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Should I buy Nexus S?

I'm about to order a nexus s. I'm currently on motorola milestone which has a locked bootloader so I can't make my full custom roms. Is nexus S a good deal or I should know something about it before buying?
Advice would be really helpful.. thanks in advance.
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there are like 7 pages in another thread about this.. go read that
yes its a good phone, people will probably come here and troll and say that its not good.

If you have to ask you should buy an iPhone.

lol ^ this

I just don't get why people make these threads. There are just so many of them, and in the end.. the OP is the decider. We as users don't decide whether or not you get it. We shouldn't be here just to persuade one person to get a Nexus S, you're posting in a forum where the majority of the users have the phone. So obviously, its going to be biased posts.
Go do your own research and figure out if its for you. Especially when there are so many other threads about this.

^ it's kind of hard for them to decide based off others opinions on the NS. This board is "General" meaning this is where someone would post a topic like this. And the OP isn't asking for unbiased opinions on the NS, just pros and cons. Would you ask this question on the Thunderbolt forum? Probably not...
A question like this is tailored specifically to the person asking, regardless of there being other topics similar, they OPs own question and answers they receive are unique.

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^ it's kind of hard for them to decide based off others opinions on the NS. This board is "General" meaning this is where someone would post a topic like this. And the OP isn't asking for unbiased opinions on the NS, just pros and cons. Would you ask this question on the Thunderbolt forum? Probably not...
A question like this is tailored specifically to the person asking, regardless of there being other topics similar, they OPs own question and answers they receive are unique.
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No but if you were to ask. Should I get a Thunderbolt or a Nexus S on a Thunderbolt forum. Of course the majority will say Thunderbolt. And there is another "Should I get a Nexus S" thread with the pros and cons listed.

I was asking myself this question 2 months ago and ended up buying it. If I could go back I would have waited for the next successor for the nexus s. That being said, if I had to buy a phone right now I would get it

I think there are a lot of these threads and on the surface they seem silly especially to ask in the forum full of fans. But I also think it's valid, who better to ask about a product than someone who owns it. Maybe the bothersome part of the question is not what he asked but how he worded it.
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If your are really looking for a solid reliable phone that has the bootloader that can be very easily unlocked to flash roms and root it in 3.5 min lol then this is the phone for you. I know there's alot of people on here saying that yes you should get it no your getting obvious good feedback on a forum full of people that love this phone but you'll need to look at the pro's and cons tho. First is that I went from a Evo 4g lots of developers on that bad boy then to a g2 still HTC and lots for developers working on ports everyday then to the nexus s all in about a month. now I do have an amazing phone nothing really to complain about BUT that if your a flashaholic there really isn't much which does stink but if you have found a great rom with all the features you need in a everyday use then your good like me. I have found the best rom with performance built right in with great battery life and all the nice little features that I need to keep me happy. Then there's the cons Samsung made this phone and porting and roms wont be flowing out the door. there's a few features that a lower phone really can't say lower but the galaxy s phone have the glitz and Glam of features that where taken away to give us the pure google experience. So the media hub is gone the TV out put features the this the that is all gone but if you like to have a really stable newish 2.3 out the gate then I would get it. I had only seems pics of the nexus s and I normally do a full look over and see YouTube videos on the good and bad but I took the leap and got it off Craigslist and didn't do the homework and man was I surprised I'm so happy I got it for the price I did and how sweet this phone and the potential it has.
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Sorry for the big post just wanted you know the good and bad and my experience with the nexus s good luck on the your decision on choosing any phone you get it really is a sweet phone lol
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Wow dude,
Cm7 running your latest and greatest cfs kernel,
live wallpaper running and oc'ing to 1.2ghz with no profiles set...
Running the star live wallpaper,
lost 30 percent battery in 10 hours... That is easily the longest battery life i have had on ANY android device.
Well done Netarchy)
JD

i had a milestone too and i liked your roms very much. i swapped it for a galaxy s but i found it boring. if you like to have fun with a phone,then this (or a desire z) is the phone for you
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Bought it, bricked it, got it working again lol.. thanks everyone.
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Wow already lol just kidding thank good its working and happy flashing :^)
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For what it's worth, I'm probably returning my NS. After the iPhone 4, Desire Z and the Atrix in the past few months, the NS feels CHEAP. I hate even holding it. Especially since the N1 was one of the greatest phones I've used in terms of it's design.
I would vote for the Atrix, its a dual-core, it's smoother that the NS, yes, you don't have too many roms, but who cares... it works really well with the stock after you freeze Blur.
I hope Google doesn't cheap out the next Nexus.
iceandfire said:
I'm about to order a nexus s. I'm currently on motorola milestone which has a locked bootloader so I can't make my full custom roms. Is nexus S a good deal or I should know something about it before buying?
Advice would be really helpful.. thanks in advance.
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iceandfire said:
I'm about to order a nexus s. I'm currently on motorola milestone which has a locked bootloader so I can't make my full custom roms. Is nexus S a good deal or I should know something about it before buying?
Advice would be really helpful.. thanks in advance.
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Read some reviews such as engadget's etc..
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I purchased the phone the day it released, and it's still my favorite.

Picked up my Nexus S a week ago. I have owned them all, and this Nexus S is my favorite. I had the iPhone 4, and it was like a toy compared to the Nexus S. The Atrix has nice hardware specs, but the Nexus is just as fast and isn't locked out from ROMS.

Hard decision help?

Ok .. so right now I have a Motorola Atrix 2 on AT&T, and quite frankly, I am NOT impressed with this phone at all .. the fact that Motorola did not learn from its mistakes from the Motorola Atrix 4G in regards to the memory issues is just pure stupidity.
I'm torn between the 2 new phones that were just released to AT&T .. the HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Now, I have hammered theweb reading reviews about the 2 phones .. I have gone into the AT&T Store and played with both .. but for unknown reasons, I cannot make up my mind as to which one to get.
I obtained the Atrix 2 from BestBuy in the beginning of November, so I'm currently in the 30 days return policy .. so:
I'm posting this poll to see what other readers suggest as to what would be the best to get next .. please vote, let me know .. and if any questions or comments about the phones .. please post .. the more feedback, the better.
Thank you.

skyrocket, no question about it.

I would have to go with the Skyrocket i've used a raider and well... it feels like ever other HTC phone on the market... they really don't differentiate their products well. The Skyrocket, well it's a Galaxy S II so it has those in common but even though it uses a Qualcomm it's still quite a decent.
I've tried the Raider, The Razar and the SIILTE against each other once or twice already at a store and well the SIILTE beats both of them.
In all I would recommend the SIILTE, Samsung makes good products and are quite speedy in updating their products, HTC well you will get "Well your device can't support sense 4.0 "But it's on your budget device" "so..."

PERFECT .. please keep the responses coming

Well would you be willing to wait for option 3.
Get a Galaxy Nexus you'll be able to get one next week when they are released you can import one since they already come unlocked. Or they will be released on AT&T pretty soon

Dark lord me said:
Well would you be willing to wait for option 3.
Get a Galaxy Nexus you'll be able to get one next week when they are released you can import one since they already come unlocked. Or they will be released on AT&T pretty soon
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He's exchanging phones.
Not favoring Android at all right now, but out of the two definitely Skyrocket.

wow easy!
Honestly there is no question or even a contest between the both.
SKYROCKET ALL THE WAY BUD!
CHEERS

As they are saying skyrocket all the way..

I'd have to go with Samsung, gorgeous phone, and definitely a beast.

Skyrocket, Samsung makes the best phones these times
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Thank you Thank you ... This is really helping.
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He's exchanging phones.
Not favoring Android at all right now, but out of the two definitely Skyrocket.
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@Illicit Hero: Why aren't you favoring Android at this time ?

Definitely Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, the specification itself is better than HTC Vivid.
Goto GSMarena and do a comparison of these 2 phone.

Out of all previous poster prolly only couple actually own the Skyrocket. I was about to buy it but I've changed my mind inside ATT's store after playing almost an hour with both. Any sgs2 user will say "Sammy's the best" and indeed it is, but the Skyrocket has a different CPU and I actually could see the difference. Didn't like the wvga on its 4.5" screen, for some reason the screen on sgs2 looks so much better. If you don't care for 4.5" go with sgs2, otherwise I would go back to the store and play a little more.
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galaxy is my choice..its very reliable phone.......

AT&T Galaxy S II i777.
Why? Dev support on that from stemming from i9100 which the Skyrocket is not 'compatible' with.

between the 2 it's an easy choice LOL
just look at the development for each of those phones to help you decide

S II Skyrocket, Skyrocket, Skyrocket, Skyrocket, Skyrocket....

Skyrocket is the way to go mate

Samsung Galaxy S2 is the best phone on the market.

mtmerrick said:
skyrocket, no question about it.
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if you can't live without SENSE than htc vivid.. otherwise skyrocket...
No confusion at all

Give up SGS2 -> Return to Nexus S? (ICS support)

Not really serious but I do have my Nexus S sitting here and looking at the Nexus S threads they have MANY ICS roms already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=883
Geez.

Dude are you for real posting this in the Development section.mod please move.P.S. The only thing that phone has on the gsII is ics.It does not come close to gsII.That is a fact. From a glaxay better than yours.

It was a mistake to post this in development, right? Mods, please move.
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Im running ics on my nexus s and its decent. Still has a ways to go. Wrong section btw
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Yeah i think you are right... I think ill return my sgs2 and wait for the tmo version of the galaxy nexus.
While we are at it we should start a twitter campaign #neveragainbuyanythingotherthananexusdevicebecausethedevsarentmovingfastenoughformypatience

Agreed, I humbly apologise for posting this in Dev, I honestly thought I was posting in GENERAL. Please move. Sorry

hazard99 said:
Yeah i think you are right... I think ill return my sgs2 and wait for the tmo version of the galaxy nexus.
While we are at it we should start a twitter campaign #neveragainbuyanythingotherthananexusdevicebecausethedevsarentmovingfastenoughformypatience
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By that time we will have ICS brother with a over all better phone.
From a glaxay better than yours.

I wasnt serious I thought that would be clear with the insanley long twitter hashtag.
I do not port or theme or anything like that so i have no problem waiting.

There's no icon or I would have put one in the OP. I was just really surprised to see ICS in so many flavours for the Nexus S. I had all but forgotten my Nexus S because the GS2 is so superior a phone.

Hey man, heard of blogger.com...? Or Wordpress?

Well as much as I am enjoying ICS on my Nexus-S, I hate having to wait 1.36004 seconds more for apps to launch. I want a SGSII

SGS2 is officially supported by ICS 4.0
just be patient
those ICS you see in Nexus S are just PORTs not legit from sources by Google

It's natural that the Nexus devices are the first to get the next generation of Android. They are after all the development versions even though they are sold to the general public as well.
Guess why I have one, and did not wait for the SGS II.
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My wife on the other hand has a SGS II, and is quite happy with it. I prefer vanilla Android after the horrible experience with Galaxy Spica and HTC Hero before that. For me, Nexus is the way to go, even if there are better devices hardware wise available.
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Honestly I probably deserve to be flamed for posting this ... It wasn't well thought-out. Thanks for being so kind, Guys .... Anyway yeah it just struck me that the old Nexus S has ICS ports. AllGamer you are of course correct. I love my GS2, waiting for ICS isn't a big deal. Especially now that I gave in and rooted it (so easy!!) I do love the control of removing crappy bloatware.

heinrich said:
Honestly I probably deserve to be flamed for posting this ... It wasn't well thought-out. Thanks for being so kind, Guys .... Anyway yeah it just struck me that the old Nexus S has ICS ports. AllGamer you are of course correct. I love my GS2, waiting for ICS isn't a big deal. Especially now that I gave in and rooted it (so easy!!) I do love the control of removing crappy bloatware.
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How was your experiance with TouchWiz? I couldnt imagine myself using it for more than a day.

TW is actually not that bad on the SGS2
i would have agreed on the SGS1

The lockscreen of the SGS II is horrible though.
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why is it so bad..you are sliding a picture not really a big deal.

because many times it takes several attempts to actually slide it enough to unlock the screen. The GB slider or the ICS ring are way more responsive.
Also the SGS II lockscreen does not show the next alarm, forcing you to got to the clock app to check if the alarm is set at the correct time.

Will this phone gain popularity among developers?

My dad (a fellow geek) saw that I was struggling with my Infuse because it has little official support from the big-name teams. Basically, we found that if I wanted to use MIUI or CM7, I would have to use a port that didn't really work that well, and I'm looking for the best MIUI experience possible.
He came home today and surprised me with a Skyrocket, but the more we read, the more we found out that this isn't a widely-supported phone either.
With that said, I live in a big city, so I'll probably get LTE eventually. Should I stick with this phone and hope that the MIUI team picks up the Skyrocket, or should I go trade it in for an AT&T SGS2?

The sgs2 has a huge development community but the skyrocket is a far better device especially with Lte. I decided to stay with the skyrocket and have noticed that we are picking up some steam it prob will never be as big as the sgs2 but i think it will be more than enough to satisfy any user
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This phone has quickly gained developer support. Its still very new. And our dev community will only continue to grow. Theres alot of development going on check out the dev section. And dont worry we wil get ics. And we have a great bunch of guys on our forum that help eachother out. With out bad attitudes. Be happy you have the best device available in this country.

Also I think I know of somebody that might be working on a MIUI port for out lovely skyrocket, and he's no joke either. The skyrocket is gaining momentum quickly. I would not be worried. The device is still young. And its basically replaced the OG S2 on att. Your pops is a smart man.
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Worry not fellow SGSII owner (I have the sprint flavored one). There's a bunch of reasons why development on this phone is going to, pun squarely intended, Skyrocket. Here's a couple:
1. the SGS II is THE best phone out period. If they'd given the Galaxy Nexus an Exynos processor, I couldn't say that but the Sprint, At&T and international SGS II have the Exynos which means our phones are the best hardware wise. Developers like sexy hardware. Don't need 8 mods to make it lag free, it's already lag free, so they can just have fun with it.
2. This particular SGS II is GSM, which is exactly like the international SGS II sans LTE. This means that porting stuff from their phone to this phone is going to be much more simple than, say, porting it to the Sprint one (which is cdma). You'll start seeing ports to this phone from the international version very soon.
So GSM + great hardware = good development eventually. It's very new though so be patient. The Epic Touch has been out two months and our development forums have just started to kick and show some promising work, so don't get discouraged!

I've never been impressed with either MIUI or CM7, personally. That is just my opinion and I have used them both.
I think this device has devs pushing forward on ROMs that aren't MIUI and CM7 maybe give them a shot you might be surprised.

PoorCollegeGuy said:
Worry not fellow SGSII owner (I have the sprint flavored one). There's a bunch of reasons why development on this phone is going to, pun squarely intended, Skyrocket. Here's a couple:
1. the SGS II is THE best phone out period. If they'd given the Galaxy Nexus an Exynos processor, I couldn't say that but the Sprint, At&T and international SGS II have the Exynos which means our phones are the best hardware wise. Developers like sexy hardware. Don't need 8 mods to make it lag free, it's already lag free, so they can just have fun with it.
2. This particular SGS II is GSM, which is exactly like the international SGS II sans LTE. This means that porting stuff from their phone to this phone is going to be much more simple than, say, porting it to the Sprint one (which is cdma). You'll start seeing ports to this phone from the international version very soon.
So GSM + great hardware = good development eventually. It's very new though so be patient. The Epic Touch has been out two months and our development forums have just started to kick and show some promising work, so don't get discouraged!
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The phone he is referring to (skyrocket) does not have the exynos
Snapdragon.
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Yes clocked at 1.5 ghz. But still a great phone. I love it. Much more then the og gs2 i had for a month

There's also an international version of this phone too, right (SGS2 LTE)? It came out half a year or so after the OGSGS2.
So, maybe developer support will come pick up steam after a few more months?

Thats the hd lte your talking about. Its different but japan just got a skyrocket

Cool, you guys have convinced me to stick with this one! Thanks for all the responses.
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Yes clocked at 1.5 ghz. But still a great phone. I love it. Much more then the og gs2 i had for a month
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Why do you like this so much more than the OG GS2?

Becaude of the people on our forum, i cant stress enough to have a forum with people who want to help and add to the betterment of our device. Also the 4.5 inch display, and lte ive got over 60mbps download. My comcast highspeed cable internet is only 18.
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Oh yeah and the confirmation of our icecream sandwich update from at&t

It is nice to have a forum full of active folks. Even if there aren't as many as some of the most popular phones, a dedicated community can usually draw the attention of some of the bigger dev groups.

orlandoxpolice said:
It is nice to have a forum full of active folks. Even if there aren't as many as some of the most popular phones, a dedicated community can usually draw the attention of some of the bigger dev groups.
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thats the plan.....
&+1

We have 2 great devs on the horizon. And it will only get better.

Can't wait for this monster to take off!!!!
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If you haven't noticed, we're getting devs at a nice rate.
Honestly, it's good as it is, because I don't want quanities of ROM's, I want quality ROM's.
That being said, with slayher working on CM9, and our device being literally identical to the T-Mobile SGS II except for the LTE radio (which adding our personal radio fixes), we shant not worry.
Plus, we have 2 devs on the horizon, and we have dev rotation, so devs will be getting our device soon.

silver03wrx said:
Thats the hd lte your talking about. Its different but japan just got a skyrocket
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/samsung-announces-galaxy-s-ii-lte-and-galaxy-s-ii-hd-lte-handset/
There should be 2: an HD LTE and regular LTE. It would've been nice if ATT skipped the regular LTE version and gave us the HD LTE instead.
Oh well, it's all good. I'm still really enjoying my Skyrocket.

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http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/26/samsung-announces-galaxy-s-ii-lte-and-galaxy-s-ii-hd-lte-handset/
There should be 2: an HD LTE and regular LTE. It would've been nice if ATT skipped the regular LTE version and gave us the HD LTE instead.
Oh well, it's all good. I'm still really enjoying my Skyrocket.
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If AT&T had done that...
1. Murder GNexus sales.
2. Make all the AT&T SGS II guys hop, it has the new Exynos 4212 SoC.
3. Get amazingly huge development.

I've been debating on upgrading to the Skyrocket from my HTC Inspire. One of the things holding me back is this topic. I'm sure there are some great devs working on the Skyrocket, I just don't know any of them. Who are the two you all mentioned on the horizon?

[Q] best new android phone?

now dont shoot me but iv always had an iphone. i tried one of the first android phones back in the day, and was not impressed and never looked back.
NOW.....
i recently got a acer a501 tablet, and i am very happy with the current android a huge improvement, also i was playing around with my friends droid and was also very impressed.
so im kinda thinking to buy or kajiji trade for a new droid.
i thought id ask the biggest droid community what you opinion is on best droid phones out there, i know its opinion and different people look for different things.
im looking for- good battery life, ideally a good selection of roms, good for music play, dont care about video as i have a tab for that, not huge (iv noticed an up trend in the size of droid phones)
thank you every one, any input is appreciated

dr mcknight said:
now dont shoot me but iv always had an iphone. i tried one of the first android phones back in the day, and was not impressed and never looked back.
NOW.....
i recently got a acer a501 tablet, and i am very happy with the current android a huge improvement, also i was playing around with my friends droid and was also very impressed.
so im kinda thinking to buy or kajiji trade for a new droid.
i thought id ask the biggest droid community what you opinion is on best droid phones out there, i know its opinion and different people look for different things.
im looking for- good battery life, ideally a good selection of roms, good for music play, dont care about video as i have a tab for that, not huge (iv noticed an up trend in the size of droid phones)
thank you every one, any input is appreciated
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Knowing who your service provider would make it easier to recommend the right phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81

PeartFan40 said:
Knowing who your service provider would mske it easier to recommend the right phone.
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sh*t sorry duh...
rogers in canada

Galaxy Note No Questions Asked
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ps im not a noob lol it was a mistake

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Galaxy Note No Questions Asked
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yes.... i asked opinion on phones

Get galaxy note no regrets
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Get galaxy note no regrets
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ahh sorry
thx

Galaxy Note or Nexus. Rogers also has the SII LTE which would also be a good choice assuming you want a smaller note without well the note part. They also have the Razr which .... well its a motorola phone and is inferior to the Nexus (Razr owners don't hate) and it's not the Razr Maxx with the amazing battery
Also if you are still in your contract and want a phone to ride out the rest of t I would suggest picking up a Lumia 710 off contract, they are $250

For Rogers, if you need now and have LTE data then, SG2 all the way.
The Galaxy Note is just huge ... How are you goign to walk around with that and talk on it? (my opinion at least)
The Moto Razr is not bad either, if you don't have have LTE this would be my choice. It's kind of skinny for my liking but that's personal preference.
The Nexus is a good choice since it has ice cream sandwich out of the box, if that's what you like. Not sure if the SG2 has ICS yet though or when.
If you wait, I think SG3 will come out soon maybe within half a year, hopefully sooner.

I don't know anything about rodgers, but as I understand it the best phones at present are:
Galaxy note -- "huge" screen (and battery)
Razr maxx -- biggest battery (but you can't replace it)
Droid 4 -- physical keyboard
Galaxy/google nexus -- all the new toys and probobly the most numerous and timely os upgrades
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Price is no problem I see?
Well you have a tablet and galaxy note is just to huge.
I should go for the galaxy nexus. Always fast updates, no slow htc widgets or other crap apps.
And not so much people have that phone, in my experience.