Thanks again to Steve over @ HiFi Headphones, for sending me these, after winning a competition!
Enjoy!
–TotallydubbedHD
Pros: Accessories, warm SQ, bass boost setting, small, well built
Cons: EMI, Pop sound when connecting, Design of the volume wheel
Packaging & Accessories: 8/10
Build Quality: 9/10
Design & Look: 8/10
Audio Quality: 8.5/10
Portability: /10
EMI (Interference with mobiles etc): 5/10 (higher rating means lower EMI)
Transparency (Plays same sound as source): 7/10 (higher rating means it’s close to the source)
Battery life: 7/10
Hissing: 9/10 (higher rating means lower hissing)
Value: 9/10
My final Rating: 8.5/10
Purchase Date: February 2012
Purchase Price: £65 -> Can be bought for £40
Pros: Low EMI, replaceable battery, accessories, High & Low gain settings, clean sounding, drives headphones very well
Cons: Not very portable, slight hissing, doesn’t impact SQ
Packaging & Accessories: 8/10
Build Quality: 9/10
Design & Look: 9/10
Audio Quality: 9/10
Portability: /10
EMI (Interference with mobiles etc): 8/10 (higher rating means lower EMI)
Transparency (Plays same sound as source): 10/10 (higher rating means it’s close to the source)
Battery life: 8/10
Hissing: 6/10 (higher rating means lower hissing)
Value: 10/10
My final Rating: 9/10
Purchase Date: February 2012
Purchase Price: £40
Some pictures and a video comparison I took of both!
The pictures, should show a nice comparison between the 8MP (Lumia) and 5MP (SGS) camera on both devices! Click on the pictures to make them larger, alternatively, I would suggest tabbing both, and then comparing between the two.
Obviously the Lumia’s camera should be better, and indeed it is, as it has a 8 Megapixel camera with a F number/aperture of 2.2 vs the SGS i9000’s 5 Megapixel camera with a F number/aperture of 2.6 – You will also be able to see that the Nokia’s lens is a little wider, especially with the Chimp comparison.
It has to be noted however, that the Lumia’s camera isn’t really consistent – if you look at the 3 photos of the Chimp on the table (at the very end) – they tend to vary in colour, and focus! When Looking at the cars on the street comparison – you will be able to see that the Lumia didn’t focus well on any of the objects, whereas with the SGS, I had no problems.
And here is my video comparison (recorded both at 720p) – they do both look a little grainy – that might have been due to the rendering – but regardless, you should still be able to see the quality difference!
Hope this helped and showed you a good comparison!
–TotallydubbedHD
Latest one as you saw was JVT:
-PDA: XXJVT
-PHONE: XXJVT
-CSC: XAJVT
Just a tip:
If your KIES does NOT pick up the phone – then it’s probably down to the CSC – the country code.
Here is an old post/video on how to do that! (same principal applies)
I hope this helps!
–TotallydubbedHD