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Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy S II?

I am pretty happy with my 4month old galaxy s ii, but does anyone has this crazy thought of selling your galaxy S II to switch over to Galaxy nexus? Or will you stick with your current Galaxy S II?
I was thinking it may be a good time to experience pure google, but the hardware is certainly losing out to Galaxy S II.

I'll probably stick with my SGSII if we get ICS ( Which will probably happen ). 4,65 inch is too big for me .
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I'm going to swap my sgs2 for a galaxy note! Because of the screen size It's likely to get ics quite early. Plus most of the hardware is same or better than sgs2.
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There's a good chance that we'll get a basic Android 4.0 port from the Nexus Prime before we get the Touchwiz version of it, so I'm sticking with the SGSII. Best of both worlds hopefully!

jimsey said:
I'm going to swap my sgs2 for a galaxy note!
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Me too!!!!
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I am trying so hard to resist selling my S2 to buy a Galaxy Nexus when it is released!

Nope sticking with the SGSII, the camera on the Nexus is only 5MP which is very surprising and clearly not as good as the SGSII camera, the screen too is just too big.
Will probably wait for the Galaxy S3 next year,im amazed at some people jumping ship all the time, they must have plenty of money too.

The camera(front and back going by the sample pics ) on the Galaxy Nexus is is also worse then Galaxy S2....So definitlly not.

magickiller9 said:
I am pretty happy with my 4month old galaxy s ii, but does anyone has this crazy thought of selling your galaxy S II to switch over to Galaxy nexus? Or will you stick with your current Galaxy S II?
I was thinking it may be a good time to experience pure google, but the hardware is certainly losing out to Galaxy S II.
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No way of selling my SGS2 for a 4.65" nexus.
Too BIG

The only thing I don't like about Samsung is that it takes forever to do a single update… ~.~.

jonny68 said:
Nope sticking with the SGSII, the camera on the Nexus is only 5MP which is very surprising and clearly not as good as the SGSII camera, the screen too is just too big.
Will probably wait for the Galaxy S3 next year,im amazed at some people jumping ship all the time, they must have plenty of money too.
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Judging by what happen last year, by the time S 3 comes out, it would be like Juneeeeeeee…

siberian tiger said:
No way of selling my SGS2 for a 4.65" nexus.
Too BIG
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Exactly...but especially those guys saying the galaxy note with the 5.3inch screen is ok size. Excuse me, but I like putting my phone in my jean pocket, and its already tight with the sgs2.....

I have a SGS2 but if I had the money I buy immediatley a Galaxy Nexus xD

Waiting to see how ICS will be implemented on the SGS2.
ICS native rez is now 1280x720 which our belived SGS2 is not.
And the soft keys...well no more physical keys on ICS

[email protected] said:
Exactly...but especially those guys saying the galaxy note with the 5.3inch screen is ok size. Excuse me, but I like putting my phone in my jean pocket, and its already tight with the sgs2.....
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I bought to my wife the new xperia mini ST15i with 1ghz and i can say i am impressed and by default screen off animation .
5mp camera hd,fast amazing!!!
I'm ready to buy one for myself too

Considering it, as I'm tired of having to wait for each update for android. I also doubt the OMAP4460 is going to be any slower than the Exynos under ICS.

Definitley not.. I love my s2 and judging by the reviews of galaxy nexus, it's not worth it..
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I'm still a bit disappointed the SGS2 didn't have NFC

OMAP4460 Is pretty much the same cpu performance, grathics will be a bit worse, but more highend games have powervr versions so it will be much of a muchness.
Though due to the higher screen resolution might be a bit slower.
I am very tempted by the galaxy nexus, ics quickly and ota updates from google, go fast updates!
We shall see how much it costs, my mother wants an android phone so maybe I can flog my sgs2 to her.
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I got the captivate in January, followed by the HTC inspire on release day, followed by the infuse on release day as well. 3 weeks after I got infuse, I returned it and got my S2 in June and for the first time ever, i was, and still am extremely happy with my S2 and have no intentions of upgrading until the S3. No need to. This phone is the bomb in my opinion. I would like to try ice cream sandwich, not going to buy a phone just for a new operating system, which with eventually get ported to the S2 and definitely be shipped on the S3
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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.
Illicit Hero said:
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

[Q] Best phone for ROMS?

Hey guys I have the HTC dinc. Its time for a upgrade im in love with rooting. So what phone (from Verizon) is the best for roms? Simplified what phone has the most and stable roms? Maybe a bigger and constantly updated roms? Which phone would you guys say is the best for that? Thank you. If you didnt get completely what I said let me know. Thanks

get the galaxy Nexus when it comes out. Its gonna be huge in the rom community.

Galaxy nexus if you like aosp, it will run ics the best. Looking at the history of the nexus s there hasn't been much variety in different roms like sense or touchwiz. For sure you will have solid aosp roms like cyanogen and miui. Though it may seem that the galaxy nexus will be more popular then the nexus s, only time will.
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Joshbroncos7 said:
Hey guys I have the HTC dinc. Its time for a upgrade im in love with rooting. So what phone (from Verizon) is the best for roms? Simplified what phone has the most and stable roms? Maybe a bigger and constantly updated roms? Which phone would you guys say is the best for that? Thank you. If you didnt get completely what I said let me know. Thanks
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I would say htc rezound since your on Verizon I'm guessing...dual 1.5 processor, 2mp front cam 8mp rear with high grade lens...development will be soaring very shortly for it
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Galaxy nexus and sgs2

the best phone is samsung galaxy SII.

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I think ROM DFT very good!

Don't listen to the people saying SGSII. Why? Because it is not, and never will be available on verizon. Get the Galaxy Nexus which should be available within a few weeks.

I would go for the samsung galaxy s 2, but if you don't want to spend too much money you could go for the samsung galaxy s i9000. Which has a large asortiment of custom roms and is much cheaper! I have mine for about one year and I'm still thrilled, especially with the Ice Cream Sandwich custom rom update!

Slawen said:
I would go for the samsung galaxy s 2, but if you don't want to spend too much money you could go for the samsung galaxy s i9000. Which has a large asortiment of custom roms and is much cheaper! I have mine for about one year and I'm still thrilled, especially with the Ice Cream Sandwich custom rom update!
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Hey buddy, how about you read through the thread before you post? THE GALAXY SII IS NOT AVAILABLE ON VERIZON!!!!!!!!!!!

lowandbehold said:
Hey buddy, how about you read through the thread before you post? THE GALAXY SII IS NOT AVAILABLE ON VERIZON!!!!!!!!!!!
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Troll........
U can't know before the phone comes out how big the Dev community will be for the device. Just keep your eye on the forums to see whats hot hot hot. Take the thunderbolt started out as the 4g verizon flagship but the Dev community isn't all that great with it. Has a few good devs but not a huge selection in roms

The og Droid
But really, the sensation seems to have a lively community. The sgs 2 gets a lot of attention. I know some htc devs have moved to the rezound. The dinc2 is picking up steam, there are quite a few roms out for it, but I know it isn't the newest thing out.
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Kidney Poker said:
Troll........
U can't know before the phone comes out how big the Dev community will be for the device. Just keep your eye on the forums to see whats hot hot hot. Take the thunderbolt started out as the 4g verizon flagship but the Dev community isn't all that great with it. Has a few good devs but not a huge selection in roms
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How is that being a troll? The OP asked which phone for VERIZON and there have been numerous answers of the SGSII which is not and never will be on Verizon. You make no sense. And you say Sensation? Again, it is not on Verizon.

It's a pretty safe bet to say that the Galaxy Nexus will have phenomenal development. The device was hyped for 4-5 months, and previous Nexuses have had a lot of ROM's and hackery. The people who keep saying a Galaxy S II or the guy who said sensation are:
a. people who didn't read the thread
b. trolls.
We know the GN is coming to Verizon via various leaks.

ikingblack said:
It's a pretty safe bet to say that the Galaxy Nexus will have phenomenal development. The device was hyped for 4-5 months, and previous Nexuses have had a lot of ROM's and hackery. The people who keep saying a Galaxy S II or the guy who said sensation are:
a. people who didn't read the thread
b. trolls.
We know the GN is coming to Verizon via various leaks.
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Verizon confirmed it themselves silly

Although it appears that the nexus prime should be coming to verizon for now my vote would be for the fascinate for the wolfson chip and voodoo sound.

[Q] HTC One X or Samsung S3?

Hi all I currently have a HTC Sensation but due an upgrade in 3 days time. I have always had HTC smartphones but all this hype about the samsung galaxy 3 is making my decision to upgrade difficult. I had a play with a HTC One X and it is truly a nice phone and I do like the Sense 4.0 interface. However all the hype for galaxy s3 (based on rumored spec) appears to give the impression that it will be the daddy of all smart phones, but I do currently own a galaxy tab 10.1 and im not amazed by the TouchWizz UI, but more information online suggests a new singing all dancing revamped touch wizz interface.
What I want in a phone is nice smooth lag free interface, a decent quick snapping camera and video recorder, decent contacts feature oh and the obvious features of course.
Do I upgrade to the one x tomorrow? or hang on and wait for at least the announced specifications of the galaxy s3?

You will get different answers depending on which forum you post in.
Gs3 not out yet though, so if you not sure prob best to wait.
Me personally, I like sense and HTC build quality, which is why I have one x
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For me I think I would say BOTH! hehe
Im getting both anyways

me no like sungsung me feel like a toy me feel a cheap plastic me buy a onex!¡

If you have the will power to wait, then wait for the SIII. I'm pretty sure Samsung will look at the specs of the One X and the new iPhone 5 and then release a better spec'd phone. Just like they redid the Galaxy Tab 10.1 after the iPad 2 was announced.

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Samsung all the way
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i think i'll either get samsung or both of it
both seems to be great devices

i would go with Samsung

Android311 said:
Samsung all the way
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haha

Sammy knows what HTC's offering well in advance to ensure that the SGS3 willbe better. That the problem with being first to market, its not the best it can be (A9 based cuad core for example instead of A15) so its easy to one-up.
Im predicting a cuad core A15 based Exynos chip with updated Mali GPU and non pentile 720p super amoled plus HD screen...
As much as I love HTC and would rather buy their phones, they cant keep the all-around-best status Samsung has with their SGS series. I mean It has been almost a year and there is no phone that has put the SGS2 to shame yet
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Wait for the s3
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The S3 might have negligibly better hardware specs but you can be certain they'll still cheap out on the materials. Apple is proof that specs don't mean everything. The overall package is what matters at the end of the day.
It says volumes about Samsung's phones when their flagship Galaxy S series of phone uses the exact same quality of plastic as the €39 Galaxy Europa.

I suggest getting the OneX now. Atleast you'll have a high end phone right away and currently it is the best available phone (except in the camera dept). You should consider the OneS too, it can best the 4-PLUS-1 chip in the OneX in some benchmarks.
THEN after playing around with your phone for around 2-4 months the SGS3 will be available. Have a look at the specs and anything you might want to look at. If you want it then sell your phone and get an SGS3. If you don't want it then keep your Onex.
*That's what I'd do if I were you but I'd be getting the Xperia S for the Pic and Vid quality Different folks different strokes

I would go for HTC One X with better build quality and display !!!

If you could have either free...

Would you get a Samsung Galaxy SII or the Galaxy Nexus, and why?
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Galaxy Nexus for sure. It's newer and gets all the good Google updates, Samsung isn't known for being quick to update. I kind of wish I got a Gnex instead of my Evo LTE sometimes...

Wrong forum section but definitely GNex.
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Nexus, for me the software is more important than the hardware and with the Nexus I'd be getting pure Android and quick updates, as opposed to something hacked together by Samsung which gets released if they feel like bothering.

Samsung Galaxy, the nexus is having too many quality issues.
Kinda funny though, I still want one but refuse to buy it until the forum discussions change from quality problems/workarounds to use problems/workarounds.

Nexus is newer but galaxy s2 is still getting plenty of love in development and updates, plus has additional sd storage capability so galaxy s2
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nexus
nexus. got to demo the sprint one before it came out. was real nice plus the perks of google updates quicker. testing with jelly bean now

Neither.you have to get on the hd2 train.so many devs and too many ROMs
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jbd123 said:
Neither.you have to get on the hd2 train.so many devs and too many ROMs
hd2legit
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And way older hardware, old enough to make a big difference.
Nexus for an HD screen and faster updates, as well as a sexy look
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jbd123 said:
Neither.you have to get on the hd2 train.so many devs and too many ROMs
hd2legit
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HD2?
Do they make that anymore?
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ExploreMN said:
Would you get a Samsung Galaxy SII or the Galaxy Nexus, and why?
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Galaxy Nexus its future proof imho

Oldie but goodie running jb on one as a d2d rom they never die.
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