Ok, here is the promised test on the Samsung Spica (i5700) phone … and some more.
The PDF comparison is in german but I’ll give you my personal result in english here:
If I had the choice between the Samsung Galaxy, the HTC Magic and the Samsung Spica, I’d choose the Spica. A few (unfortunately not all) mistakes Samsung did with the Galaxy are now resolved with the Spica; in particular I’m talking about the battery lifetime. Also the Spica in my eyes can score with it’s style. I can’t exactly tell what is, but compared to the Galaxy it does not feel so heavy and “fat” and it looks more “up-to-date” than the HTC Magic does. (well, actually, it is younger than the Magic ;) )
The OLED Display adds the cherry on the cake; the colors are just awesome and when you hold the Magic beside the Samsung you try to set your display settings for the Magic to brighter and better contrast … but that doesn’t fix the problem!
Unfortunately the Spica is still running on Android 1.5. It is supposed to be able to get updates up to Android 2.0 with the specific Samsung software which is only running on Windows. I haven’t tested any updates yet and I’m actually skeptical about that, but I’ll let you know as soon as I try do do it.
