My first impressions of the phone

[tonyb81]

You guys are crazy, the glossy back makes it incredibly difficult to hold onto. It slips all over the place. I sure hope someone makes a matte back for it.

I agree, its really slippery in my hands as well. I don't wanna be the Debbie Downer in this thread but i've had too many crashes with my Fascinate already that I'm gonna return it. I probably have a lemon, but I can't change that.

If I didn't have the problems with the phone crashing, this would be PHONE OF THE MILLENNIUM. It's fast as hell, browsing is as smooth as an iphone, pages load really fast, games run smooth too. The screen is a beauty, the camera is really good, call quality is good too.

The only bad thing I can say about it is the bloat that Verizon put on it, which isn't really that bad cause you never have to touch the apps, but it would be nice to be able to delete them.

 

[Konos]

Araliss,

Looking under the battery there doesn't seem to be any indication of date of manufacture. Perhaps its coded as something? there's a line that reads 10.08 500V. Does the .08 mean august.

Either way I may just go into a store and ask to use another one to compare.

Thanks

 

[Jedii]

Anyone get the extended battery?

Yes. I have the 2200mah extended battery. Taking it off the charger at around 7am and having heavy use (i mean heavy) it lasts until around 9pm before needing to be charged again.

 

[rwrife]

So far I like the hardware & software of the phone, however I am having serious issues with the phone's signal (noticed similar problems on other Samsung phones as well)....at my house it's bouncing between 0-1 bars and some times no signal, where as my DINC was getting 1-2 bars and my wife's Droid 2 is showing 3-4. Clearly the Samsung antennas are underpowered for some reason....perhaps they do that to save battery.

 

[rwrife]

There is way too much shiny plastic as well, I'm hoping Samsung or some other 3rd party vendor makes a matte battery cover in the future.

 

[you2]

Bit of a contradiction here; lower is better would imply that -95 is better than -65.

Well the actual range is 100 to -100. (Thats the technical range).

You should only see it from -45 to -100. Sometimes your phone will read -100 to -110.

The lower higher the number, the better. Example: -65 is better than -95

 

[you2]

Actually the Fascinate (galaxy s) has hdmi out. It is rather warp but samsung has a special usb to hdmi cable. No clue how much it cost.

I guess all the traffic is here now ... I guess I'll add my impressions to this thread instead of the old one:


4. HDMI out. (this is only partially to mostly functional on the DX. You'd have FULLY functional standard def video all the time on the Fascinate, so it's not a total loss by any means)
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[fegriffith]

Yes. I have the 2200mah extended battery. Taking it off the charger at around 7am and having heavy use (i mean heavy) it lasts until around 9pm before needing to be charged again.

Could you post some pictures of what this looks like? Pretty please...

 

[Araliss]

Araliss,

Looking under the battery there doesn't seem to be any indication of date of manufacture. Perhaps its coded as something? there's a line that reads 10.08 500V. Does the .08 mean august.

Either way I may just go into a store and ask to use another one to compare.

Thanks

That is a August date you have. You may want to exchange it for another one. I don't have that now like I did with the epic.

 

[gwlaw99]

Yes. I have the 2200mah extended battery. Taking it off the charger at around 7am and having heavy use (i mean heavy) it lasts until around 9pm before needing to be charged again.

How much thicker does this make the phone?

 

[SirKronan]

You guys are crazy, the glossy back makes it incredibly difficult to hold onto. It slips all over the place. I sure hope someone makes a matte back for it.

There is way too much shiny plastic as well, I'm hoping Samsung or some other 3rd party vendor makes a matte battery cover in the future.

If we don't get one of these, we might get an invisible shield or something like that for the back of the phone. Usually those protectors take away some of the slip.

Yes. I have the 2200mah extended battery. Taking it off the charger at around 7am and having heavy use (i mean heavy) it lasts until around 9pm before needing to be charged again.

Could you post some pictures of what this looks like? Pretty please...

One owner of this phone (pre-release tester), might have been on another forum, but he said that it fits within the normal battery cover. I sure hope so. I wouldn't want to do anything to disturb the fine design lines of this device!

Actually the Fascinate (galaxy s) has hdmi out. It is rather warp but samsung has a special usb to hdmi cable. No clue how much it cost.

A Samsung rep (if legit) posted on his twitter that this cable wasn't designed for galaxy S phones at all, that it was a mistake listing on their website, and I will not believe it until I can read a confirmed story of someone actually using that cable with a Galaxy S phone on their TV. I did LOTS of searching (granted, it's been a few days since) but I couldn't find anyone that could actually confirm that they received one of these cables and that it worked. If you found someone that did, you would be giving the Fascinate thread some of the best news possible right now.

 

[hanano17]

I agree, its really slippery in my hands as well. I don't wanna be the Debbie Downer in this thread but i've had too many crashes with my Fascinate already that I'm gonna return it. I probably have a lemon, but I can't change that.

If I didn't have the problems with the phone crashing, this would be PHONE OF THE MILLENNIUM. It's fast as hell, browsing is as smooth as an iphone, pages load really fast, games run smooth too. The screen is a beauty, the camera is really good, call quality is good too.

The only bad thing I can say about it is the bloat that Verizon put on it, which isn't really that bad cause you never have to touch the apps, but it would be nice to be able to delete them.

Get it swapped out and try again? Sounds like you like it a lot, but have a lemon as you said. I've not had any crashes.

 

[seanatsb]

I'm a newbie here. I'm very interested in getting the fascinate. I went to the VW store yesterday to play with the fascinate for a while. One thing I really disliked about it was the browser, mostly because when I tried to go to a website like MLB.com or yahoo.com, the browser took me to the mobile only version of those sites. I couldn't find a way to change this in the settings.
Do any of you that have the phone already know how to change this? Or does no one else consider this to be a fault with the phone?

 

[Bearly]

Can anyone confirm the Class of the 16 GB card that comes with the phone?

Is it Class 2? Class 4?

 

[hanano17]

Can anyone confirm the Class of the 16 GB card that comes with the phone?

Is it Class 2? Class 4?

It's Class 2, unfortunately.

 

[Jedii]

Could you post some pictures of what this looks like? Pretty please...

**Edit....my review unit had a different stock back guys!**

The stock Fascinate back will not house the 2200mah battery! So sorry!

 

[Jedii]

How much thicker does this make the phone?

**Edit....my review unit had a different stock back guys!**

The stock Fascinate back will not house the 2200mah battery! So sorry!

 

[fegriffith]

It uses the stock back. No change in appearance of your device.

Wow...so a 1500 can be swapped out with a 2200 and still use stock battery door?

OHMYGAWD how do I get one????

 

[Jedii]

Verizon sales them online or in most retail stores for 49.99. I had originally posted 69.99, but the price dropped

**Edit....my review unit had a different stock back guys!**

The stock Fascinate back will not house the 2200mah battery! So sorry!

 

[Don S]

Verizon sales them online or in most retail stores for 49.99. I had originally posted 69.99, but the price dropped

And yes, it doesnt need a new back because of the wasted space the stock back has. And IMO, the extra weight really helps the feel of the phone.

Thanks! So strange then that they ship it with a "extended battery door" per the website ... Just ordered mine.

 

[Jedii]

Thanks! So strange then that they ship it with a "extended battery door" per the website ... Just ordered mine.

**Edit....my review unit had a different stock back guys!**

The stock Fascinate back will not house the 2200mah battery! So sorry!

 

[howdy]

you must have a lemon, mine hasn't crashed at all and I've been using it since yesterday morning.

agree with others that the back is slippery.. thinking of maybe putting on the full invisishield when it comes out to help with that. power button on the side will take some getting used to, but no biggy...

I agree, its really slippery in my hands as well. I don't wanna be the Debbie Downer in this thread but i've had too many crashes with my Fascinate already that I'm gonna return it. I probably have a lemon, but I can't change that.

If I didn't have the problems with the phone crashing, this would be PHONE OF THE MILLENNIUM. It's fast as hell, browsing is as smooth as an iphone, pages load really fast, games run smooth too. The screen is a beauty, the camera is really good, call quality is good too.

The only bad thing I can say about it is the bloat that Verizon put on it, which isn't really that bad cause you never have to touch the apps, but it would be nice to be able to delete them.

 

[howdy]

the extended battery uses the standard back?? I was just going by the verizon website and it said like pointed out above that it came with another back (so I assumed it was a hump back). I'll probably get it after reading this, although the stock battery does seem to last a long time. Maybe somebody will come out with a cheaper 2200 on Ebay like they did with the extended dinc battery.

 

[Rimzy]

Just picked up my phone! yes this phone is awesome!! My first smartphone and first android phone.

 

[apinkel]

Just an fyi... a new post has been added to the accessories sub-forum with a picture of the extended battery and the associated back cover.