret it. I had a transform and hated it. Got the Optimus S and it is like night and day. Best phone I ever had.

 

My sister has an Optimus S though, and believe me. I have fun just moding it and screwing around with it! Root, custom recovery, working on ext4, and ThundeROM. The phone runs like a dream. It's going to be nice when the Transform has it's own real build of Froyo so I can add my own drivers to it and speed it up majorly.