Comments on: Galaxy S II Android 4.0 ICS official early update leaked, TouchWiz intact

By: Test

Test — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:29:00 +0000

Touchwiz is terrible, but everything you mention below is in your head. Its certainly NOT faster starting up the phone, opening a browser, loading a page and/or swiping screens.

You are attempting to compare the very first 1gz snapdragon SOC to a dual core 1.2GHZ A9 monster. There is no comparison, its a much faster phone that is slightly bogged down by touchwiz.

If you were to compare the N1 to the first SGS w/touchwiz I would tend to agree, not so much with the SGS2..

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:37:00 +0000

OH NO…. If this is what they’re working on… I’m already looking the CM9 way! That lockscreen and then the dialer did it for me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:39:00 +0000

Ugly. Only HTC can make UI, which actually adds value to Android…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:36:00 +0000

I’m talking about real-world tests… like:
- Starting up the phone
- Opening a browser
- Loading a page
- Swiping screens
- Opening an app

Side-by-side, actual tests. If you’re talking about benchmarks that have to do with browser javascript behavior or some nonsense, maybe you’re right. But in side-by-side tests, N1 wins.

By: Maria Fe Camaya O'Neill

Maria Fe Camaya O'Neill — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:04:00 +0000

I understand why companys want to put their own skin on Andriod, just another way to differentiate i guess but i don’t get why people would buy it. I know that some find vanilla Andriod boring and like the functions and look you can get with skins like touchwiz but you can add that sort of thing to your phones yourself. Even without rooting theres a ton of things you can do to a vanilla build of Andriod.

By: Alex Rubio

Alex Rubio — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:39:00 +0000

This has to be hell right! why samsung why….

By: Derrick Anthony

Derrick Anthony — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:06:00 +0000

have you not looked at any recent bench marks? they will tell you another story, one based on numbers and facts. @andrewbarclay

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:40:00 +0000

Still, I stick by my two-year-old phone versus two-month-old phones with overlays. I win every time.

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:24:00 +0000

“You said it, dude.” – Butthead

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:23:00 +0000

you DO know that this is like a pre-pre beta build, right?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:03:00 +0000

root.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Just looking at that video, it’s easy to see how the overlay slows everything down. My Nexus One is far faster than phones that are “more powerful” but are bogged down with these awful overlays.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:54:00 +0000

Overlays are a crime.

By: Dwenger

Dwenger — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:49:00 +0000

why cant they just do away with touchwiz. I want VANILLA!!!