Which new Android handset?

spudbynight · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:26

There are several new handsets coming out soon. The Xperia Arc, the Galaxy S II, the LG Optimus 2x and the Optimus 3D.

What do people think the one to go for is?

spudbynight · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:27

I believe these are coming out with Android as well as Andoroid.

Winners use Anderoid though.

spudbynight · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:30

I am a spanner.

I can't even replicate my own daft spelling error in the same post.

stoke1863 · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:31

Galaxy S II is shaping up to look very good.

When does the xperia play come out?

sarge78 · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:32

Andoroid pwns Anderoid... Shame the Galaxy S 2 only runs Android

(Xperia play in April?)

stoke1863 · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:33

i cant make my mind up on xperia play. At the same time WIN for a dpad so emulaators will own, but then again no dual core!

krooton · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:35

Galaxy S 2 for me thanks!

sarge78 · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:38

stoke1863 said:
i cant make my mind up on xperia play. At the same time WIN for a dpad so emulaators will own, but then again no dual core!

Yeah, I know

(hopefully it's successful and the Xperia play 2 has more game oriented hardware)

On the other hand... NGP!!!!

The only "tablet" I'm interested in

spudbynight · 2 Mar 2011 at 16:55

I am veering towards the Galaxy S II - the fact that it runs DivX media out of the box is a big plus.

Battery life is going to be probably the biggest factor. I have an iPhone4 at the moment and it's battery life is great for a smartphone. It was the main reason I got rid of my Desire last year.

rapid64k · 2 Mar 2011 at 17:22

spudbynight said:
Battery life is going to be probably the biggest factor. .

I think not, havent you been reading the reports about the low power usage?

Robbo · 2 Mar 2011 at 17:45

SGS2.

spudbynight · 2 Mar 2011 at 18:44

rapid64k said:
I think not, havent you been reading the reports about the low power usage?

Sorry, for me battery life is going to be the biggest issue.

I have read lots of reports on improved battery life but no cast iron "real world" reports on how long the things last.

Journey · 2 Mar 2011 at 19:13

SGS2 looks about best with it's 1GB RAM, pretty amazing screen, shame it's 4.3" which IMO is too big for a phone to hold comfortably, 4.0" was big enough.

Maybe the devices that come in Q3/Q4 will be better.

Gribs · 2 Mar 2011 at 19:32

spudbynight said:
I am veering towards the Galaxy S II - the fact that it runs DivX media out of the box is a big plus.

Out of interest why is native divx playback a big plus? Rockplayer plays xvids fine even on my San Francisco and takes less than a minute to install.

PermaBanned · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:18

Also, my i5700 played DivX out of the box, haven't felt any urge to try it out yet..

Fallen god · 2 Mar 2011 at 21:45

Gribs said:
Out of interest why is native divx playback a big plus? Rockplayer plays xvids fine even on my San Francisco and takes less than a minute to install.

For me the more improtant thing is that it runs 720p files out of the box. My mates with a desire cant run 720p, and with rock player it rans at like 1 fps or something horrid like that.

Abraham · 3 Mar 2011 at 09:31

providing they manage root for it Atrix will be the one for me I'm pretty sure.

spudbynight · 7 Mar 2011 at 12:38

Gribs said:
Out of interest why is native divx playback a big plus? Rockplayer plays xvids fine even on my San Francisco and takes less than a minute to install.

Most of my film collection is in 720p DivX format. I want to be able to just drag and drop files for playback.

When I had a Desire last year I tried out Rockplayer and had some playback issues.