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by mirkules 5810 days ago
Rooting your phone just to remove ads is like removing an engine from your car just to get rid of hubcaps -- they should just snap right off.

But seriously, a new iPhone costs $199 with 2 year contract. My Galaxy S (Captivate) cost $229 with 2 year contract. You would think that for a higher price than the iPhone -- which is heralded as the end-all-be-all of smartphones, and which doesn't have ANY bloatware whatsoever -- Samsung could afford to not preload an otherwise awesome phone with so much crap.
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felideon 5810 days ago
I agree, I don't like the AT&T pre-installing crapware either, and it should be easy to uninstall. Your gripe on that point is caused by AT&T, not Samsung though (as coderdude mentioned).

I think on Verizon the Galaxy S doesn't have as much bloatware.

By the way, if you buy online from AT&T the Captivate costs $150 instead.

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mirkules 5809 days ago
Ah, didn't know about the online price. I couldn't wait for it to ship anyway, I needed pretty much the same day (for travel). Still, I guess don't get it at Best Buy ;)
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