Hello
I purchased Samsung Galaxy SL I9003 brand new from Ebay for 19190/- with one year India Warranty.
The phone is a stripped down version of Samsung Galaxy S I9000, Major difference being S-LCD on I9003 instead of brilliant S-AMOLED on I9000.
The new one comes with 1650mAmp battery, 4GB internal memory (I9000 came with 8/16 GB Internal Storage), and a slot for MicroSD card (Card is not provided with the box)
Though I new everything before going ahead with the purchase, as i thought it as a good value for money, once I started using it i am not completely satisfied.
Samsung has divided the internal memory into two parts, 2Gb for Internal Phone storage and the other 2Gb as Internal SD card. I have 8Gb external SD card as well installed on the device
The internal SD card directory is mnt/sdcard, The External SD card directory is mnt/sdcard/external_sd
Now when I download and application and decide it to move to SD card, it by default moves to mnt/sdcard (which is timid 2gb internal SD), leaving my external SD useless. Though i can select External SD as default storage for Image and videos taken by the camera. But most applications and there files are always on Internal SD.
Apart from that, even though the battery is 1650 mAmp, it drains out pretty fast on moderate use. Since my DROID X gives me almost 24 hours of battery life with wifi continuously on, samsung i9003 managed to last only for 12-13 hours. Though I am getting much better battery life after doing a factory reset and charging the device to full once.
But having said all that, i think its very good value for money. In just 19000/- bucks its a top end smart phone and pretty fast as well. About Touchwiz UI 3.0, I absolutely HATE IT! I am on launcher pro, and i am loving it. Though the phone has not been rooted yet, i was wondering if the same file would work as in samsung galaxy S I9000, but I am not willing to be the first one to try out.
Camera is good, 720 p recording is great as well. But I cant stop comparing it with my Droid X. Samsung is way far behind in matching the image quality and videos/audio quality of droid X in HD video recording. Droid X is a workhorse, its like Yamaha and I9003 is like Splendor (no offence)
Wait for couple of months and hopefully the price will drop to 17-18 k!! lol
All in all! Nothing could beat this phone at this price tag!!
Company Link
http://in.samsungmobile.com/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s-lcd-4gb