

The AMOLED shortage is to be felt for at least another while and Samsung are trying hard to work their way around it. You can think of the I9003 SL as a way to make sure there will be enough AMOLED panels for the Galaxy S2 without the need to discontinue the original Galaxy S altogether. Much like the S8530 Wave II, the I9003 is more of a substitute, rather than an upgrade. This is not the first flagship they’re forced by circumstances to replace. At least Samsung should know perfectly well what to expect. It couldn’t have been less fortunate to follow in the footsteps of the original Galaxy S – knowing it will never be able to catch up.

The Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL is a victim of timing. Less capable GPU compared to the original Galaxy S.Increased thickness (10.6mm), height (123.7mm) and weight (131 g) compared to the original Galaxy S (9.9mm, 122.4mm and 119 g).The all-plastic body is a real fingerprint magnet.Super Clear LCD is somewhat inferior to SuperAMOLED.Battery has increased capacity (1650 mAh) over the original Galaxy S (1500 mAh).Samsung Apps brings a few nice apps for free.Adobe Flash 10.1 support for the web browser.Android OS v2.2 (Froyo) with TouchWiz UI customization.microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0.4GB/16GB internal storage, microSD slot.GPS with A-GPS connectivity Digital compass.5 MP autofocus camera with face, smile and blink detection.1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset 478MB of RAM available to the user.

