Samsung i897 Captivate

  • Released 2010, July
    118g, 9.9mm thickness
    Android 2.1, up to 2.3
    16GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.0"
    480x800 pixels
  • 5MP
    720p
  • 512MB RAM
    Hummingbird
  • 1500mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung i897 Captivate - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2010, June. Released 2010, July
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm (4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~58.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
 TouchWiz 3.0 UI
Platform OS Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Chipset Hummingbird
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 5 MP, AF
Video 720p@30fps
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Lite
 MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
Organizer
Photo/video editor
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 750 h (2G) / Up to 576 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Misc Colors Black and Grey
SAR EU 0.37 W/kg (head)    
Price About 170 EUR

Samsung i897 Captivate - User Reviews

  • Dont install any app

  • My Sgh I897 Has Blind Screen Pls Help Me

  • the Ram is too low and the phone hangs alot

  • Is there a patch to allow 1700 to the G3. I'm still trying to use this phone for wind canada. Apparently 2100 is not the whole story and needs 1700 as well. Been trying for years to get this oldie to work before it or I die. Ahah ha.

  • Great phone. If any of you hate it, that is because you didn't pick the phone for you. So stop hating on it.

  • Get an actually new phone then

  • It is a well phone.But there is a problem.This phone has a low processor and ram.Sometime it makes me rude and angry with respect this.It works very very slow than other phone.In addition,there is not front camera so you can't have a facility of video call.In order to using inter nate voice call ,it gone very hot and go for shut down.Really barrasing.I suggest all of new user please don't think to buy it.

  • In the settings on the phone u should have checked "Unknown sources" this would have allowed downloads from other sources than the market store.

  • The worst phone I ever had, with the worst battery I ever seen. Such a waste of money

  • What can i do with my phone installation settings.each time i wamt to install application.it we bring a notification like this.(for secuirity.you phone is set block any application not down from android market.what can i do with this and haved flash it.

  • hai, my smasung sgh-i897 software is not updated. how can I do ?

  • hi pally, can u direct me where i can get all the steps of installin lollipop

  • This phone can run Lollipop. I have mine on 5.1.1 (Omni). It works great.

  • can i upgrade the android version from 2.1 to 4.2 and why doesnt the phone read other usb cables in the pc thanks

  • MY 3g is not working.. i dont understand how to activate it .. Plz help me

  • frndz i am using this phone from few days it is owesome..android is 2.3 but it can run all heavy apps..one frnd asked about its 3g band..its 2g and 3g is auto..we cannot change it..if 3g is present in area then it will run 3g otherwise 2g...

  • please how does one deal with the power button problem. ? should i change the button.?or is there any other thing i should do... ?? cause i just rooted mine now.and i need the power button to power the phone. else it wont... please help :(

  • somebody knows the wcdma bands this phone use

  • I didn't get it..

  • Its not getting charged after 20 months

  • Ooo I8iooooo

  • Use a custom kernel to get all the 512 mb

  • Yes. CyanogenMod everything!

  • In samsung galaxy captivate i897 its RAM sawn 512MB but in mobile it saw only 312MB so its so complicated case.

  • you can purchase in ali express it will have reasonable price but the problem is they will ship the item by 1 month

  • install cyanogenmod

  • Is there any possible way to update the OS and have google play store on this? Im with rogers and right now this phone is complete and utter shit. Please reply on how to do this?

  • sir i need a lcd of sgh i897 but how

  • Yes, i can upgrade it for those who stays around ijesha/surulere

  • Samsung i897 Captivate...how to upgrade...is it posible ?

  • How to upgrade this handset Samsung i897 Captivate..

  • Mine also. Dont know what to do. Anyone pls help!!

  • This Samsung captivate was awesome.

  • Yes you can

  • The balance RAM is used for internal purpose

  • It only has 300mb ram not 512mb.

  • can we upgrade RAM...?

  • can we upgrade new OS version ...?

  • It has 512mb ram physically but it only shows 312mb because of the kernel

  • nice design, nice specifications. I like this smartphone.

  • you have to download it's drivers from the internet

  • no that's 512mb ram they only give 316mb ram instead of 512mb ram

  • yaa.. have..

  • My phone looks identical to other i897's but mine is rogers and has only 316 mb of ram it is said in task manager if some one knows how to make it bigger please reply me

  • Does the fon has a ROM?

  • For three days, I can neither make nor receive voice call! What could be the problem? It is not earpiece or mouth piece.

  • Hey i flash my captivate.. and i forget to copy captivate file in mobile.. now its not connecting with computer.. so what to do.. how can i re install my mobile..?

  • my Samsung i897 captivate freezes alot even with few apps i don't know what to do please guys help me thank you

  • you can only update this phone to 2.3(gingerbread)

  • When I update anything on the phone I cannot install it on the phone, what could be the problem? Am getting worried that I cant even update the phone from FROYO to any other version..Someone help me out

  • Make a folder as a ringtone and then paste the songs in that folder and go to sounds and select the option ringtone and then do it what u want.

  • Thanks for your concern on updating. You can go higher than 2.3 just follow this video- follow step by step and you should be fine i hope this helps

  • i had 4.4 too lol but i have a tendency to use quite a few apps all at once and then it starts to freeze up and all but I'm thinking about trying it another time with that in mind Kies was good for when i went from froyo to Gingerbread

  • Updating this phone to the latest Jellybean OS or even Kit Kat AKA Android 4.4 is a daily easy process if you follow the instructions correctly if i were you id go with jellybean because my captivate froze a lot on Kit hat here is the link to the video for Jellybean- you can find the 4.4 update video but trust me you are better of with jellybean i hope this comment helps all who want to upgrade to a higher OS :)

  • Will the latest games and apps work in this?

  • the best phone ever love it...but i can't update my software :/

  • Dear sir i wanaa to chang my phone softwear means update v.2.3

  • i cnt use song as a ringtone. unless de phone one

  • I'm actually running Cyanogenmod KitKat daily build on my old Captivate. It does well with it actually. Just don't get crazy with too many open apps. Overall, it's been a great phone

  • I hope someone can help me out! I bought the Samsung i897 captivate refurbished and unlocked less than a month ago and now the camera doesn't work. I lost at what to do, any advise would help me out!!!

  • Nice Phone and its well supported on XDA developers website just dont install too many apps on it because it only has 512 mb of ram

  • Nice Phone and its well supported on XDA developers website just dont install too many apps on it because it only has 512 mb of ram

  • my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate is still kicking,but my battery is dead,its so hard to find this battery even in Samsung outlet in the Philippines, where could I buy the battery? my phone is still in good running condition,and good looking

  • I still use this little beast daily. With a Galaxy Tab 3, HTC Inspire, & Win 8X sitting in a drawer, I'm testing roms still today.4 years and a few scary brick moments. She's still kickin. :)

  • But how

  • Down load kies mini onto your PC Make sure you have internect connection. Connect your USB cord to the Phone and Pc (Make sure USB Debugging is on) Follow the intructions on your screen

  • When i playing any type of games the set will hang what is this plzz help me out of this

  • hi! how can i open it's gprs/mms/3g settings?

  • hi! how can i open it's gprs/mms/3g settings?

  • hi i m like to up gred my Samsung i897 Captivate. but i don't know upgred prosses.

  • Yeah, you can actually update to 4.3.1 - Google it.

  • hi try this:

  • as i feel it is very beautiful and smart cellphone in the mobile world and got a very smart feathers thanks to samsung mobiles bay babbs

  • Yes, you can. my friend is using 4.2.2 on his captive

  • i need help to unlock my phone samsung i897 captivate please

  • Can I update my captivate to jelly bean version coz I'm currently using gingerbread version ?

  • you can upadate this phone with cyanogenmod 10.2 and can run all the new app

  • Hello, how can i activate de SMS reception confirmation?

  • This phone has great support on XDA. Lots of JellyBean ROMs for it. Great way to get some more life out of an old phone.

  • my phone gets heat quickly... even its in charger or not. changed the battery but no goodness i experience.still have the same problem.. reply with a help

  • I am using it from past 1.5 yrs it has been a great experience but I looking at the latest android handset it is useless. Phone is not getting updated and also force close for most of the applications.If you download more apps then the phone will hang very often. Till now journey with the cell was awesome but now it cant be used in this growing technology. If the company releases jelly beans version for this phone I would love to use this phone for some more time its a humble request form me to upgrade this phone.

  • Create a folder in file manager and name it "ringtones". Then move the track into the folder.

  • please the lense of my fone is blurr how do I get it back to the origional sharpness?

  • please show me how to use music as a ringtone other than the default tones...

  • how did you do this ? kindly tell me !!

  • Go to settings aplicacións nd unmark allow instalación ofrece non market software.

  • I can't install non market application when I download to my mobile

  • Go to XDA forums and look up the Captivate. there are dozens of tutorials on youtube too.

  • how can i load with ROM Gingerbread or Jelly Bean, Rooted & Unlock. please advise.pease help me

  • how can i load with ROM Jelly Bean v4.2.2, Rooted, Unlocked. please advise

  • Very versatile phone. My is currently loaded with ROM Helly Bean (Jelly Bean v4.2.2), Rooted, Unlocked, & Overclocked to 1.4Gz

  • Sure you can. Mine has 2.3.5. Which I think is the highest for now.

  • No it doesn't. Read the manual.

  • Of course it will. Go to Settings and turn on WiFi. It's on the top left.

  • Go to settings and check your "media volume" setting.

  • What do you mean - "going off"? Does it completely turn off? Check your power settings.

  • I guessing you have a defective phone. Get it fixed. Any Samsung dealer should do it. Bring your receipt.

  • my phone's home screen button is not working, wat do i do?

  • ds was amazing experience from samsung lots of thkx 2 samsung............

  • I had almost 8 months with this Captivate and before I got it I read all the reviews and were very positive, however looks like a got a lemon.The phone currently is unable to connect to the computer and been recognized as a device.Downloaded the drivers no go.The USB port was replaced after the first 3 months. Looks like it needs to be replaced again.It has an issue withe the search button that opens randomly. It hangs and the performance is not good.Advice.. don't buy the phone

  • the best i ever have.its weight is less style is slim and result is best.very fast on net with out wifi and very very good on wifi.camera is perfect screen is very bright and colourful.battery is also an edge with 1650ma.its tv result is best and not less than dvd

  • a good phone slim and stylish.very good display nice looks and very light weight

  • i m using it since january it is too much problematic its again n again going off.

  • This celphone has it speaker problem sincd mine doesn't seem to work

  • Can it support wifi hotspot, ans me

  • i want samaung galaxy s sgh i897 Android 2.3 Offical

  • i bought this set week ago.. i dun found any problem in this set..while purchasing i check properly...now its working fine...else i upgraded to 2.3 now see how it works in this

  • I have an AT&T mobile, the mother board got defective, but Samsung Service centre at Bangalore says they are not able arrange for a Mother board even after waiting for 40 days. Can anyone help me on this issue. My email id is [email protected]

  • The worst phone i ever had. No flash for camera and horrible battery duration. Waste of money for this crap

  • Dear Friends I have Samsung galaxy S captivate having android 2.2 OS. When I try to install non market app with the use of file MANAGER it shows the message "For security your phone is set to block installation of app. not obtained from Android market" Kindly suggest me the way How to unblock non market app? I am not technically much expert so kindly explain me in detail

  • Just installed the cynogen 10 nightly and it's stunning! Performance improved a lot, no more phone crashes and less lag

  • try using this rom, its cm 10.1 modified and is quite stable.. I am using the same presently

  • Where u update ur android version

  • Does this phone have secondary camera ? Samsung galaxy S captivate

  • pls my samsung i897 just developed earpiece and mouthpiece problem i.e i can't hear my caller and my caller can't hear me. Pls someone help me with what to do cos i have tried all i can.

  • hi friends can u help me...i am using samsung galaxy s captivate at & t phone...nw my rotating sensor not working properly...some times it works...is their any solution to solve it..:(

  • does it stabalise on jelly bean through cynogenmod ?

  • I have the same problem, can't turn my camera on skype. It shows me up site down and I can't swich on the front camera. Please if someone knows the solution, write me on [email protected] Thanks!!!

  • yes it will work st with att sim

  • Is very I bought it 4 months ago and is so stable with Cyangenmod 9 (ICS 4.0).

  • is this unit good or not?

  • can anyone say how to change my camera side when i am in skype. :'( it shows me up&down to the other user. please email me with details. [email protected]

  • you can unlock sim for use on ANY network on these phones with a free app in playstore. search for sgs unlock tool. there is a option for unrooted phone but didnt work for me, i already had root permission anyways but it works flawlessly, less than a minute. hope that helps get you on at&t

  • I got an feedback that while using internet it is gettin hang & re0start automatically , Please note that I interested to purchase this so please confirm me for this as soon posible

  • how do i use the AT&T radio on my fone

  • can you tell me how i can install the dari/ farsi language is it possible. thanks

  • Hi there!! I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Captivatei897 but the charge drains out in less than an hour!! How the hell did they assemble such a smart phone with such a poor battery life?Can anyone help me fix this?Am in Nairobi , Kenya and my name is Evans Saypei and you can email me on [email protected]

  • can you tell me the whole process to upgrade to 4.2 jellybean at my email [email protected]

  • it can be rooted and unlocked easily. ATT gave me the unlock code over the phone. And i use it on family mobile

  • is this phone when unlocked from AT&T Compatible for Straight Talk? answer me direct if you like at [email protected]

  • my phone auto off 1 hour

  • my phone switches of automatically. what can be possible reasons?

  • hey guys ! i have upgrade my captive from android 2.3 to 4.2 jelly bean salt . and its works properly .. all u need just proper rom and google app.zip file ...

  • supr...

  • Hey guys can any 1 tell me how ti install google play or market in my captivate phone becoz I dnt see them in my phone also dnt where it has gone... Guys plz help me to find it :(

  • can sm1 pls... tel me when its gna relese official ICS for i897 pls.....

  • If you know how to flash your rom, the best version of Android for this phone is Jelly Bean 4.2.1 from slim roms. If you don't have your phone rooted you'll need it to be rooted. for the rom. And if you need a step by step for rooting/upgrading go to they have step by step tutorials. I have the i897 running JB 4.2.1 and it's great.

  • we can upgrade easily to gingerbread .. just need to open software updates from setting ;)

  • hi can anyone tell me whats the best upgrade i should do to keep my phone smooth. please reply

  • How TO UPGRADE MY galaxy s captivate, Give me instruction

  • good for you !!!

  • its probably the best smart phone, because it was way ahead of its time. its processor is fast enough for a 2010's three year old model. i ve used iphones and latest samsungs. this one rocks. sleak and reliable. original battery still gives me a good 10 hour talk time. bright screen sharp resolution. Zero problems.

  • i'm going to buy samsung captivate. thing its good for me,plz tell me how is its calling quility(speakears)?is it all good for a student to buy?

  • Heellooo... I got the phone twas ok. But I ddnt use it up to one month nd twas stolen. Cn any help me blow it tru its IMEI? Itz really painful. Thnx. Send any help to [email protected]

  • i use samsung i897 captivate..... is very good phone but i formet cartificat plzzzzzzzzzz i need cartificat plz helpp me plz .....

  • go to settings then wireless and mobile network then mobile network then access point network click on it and insert the configuration manaully.call mtn customer care they will give you the manual settings.mine came automatically on airtel network

  • What network are u on ( Glo,Mtn Celtel or Etisalat) ?

  • he friends i have samsung galaxy i897 but i have WiFi range problem plz solve my problem any one.

  • hello friends i have Samsung galaxy i897 there is WiFi range problem. plz any friends help me. how i up the WiFi range.

  • Yea fellas...I got the phone and itz pretty quincy. Everybody around me wants it. But I'm in Nigeria and wana browse with it and the configuration set by my friend who uses this very phone and browses with his isn't working on my own...please what should I do so that I can browse with my mtn line here in nigeria. Any help is welcome...thanks in advance

  • i want to keep a sng as ring tone...so plz help me....

  • no man did'nt need to change your battery just install cpu master and set the values of your phone by processor speed . . . thanks.

  • How to Root ? steps ?

  • no really my friend to place a video call u will need to have a front camera and looked for apps on market never got one to do it

  • Hello fellas, I ordered for this phone and wana enjoy as you guys did but I haven't received it yet. Hope I haven't made a mistake making moves for this phone. Please gimme advice on how to use this phone smoothly. Thanks

  • I have had this phone going on 3 months and it's been a great phone except the battery temp has reach as high as 102-104 degrees even when it is not plug in to the wall. called the at&t store and they said they knew about the problem but didn't give me any idea how to fix it or if a battery replacement is needed. Can somebody tell why this is happening? Thanks!

  • With this phone can I make Videocalls ?

  • It was koo at first but now it freezes and can't handle the lastest apps as well. Good thing for Black Friday!

  • i am using this phone this is very good smart phone. result of camera is superb. and all the features are like iphone 4.

  • i am using this phone this is very good smart phone. result of camera is superb. and all the features are like iphone 4.

  • I love that phone considering the fact that its my first smartphone. But am having issue with it now. The phone is locked to AT&T network and I can use it for making or receiving calls and or surf the net now. However, other functions are still working like bluetooth, video recording, etc. The image quality is superb....That phone rocks..

  • I also have same problem... technician told we should not leave phone for charging for very long.. like entire night or long time after charge is done...

  • thanks

  • You can find the screen in Jagadish market, koti. You can ask for Vikas...everyone knows him.

  • This is one of the best cell phones I've ever used. I upgraded my android to GingerBread 2.3.5 and It's working smoothly, love it!

  • This phone only has 512 MB of RAM. I rooted and change to custom ROM Serendipity 6.4. The phone was nice and smooth but if you begin to use apps that require lots of memory to run, than expect this phone to bog down.

  • can someone give me the exact steps for rooted links and update the firmware from 2.1 to 4.0 ics? greatly appreciate

  • can someone give me the exact steps for rooted links and update the firmware from 2.1 to 4.0 ics? greatly appreciate

  • i have this phone ... but this phone is very very slow .. i cant understand why this error .. place help me my mobile os ics 4.0.3

  • I have this phone for almost 3 months and so far the experience has been 50/50. As my first smartphone I was in love with it but then I have issues with the charging port. Then for some reason some of the applications that were installed stop working and I have to reinstall them. Some of them can't be reinstalled even they are free and from the Google market.I can't install the drivers for Win7. I read all the comments prior to buy the phone and they look OK.Seems to be that I got a lemon.

  • I'm using cyanogen mod 10 on it and its just butter smooth.

  • I put on Cyanogenmod 9 on my Captivate and it definitely runs smooth. Much better than the stock Samsung software. ..plus.. there's support for CM10 (Jelly Bean), but it's still in the alpha stage.

  • @ramgaria from where you have purchased this ph? I am also looking for this. whts its cost now? can we do video calling from this using skype? or using rear camera? how often we need to charge this ph?

  • phone is looking good//camera nd vedio clarity so good///touch function ultimate..............

  • Hit the bacc of your phone and it will work

  • I absolutely loved this phone. Ive had it for 11 months and all of a sudden the sound stopped working. its fine to talk on but does not ring and cannot use speakerphone. will not play sound on videos either.

  • Please. Can someone help me find Google play or market on my Captivate

  • I Still Use This Model .... Which Is Very User Friendly & Very Good To Use.

  • Hi Frnds, On my Captivate.. the notification volume is always decreasing automatically even though when I set that to high. Can I know what's the issue.? Thanks in advance.

  • Still wanna know y this phone does'nt hav an LED? there is no noticicationg lights.

  • a very good fone but once u ve ya internet on it will guzzle your battery and consumes data as well

  • samsung galaxy cellphone is good . but main problem no flash light nd no secondary camera . but alover is good feature ........

  • Plz don't use extra money in this phone his LCD prise 50£ cheap so I think u change ur phone and sale it parts

  • Guys i have captivate bt its screen is broken can anybody suggust me can i go fr repair and use it.Also suggust me price of the screen .In hyderabad all samsung care centres told they wont fix this

  • Depending on Condition. Price Guarantee?? Too many variables.. KEY DONT get excited... It's only a phone. Wont turn you into Superman. BUT can change your life if your in business.

  • is evry one of its user having problem of battery backup or its just me? can any1 plz tell me the remedy of it ....i dun use much even though

  • friends,.. can you tell me do you guys recomend me to by this phone. plz reply soon.thank you

  • Spare batteries range from 6$-20$ online for the captivate. If you're having battery problems you can always purchase a new one or perhaps a spare.

  • I'm sorry but every phone is not suitable for every person. This is where android becomes flexible. There's tons of phones to choose from. Use gsmarena and find the phone that suits you.

  • Download kies mini and plug your phone up via USB. Start the program and it will guide you through the install.

  • You can always download a file manager from the play store. Try es file explorer, astro file manager or androzip. Glad too help.

  • I switched from this one to the nokia n9 beacuse i was sick and tired of running out of battery by midday! i had to charge it everywhere i went. so annoying! bad product!

  • Are you really hard bricked? In. Other words, you can't power the phone on. If so, you need a jig to get to download

  • Are you really hard bricked? In. Other words, you can't power the phone on. If so, you need a jig to get to download

  • Do this mobile have Wi-fi Hotspot? Hotspot serves as a wi-fi router and by using this we can connect up to 8 devices in which wi-fi is enabled... Friends any one tel me coz m in a plan to get this mobile.... Thankyou

  • Do this mobile have wi-fi HOTSPOT? Hotspot acts as a wi-fi router from which we can use internet connections in laptop or wi-fi enabled devices.Mobile having Hotspot can serve internet connections for up to 8 devices. plz friends reply me coz m in a plan to purchase it...... Thank you

  • Yes the phone is known to get hot, if it is when you are on a voice call, make sure that the screen is turned off (because the more stuff that is running the hotter it gets) try to keep it cool. you could look online on ways to keep your phone from overheating. If your phone gets really hot in 30 min, talk to who gave it to you. but keep in mind that it was free :/ hope that helps you.

  • i've been using this phone for almost two years now and its a great phone, the guys that are complaining you need to get ICS unnofficially on your device it would make it feel like a brand new device all over again...........guys if you want to get the best out of your captivate visit this link .By the way i forgot to mention that this phone runs jellybean 4.1.1 perfectly check it out .

  • Hello! I won i897 recently and got an ask. while i'm playing, the temperatures rises from 36 to 48 degrees celsius. Is this a safe temperature? thank you in advance!

  • Horrible terrorific battery life. I absolutely dont recomend it. Im going back with Nokia

  • this is the guide i followed on youtube: good luck!

  • bro can you tell me how to upgrade my captivate ?

  • hey bro how did you upgrade it can you please tell me ? thanks in advance !

  • Please can anyone tell me how to change the Title of the pictures from the gallery? It displays my pictures with the date and title details only. I want to rename the pictures but cannot.

  • Android route....

  • How do you update to ICS?

  • iPhone? It is not cool anymore

  • Upgraded to ICS 4.0.3 and the phone is so so great!!!

  • I requested that Samsung Warranty Dept send me a brand new phone not refurbished. I picked it up myself at to guarantee that is was new and not refurbished although I had to travel over 100 miles round trip it was worth it to me. I no longer use AT&T as my carrier so this phone is available for $220.00 that includes the otter case that I purchased separately.

  • This phone sucks. My speaker cuts out and it turns off by itself. I want an IPHONE!

  • we need one!!!!!!!!!!!! Any give a ways.........

  • It's a great phone!

  • samsung captivate galaxy s is my first cellphone and it is absolutely awesome. love it. has so many features which makes ppl realy envy you... dont miss it. it rocksss.

  • it doesn't have one

  • why or where are the front facing camera. ......?? how i gonna use skipe????? and how i gonna use mirrors apps uhh? ???? please answer me

  • my galaxy s was a gift and when i first saw it i said this is same touch screen phones around.But i used the ip webcam software on the camera and i love it so so much am in to cctv cameras business and again is doing wonders on a private network for monitoring purposes.

  • It was an ok phone till about a month or 2 before my phone upgrade came up then it started shutting off by itself, stuff popped up on the screen randomly and it started running horribly slow. I'm thinking att and samsung have a deal that wrecks your phone around upgrade time so your forced to upgrade.

  • I love my Samsung i897 Captivate...I had it for about one year now and the only problem I had I fixed it online. By far its the best phone I ever owned. I recently upgraded and its blowing my mind on how fast it can process.

  • This is an awesome phone. I've used my friend's iPhone 4 for a few weeks before buying it and the Captivate beats it. I prefer the Captivate to the iPhone 4. For some reason the iPhone just feels like a normal communication device and I got bored with the phone very quickly. As for the Captivate, I'm really enjoying it, there's always something new to try or do. It's pretty fast in all areas including the web and supports flash content. Some movies don't play but when using alternative players such as MoboPlayer then all movies play with great quality. Using the tons of 3rd party apps is where the Captivate really starts to shine in it's glory. I'm running Android 4 OS ICS. It can be slow at times but this is usually if it is installing an app. The battery life is bad. It's power usage is probably due to the number of apps and screen size. There's also a slight problem with the speaker cause it tends die, this only happened once thus far. I simply press on the speaker and it's back again, this seems to be a design flaw (as noted on forums). TIP FOR BATTERY LIFE: I've dimmed the screen light and lost 1/4 battery life over night. Then tried a brighter screen light and lost half battery life over night. So try changing the screen brightness and see if it helps with your battery life.

  • My Charger Thing Is Loose And It Wont Charge But Other Than That Its A Good Phone P.S. If You Drop It Once Without A Case It Will Break Something ...

  • Icant wait til my contract is up so I can upgrade. The battery life is awful on the captivate even eith ur stettings on all programs disabled. Not happy at all nbecause the poor battery life dimineshes the features I do like...

  • unable to install gingerbread through samsung kies mini?

  • Captivate is pretty good. ive had it for more than a year. the camera is amazing, so is the video. the screen and the speaker is really loud when playing mp3.the screen size is i think the perfect size for a smart phone. 4.5 inch for me is too big. less than 4 inch is kind of small.

  • I bought one when they were first released and loved it. The first ones as with anything new had various glitches that they have since fixed and the newest Captivates are amazing phones! I will never own anything other than a Samsung phone with the Android operating system!

  • It had never worked untill I Updated the android system. After using KIES to update the android system it worked perfectly.

  • this phone is look is very gud

  • people.. please stay away from odin to flash this phone.. i had a bad experience with odin flashing this phone and now my phone is hard bricked..

  • Amazing phone, have had it for one year so far and no problems at all. Battery life is great if you install a task-killing app.

  • The Galaxy S (GT-i9000) has a FM tuner chip in it that the U.S. Captivate (i897) does not. There are rumors involving hacking the bcm4329 chip which the Captivate does have. Unfortunately, the FM tuner functionality of this chip can't be accessed or enabled for the i897.

  • Love it, has never failed

  • i read it in the specification dat it doesn't have radio...is it so??

  • love my captivate

  • The phone isn't actually shutting off but rather dimming to save power/energy. Other phone lines do this also such as Motorola to slow down the battery draining. It's a power saving mode built into a lot of smartphones and androids because of all the power they eat up. You can easily make an adjustment that will fix this. Just run the app called Captivate Keep Alive and the problem should disappear.

  • I would not suggest this phone to anyone. I have this phone at the moment ant it gives me so much trouble. The mp3 player skips, ringtones skip, it force closes on many things, the loud speaker is going out, and the reception is getting worse. Take note that this phone has been in an otterbox all of its life, and the only time its out is to take the battery out after it has frozen. Do not get a samsung captivate or any samsung smartphone.

  • When will samsung release official ICS for Captivate? Or how can I update my firmware to ICS?

  • Can this phone upgrade to 4.0 os

  • Do you have to have a data plan to get this phone?

  • hii ani u want to upadte your samsung captivate use this link and dn't forget doing complete backup.the update will erase your data.and this samsung's offical update link.just follow the instructions given in the link.. if u have any doubts feel free to ask me..

  • how to update my sgh-i897 android 2.1 to 2.3

  • From where would i get the multitouch wwe game for my captivate plz answer me smone

  • Waiting on my I897 to show up in the mail that i just ordered.. my old phone is no longer working,,

  • Eagerly waiting and counting days to have my captivate in my hands as heard its prety nice phone and i wil love it more than my gf . . . . .

  • Re Google Play and the Android app store, when I look at Google's online list of supported devices, the I897 is listed.

  • You need to get a CW kernal then got to here and download the Captivate zip file and put it on you device then install it through CW.

  • You need to get

  • Can anybody tell me if the Captivate can run Ice Cream Sandwich perfectly??? Any problem??? Or How can I do that??? Do you reccomend me to do ????

  • How do you download google app's from GooglePlay with this phone? I have tried and it says I have an unsupported device? When I checked their list of supported devices it does not have the SH-I897 on their list?

  • I will tell you the major faults of this mobile. Some of the mobile have 'SOD' Sleep Of Death problem. Due to this problem the phone shutdowns from its Standby mode. Secondly the 'Return key' does not performs well. Its speaker sound is also not loud.

  • how did u update to ICS for captivate..?

  • im iN love widh my captivate :D

  • My 1st Android device and i love it.. Battery life is Amazing with ICS.. More over also got a huge bump while installing Lagfree 1.4 from xda.. Another huge bump in battery life.. Loving this device.. Its the best compared to my Samsung focus.. :) One Small Cons is that. It has poor output volume when it rings or play music.. Rest than tat its a killer device at the Price Range.. :)

  • AMAZING PHONE..EVERYTHING BOUT IT ROCKS...By far one of the best handsets i have used...made in korea and made to last...full metal body and runs anything on it!!!!y go for anything else

  • I have my Captivate for like a year and what can I say....I LOVE IT

  • i love this phone and dnt care wat anyone sayes ever since i got this phone.i have been nun but happy. this phone has been dropped in the TOILET 2 times and been completly covered in mt dew and still works perfect this phone.is a survior and i would recomend this phone to anyone all my friends love my phone also

  • I love my Captivate. The only two negative features I can say that really bother me is that the vibrate is so faint even on the strongest setting is that you can't tell it is vibrating and that it does not have voice dial. In this day and age of being required to use hands free when driving you are unable to dial the phone by voice. Please don't suggest Google voice search as that doesn't work corrrectly at all.

  • is there any way to solve signal capturing for network???

  • oo nice phone yar.... awesome look

  • dude check out xda website on how to get it......i've been running it for months now and its extremely stable.

  • i have the issgs port of ics running smoothly on captivate. with custom roms, captivate rocks

  • Awesome phone..... will rate 10/10

  • is anybody running Android 4. 0 on this phone yet want to know what its like

  • Best phone put by Samsung, first great Android phone from AT&T.

  • i like thiz set . waow wat a set !

  • Excellent phone ever made by samsung. Much better than I9000 or its successors. Excellent built quality

  • Best Andriod phone ever

  • When the recent update was sent, I tried to download it and the program indicated that the battery needed to be full. After that was complete, the update indicated that the battery was not set correctly. After two tries, the update proceeded, but was going way too long. Then during the update to the phone, it 'locked' and did not complete the task. The phone was very HOT and I had to disconnect. When trying to 'restore' the phone, it did not come on at all. It is 'destroyed' and does not have screen recognition. If I had not done the 'update' I would still have the phone. I am not happy at this time and had to order another phone until my 'renewal' time. Please let me know if I can 'test' my phone before I send it back. I want to know if the battery caused the problem or the 'update' program.

  • Samsung has built an amazing piece of technology. This phone has impressed me in every way possible and opened my eyes to realize that how this phone can take to the maximum possibilities which other phones don't

  • Samsung has built an amazing piece of technology. This phone has impressed me in every way possible and opened my eyes to realize that how this phone can take to the maximum possibilities which other phones don't

  • My 30 day trial is up tomorrow. I have spent the last 2 days looking again at all the latest and greatest options from all the different carriers. As hard as I try - I cannot find another phone that that hits that sweet spot of form and function. I give up... I'm keeping my Captivate!

  • - It's thin and fits perfectly in the pocket despite the relatively huge beautiful screen - All the standard apps (messaging, email, camera, etc) are great and useful and fun - The build quality of the phone is excellent, not "cheap" even though it's so light - Integration with gmail, a huge plus - I can drag and drop music to it! - Swype! Holy cow.. How can anyone use anything else? It's like magic

  • Hi Shayan, This is one 'Incredible phone' made by Samsung so far, Samsung Captivate i897is 'made in korea' which comes with a superb built quality with metal back panel,feather touch home buttons and made for US standards, while other Indian version of Galaxies are made in china which has plastic back panels like galasy s2,ace,note etc,.... so you know if it is Chinese made, Go ahead and gift this phone if you are thinking gifting somebody and you wont regret and it will never let you down by any means,this will be the best gift you can give. The battery backup is excellent but it all depends on the usage,reduce the brightness to 40 to 50% to get a longer backup Cheers!!

  • Hey bro, hru doing. Just read that u've been using captivate since a year. Just wanted to know ur opinion bout the phone. Want to gift it to my bro. hows the battery life and over all performance of the ph. ?

  • Awesome phone! one of a kind in Galaxy S series and works brilliantly

  • This phone is too stylish and very professional with feather touch home keys,16gb memory and a real 'owners pride',very well built metallic body, all other phones are cheap plastic

  • Fantastic phone!!!! using for a year now...works flawlessly and great hummingbird 1 ghz processor for high end gaming and fast apps,vibrant colours, outstanding video, I will rate it 10/10 After buying this phone I could not find any other phone as good as this Samsung Captivate i897

  • visit xda they will tell you how to unlock and update it to gingerbread or ICS.

  • How do I update my Samsung i897 Captivate?

  • I'm a happy user of this device since a year ago, and recently I update it to Android 2.3.4 (I897UCKH3) and the performance now is awsome and battery more efficient.

  • Can anyone help me with unlocking the samsung captivate phone.?

  • This phone is awesome lightning fast processor,crystal clear sound and video,sleek design, nothing can get better than the Samsung Captivate, I rate this phone 9/10 and better than s2 or note coz this is the only model which is made to last forever

  • pls advise if i can do the same with ma i9001, how?

  • Pls how do i switch my samsung i897 from 3G to Edge. I cant find it in settings. Thanks

  • my Warid sim is not working for this phone anybody help me?

  • I upgraded it to 4.0.3 ICS, very easy with custom rom, very satisfy

  • I did it!, now using version 2.3.5 so happy now!

  • I'm currently waiting on a Samsung Inspire. I had a Motorola Atrix, but they earpiece klonked out on me on the first day, so I'm getting it replaced since I heard a lot of the Atrix phones do that. Should I look forward to having this phone as apposed to the Atrix? I think if it messes up on me, I can just replace it again, but I just want to know if it runs as smooth and fast as the Atrix, or at least somewhat close.

  • Ready for a surprise Samsung Captivate owners? Today AT&T announced that the Captivate's update to Android 2.3 Gingerbread is now available for download

  • Cool Dude.. there are options that will help you download apps not from Market.. Explore and you will be happy to learn how easy it is

  • i love this phone super easy to use great response time super resolution love it keepin it for good lol

  • no 4G

  • no n i sugest you do noy get this phone

  • l want feil kebord arabic Samsung i897 Captivate

  • i have a question guys, is this phone support 4G?

  • I just got this phone yesterday ... I think bad of this phone is there is no camera flash light and as It is at&t you can only install apparently only from the android market.... and Dat is really freaking me out.... Cz PES football is not free in the android market and I love football..... I Dint have a USD credit card ..... I stay in Africa nigeria... [email protected]

  • Type *#06#

  • friend, where got ICS 4.0.3? thanks

  • friend, where got ICS 4.0.3? thanks

  • I have Update my captivate to android 2.3.5 now the phone works best same as Galaxy 2, no loading problems....... best skype video calls are too able from behind camera

  • Dude I have ice cream 4.0.3 running on my caprivate it makes me not want to upgrade, its just so cool.

  • @nun: Yes, you can do both. I guess you are asking because of past experiences with samsung phones, I know that was an issue. I inform you that all Samsung handsets since '06 can be set to play your own mp3 when you receive a call/message

  • please can you tell me how to use my music as a ringtone

  • can some1 tell me how to use my music as a ringtone and for text tones thanks..

  • can anyone tell me whether any update available for i897 samsung captivate to android 2.3.5

  • You can also install ice cream sandwich on this phone. I had it for about a week now and its running smooth.

  • my captivate lost its imei number can anybody say hw to restore my imei number and its nt working because its having another imei

  • Yes you can use skype on this phone, but only while you are connected via wifi.. I have this phone and been skyping for long time now.. :)

  • Can anyone tell me is it possible to use skype on this phone ? Thank you.

  • How to get the volume on my headset, mine not working, useing the numbers

  • i bought this phone yesterday and i must admit that i find it very interesting so far. i am going to be honest though that this is my 1st android phone ever so i am pretty new to the android world since i was a nokia fan for years... so i have a few questions. how can i get android 2.3 installed where can i download the best games and apps. and do you mean when u say rooted as i said i am pretty new to the android world so please help. thanks in advance

  • The search button have issues, it get pressed randomly without press...

  • mobhile is good.but no secondary camera.just fix the secondary camera it is excellent

  • The loudspeaker problem I solved by actually taking the phone appart and reseating the loudspeaker adding some aluminum foil to the contact. Never had an issue with it again, but now the headphone plug has an issue, it garbles the sound and I have to press hard right on the center in the back of the phone to get back the audio on the headset.

  • Is it just me or the GPS Navigation is very terrible. Everything else is great, besides me dropping it and making the loudspeaker not work half the time. :-(

  • For issues will LOW CALL VOLUME Go to your phone's dialer and type the following "*#*#197328640#*#*" This will bring you to the phones hidden default settings. Go to Audio->Handset->Volume->. If you open the first 2 selections you will see the speakers output settings for level of the volume rocker setting (ie 0=70% 1=75% 2=80% 3=84% 4=88% 5=92%). You can edit ANY of those levels. For mine, I have my settings start at 0=75%, and 5=100% of the speaker output, with intervals of 5% speaker output in between. You can change the same settings for Speaker mode, as well as for use with a headset. Cheers

  • This phone is boss. Period. Know plenty of ppl that have 1 also, no one complains 'bout battery. It is a lil big but that's part of what i love about it, i hate tiny screens...

  • Im buying a captivate in a couple days & can't wait. My sis & 3 of my friends have captivates & have never complained abour the battery but thanks in advance for the advice on how to fix it. I love it because its an android (now using htc aria), the big screen, & the color in pix is vibrant. I think theyre amazing! :)

  • Dont Waist your time on this product. It will just give you more trouble than good.

  • Yes, it is, but there is no root for 2.3.4

  • The 1650mAh battery works! Bought a used cappy and found it inside. The battery life still isn't amazing though.

  • The 1650mAh battery works! Bought a used cappy and found it inside. The battery life still isn't amazing though.

  • well i hv captivate runing on froyo... to install custom ROM do i hv to go back to stock ROM

  • After talking w/AT&T for about an hour today, I can tell you they don't support Outlook on the Samsung Captivate. They suggested I call Samsung to see if they can help me. I plan to do that in the morning.

  • Procedure may vary depending on which ROM ur installing, for more details search Samsung Captivate section on XDA forum (http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.ph­p?f=703)

  • i have had this phone for 2wks now. of late it cant display neither the name nor the number of the person calling. to resolve this problem, i have to reboot the phone and then after sometime the problem recur again.is there any one with a solution?

  • i have been using this phone for two days .its everything is fine even battery life, the only thing i am unhappy with is very low volume. i have already had galaxy s twice before this and i found that better than this one. can anyone help me to enhance the volume.

  • I hate this phone and all galaxy series. It's just great performans but battery life like my HP laptop, few hours and phone is dead Samsung, WE NEED BIGER BATTERY!!!

  • hey dear how to install custom rom can u post step by step process

  • If theres 3G on this phone,how can I use it on my samsung galaxy i897?

  • Im sorry, my 1650 battery is for i9003 not S2

  • @nemo : Yes it does. I'm using one for my Cappy

  • People, Does s2 1650mAH battery fit to captivate or not?

  • i use this although i have iphone 4 and i really love it and i am really impressed by it but there is no camera secondary camera and no flash in camera and only this thing make me little upset and only this thing make me sad and all other function and its design rocks

  • Great phone ever!..

  • Pros: A fantastic phone. Very powerful graphics accelerator for it's time and screaming fast processor. Not to mention, easy to overclock from 1.0 to 1.2 without even needing to touch the stock voltage (I use Tegrak for OCing). Also, the 720p video's are very nice, very vibrant colors. Cons: The stock AT&T ROM is horrible. If you want to unleash this phone's potential you absolutely need to install a custom ROM. Battery life could be much better. I would definitely recommend this phone to anyone who is tech savvy.

  • Yes it can be upgraded and works perfectly very fast

  • is it upgradable to latest gingerbread?

  • is it upgradable to 2.3.4 gingerbread?

  • Captivate, Vibrant, Mesmerize, Fascinate... i feel bad for the american users, really. All those variants of a stock phone (Galaxy S) obviously lead to a lack of support, and to more restraint communities. Here in Europe, we have the original Galaxy S, whatever the carrier, with slight software layers and tweaks. But it remains a true I9000 Galaxy S nonetheless, which means an easier access to firmware upgrades and a more developped community.

  • correct

  • yeah, 6 hours of standby is a broken phone, for sure. If I literally never turned on the screen, my phone would be find for a couple days. I don't make hardly any calls, but with a fair amount of texts and internet browsing, with a bit of gaming, I get through the day no problem. By the end of the night I'm usually around 10-15% remaining.

  • That's not true at all. I get around 24 hours on standby. Something is wrong with your phone.

  • By "stand by" the accurate definition I think it would be, No apps open whatsoever (Like anti-virus) your 3G off, and not txting or calling at all. Which is imposible for not to do any of these things, so yeah. But pretty much every Smartphone or Android based ones, baterry are lasting around that much of time, its a BIG cons on these new phones, cause you have to be watching the battery or caring your charger for your car, usb or power supply. I have an Xperia Mini 10 the battery last at most 5hrs or so; and a HTC Inspire 4G which it last 7hrs

  • The battery life is terrible, it says standby is like 750 hours, uhh...no, not even close. It's more like 6 hours if you are lucky.

  • Best Rom for this rom is Fasty , incredible battery life and incredible speed.I tried 2.3.3 and other custum roms but this one is the best.(can be found in XDA here )

  • Hi all for all who have problems with the battery of the captivate, download and install fasty rom (you can find in xda).It will give you crazy battery life without any problems or decrease in performance ( personal testing and users reviews)

  • I originally upgraded by Blackberry to the Motorola Bravo. When I talked to the rep from my service provider I asked two questions. 1: Will it work with my Cox email account? I was told yes but the truth is NO it does not work with my Cox email. Question 2: Will it sync with my Outlook on my computer? I was told yes. The truth is NO. There were apps that would do it but after the trial version it only synced my pictures. No emails, contacts or calender. I called my provider and really pitched the bitch and now I am getting the Samsung i897 Captive. So far I'm reading good things. I am now asking you, the consumer community 1:Will it work with my Cox email and will it sync with Outlook? Any info would be great. Thanks, Warren O

  • good news

  • Happy News for Captivate users...official Gingerbread (2.3.3) for Captivate on SamFirmware. For more click the link & enjoy... :)

  • Thx alot Bro.

  • To add mp3 ringtones to Samsung Captivate, the following steps are needed 1. Press the Home Key 2. Touch Applications 3. Tap on My Files 4. Navigate to and tap on the file 5. Press the Menu Key > Set as 6. Touch Caller ringtone If you want to make all calls the same ringtone, you should select Voice call ringtone. 7. Tap on the contact in the phonebook 8. Tap Save to assign the MP3 ringtone to the contact

  • Well I have had the Captivate since march and I love it, the only problem I have with it is there is no flash and if there is I have no idea how to activate it. Other than that I love it. I also like the large display. I havent had a problem with it so far.

  • does anyone know how to set mp3 ringtones your help will be greately appreciated.thx

  • well if you drop your phone or don't take care of it properly it will of course have issues with it!

  • I absolutely love my Samsung Galaxy S Captivate. The only thing I can really say that I am unhappy with is the short battery life. You can download apps to help with this such as battery doctor, juice defender, and advanced task killer which kills those programs that are consistently running in the background. I absolutely adore Android and would never go with another OS (Operating System). Most of the applications are free and the ones that aren't are very cheap. The phone works great, downloads are fast, gps that comes with it without a fee is awesome, the fact you can wifi as well is a big seller in my books. I have had my phone for months and haven't had a problem with it. I would recommend this phone to anyone and give it a 9/10!!!!! (-1 for the battery life)

  • I have intermediant shuttown problem on this phone while battery is full charge. Never happen if it connect with a charger. The battery is fine as I change one already. I never root on this phnoe still Andorid 2.1

  • No captivate doesn't come with a front cam!!

  • just update it to 2.2 froyo....cheers

  • no, it does not have face cam

  • no, I own one and no flash either.

  • I have Samsung-SGH-i897 can anyone plz tell me whether we have front camera in this or not?

  • Pros: Good/decent phone, perfect size very slim, awsome screen antiglare/sharpness/colors/brightness, good camera and camcorder 720p comparable to point and shoot cameras but no flash, semi/fast app launch, love the andriod home screen and widgets, games run fast/smooth Cons:heats up under heavy use also when charging, less heat running froyo 2.2, batt life doesnt last all day with heavy use, email app no push, email no copy and paste which really sux, android copy and paste txt select blue arrow doesnt always pop up, no spell check incase of errors and I suk at spelling lol I'd give the phone a 3.8 out of 5 because of usability and batt, I'm a heavy email user, also would perfer a flash on camera to double as a handy flash light when necessary, with such an advance phone samsung should have aimed at perfecting the phone vs production/pricing so thats my opinion hopefully this helps

  • @hassan, people who told u there are no ROMs for this phone are idiots and never flashed a captivate. theres probably 20 or so custom ROMs for this phone on XDA

  • Head on to XDA developers. Gingerbread roms are available and under rapid development too...give it a try.

  • thanx bam bam i hav bought captivate due to its superior looks now can plz any1 tell how to upgrade its firmware? ppl say it dont hav ROM so its not an easy task to upgrade it to gingerbread or honeycomb though my frnd wid galaxy s is using honey comb on his device? bundle of thanx...

  • dude the only major difference between those 2 phones is the captivate had 4 capacitive buttons on the bottom and the i9000 has a front vga camera which the captivate doesnt.

  • can we update it to 2.3 gingerbread..........

  • i have it, from the philippines too. It has some firmware problems. Find a technician or update it yourself.

  • This is one of the BEST android phones out there, im running it on 2.2.1 with Darky's ROM v9.5 Extreme Cappy edition, Dark Core 1.4 Kernel. Fabulous performance. I have 2 of these phones.

  • i need an honest opinion shall i go for Galaxy S or Galaxy Captivate plz reply soon as i dont have much time bundle of thanx...

  • this phone is garbage! my sister and i have had it for about 5 months now and have had to have it replaced already. i won't get my text messages for days, it freezes up all the time, and sometimes it won't let me make or recieve calls even with full service. I normally love samsung phones but i hate this one. I thought maybe when i got the replacement it would be better and it was for a while, but it is only worse now. i hope other people have more luck with their phones

  • yes.download video tango off the market.pretty cool.works with galaxy tab also

  • when i call, i cant hear anything neither a ring. and when someone calls, i encounter drop cll all the time, it just rings and when i answer its dropped, what do i do? pls help???? im from the Phil and i bought the fone from the states, had it open lined here

  • service is not good...v v v poor

  • yes, it definitely is. Here is a link that helped many.

  • I've just bought this. Is it worth doing the upgrade to 2.2 froyo? If it is, where's the best link to do it? Cheers

  • hi!i have a qestion.dose the samsung galaxy have a application like cydia how is a great application on iphone,so we can get more apps??

  • wow

  • Yes it does with Rockplayer

  • Thank you for answer for my concern regarding ring tone files larger sizes.

  • Can I make video calls with this phone?have tried n it does not give me that option

  • does this phone play .mkv videos

  • does this phone play mkv videos

  • Just go play d music file in your respective player n while playing press left side button then u get an option to use that as a ringtone..thats it...:-)

  • I found nothing wrong. i love it pretty much! will be using it for a long time. and im not into high end products, such as now has dual core and such. captivate just fill my needs and top it off with some great toppings.

  • They only difference betwen the two version is that the Captivate uses a 1gh cortex processor and the Vibrant uses a 1gh samsung processor( I think it's a samsung processr, but I know the different processors is the major difference between the phones aside from how they look). On one site they said that because of the different processors the Camera reacts differently between the two phoones, The vibrant actually seems to take sharper pictures and comes with a copy of Avatar already installed. I just bought the Captivate as I dont really care about Avatar or a super super sharp image from a phones camera and I found it for $340 Cnd. on Ebay Hope this helps

  • Does anybody knows about setting ring tone with some your music files (big one obo 3.5 MB)? I had before also smart phone from Samsung and I could not set bigger file to be my ring tone than 300kb. Thanks for anybodies answer.

  • This is one of the best phones that I have used. I was always into Nokia or Sony Ericsson, but so far this has given me the best experience. I have also compared this with HTC desire and other similar Android models, but this one has surpassed all in terms of looks, design and performance. I give it a 5 star.

  • I am just about to get this phone and I dont know if i have to get the att one or the tmobile one. please help

  • yaa chk d specification ,it does'nt hn front camera for video calling,flash and radio.........

  • the price of this phone is much lower than the galaxy s i9000...bt can any one tell me why?is there any draw backs of this phone?????

  • this phone is the bomb...my son and i feel this is the best phone we've ever had to date...you must switch to att and get this phone...the data plan is only $15 or you can get the $25 plan...i give this phone 5 stars...

  • traded my SE vivaz for this. one bad thing is the downgrade in camera quality, i miss the 8 mp of vivaz. this phone does have its pluses though. battery last longer than all my other phones in past, about 2.5-3 days of heavy using. screen is very good, even in sunlight. speakers r great, especially since i love to watch movies on my phone. no delay whatsoever. it has a lot of features. i will say that it is weird using such a large phone as compared to vivaz. definitely not for using 1 hand, especially when driving. one thing i hope someone can help me with: i bought this on ebay so i dont use ATT data plan. is there any way i can download free android apps without registering with google for gmail account? any assistance would be greatly appreciated. oh, there is one problem ive noticed. whenever i press the back arrow at bottom, sometimes phone interprets it as me pressing the search icon (magnifying glass) next to it. it lights up and it gets annoying sometimes.

  • I got this for a while now. Normal Batry life 2- 2/half days b4 its dead. i bought it becoz design look cool.i use it for gaming,music and video for now. I dint mess wit the gps or wap internet yet bcoz this is not a cheap phone, and using money again to use the fuction huh.. Yup this phone doesnt have radio and wat i wanna know is does using the the free dwnlod radio app eats your credit money?? thanks in advance. (im new to android)

  • I already installed froyo. It works very well, except for a issue in the browser when try to zoom out the page using fingers. I takes more time to do it than eclair.

  • In Canada Rogers released 2.2 Froyo through Samsung Kies.

  • No LED Flash again? so waste...

  • It's been a while after i897 launched, wonder any official Froyo for it yet?

  • They promised a 2.2 upgrade "shortly" when it shipped in mid-2010. When will we see it??? and is this incompetence, or is it fraud?

  • can you not install android froyo as for galaxy s, these phones are actually identical.. so why not? have anyone tried?

  • Amazing Phone :) All the people who used to flaunt their iphones and stuff have mouth wide open, its the best cell of the Galaxy series specially in terms of looks. Hopefully froyo comes out soon but im not complaining with eclair either. Anyone thinking to buy this JUST GO FOR IT!!!

  • does anyone know if this phone got updated to froyo or will get updated? wifi hotspot on at&t?? thanx

  • I absolutely love this phone. It has everything a high-end phone should have and it way outperforms the Iphone4 on just about every feature. If you're reading this for help with a purchasing decision then read no further, this phone is the one you want. A+++++

  • It's never going to be released in the UK. It's the AT&T version of the Galaxy S, which is available in the UK...

  • Is this mobile available in India(Chennai)?

  • when (if ever) is this going to be available in the UK?

  • Really? They're both the same? noooo... can't be.

  • Really nice phone the screen is so amazing and the battery last more than my old 3gs... android phones rox!!

  • Yes there are radio apps and free radio apps on the android market

  • is it a good phone,by the way,where u bought it and what is the offered price?i'm planning to get this phone.thx

  • i have two of the phones nothing was different in them it just vary in front cam and body design

  • can anyone tell me what's the difference between Samsung Galaxy S 19000 and Samsung Galaxy S Captivate?

  • I bought this phone (samsung captivate)as well as an acer liqiud for my wife. the samsung is 10 times the phone. easy to use. Great features. I use it for business, emails, gps and other apps and get a full day out of the battery. its not a problen to charge nightly. the acer used less through the day last same amount of time and has had several problems we are waiting for an exchange unit, wish we would have bought 2 captivates.

  • he my new samsung captivate have problem when i press lock button then some time it switchoff automatically, in when it is unlock possition it is not switch off, please gime suggetion should i update 2.2 version or what????

  • I love this phone! I use it every day for the last two months for business and personal use and have no problems. it is very light, very elegant, with a lot of memory and beautiful bright scree. I bought it at:

  • Wifi kills battery faster than 3G, and it's normal that when you get home after using the phone all DAY that you are down to your battery's bones. Did you even starve the battery down to 1% before charging it to optimize its life?

  • Look babe, Everything, and everybody else has their unique disadvantages. You cannot compare say, your husband, (if you had one) to me (though, I would encourage such behaviour). Your said husband probably has traits I could never aspire to, and, the opposite is equally possible. Anyway, back to a practical criticism of your pickiness: SMS is continuous, it depends the carrier you use. I have access to last month's conversation if I slide my finger up the screen, then back down. I can only say that your alternative, to the Captivate's shortcomings, is to transfer your files via Bluetooth, or your KIES-USB cable to your PC, then upload to Facebook. You can't hold Cappy liable for it's shortcomings when you compare an entirely different OS, i.e. iOS vs Android. Wifi kills battery faster than 3G, and it's normal that when you get home after using the phone all that that you are down to your battery's bones. Did you even starve the battery down to 1% before charging it to optimize its life? Android 2.2.1 extends the battery life, yet again, depends on your carrier. Sucks if you are from the USA, last continent to get a Cappy + Andy update. I use the phones Task manager, System Task Killer (lite), and Advanced Task Killer. I manage to keep my device between 140-160mb RAM usage I haven't ever tried to do the things you are doing, but at least know you let the phone warm up to you and that you are not necessarily a fashion victim. If you can bare one, or two fine points that beats Iphone straight out: FLASH PLAYER 10.1, and Super AMOLED. And what the heck...Android!

  • I've had all sorts of smartphones out there. My recent was the iphone and I decided to give this sexy thing a try. I loved it...for the first 4 days. Problems with this phone were the simpliest things which really disappointed me. I hate that the text messaging isnt a continuous thread so I had to download an app for that. No problem there. I had a G1 before and that was in issue back when the OS was 1.2 version. You would think they would have fixed that bug by now. Second problem, for some reason, I cant upload a video to facebook. I had the option to upload on youtube, twitter, gmail, but not facebook. Sucks! Third, I cant attach a video as an sms. When you go to your gallery section, and send a video, I can only see pictures and those are my options to send. When I tried sending a video through the text app that I was using, it says that the video file was too big. Sucks again! Fourth, the battery life on this phone is terrible. I turn all unecessary things like, GPS, bluetooth, etc. and I press the Task Killer app every so often but I still come home to 10% battery left. I have a 3GS and this phone runs on 1gHZ, and my iphone is still faster on wifi or 3G. Has anyone else experienced these little complications with their Captivate?!? I loved this phone for its sleek and sexy design, but thats just not cut it.

  • can someone tell me if this phone could be used overseas, i mean not only calling and messaging but apps and so on.. i prefer the look of this one instead of galaxy s i9000 that we have in Ireland

  • dose Samsung i897 Captivate work in IRAQ

  • turning 3g off will increase battery life and also adjusting screen brigthness setting off bluetooth, wifi, gps etc etc. will help

  • i've got this phone and its a great phone but one issue i found is the battery life, it doesn't last that long. I charge it almost every other day and i barely use it. i left it overnight and it lost 25% of the battery, no apps or background apps were running. gps, wifi, bluetooth, etc were all off too.. performance is great, has good apps, screen is awesome. just wish the battery life is a little better.

  • I did the same. I had Captivate before then I bought N8 and I am a BIG NOKIA fan. And N8 not bad at all but something just not right with this phone. Now I'm selling my N8 and going back to Captivate.

  • cannot believe that some of u guys still go for Symbian, it just has too many hiccups and although the n8 might be a good phone with nice camera and all, a smartphone nowadays are made by its apps, and just there we can see why Symbian is going down and losing their shares in the mobile industry. gps might be good on nokia, but if I want a good phone, I'd rather buy a seperate gps before killing myself with Symbian, until meego comes maybe. Apart from all this, Give nokia respect for not jumping in the same cart as all the other manufacturers. I wont settle for nokia, because I love android, which is currently taking over the mobile market. stop fussing and ask normal people about phones, go do proper research, there are many companies testing the phones for us. compare these phones on these sites and then decide

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  • I bought Nokia N8 early this week, great phone, great camera and call quality. Personally I am a big fan of Nokia but somehow N8 is not as good as it was suppose to be. Today I returned N8 and bought this Captivate and I gotta say this phone is awesome, definitely over N8. I luv it.

  • Im considering buying this phone or Nokia N8. What do you guys think I should get. thank you

  • 370 euros? ROFL, it's 500 USD, bruh

  • i do only Nokias

  • i do only Nokias

  • Hello Guys do you know if this phone is factory unlocked or not? Because I have seen some shopping stores , sell the unlocked version of this phone like would I have any problem with this phone in future if I buy it?

  • do u have any problem about the GPS?

  • I have this phone, and i have to say it is great. My last phone was an iphone, and this is great. The display is so much better then anything out there. Once you get used to it theres no going back. And the internet is the fastest on the market. Im writ ing this from my phone

  • can you please tell me that does this fone has 2gb ROM like the galaxy s gsm version?? plz answer, mods plz u answer cuz im buying this fone.. thanx

  • i am planning to get this cell phone i897 Captivate.... so would like to know tht are ther any negative points abut this cell like hangs, slow etc... ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED :)

  • N8 can play AVI files. =)

  • for your information, N8 HAS gorilla glass and can do everything you just mentioned, it can play divx/xvid out of the box too which not all androids play it. anyway, it's nice phone but as always no secondary camera and the GPRS just class 12 not 33 with its camera only 5mp

  • IF lG optimus one is getting a update to 2.3 then its a matter of time that it will be announced for Captivate as well ...as this has much better hardware to go with the ...

  • imo i897 looks more chic than i9000 will definitely go for i897 instead of i9000

  • i have no idea,even the samsung company keep hesitate whether want to keep Galaxy S update anot. . .

  • I want to know if this phone is upgradeable to android 2.3?

  • Hi Go for i897 since it has below advantages 1) gorilla glass display 2) Design is like armani model Though both have same technical specifications the strudy built of i897 will make difference which galaxys cant give

  • Hi Nokia N8 Fan, No offence but what the c*&p are you talking, Symbian has less than 90000 apps, but android has more than one million apps now,also in symbian you cant sync google calendar and mobile calender as in Android, do you have any idea what the Android is? With nokia N8 you cant use many apps and the only advantage is camera and music player, avi files are not played by N8, also N8 is not having gorilla glass display, glass display has very big effect on viewing text and videos(its the reason why all iphones having glass display). you can take calls,listen music,watch some videos and play 30 to 40 games,sync gmail and other you can do these with N8, with android you increase these like many times, hundreds of games, many financial,travel,productivity,multimedia,games apps are there that too free version. Why would a person who tasted this much goes to limited and very irritating symbian. You may be nokia fan but android has many advantages compared to symbian, please use a android phone before comment anything. Thanks Venkata

  • I897, hands down. Very sensitive to the touch.

  • I came here from the Nokia forums of gsmarena and I would like you guys to consider buying the Nokia N8 instead of this crap with terrible lag and gps issues. If you guys have any doubts about the Galaxy S please take your time and get to know the wonderful phone that is the N8. IMO, it is way better than this Captivate and it doesn't have gps issues or lags. Best of all, it's running symbian 3 which is better than android.

  • Hi Guys if you want to buy a cell phone between Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and Samsung i897 Captivate which one do you choose?

  • Best place to buy this phone is from AT&T. You can get it for $500 USD. Now that's good pricing.

  • I get 5 to 10 meters gps accuracy, takes 10 sec or less to get a lock! My capivate is rooted, with froyo 2.2 installed from DG cognition This phone is just amazing, pretty fast, gorgeous screen, very good 720p video recording, Android is just the best OS out there, there's no restriction!

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  • any india users having this phone?

  • Dear all,I am a new android user and just bought unlocked Samsung Captivate.Just want to know how to upgrade the firmware to the latest version? Ny current firmware version is I897UCJF6. Thanks.

  • I have i896(same as i897. exactly same device but for Canada.) and ThinkFree Office is pre-installed. (If i897 doesn't come with any Office suite, you can search and download on Android Market. (this is not a feature phone. you can download and install everything you want!)

  • this phone does not have document editor or what??? That seems to be difference But should that be the reason for buying galaxy s? Can we get OfFice and Pdf installed on Samsung i897 Captivate? Can someone reply above questions and also......a good differentiator between Samsung i897 Captivate and Samsung I9000 Galaxy S and last question.....this phone is available in India....at what price???

  • HEY BUZZING BIRD, did u buy it from ebay india. cos when i checked a few sellers, got the information that it wont be having the battery back cover, head phone, box etc. did u recieve everything wen u bought it?

  • Just download the fre radio app from Android Market and that will be fine.....Android Market has everything....Just search through it!

  • Captivate definitely works in Australia. I'm using Virgin and I can call easily, no problem.

  • @Anonymous: Sorry, but I have not checked with Docomo, as I do not have its SIM. But rest assured that an unlocked phone will work in any GSM newtork. Reconfiguring Data: You will have to ask the customer care the settings of APN name, server, proxy etc, and manually enter in the phone. Unlike Nokia etc, these settings can not be automatically delivered to your handset in an SMS. But that is not a big deal. A few minutes ago I saw this model listed for 21.7K Brand ne and unlocked on Global Easy buy of eBay India.

  • Oh cool! Wat about docomo? and wat does adjusting network connections mean plz?

  • @anonymous: Yep, it does work well in India. I have checked with Airtel, Reliance and Vodafone SIMs. Data Connections need to be manually configured, though. Of course, mine was bought unlocked. You can find it in Global Easy Buy of eBay India for 22-23K delivered (no other expenses). Overall, an amazing phone... sweeter than iPhone4.

  • Yes it will work, but I think it will only work with Vodaphone.

  • Plzzzz help me truly on dis 1.. I am from India and want to buy dis phone coz im totlly IMPRESSED... I wanted to know if i can buy d phone wid contract for abt 200$ wid contract and unlock and use? What will it cost ? will it work in India? Advice plzzzz

  • Any radio function on this phone? at specification show that there is no radio features, so sad..

  • in addetion to this mobil looked like i8500 wave but this mobile deferent about i8500 wave in the screen

  • this mobile is very good and the ram in this mobile and cpu is very good ........ realy this mobile is perfect

  • Yes, once while on standbye, the other during app download. Waiting on e-mail from tech support...

  • i got the same text time problem too..that doesn't bother me much...gps works pretty good with 30-50m accuracy...battery can last for 2 and a half day...what bothers me the most is where the heck is the promised froyo?

  • It's GPS is the same as the one in Galaxy S and that one works perfect with proper GPS software, for instance Sygic Mobile Maps, try that, you'll see how quick it locks the position.

  • This well-rated phone seems to continue a pattern: the only phones to date that get Android 2.2 Froyo have 1GB of RAM and at least a 1GHz CPU. Are there announced dates for this phone to get the greatly enhanced speed (for 3rd-party apps) of Froyo, and/or Flash? Or is this a dead end that you'll want to replace in a year when it becomes obvious that AT&T isn't going to (maybe isn't able to) support current Android features?

  • everything on captivate is nice except the GPS. It is not working well. My GPS can't lock onto any satellite despite able to detect them. And the accuracy is way off without aGPS...

  • In one of the 7 home screens, I applied two app killers, systen tasj zibe abd advabced tasj killer. Task manager helps as well. If you want a way to control your screen colour intensity, hold your finger on any empty home screen, chooose android widget, and choose power control.

  • im finding the battery life to be very good. i got mine 2 days ago and charged it overnight when i first got it. so far, i'm having 2 problems with it. 1) when i receive a text at 2pm, it says the text was received 10am, however when i send out texts, it is the correct time. i have no way of getting around this. 2) when browsing the web + using data for about 20 minutes, the phone gets very warm because of the LED screen. 3) my phone turns itself off randomly, (mostly when i am not using it for +2-3 hours) is anyone else having these problems?

  • How do I upgrade to froyo 2.2?

  • Finally received the phone. Works fine on the Rogers network in Canada. Only downside is, no one can really be prepared for how long it takes to recharge this bad girl. Already drained it to its lowest peak, and charged it all night long to optimize battery life. Battery seems to last a smidget longer. Have to carry charger around just in case.

  • froyo 2.2 fixes the gps and makes the screen look better aswell i rooted it and it works a lot faster it doesn't lag or anything the only problem is the battery but better than evo

  • Weel if you like a phone that can play games and take good pictures this is a very good phone for that but if you want to use emails good luck. i had this phone for two weeks and had to return it due to email issues and softwar bugs, the phone is very slow.

  • The sound quality on the speaker is surprisingly clear compared to other handheld devices I have used. Listening to the radio / music player on just the phone speaker is definitely plausible.

  • it says specifically in the spec. regardless the GSM it supports HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100

  • What a good feeling when using i897. I need the mannual for this phone. Where can i get it?

  • What a good feeling when using i897. I need the mannual for this phone. Where can i get it?

  • is this phone only for AT&T or it can work in the gsm too?please answer

  • Is there caller id on this phone when people call you?

  • if you want gps ,wait until froyo comes out and see if that fixes it,the realllllyyyy fuccccced up on this nice phone,my omnia2 tracks perfect and locks in seconds,in buildings or outside,,,damn it this phone is nice they just neeeeed to fix the gd gps

  • I am worried about the sound ..... how is the sound ... is it loud and clear ???

  • Captivate is a GSM phone, otherwise it would not work on AT&T

  • I think you are mistaken, it is not CDTA, it is gsm

  • @Anon iphone has smaller screen, slower processor and even slower GPU.

  • The Iphone wishes it could be a samsung thats why it user there touch technology and there processors. Just because they are both bar phones does not mean its a copy and because they didnt stick with one boring shape for everyone means they copied another phone???? The x-10 wishes as well!

  • My bad. Lol! I thought you meant software flash. Yeah it has no camera flash and that sucks!

  • What are you talking about!!?? Ofcourse it has flash. I have used one my self and ask anyone here who has used or owns one.

  • I think it's because Captivate is a CDMA phone. Maybe caller ID only exist if you get it with a plan. I'm not sure... just from my thoughts.

  • Have to report since gsmarena does not allow out sourcing websites: I was just reviewing Samsungs website and stumbled upon something that disturbs me a little: www.samsung.com, choose mobile, all phones, choose the i896, which is pretty much the i897. Choose specs, go straight to the bottom of the page inside 'Call functions', and it says NO Caller ID? Huh?

  • I was just reviewing Samsungs website and stumbled upon something that disturbs me a little: Choose specs, go straight to the bottom of the page inside 'Call functions', and it says NO Caller ID? Huh?

  • i dnt know y the hell price is so high just cuz of 12ghz cpu it dnt have even a secondary camera

  • the front design is likely to have been steal from the Nokia X6

  • I have been using this phone for two months and the only complain i have is from AT&T. They killed many good features embeded in android software and even after their JH7 update GPS still loses signal. I finaly found a prereleased froyo upgrade about 20 hours ago and the good news is it is working perfectly... Even the gps! And funny thing is that both usb and wifi tethering are enabled. I897UCJI6

  • I Love This Product. I Want to Buy, If the price more than Cheaply

  • I have had this phone for a week Captivate. I absolutely love this phone. I had this phone out today for 7 hours and still had 75% battery left. i was talking on the phone for a little over an hour, my email checks every 15 mins and sent a few txts. I am not dropping calls and my everyone can hear me. Recommend this phone to anyone and everyone who needs email and phone in one.

  • there is no flash on this device. it was the first galaxy phone in the line up to be developed and they left it out for some odd reason. thats about the only downside to this device. if you think about it. there are a few devices that you would think for the quality and other features and camera that they would have a flash and do not , ( iphone fore example) dont understand it.

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  • This is one amazing phone. I have used it for a week and i love it

  • Ok, so I have this phone and wanted to take a pic of something at night, so i used the nighttime setting option, PLEASE TELL ME THERE IS A FLASH SOMEWHERE ON THIS PHONE!!!!!!!. I know the makers weren't stupid to have a nighttime setting to take pic but you still cant see it cause its dark.....

  • The original galaxy s copied the iphone, and now this copies the x10! WTF sammy get a life and stop being copy cats. innovation doesn't exist at all in your world I guess.

  • wanna be Xperia X10

  • of course if you have out of tv. what happens is that there are people that hit the technology

  • I have had 2 Captivate galaxy s phones within 3 weeks and am going to get a different cell. Battery life isn't very good, MANY dropped calls, was unable to answer the phone a couple times, callers couldn't hear MANY times, callers also would call it would ring twice the either dead air or busy signal. Not worth the hassle anymore

  • Well. I would go for the epic version actually or the verizon fascinate. If it hasa to be t mobile or at&t i'd go for the captivate. and dont listen to posts like the one below. I have used one a lot and it is verry nice and the battery life is not perfect if u are constantly on 3g but its decent

  • Hey guls and guys ! Plz guide me which model should i buy ? Captivate , vibrant or i9000 . . . .?

  • Its a horrible fone dont buy evn for free the battery sucks,the touch pad has gone for a toss suddenly and the calibration is not working.a complete waste of money..just regret samsung for making such cheap touch pads...

  • Does this phone support WAP Connection?????? Please, help me. thanks guy

  • I897 no tv out, no front camera, does have 4th hot key on bottom front Google bar

  • HTC Desire vs Samsung captivate video review

  • And i forget, another diff is the HUGE screen of the SGS..

  • Well, i dont know what the issue is with these phone. both the humming bird processor and AMOLED are supposed to push the battery life. I used a full charged (100%) phone (it took 3 hours to get it there from a 4% juice) only for calls to check the actual's claimed by Samsung. I turned off all internet activity, background data, 3G network, animations, min screen brightness and didn't even text. I received only 2 calls and called out rest of the times. The total "standby plus calling time" for which the phone lasted was 43 hours which had 11 hours 43 mins(92% of battery use out of the 96% i had consumed before started charging it again) of total voice calls and 1 hour 37 mins (6% of the battery use out of the 96%) of display use which i guess again includes the time display is ON when you dial the numbers, hang up etc during the calls.. KUDOS!! that's cool i guess.. but my NOKIA E72 does better (sorry to compare to way diff phones, but i am a HUGE fan of the way NOKIA phones' batteries last!!!). A full charge gets me through to about 38 hours with 11 hours of talking, texting, alarms, incoming calls ringing, email checking 10 times a day, occasional Google search. The only diff here i believe is the high powered samsung processor (1Ghz over Nokia's 600 Mhz)

  • does anyone else have a problem with there camera.....i get camera fail alot and will onlt take about 2 out of 10 pictures

  • That's BS. The Captivate has a very poor battery life. I myself managed to get 9 hours of battery life out of it, which is actually pretty good for a smartphone, but to do so, I basically had to make the phone ugly as hell. I set the background to pure black (because the super AMOLED screen supposedly saves more energy with that), turned off bluetooth/wifi/etc, turned off all animation, and set brightness to lowest possible. Isn't the Super AMOLED screen, Android, and the Hummingbird processor all supposed to be great at saving energy? The iPhone 4 (which has equal specs) smashes this phone in battery life. Meh, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if not for two things: (1) The fact that there is no toggle to switch from using 3G to 2G, which would save a huge amount of battery, and (2) the fact that this phone takes like 3-4 hours to fully recharge.

  • The very bottom of the list was reserved for Samsung's Galaxy S devices, which are hit pretty hard with bad battery consumption. The test reaffirms Motorola as the undisputed leader in Android. It has clearly mastered the OS infrastructure and has been able to create phones with good ergonomics and marketability.

  • only thing is when i check online for the 19000 battery everyone i find is lithium ion.

  • The battery is not that bad. I was using one at partial life and testing the Hd recording, trying to get wifi, and surfing the web for the main part of the couple hour period and didn't get low battery til the end. When you use so many features it will be drained. Yes try to get a li poly one deffinately. Also just have a back up and u will have more than enough juice. my only complaint is one speaker that is not to loud

  • Thanks Erasto, i got one today and will see how long does the battery last. i checked other places on the internet as well. The other guys too say the same thing as you do but the Vibrant battery is very very bad.

  • i m assuming you just need a LI PO battery as in the i9000 or captivate the vibrant has a LI-ION battery. I am going to find the same out tomorrow if the LiPo battery is of the same dimensions or not

  • Same shit different jacket bro. ANDROID....SUCKS BIG TIME! Apps...they're nothing but craps! now waiting for the next w7 or webos phones.

  • first off creat a file on your desktop and label it android or mp3 what have you, then in itunes highlight the mp3s you want hold down and drag your file into folder that way you will have it seperated from the evil ituens. you should note android wont support aac so convert to highest mp3 beofre dragging! afterwards just use a media card reader and your sdhc card to drag files into it. i doubt the microsdhc is not hot swappable!

  • if possible get an sd to micro sd adapter and just use your comps sd card slot and drag the files in. u can also buy a media reader pretty cheap today and use it.

  • Same issue,if its an issue, here. i told my wife it seems to take long to charge, but still its freaking amazing how long it can last! im planing on grabbing a couple of spare batteries,since my corporate % gets them half off! although i hardly have a chance to waste the freaking battery regardless of online radio,wifi,bluetooth all on!

  • this battery is freaking awesome! the screen is rich! the speed is obvious when online! i cant wait for the 2.2

  • i have no fm wtf? everything else is flawless tho'!

  • You have to ensure that you are choosing the right place to store it. The captivate internal memory is viewed as an SD card by itself, and then if you have an external memory card, it is viewed as a separate place to store. You have to hook it up to your computer and the first removable drive that comes up is the internal memory. Try choosing the external memory. That is the only frustrating thing about this device is that both the phone and the actual memory card seem the same when browsing in the phone.

  • I own one of this phones and I'm amazed of how long the battery lasts compared to my previous phone i68 type. Despite WiFi, blue tooth and talking, the battery goes on for a wile. I have used my phone as music player through a trip and talking and battery went for about 8 hrs. Recharging does take several hours. I usually do overnight recharge.

  • Quite simple, first you would have to install the software and drives from your phone to your PC. This is the only way for you to be able to open your music player and download music. If you are running Windows XP, it should detect the phone right away. There are 4 sets of drivers that need to be installed. You can download'em from www.samsung.com AT&T does not ship the phone with software or at least mine came without it. Once installed, just go about your normal way as any other USB device. Open the phone icon, then scroll and find the player and transfer your files. I have additional micro sd where I store music on my phone.

  • Can any user let me know as to the exact talk time achieved and a throw some light on the battery usage status and the charging time? I an using a Samsung Vibrant (T-Mobile) the battery is pathetic. I barely manage 24 hours with 6 hours of tak-time and no internet usage at all. Plus it takes 4 -5 hours to get fully charged.

  • Can some1 tell how to put music from computer to my Captivate? Ive download it Double twist but I still can't downloadownload music to my music player. The thing is that I want to put the songs that I have on iTunes. Please some1 help.

  • need new cell phone get it today

  • you cant unless ur in their territory u can do it through computer but your phone must be Rooted

  • Sorry, I didn't realize GSMArena did that kind of thing to links. To find SuperRooterExtreme, just search for that on Google, and it'll be the first link. Or you can do what DroidforEver said too.

  • Can some1 tell me how to download the froyo software? Can you do it over the air or thru a computer?

  • The case of this looks a little more sturdy than i9000 Galaxy S, but has no radio. I think the only let down of the European version, which I believe is the standard samsung version is the case.

  • u can find how to do lag fix here : or in your tube type : samsung galaxy s lagfix thx

  • This phone is absolutely great. After installing the lag fix, I get 2200+ in quadrant benchmark, no more interface lag or slowdowns when using the music player.

  • There are programs out there that does all of the important 'enhancement/fixes' for you in a simple packages. My person favorite is called SuperRooterExtreme and it can be found here: Surf the that forum a bit. They have a lot of great programs for the Captivate, including programs to unlock it, update the firmware, and so on. At the very least, the forum can help you install the lag fix. Be sure to follow the instructions closely and DO NOT seek tutorials from random websites on the Internet. Many Android fixes (or, at least, on the Captivate) requires your phone to be in a certain state and the websites don't always mention this info. I actually almost bricked my Captivate because I did that before finding the link I gave to you. But again, the above package makes everything simple, but as always, be careful.

  • Any one knows how the do the lag fix for the captivate, and how to remove the AT&T apss? Thanks in Advance

  • Sorry to say, the droid x, is not a better phone than this, other than the d-x's bigger screen, ( which imo is a little too big ) the samsung beats it hands down. in almost every category.

  • Sorry it's not cheap almost the entire body of the captivate is made of metal.

  • I'm looking foward to get this phone in the next few weeks, how can i install the lag fix, I'll thank full if u can provide me that info Thanks in advance !

  • its a pretty awesome phone but y samsung keep on landing on d same five megha pixel cam dat also wen its a compertative market out there i would hav love dis phone if it would have few more features included.Y not samsung take out another captivate i910 with a few more aditional features like usb on d go same as nokia n8 its a owesome feature n hdmi output so u can surf d net in large screen n camera wit higher pixel n gud flash say abt xenon flash n above all most important feature 3G video call camera its just a common thing to hav video call cam its 4th generations now ven d 3rd is gone den y samsung still bk ward d phone is gud d most excellent things in it is d super amoled screen beautiful frm my gudgement i will giv 50 out of 100 it would been full hundred if d additional features were in it think abt it samsung n decide.it can out run other handset in d market especialy d 4d.thank u

  • I've owned and used the Captivate for a few days now. It's a pretty good phone. Samsung, as usual, has made this phone with *amazing* specs; the super AMOLED screen is, of course, beautiful. However, the modified OS sucks. I'm not a big fan of Android (I prefer Apple's iOS) to begin with, but all those additional AT&T junk apps/poor filesystem management really bogs the phone down. You notice a lot of lag. The only way to get this phone to perform as it truly is capable of is to remove the AT&T apps and install the lag fix. After I did both of this, my performance shot up very nicely. The phone now rarely lags at all and I can actually go 20+ hours of light usage on this phone before the battery dies. Beautiful. Simply put, Samsung makes awesome phones, and the Captivate is proof positive of this.

  • two words... COMING SOON... ;)

  • You are right. This one still cheap.

  • the phone is really nice in features and got a fast processor.. in my iphone i cannot download a movie all together only i can watch it while its downloading in samsun captivate you can download all the scene in 1 time and what it continuesly w/o hanging the only thing I dont like with the samsung captivate is that power connection its too slim and can easily disconnected the iphone so far you can watch what you dowload in any t.v like Youtube or you own video copy but in samsung captivate it does not do this kind of thing..

  • Most Samsung phones have a cheap metal coating on them that peels off after a while. Can anyone say if this phone has that cheap metal coating anywhere on it?

  • Hey Jose How do you know?

  • How do you know it's in stores already? Are you sure, because I'm almost ready to give up on Rogers and buy the AT&T version from Expansys.ca - if it's in stores then I'll wait!

  • IS Captivate available in GCC ?

  • Rogers has this phone in stores already. So it should be only a matter of time when it is released...

  • Probably sometime in the Fall timeframe... Back to School season maybe...

  • Most things about this phone: Fantastic GPS: Craptastic. Workarounds don't work. If you have this phone- pls. call your carrier and contact Samsung and register that you are having a problem. This may expedite the fix.

  • Does anyone have any information on when this phone will be released through Rogers in Canada???

  • i like turtles !!!!!!!!!!

  • Yes, wait for Froyo until you get out of 30 days return policy, then sigh more often.

  • I had some of the same problems at first...GPS sucks...Battery life is weak... But their is a fix for the GPS if you look it up online and the battery you could try Task Killer but we must keep in mind that this phone is 4 inches and Super Amoled. Once it gets Froyo everything will be better guys. I love my phone, at least the battery last longer than the iPhone.

  • ughhh....do your own due diligence and research?

  • which one is the best samsung galaxy (within 20000 range) or samsung wave? also confirm if there is any comparison of X6 Nokia with the above mentioned models

  • After downloading ATK (Advanced Task Killer) I really noticed an improvement in performance. However, even after swapping it out for a new unit I still didn't see an improvement in the received signal levels, especially on 1900 MHz. I'm not basing this on the "number of bars" showing on the display. If you go into Service Mode, you can get an actual RSSI measurement in dBm. Let's face it, folks, 0 dBm is 0 dBm. No software patch is going to fix this. The radios in the entire production run of the Captivate are bad by design. Either wait for the flaw to be fixed or move to a place that's within half a mile of an AT&T cell tower. I was forced to return mine. I still want an Android phone, though, so I'll probably wind up on Sprint or (shudder) Verizon. T-Mo is outta the question.

  • Aluminum.

  • If you have excellent ATT coverage in your area this is the best Galaxy phone to get. When Verizon releases thier version, it could be faster, But, playing with the Droid X in a franchise store, it was obviously slower than ATT. ATT really did deliver on their upgrades in NYC. The call quality is slightly better, but I still think Verizon's call quality is better than ATTs.

  • Cheap paint.

  • ..what else is the back plate made of?..

  • is this one open source as i've heard?

  • About 90% is metal

  • I've been used iphone 3G, 3GS, and wanna try Android to see how good of it, but so disappointed...Just returned this Craptivate after using for 3 weeks. Nice designs, good looking, best feature of swype pad and file storage from both internal and external SD cards. You can drop and drag direct from PC or download direct from email and store into Micro-SD. BUT: Many bugs caused foreclose like crazy. Freeze up on me many times. Chat applications from Android market didn't work very well for this Craptivate. Most of the mail(yahoo, aim, hotmail..) dont sync via Wi-Fi. Syncing over 3G, you must stand at a spot that has a good signal otherwise, it will take forever for u to retrive your email or even freeze the phone. The battery life is a cock suckker worser than iphone 3GS. The active button was placed on the right of the phone, whenever you hit it, you will hit the volume control on the left. I returned it with 15% restocking fee. You will be regreted to buy it. I am going back to iOS. Apple tastes a lot better than this piece of KimChi.

  • The charger that shipped with my Captivate supports 110 through 240 volts, 50 - 60 Hz. Should not be an issue. Just remember to take adapters if you're going to be traveling. Can't fit a square peg into a round hole, so to speak. ;)

  • Has anyone else noticed how badly the WiFi range SUCKS on this thing? ...or is it just my unit? This thing has HALF the WiFi range of my girlfriend's iPhone 3Gs. I can even be in the same room with the WAP and notice weaker signals. It also doesn't seem to play very well on the cellular network, either. Signals are consistently weak. 0 bars @home half the time! The other half of the time, signals are weak. As a result, the 3G CHOWS my battery. Best sound quality?? HA!! My Nokia 6267 has this thing beat hands-down. Just about every Blackberry I've encountered sounds way better than this phone, as well. The above, along with having the pleasure of my apps locking up and hanging, browser crashing and other flakiness has me wondering just HOW people can love this phone. Did I just get a bad one?? Tell me your stories.

  • the back plate is entirely made of metal, and imo this is the best build quality of all the galaxy S series

  • Is the battery cover REAL carbon fibre, or just a cheap plastic look alike? is there any metal on this phone?

  • No front facing camera, unfortunately

  • still the best phone is droid x, if only it was to have a gprs, edge, gsm kind of network. no one can beat droid x today... the thing i love the most about it is the battery life (we all know its pretty much loaded with hardcore features).

  • I have a Galaxy S and no problems with the GPS so far. Ask for a replacement, or return it, but I have to say this is the best phone on the market so far.

  • Look on the values on the charger. It might work.

  • Seriously ? no flash for 5MP cam !, seriously ? samsung , come on

  • Had both the Vibrant and Captivate, Returned the Vibrant. The plastic shell seemed flimsy, and weak. Captivate is metal. ATT a faster download than TMobile. I am going to give Sprint a shot. Android OS is really superior to other OS on the market right now. Super Amoled prob best display right now, Spoke to local ATT employee, Apple 4G s not selling, getting whipped by Captivate and HTC Aria.

  • I already have researched this product and has no second camera? Waiting in the wings.

  • there is a fix on samdroid.net

  • does anybody know that if this phone supports 220v/60hz? (voltage-frequency in Europe)

  • OMG this phone is $49.99 on contract for 2 years with at&t! You have to be blind to not buy it! If you dont beleive me search amazon now!

  • ohhhhh my its like Sony Ericsson's x10 design and body so copy cat samsung!!!

  • Just download RockPlayer on the android market, it's free and can play any movies on your phone: avi, xvid, mov, dvix, mkv and many more!!!

  • TV out is on 3,5mm jack

  • I am returning my Galaxy S 16Gb. It is very good in general but the GPS is terrible, terrible. I need a working GPS, not a useless one. Pity, what a pity... no alternatives since android does not support external bluetooth gps units. Do something Samsung! Maybe a recall is needed.. it appears to be not only firmware but also hardware issues.. bad antena? Maybe the new broadcom chip? Useless GPS with poor sensitivity.. always loosing locks.. shame, shame.

  • please add TV OUT for your new phones. why new phones have no TV OUT ?!!

  • good

  • can i trust its battery

  • almost every android and in some instances samsung phone has this complaint. It takes a fair few charge/discharge cycles to get up to full battery life. My Galaxy was the same but now it will last 2-3 days of normal use with 3g on etc.

  • lol,,you kidding?? all you need is a slab of screen

  • could this work within the uk? thanks

  • Love the phone, everything does exactly as it states except for the battery. Maybe it's just me but I got a bad one. It doesn't last 12 hours with very minimal use. I have everything set to use the least amount of battery and it's still dead before I get home. Have a new one on the way.

  • I have this phone for almost 2 weeks. A few features from this phone are great compare to iPhone. I like the swype keypad, micro-SD card for transfering and receiving files, and attaching files when sending email. But the battery life of this Captivate is so cocky, I upgraded from 3GS to this phone because of Super Amoled technology saves energy. That's not true!! I have to bring my charge cable to my work everyday to charge this 4'' screen. I have installed some apps that running background(Around Me, Movies, etc...) After using those apps, i have to find the way to turn them all off, otherwise those apps will suck the battery in a couple of hours. People said that Apps on Android market are good? That's B.S. I completely disagree with that. All the apps in Android market are shitty... I think I will be playing with this Android phone for awhile, then I will switch back to my iPhone 4, eventhough I have to hold iphone with my 2 fingers to avoid of touching the antenna grips. iPhone is still da best smart phone out there at this moment.

  • Different 3G network band. Vibrant for T-mobile (1700/2100), and Captivate for ATT (850/1900/2100)

  • what about flash . such a high end phone does not have a flash such a shame.

  • Attn Rohit: Read the Info, one is an At&t and the other is T-mobile.

  • Can anyone tell me the difference between Samsung Vibrant(this phone) and Samsung i897-Captivate except looks?????? I dont understand why Samsung is launching two phones of almost same features at the same time.

  • Is this phone anyhing like Vodaphone360?

  • i like it.. because is faster phone.. it's android.. i find it. thanks for

  • Which one is better? this phone or Sony Ericsson Xperia X10? Can anyone compare & let me know please?

  • Good, you can use the new LCD technology instead of harmful AMOLED.

  • lol... stupid entry... I think you should go back to 1990's monochrome display such as on those cheap 2 colors LCD screen Nokia in the 90s. Safe for your eyes pal!!!. Me? I am going use the new LCD technology.

  • I think it is time people who acutally have the phone post their experiences and/or problems. I bought this phone for my wife a couple weeks ago and here are my impressions mostly compared to my i8910. First off she loves the size and responsiveness of the screen and it has nice resolution. I am not as picky about my screens as some of you guys seem to be. I judge them mostly based on size, resolution, and responsivness. The color/contrast/energy efficiency of the screen isnt a huge selling point to me. The sunlight visibility of the superAMOLED wasn't that impressive. I held my i8910 right up next to it and there wasn't a huge difference in sunlight. The captivate was better, but not by much. Moving on from the screen...texting is also very easy with a big screen, especially with swype pre-installed. The loudspeaker isn't the best but works for the speakerphone pretty well, but lack when watching movies. Tons of memory with 16GB onboard memory and a microSDHC card, But it needs a different video player. i transferred a couple movies to it that i watch on my i8910 no problem, but the captivate was unable to play them. The camera is nothing special and the lack of a flash is laughable. but I love the photo gallery. The video recording is noticeably better than my i8910, I assume due to the 30 fps vs my 20-24. The speed of the phone was great, everything loaded faster and the kinnetic scrolling was much smoother than my i8910. I'm not used to android so I can't comment on the utilities or organizational features like file browsing, copying, editing. I also didn't test out the DLNA or wireless data transferring. No reception issues or problems as of yet either. Overall i think the phone most noticable drawback with this phone are the camera and lack of flash, and a video player that can't play divx,xvid,avi encoded videos. Just my 2 cents.

  • I don't think this unit is quite ready for prime time; Google for "Samsung Captivate Forums" and you will find that people are having many problems with this phone, mainly with the GPS failing to function properly, but also with software lag, hangs, etc. I think this is the best phone ever, but I am going to wait until all the wrinkles are ironed out.

  • Apple is famous for all its crap but many more things bug me > E-fuse on DroidX > No camera flash on Galaxy S/ Captivate Seriously! Does any of the companies give us our money's worth?

  • Im really bored with phones today? no original designs... They copy each others designs or if not they will just change some areas of the designs... all phones today doesnt have uniqueness... compare this phones design with HTCs designs...

  • Great Phone!

  • Captivate looks great, powered my android 2.1 and a combination of new screen attractive it is. Huge screen, rich look but i still doubt can it be a Iphone killer??

  • I have an HTC AT&T Tilt. I found it to be an excellent cellphone for a couple of years. Now I have the Tilt 2. Much smoother; faster, etc. Time marches on; your point is?.....

  • AMOLED is definitely worse than a good TFT - ISP with LED back lit. An important factor that has to be consider for this Super AMOLED is that the light directly beams into eyes from its source which is OLEDs. All natural vision of human eyes is when the light comes from reflections of light, generated by sun or lamps, over objects: the photon beams don't directly get from source into eyes; also the beam of phones is not reflected as you may think: you don't get back through reflection the original photons from source; the phones are not as ping-pong balls cast back by objects which they hit; the beam is absorbed by objects, converted in energy and the objects emit other photons back in a sub spectrum of the original beam, lower intensity and broader uniformity over object surface thus giving color to objects and thus protecting the eyes from artificial light that maybe dangerous for human retina when comes from artificial powerful punctiform sources. The LED back lit from TFT is diffused over a white panel then by reflection passes though liquid crystals and get into eye so it is a reflected light, not the original light. OLED like CRT colored phosphors or plasma's pixels directly beam the light into eyes thus you are not protected from X-rays and ultraviolet emissions (UV radiation) and high energy photons which make lesions in organic tissue. So, TFT displays are safer for health than AMOLED and CRT and plasma displays.

  • so true !!!! ur genius !!!

  • You've never used an AMOLED have u? They work under the same principals as LCDs except they use organic diodes to produce light which have off states to produce deep blacks leading to vibrant colors via the contrast, and they save battery power since each pixel in a picture with dark colors is in an off state or is technically a turned off pixel (No power used) or a low power state, also each AMOLED pixel produces it's own light, manufacturers provide backlights to boost the existing lighting in outdoor scenarios, with an option to turn the additional lighting off... these are the qualities tht make AMOLEd desirable vibrant colors and low power usage... CRTs use an electron gun to fire electrons at the screen; that react with the phosphorous coated front display to produce light.. c'mon they teach this in physics class, high school to Uni... u got to be kidding me with tht loong a** answer tht makes no sense!!! LCDs OLEDs AMOLEDs are based on crystal manipulation technology and are safe for ur eyes CRTs are miniature particle accelerators tht smash electrons to a screen converting their energy to light energy via reacting with phosphorous coatings... n they aren't tht great for ur eyes a below 50Hz CRT can cause Nausea n headaches!!! Hope u learn't something...

  • So can't make video call?

  • Power consumption - most of web pages have white background: While an OLED will consume around 40% of the power of an LCD displaying an image which is primarily black, for the majority of images it will consume 60�80% of the power of an LCD - however it can use over three times as much power to display an image with a white background[55] such as a document or website. This can lead to disappointing real-world battery life in mobile devices. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_LED

  • Before buying the phone please make sure if its camera is zooming/not. Please check if any softwares, exe files could be downloaded. Please check if it supports qwerty keyboard.

  • Gsmarena why don't you find time to correct the specs for samsung like lacking for this phone the front facing camera?

  • Why gsmarena mocks apple, fakes ratings and promotes these buggy samsung and htc phones? Did they ever used the GPS on Galaxy and read this forum on its stupid screen? Maybe it has to do with anti-american trend to trash apple, an american icon.

  • Maybe, in the future, AMOLED will improve. So far, AMOLED is definitely worse than a good TFT - ISP with LED back lit. Related to the usage of metal for light separators, it doesn't matter whether it is metal of non metal material. In fact, inclusive the metal, if it is very thin, it is transparent to light. Besides, the metal usually reflects the ambient light so if all sub pixels are off then you wish the screen to be black not silver as it may look if the pixels are separated by a metal grid like a very fine net from metal wires. Another factor that has to be consider for this Super AMOLED, the light directly beams into eyes from its source which is OLEDs. All natural vision of human eyes is when the light comes from reflections of light, generated by sun or lamps, over objects: the photon beams don't directly get from source into eyes; also the beam of phones is not reflected as you may think: you don't get back through reflection the original photons from source; the phones are not as ping-pong balls cast back by objects which they hit; the beam is absorbed by objects, converted in energy and the objects emit other photons back in a sub spectrum of the original beam, lower intensity and broader uniformity over object surface thus giving color to objects and thus protecting the eyes from artificial light that maybe dangerous for human retina when comes from artificial powerful punctiform sources. The LED back lit from TFT is diffused over a white panel then by reflection passes though liquid crystals and get into eye so it is a reflected light, not the original light. OLED like CRT colored phosphors or plasma's pixels directly beam the light into eyes thus you are not protected by ultraviolet emissions and high energy photons which make lesions in organic tissue. So, TFT displays are healthier than AMOLED and CRT and plasma displays.

  • It does not mean you should have big pocket to have the Dell Streak, buying a case will be nice without having a big pocket. Morons and false news reporters about iPhone 4 need to be quiet and talk about something else. Now is Samsung Galaxy GPS. Morons always find minor things to complain about.

  • LOL !! Xperia Copy!!

  • Hopefully for you, Dell's phone will be a good replacement for the buggy antenna from iPhone and buggy GPS from Galaxy. The only problem is that your pants should be altered to have larger pockets to fit Streak.

  • It always good to have 2 phones at least for emergency or as back up. The Samsung Captivate is a good back up to my iPhone 4. I am presently waiting for the Dell Streak release to see if I woukd like it as a third phone to my Samsung Captivate and iPhone 4.

  • Errata: errata not erata. Swype is not so good on Galaxy...

  • Erata: carry not cary.

  • I agree. It is poorly designed and the phone's operator has to use the mind where other smart phones use their software.

  • This phone was designed for user with higher IQ than average iphone user... this should start something with apple boys

  • Good, you'll cary two phones now.

  • I just bout my Samsung Captivate on July 22, 2010 because of the Android noise people have been talking about. I like the 4.0" screen and Super Amoled displays, Widgets and few features that are not available on the iPhone 4. I decided to buy the Samsung Captivate as a second phone to my iPhone 4.

  • So whats the go with this phone if I live in Australia and would like to purchase one as AT&T use the same 3G frequency our Telstra next G network does (UMTS 850MHz). Would AT&T unlock it in that case?

  • its look like sony x10 mini.......

  • Love this phone so far....the only problem i have is that you can't take pics while you're talking on the phone

  • you know, i really hate the fact that this "ATT" or whatever they're called, copied the samsung galaxy s...i dont care if its their version of the samsung galaxy s...i personally think its gay..;) the shape looks a bit like the sony ericson xperia X10 and believe me you dont want your phone looking like any sony ericson phone...and even if they wanted it in their version then why didn't they keep the weight of the phone the same? to be honest i think they're trying to sell more..but they're wrong.. because real samsung lovers,smartphone worshippers and android loving people will notice how much more better and efficient the SAMSUN GALAXY S is..lol this is a wee bit...opinionated. well that is me, force of habit :D i hope your on my team too..x

  • It's hard to get back to the original screen and sometimes freezes. I was at ATT store and found out the swipe function is hard if your not use to it. samsung should have made this phone with a little bit user friendly in order to be as good as the iphone.I'm waiting for HTC desire to get to ATT and try if this Deisre phone is much user friendly as iphone or samsung captivate.

  • i work for AT&T and i know the unlocking policies for the prepaid, and slightly for the postpaid, we dont unlock iphones only until the contract is done, if theres a contract, and if its not an iphone, and if it has a contract, then you would need to wait for the contract.. if you'd ask me, then its better to unlock it through third party websites than wait for the contract, i think the whole policy stinks for the customers...

  • Errata: slow not show.

  • Nokia X6 is OK for who doesn't need Apple store and Goole Maps and uses a phone for its intrinsic function. But Super AMOLED has not excuse, it is fuzzy, GPS on Captivate is show and so on bugs and bugs, poor quality sound and reception.

  • wt is diff btw nokia x6 and iphone 4

  • Let to give a chance to Galaxy; iPhone 4 is too good.

  • Someone please updates these specifications on these phones. Samsung Captivate does not have a Front Facing Camera, Offline FM Radio, PDF, Excel, Power Point and few more specifications AT&T has removed and replaced with their terrible and annoying icons.

  • I presume this is the same version that will be released in August for Telstra in Australia (AT&T and Telstra run the same UTMS 850/2100 3G network).

  • You have to unlock it to use it on other networks. Either by getting the code from ATT, if they will give it too you. Say you're going to Europe. Or purchase and unlock code on Ebay or some local 3rd party stores will do it for about 15 bucks. You need to go to xda developers "google it" to learn how to root it or side load 3rd party apps....there you go!

  • Super AMOLED will compete in text, and colors head to head with "retna" display. Which BTW is not a real Retna display. If you want to compare TFT to AMOLED of any type, just walk into any carrier store and grab a flip phone, then grab an OLED device. you'll see a tremendous difference.

  • Samsung said that TFT will never catch up with Super AMOLED. Yes, after years of research you see no large OLED display yet. In the meantime TFT won all market: small and large and very large displays kicking out inclusive Plasma from the last niche: very large displays. Actually the funds for the research in OLE comes from selling TFT TV sets. Now it remains if OLED will get a chance. So far all OLED screens offer just an over saturated pixelated image: AMOLED needs space among sub red, blue and green pixels to isolate them with a black pitch; otherwise the light floods in the adjacent sub pixels by light diffusion because all sub pixels light by themselves in all directions. That black dye separator among sub pixels is visible and that is why the pixels look visible on OLED. For TFT the light comes vertically from backlit on sub pixel cells which are LCD filters and turn on or off on whole sub pixel area and the whole area occupied by red or blue or green sub pixels blocks the diffusion in the adjacent sub pixels thus TFT afford to have very close sub pixels and high density. In Super AMOLED technology the black separators among red, blue and green will never allow pixels to be very next one to another so that to create uniformity and sharpness at close look. Hence actually Super AMOLED will never catch up to TFT. OLED as Plasma are good for a distant watch.

  • No, I don't mislead people. I don't like iPhone. But iPhone's TFT is way better for text than Super AMOLED which is very fuzzy for small characters and one can see pixels in thin lines. Super AMOLED versus any TFT with the same size and resolution is like looking at CRT versus TFT with the same size and resolution. That fuzziness is on Super AMOLED. And don't forget CRT was also with higher contrast than TFT and TFT took the place of CRT and Plasma. Super AMOLED is as clear as a good CRT or Plasma. Though CRT, Plasma and Super AMOLED have higher contrast than TFT and true blacks, TFT is much sharper and clearer for small details made from few pixels.

  • bloody fool just look at samsung wave super amoled 16M colours screen.... dont try to mislead others... its really amazing to have look at the new tech screen.

  • PenTile technology used in Super AMOLED is the root of fuzziness for smaller text: through some optical tricks they use RG-BG sub pixels instead of RGB sub pixels like in TFT thus emphasizing green light (the eye is more sensitive to green) by reducing number of sub pixels on screen, to create an optical illusion for higher resolution; when you have geometric images on screen made from regular shapes the optical illusion of high resolution is failing. This PenTile is a compromising technology without future, a transitory step in display evolution.

  • Did you see the phone to support such declaration? Excepting iPhone 4 no other phone on AT&T has front facing cam. The cams were taken out at AT&T's request to drop the network load.

  • Sorry, you are incorrect it does have both front and rear facing cameras,

  • Here in California no Galaxy had in store screen protection with film and yet the dithering is miserable, having to do with bad AMOLED technology; BAD PIXELATION COMING FROM AMOLED DOES BAD DITHERING. Any TFT is better for the same size and resolution.

  • It is not about iPhone. I don't have one. It is about the truth. Super AMOLED is inferior to TFT anytime for small text rendering. You can't read small letters on Galaxy even if they are made from enough pixels, the dithering is miserable. I checked in store and it puts a high strain on eyes, the small characters are very fuzzy. Not on similar screen size and resolution for TFT. You don't see clear contour for even horizontal and vertical lines on Super AMOLED, all looks made from zigzag small dots.

  • This device lacks front facial camera

  • a must have phone

  • Why do you people just copy the specs from original Galaxy S? There is no secondary camera and flash for Samsung Captivate.... !

  • Super AMOLED is worse than TFT you have to see one with your eyes.

  • Excellent if you don't need the main feature of Captivate: the phone and don't mind the occasional freezes.

  • It does. It's even printed right on the box.

  • well i was at the att store monday and was able to try out one and loved it. cant wait to get mine next week.

  • WTF, that review said that the Captivate was "excellent"

  • No, they're not the same. Features of each US carrier variant of the Galaxy S is either added or taken away from the orginal Galaxy S. The Samsung Epic with Sprint is the only phone that has the front facing camera and a physical keyboard. In addition, that phone and Verizon's Fascinate have a flash. The Captivate has no front facing camera, no flash, you can't side load apps because AT&T won't allow it, and no TV out. GSM just copied and pasted the specs from the i9000 and changed the coverages respectively for each variant.

  • It doesn't have front cam. See the review on phone arena dot com. It is a pathetic phone: poor performance; choppy and noisy.

  • for everyones information this is exactly the same as the i9000 software wise. if the i9000 has something so does the captivate. same os same ui same camera front and back, same processor. the dimensions are also the exact same. and it is also the same across the board except for the epic 4g because it has a hardware keyboard.

  • no it does not hav

  • I thought it had DLNA output and TV out through the headphone jack?

  • Samsung Captivate seems to be a fairly good response to iPhone 4 release and since it's antenna free problems will be more than succesfull,

  • no tv output

  • It looks like the FM Radio was removed on the Captivate. There's no FM Radio app (but there's an AT&T Radio which isnt the same).

  • The BOX for AT&T's Samsung Captivate has been photographed and it says Dimensions: 4.18L x 2.5W x 0.39D in / 106x64x9.9 mm Weight: 4.5 oz / 128g that is about 9 grams heavier than the International version of the Galaxy S.

  • can this phone work in Europe? or it s just for american users?

  • Who knows, it could be a legitimate reason though. The chip set for the CDMA and GSM might be different in geometry some how and the CDMA version probably allowed some room for a LED light. To re-engineer everything things around for the GSM version might not work out so well. Next time they should include the LED light from the beginning therefore it will be easier to engineer.

  • WHY the HELL did samsung include led flash only on the CDMA models ???

  • its not samsung who didn't incorporate the flash, as its in the verizon, and sprint models, at&t and t-mobile chose not to have it installed on their versions. blame them

  • The Galaxy S works on the 1900 Mhz band on AT&T

  • It may not have front facing cam for video conference.

  • Samsung i897 Captivate has exactly features like galaxy S i9000. If you have at&t service, you should get it on July 18 for $199.99 w/ 2 yrs contract.

  • Anonymous, I don't mind using the Samsung Galaxy S on EDGE network in the United States since it is the better phone over my iPhone features and quality. I need the Galaxy S for international purposes as well.

  • Seriously how hard is it to build dual LED flash into the phone Samsung?It's flipping unbelievable with the fine specs it has?Torch app with this and voila we'll get an almost be end all smartphone?

  • The phones on T-MOBILE US and AT&T are discounted if you get bound to a contract for 2 years post paid plan (excepting when it is an open box or for very old models on sale). If you wish to get the unlock code you have to pay the full phone's price beforehand or to pay an early termination fee to break the 2 years contract plus the remainder from like $200 that you paid for phone to its full price. Probably you got some cheap Motorolas which AT&T wished to get rid of.

  • Samsung I9000 doesn't work in US on 3G, just on EDGE which is awfully slow.

  • An AT&T Representative told me the Samsung Captivate does not have a Front Camera. I will prefer to buy the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S which is best to compare to my iPhone 4.

  • This looks pretty good, I really like the specs. With all of the new android phones coming out I am tempted to switch from the iPhone.

  • I understand the Captivate does NOT have a front facing camera (per comments by Samsung on one their facebook pages).

  • All my phones were discounted, even free and the requests were made through email customer support no questions asked.

  • This would be a great phone if AT&T didn't have it. This phone is so crippled you might as well not say it's running on an Android OS. Very disappointing. Galaxy S, I'm coming for you!

  • Thats jus crap, here in uk we have galaxy s an it looks completly shite! It has killer specs and all but just too damn ugly! Hope samsung release this version of the s here, doubt it though :-(.

  • AT&T will provide the unlock code just if you paid full price for phone; even so they are reluctant and you have to beg for it like claiming long perid trips outside US, change of residency in other country; they advise you to use roaming. Besides AT&T will not sell such phone outside US.

  • for your knowledhe.Ive been with att since 1994 yes I understand the phone is locked on the att network but never had a problem asking att for an unlock code for all my phones. Only code they wouldnt provide was for apple.try it call them youll be amazed u have nothing to lose.

  • at&t America is our country GOA

  • Because its case and software is customized by AT&T, it is specially designed for AT&T by Samsung, part of deal to distribute such phone on AT&T network; it will also be locked on AT&T network. GSM on 4 bands is a standard component in radios, it is no longer a factor for market target.

  • why would you say" NEVER" this phone is quad band gsm and triband 3G (2100) that will work in europe.

  • NEVER. This phone is for America only.

  • I live in India...and I hope they have this phone released here too....

  • There's a version for South Korea called the Samsung M110S Galaxy S, but it's not with AT&T. It'll be with SKT though (South Korea Telecom).

  • Will a Asian version be released too?

  • Right, that app works like this: you flash the scene with the screen then quickly spin your hand to take a picture with the cam. Such software was "designed in California and assembled in China", as iPhone 4's antenna.

  • There is a flash lite app - it just lights up the screen.

  • The main difference with Iphone4 is that you can use it as a phone while if you hold the Iphone4 wrongly you are losing reception and is not a phone any more!!!

  • Well I was very glad to see this mobile from Samsung, but anyone here knows if it is going to be available in India....just like X10 for asia and X10a for the U.S?? I know it is similar to galaxy S but the looks are quite good....

  • to Hunk:the flash lite here is not literally the light,it is the flash lite used for playing those videos in flash formats...it,s a flash player.....

  • There is a flash light, so there must b flash for tha camera.....this is by far the more feature rich phone than anyother, i reckon....im buying when it comes out...thts if nothin comes better than this........

  • www dot phone arena dot com / htmls / Samsung-Galaxy-S-line-launch-event-in-New-York-C­ity-article-a_12190.html

  • Looks alot like Xperia X10

  • its cool pic cel i want to bye it

  • I second the question about the front facing camera. Does this model really have one? I know that they removed it in the "Vibrant" T959 Galaxy S version that's for T-Mobile and Bell Canada. Also, as for using outside of USA, according to the specs, it's got: 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 So, GSM is worldwide, and 3G is good for North America and Europe too (2100). Unless the specs are wrong... By the way, anyone know how I can get one of these phones from AT&T if I don't live in the USA?

  • From the press releases and hands on videos ive seen so far. I dont see a front facing camera. Doesnt it even have one?

  • this phone is for USA only.It is available as Samsung Galaxy S in India.It will be launched next month

  • Not enough to be unlocked so that to be used: the frequencies have to match with the local network. 3G used in America is not compatible with Europe and Africa due to 850MHz used by AT&T and 1700MHz used by T-MOBILE USA. On GSM/EDGE USA uses 850 and 1900. On GSM/EDGE Europe uses 900 and 1800. Unfortunately there is no phone that has all 3G frequencies as GSM/EDGE usually have. Unlocking is not related to the frequencies supported which is a hardware capability, it is related to network ID that is accepted and it is a software restriction which can be removed.

  • Yep, but according to an anonymus dude below you'll only be able to us it on GSM and EDGE, forget about HSDPA...

  • Unlock phones can be used anywhere around the world. I usually unlocked my AT&T phones and used them in Africa.

  • Is there a flash on the camera ?

  • With Iphone 4 around seems it not worth.

  • This phone is just for US.

  • hi,i m dying to buy this phone..can any one plllzzzz tell me whether iwll be able to use it (full functions)in INDIA .kindly ans.

  • Who cares whether you'll buy it or not. Nobody knows you. Kind of nonsense comments on such forums.

  • I too think that shape is much better than Galaxy S. If this phone is available in India, I will definately buy it.

  • There are no stupid questions so here it goes. According to what you are saying I could use it here in Asia except I would not be able to take advantage of the mighty fast 3.5G

  • Is it just me or is this phone more attractive than the actual I-9000. I love this phone. Wish It could make its way to Asia. I would be most happy with this. Except for the Att specific app. This is perfect.

  • WTF... I could not ask for more if I just had tis phone in my hand....

  • It is locked on AT&T. Even if you unlock the phone (there are some methods) your phone will work just on EDGE and GSM on T-MOBILE, it does't match 3G frequences on T-MOBILE.

  • It might be a silly question but I'll ask it anyway: Do AT&T phones have any restrictions? If I buy only the handset, can I use it on other networks? I like the shape of this phone much better than the Galaxy S so I'd rather go for this one but only if I can use it on T-mobile... Thanks for the answer in advance!

  • How about its Sunlight legibility ?

  • i don't know where peoples see copy of se x10 ? i think they look very different, and if phone is rectangle so already mean is se x10 copy ? peaples wake up...

  • Just a bully copy of Xperia X10, Samsung goes allways court about their patent rights and what about this now? I think SE has also to go :)

  • almost liked this phone, but i hate the GALAXY name on it!X(

  • almost liked this phone, but i hate the GALAXY name on it: (

  • Looks kind of like Xperia.

  • Why no camera flash??? OMG! I was like YES!! this is my next phone but than... no camera? Why????????

  • will buy one for sure...:) No more restriction made by apple, will sell my 3GS even if it's still good! I want a bigger screen and be able to play avi movies on my sell! Be able to save document from an email! CAN'T WAIT ANYMORE!!!

  • copied or not they are both better than iPhone n Xperia

  • Lol, I heard it. Well said.

  • samsung does not make sony tv's samsung sony and sharp co-manufacture the PLASTIC part of the screen thats it.

  • samsung does not make sony tv's samsung sony and sharp co-manufacture the PLASTIC part of the screen thats it.

  • I agree...

  • Not sammy's fault this is exactly like the other Galaxy S. It ditches the front camera so I guess ATT didn't want video calling to be an issue. To the people that are saying it does have a camera compare the pics of the i9000 to the Captivate. The specs were just copy and pasted.

  • i9000 galaxy s is copied iPhone. And i879 galaxy s is copied XPERIA X10... Looooool...

  • It is a copy, because Samsung and Sony are pretty much the same company. Samsung makes TV's, phones for Sony. There you have it

  • Dont blame Samsung that Samsung copied SE, Samsung copied Nokia. If you guys remember, everybody copied the 1st mobile phone from Motorola. So now whos the 1st copier? Samsung - NO, SE - NO, NOKIA - sshhhhhh....dont shout, others will hear.

  • Learn to read. Its AT&T version of Samsung Galaxy S.

  • Read the title: Samsung I897 Captivate for AT&T. This is the exact the same with I9000 but this one for AT&T user.

  • c'mon guys, it is just a touch screen phone. you cannot make a lot of design compared to other non-touch phones. nowadays many phones look similar to each other. check all the touch phones. SE X8 looks like some of LG touch phones (GT500 and other). phones from china is a total copy, such as hiphone. the first full-touch phone came from LG. Do you guys think that all other companies copied it from LG? Hell NO!!!!

  • And a FLASHHHHHH. You(Samsung) do not want us to use the camera in the dark???????. Samsung Just get LOST with such phones.

  • The specification of this phone is almost the same as the other model of Samsung cellphone, Samsung i9000 Galaxy S. The only difference is the shape. What is the point, Samsung?

  • It dose kind or remind me of an X10. I don't see the big deal with it not having a flash, iPhone didn't have one til just a few weeks ago, and its one of the most popular things ever (thanks to marketing). For people to get a worked up over having features like image stabilzation, and xenon flashes. It's a phone my friends, not a camera. Then when something that dose have all that comes put people freak that its runs $800, this is a very high performance device that is still more capable then most of the phones out there. I really like it, granted I'm holding out to see what this Nokia N8 things is going to be like.

  • Vow! another xperia x10. But this time by Samsung...

  • This phone looks great and it is not copied X10. Don't be jealous. Another great phone with better design (compared to Galaxy S) Great Samsung!

  • y samsung launches the same copied to X10?sony ericsson

  • again 5 megapixel camera?? samsung,put al least 8 megapixel camera on such devices

  • the style really looks alike a copy cat of Sony Ericsson Xperia x10......

  • This is an outstanding android model for AT&T.

  • AT&T rules. Iphone 4, HTC Aria, Samsung Captivate. Soon, Sony E X10, HTC Desire, Every BB made.

  • Totally agree, with all these people complaining about silly stuff like cam flash, and stereo speakers. its like they have not seen a nice phone before. Put you POS messaging phones away and pick up something nice. Android Forever!!!

  • VIVA Captivate! Will buy one, 100% sure!

  • It is obvious that Samsung is leading mobile phones... Nokia N8? ahahah no away near... Iphone 4G? ahahaha marketing rulez... Samsung pushes things forward... no doubt about... and they are the ones that depend less on firmware updates because MOST of their products are almost flawless... unlike others that need some 3, 4 or 5 updates to work properly...

  • NIce Dsign, i like it very much...

  • It's design is somewhat between xperia x10 and motorola droid.

  • lol@ all the X10 fanboys, that device does not support pinch zooming due to hardware limitations. That is a severe weakness IMO. There is no perfect phone people.

  • Agreed, the bet they a forgeting about the support of Galaxy S that hit the store now lol......

  • this is not a full hd phone

  • This is the best phone. Stop complaning about flash or other nonsenses. Get a professional cam.

  • No Flash??? Not worth buying...

  • This phone lacks flash, stereo speakers, DNSe, image stabilization, video light. Overall, it has killer features and performance. It would be better to have those things I listed.

  • Same old story for this phone. Samsung will release it, everyone will get excited. And then samsung will release 1 phone per day and completely forgot about this phone. Support is not in samsung's dictionary.

  • Will buy this amazing phone...saw some video reviews and i have to say: i want it now! Samsung you did it again!

  • samsung made first hd phone first amoled first superamoled first 3d amoled and now... all other copy from samsung!!!

  • Well AlexNY I'm a Samsung fan to that's why my name is Samsung 4 Life and I have Samsung OMNIA II and I'm just explaining to them that the problem of Samsung Companies is that they released phones to much earlier that's why their new phones get older week by week... and read first my whole message before you bark...

  • n8 is slow old technology phone! don't compare with samsung beasts!!!

  • It looks way better than galaxy s.

  • wow i think it is SE i897 captivate good design but unfortunatly a copy!

  • Very good samsung ;-)

  • In the specs it say's it has a secondary camera one of those little clear space's above the screen by the earpiece has to be it i sure hope so and i hope that one of them are the front facing camera

  • There's no secondary VGA camera on this and it has a Gyroscope.

  • well itss a good phone but wouldn't stand a chance aganist nokia n8 even though it will only be available in last week of aug nokia n8 is a master piece waiting to buy it n this waiting makes the n8 more priceless to me

  • why no flash light

  • Its a nice phone! thumbs up! Samsung is growing in making phones! bravo bravo! Well, I think N8 will have a tough competition, :) And for those SONY ERRICSSON fanatics over here, it has a shape like xperia, but it does not really look like a xperia. Samsung captivate is hella better than that xperia. Well, if YOU want to see the real copyer, CHECK NOKIA C7. It really really looks like a corby. Try searching it here. go samsung!

  • im sorry samsung but your phone looks like Sony Ericson X10 ur a copyer!

  • it has gyroscope ,,,, please add it in the specifications..

  • Perfect shape, amazing specs except no flash for the camera. Why i will buy this phone? Because of the Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and all the codecs that you need to play a movie on your cell: MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player and a MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player 5 times better looking than his brother Galaxy I9000

  • Stereo FM radio with RDS

  • Well I was waiting for Nokia N8 but looks like nokia guys are lose again. Way too far to wait for that. So this on on the over hand looks pretty good to me. Great specs and Super AMOLED, thin and 4in screen. Not so sure about brand itself. In fact will be my first ever samsung device at any type. Hopefully ATT want screw with this fellow like they did it before so many types over wise will have to drop them and go to t-mobile guys.

  • Looks to much like the SE xperia x10, don´t like it, xperia x10 is better than this one....

  • What are all you Sony fanboys here complaining about? Go whine somewhere else. All this stuff you guys are complaining about right now has been happening for months at the Samsung I9000 opinion forum. If you don't want it then don't get it, no need to bring same old complaints to another model of the same phone.

  • the BEST phone, just like galaxy! thanks samsung :)

  • Cant wait enough for it, AT&T getting serious with Android.

  • Poor still camera

  • it's a waste : no dual sim, no fm transmiter

  • As usual the design from Samsung is great. But why are there always those ugly US carrier logo's like att, sprint and verizon its really ugly.

  • It has front facing camera. It has 2 small windows one for ambiant light sensor and one for conference camera. See also the specifications. Looks much better as design than I9000.

  • i personally like the look off the phone and i really cant wait to get my hands on it. its really good specially the size off the screen..also its has really good features....

  • The problem with SAMSUNG is that they releases phone so quick week by week that there new released phones are getting old day by day and they are copying Nokia styles and not like Sony ericsson they released phones after 2 months that's why there new phones that are released don't get to much old and that's good bec. if you bought a phone then after that after 1 year your phone will be old bec. of that situation that they released phones to much quick and that's not good news...

  • No front facing camera...look at the galaxy s ..it has a camera and sensors, this one only have sensors

  • DELL Streak with 5 mpx camera and 4 inch screen. whoops! what are the samsung logo doing there?

  • Terrific!

  • Samsung always copy. Here is an another example.

  • A poor imitation of the Sony Ericsson X10! You can NEVER beat Sony Ericsson for Design and Build qualities!

  • Looks more similar to a certain Blackberry than to the X10. This phone is much better than the X10 anyway.

  • the 1 gig cpu speed can not handle windows phone7. shoulld have at least 1.5 gig, preferably 2.0 ghz phone.

  • well no flash but secondary camera and suberb specs

  • No Flash On the Camera...? come on... what are these companies thinking.?

  • No matter how much Samsung try to copy SE X10, they cant Damn look at the Ugly back of this phone. S**T!

  • its rocking

  • From the first sight it looks like X10.

  • Why not Windows Phone 7? If it came with Windows Phone 7, I will wait for it.

  • No, the X10 and this phone look way different, open your eyes.

  • why is this for AT&T only? i'd love one of this in my country.

  • This is good smartphone bec. it has a cpu processor that runs 1GHz processor which is fast plus it has Multi-touch input method and has Swype text input plus the battery life is 1500MaH which is good and has Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors which is good too but the only problem taht it doesn't have Led Flash...

  • the looks is identical,,,

  • Fail whale. The whole idea of it is that it's on AT&T

  • so what is the major difference from samsung galaxy s9000? is it the looks? or 0.3 inch more to the screen??!!! samsung just love to announce new phones and then cancle them later-on!

  • How it is copy of X10? X10 sucks...

  • copy of s/e x10...

  • what a amazing phone I love it :)

  • It seen O.K.

  • You shouldn't see any difference between Galaxy S and Captivate except for design because they are completely same model except for design. Captivate is Galaxy S for AT&T. That's all.

  • Apart from 16Gb versus 8Gb and sharp corners, it looks identical to Galaxy S ...

  • flash failz :)

  • Where is the flash...??!!! Again... Send them gsmarena.com link so they do something right.Just add flash,thats all...

  • OMG this is Xperia X10!!! Samsung don't you have designers of your own for God Sake

  • same as samsung galaxy spica and i hope this would be cheaper than the galaxy s,continue the good work samsung but PLEASE UPDATE OMNIA HD TO SYMBIAN 3

  • I don't see ANY differences b/w this and Galaxy S .. apart from the design!!

  • First! Nice hphone but samsung should focus on 12mp.

  • Galaxy S + Xperia X10 = Samsung i897