well im happy with the SGS2, people moan about the back plastic cover, but seriously its a battery cover. saying that i will be getting this phone. selling my S2 on ebay should leave me only needing to add £100 - £150. even though touchwizz is quite nippy and i use roms with and without it im keen to get a 'pure android' phone and give the rooting/roms/freezing apps a miss for a while. I hate bloatware and unwanted apps. First thing i do when i buy a laptop is format the thing! grrrrr unwanted bloattrashware. I also look fwd to getting the updates direct from google rather than 2nd hand and months later from htc/samsung...if at all!
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oh don't get me wrong. SGS2 is a great phone - it's just that even if I got tired of using it in a few months - there's nothing in the market I can substitute it with.
Yeah, some people have an odd idea of what build quality is. Can anyone give an example of how the build is bad?
Also, I've been using TouchWiz 4.5 for about a week now, I'm actually quite liking it.
I wouldn't even say 'cheap' is a fair comment either, light, it's as simple as that. The last 3 or 4 HTC devices I've had have not had good build quality.
The G2 had a loose hinge, creaked if you pressed it.
The Desire HD, there were times the battery cover would come off getting the phone out of my pocket! The DHD definitely creaked and groaned if any pressure was applied to it.
The Sensation rocks inside the back cover if you press the screen.
My SGSII is solid. No creaks, no groads, nothing moves if I press it. You can't make the back cover move at all, no bend, nothing. Amazing build quality.
I honestly believe those that say the SGSII has poor build quality don't really have a clue what they're talking about...
The G2 had a loose hinge, creaked if you pressed it.
The Desire HD, there were times the battery cover would come off getting the phone out of my pocket! The DHD definitely creaked and groaned if any pressure was applied to it.
The Sensation rocks inside the back cover if you press the screen.
My SGSII is solid. No creaks, no groads, nothing moves if I press it. You can't make the back cover move at all, no bend, nothing. Amazing build quality.
I honestly believe those that say the SGSII has poor build quality don't really have a clue what they're talking about...
I hate the feel of the sgs2 myself and that big ugly button, the things I will miss offmy desire are
The middle neat round button
The fact that they are real physical buttons
The optical ball.. Really useful for selecting where to put the cursor
The shell
The middle neat round button
The fact that they are real physical buttons
The optical ball.. Really useful for selecting where to put the cursor
The shell
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While the desire was a good phone in it's time and I miss that I can't scroll using the central button the SGS2 improves (IMO) on all aspects of desire.
(going head to head with the IP5).Some lucky guy got a preview of ICS:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/ice-cream-sandwich-gets-a-two-minute-tour-courtesy-of-a-lucky-e/
http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/ice-cream-sandwich-gets-a-two-minute-tour-courtesy-of-a-lucky-e/
Just saw that. Simple ROM dump and should be easy to put on all Nexus S phones. Either google did this on purpose or are going to be very annoyed.
Everything looks like it has gpu acceleration, zero lag!
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ICS looks slick. Just hope the Prime is good 
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