Samsung Galaxy S2 or Iphone 4

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For me this would be the killer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKxgsrJFhw

Frankly if I told you I bought an all glass and steel Nokia that shatters dropped you would think I am an idiot. A friend of mine bought the SGS 2 and I must say I love the large screen, makes viewing websites a lot more natural.

Any yes Flash does make a difference, I know Adobe is no longer developing it but it will be a while before HTML 5 is nearly as widely supported.

Man if the offered the SGS2 with the larger battery as a standard option as opposed to an added extra, there would be no contest.

That said I will be getting the Galaxy Nexus when it arrives. A giant 4.65 inch 720p screen makes me warn and fuzzy inside.
 
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I think the answer lies in the bolded, underlined part :) and while IOS and Win 7.5 users will deny it the possibility also exists for them, albiet to be fair to a slightly smaller degree. The possibility of one or two problems is worth the freedom of choce android allows not only in custom roms exct but in phone manufacturer {which in fairness microsoft does also have}, keybord or none, different specs exct.
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So games that run fine, lag-free on the S2, shall also run fine and lagf-free on the HTC Desire S?
Both phones will run Andoid 2.3.4...
 
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So games that run fine, lag-free on the S2, shall also run fine and lagf-free on the HTC Desire S?
Both phones will run Andoid 2.3.4...
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That is like saying games that is made for a Intel i7 with a Nvidia 480 should run just as good on a Intel core2duo with no FX card because they both run Windows 7
 
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For me this would be the killer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elKxgsrJFhw

Frankly if I told you I bought an all glass and steel Nokia that shatters dropped you would think I am an idiot. A friend of mine bought the SGS 2 and I must say I love the large screen, makes viewing websites a lot more natural.

Any yes Flash does make a difference, I know Adobe is no longer developing it but it will be a while before HTML 5 is nearly as widely supported.

Man if the offered the SGS2 with the larger battery as a standard option as opposed to an added extra, there would be no contest.

That said I will be getting the Galaxy Nexus when it arrives. A giant 4.65 inch 720p screen makes me warn and fuzzy inside.
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Why not the Galaxy Note? Isn't it better spec'd than the Nexus?

Re: Flash... where would one see it other than on some websites which aren't being generated in a mobile view?
 
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Why not the Galaxy Note? Isn't it better spec'd than the Nexus?

Re: Flash... where would one see it other than on some websites which aren't being generated in a mobile view?
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Wondering why you wouldn't choose the RAZR over the Prime?

Surely you'd take the sexier phone, that's waterproof & dust proof? is an HD screen that important?

I also am loving what Motorola have done, they have incorporated a location based trigger functionality that allows you to choose what you want your phone to do based on it's location, i.e. activating wifi when you get to work, activating your bluetooth when you go to the gym etc etc.

Maybe it's personal preference, I had huge hopes for the Prime but when it eventually came out, imo the front looks ugly.

PS: I bought the ultimate version of JuiceDefender, very very cool, so many settings available, definitely worth a look, if you're rooted it can even disable & enable internet.

Edit: The RAZR also offers seamless remote access to files on your pc
 
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Wondering why you wouldn't choose the RAZR over the Prime?

Surely you'd take the sexier phone, that's waterproof & dust proof? is an HD screen that important?

I also am loving what Motorola have done, they have incorporated a location based trigger functionality that allows you to choose what you want your phone to do based on it's location, i.e. activating wifi when you get to work, activating your bluetooth when you go to the gym etc etc.

Maybe it's personal preference, I had huge hopes for the Prime but when it eventually came out, imo the front looks ugly.

PS: I bought the ultimate version of JuiceDefender, very very cool, so many settings available, definitely worth a look, if you're rooted it can even disable & enable internet.
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Not sure, he said the big screen made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Haven't read much on the Razr though dust/water proofing usually comes at the cost of speaker quality.

Location based technology would probably mean you have to have GPS on all the time right?
 
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That is like saying games that is made for a Intel i7 with a Nvidia 480 should run just as good on a Intel core2duo with no FX card because they both run Windows 7
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It's funny you mention Windows...

Becaus that's exactly what Android has become for the mobile phone.
Like Windows, Android gives manufacturers free reign in the hardware, as long as hey comply with the minimum specifications.

Contrast that with iOS and WP..

Both have strict limitations on manufacturers, and have absolute control on what manufacturers put in the phones. Whilst this limits the manufacturers, it guarantees that all owners of models from the respective ecosystems will have the same experience [consistency].
(Apple has the best foundation for this... they produce each handset).

Whilst you have 'freedom' on Android, you have all drawbacks that it introduces..
Whilst iOS and WP have consistency and stability, their drawback is very limited choice (if any on iOS).

The question is, what do you look for? Do you look at the handset, or the ecosystem - because with Android, thery are NOT the same [choice]....
 
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It's funny you mention Windows...

Becaus that's exactly what Android has become for the mobile phone.
Like Windows, Android gives manufacturers free reign in the hardware, as long as hey comply with the minimum specifications.

Contrast that with iOS and WP..

Both have strict limitations on manufacturers, and have absolute control on what manufacturers put in the phones. Whilst this limits the manufacturers, it guarantees that all owners of models from the respective ecosystems will have the same experience [consistency].
(Apple has the best foundation for this... they produce each handset).

Whilst you have 'freedom' on Android, you have all drawbacks that it introduces..
Whilst iOS and WP have consistency and stability, their drawback is very limited choice (if any on iOS).

The question is, what do you look for? Do you look at the handset, or the ecosystem - because with Android, thery are NOT the same [choice]....
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Sure true what you saying but I think anyone who actually wants android that bad will get a top end android phone, also it's true about the windows thing and I think that just re-enforces my point when consumers can have a fixed system in place {at a premium price} or choice, choice wins hands down, I think android recently topped 52% of the global smartphone market { http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...Q3-smartphone-market-Android-keeps-dominating } and that is because while thier is a need for the apple monitored, managed eco-system {as thier always was} thier is a greater need for consumers to get what they want and can afford with the money available to them {no matter how cheap it may be}. I think microsoft should have stuck to the desktop model and allowed windows where it would work {but that's just me} it clearly worked for them in the desktop market and it's clearly working for android in the mobile market.
 
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Not sure, he said the big screen made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Haven't read much on the Razr though dust/water proofing usually comes at the cost of speaker quality.

Location based technology would probably mean you have to have GPS on all the time right?
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Nope, through wifi and / or mobile networks
 
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Sure true what you saying but I think anyone who actually wants android that bad will get a top end android phone, also it's true about the windows thing and I think that just re-enforces my point when consumers can have a fixed system in place {at a premium price} or choice, choice wins hands down, I think android recently topped 52% of the global smartphone market { http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...Q3-smartphone-market-Android-keeps-dominating } and that is because while thier is a need for the apple monitored, managed eco-system {as thier always was} thier is a greater need for consumers to get what they want and can afford with the money available to them {no matter how cheap it may be}. I think microsoft should have stuck to the desktop model and allowed windows where it would work {but that's just me} it clearly worked for them in the desktop market and it's clearly working for android in the mobile market.
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It depends on the end user.
There are 2 types of people.
Those that wan't to tinker to get what they want, and those that don't.
Obviously you like to tinker. But it's not to say 52% of the smartphone market are the same...

A large number probably bought a cheap R900 Android phone...
 
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iDenTiTy said:
It depends on the end user.
There are 2 types of people.
Those that wan't to tinker to get what they want, and those that don't.
Obviously you like to tinker. But it's not to say 52% of the smartphone market are the same...

A large number probably bought a cheap R900 Android phone...
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You could be right but I think that if windows {in the desktop market} has shown us anything it's that consumers like choice, otherwise I would have expected to see apple dominating the desktop landscape today and while Macs are certainly becoming far more popular I think that is largely a fashion thing {just my opinion}. I do like to tinker a little but I am not sure you are right about a lot of android users being cheap, Samsung sold over 30 million phones in their galaxy line {Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20121361-17/samsung-sells-30m-galaxy-s-phones-gets-no-respect/ } the estimated number of androids running worldwide is in the region of 190 million {Link: http://calvinayre.com/2011/10/14/lifestyle/googles-android-hits-190-million-users-worldwide/ } if one company selling one line of top end phone sold so high then I reckon a large portion of android users arn't on cheap R900 phones.

The galaxy is at least as good {specs wise} as a iphone 4 so can hardly be considered cheap {and still matches up to the windows 7.5 phones being sold now}. Also latest figures show gigngerbread has finally overtaken froyo as the leading android version running on most phones, since most budget phones won't ship with or even receive gingerbread I would say that strongly backs up my point. {Link: http://www.androidauthority.com/gingerbread-overtakes-froyo-now-on-44-of-android-devices-30837/ }

And while their certainly are a large number of users on android using a cheaper phone, the ONLY platform that can say this isn't true is win 7.5 {whose market share is usually so small that it gets relegated to the other category} apple also has many users today using 3GS's or 3G's {probably about as many as who are using 4 and 4s's} same story with blackberry.
 
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iDenTiTy said:
It depends on the end user.
There are 2 types of people.
Those that wan't to tinker to get what they want, and those that don't.
Obviously you like to tinker. But it's not to say 52% of the smartphone market are the same...

A large number probably bought a cheap R900 Android phone...
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Well if we look at end users in the PC market it seems clear what is the best strategy...

operating_system_market_share.jpg
 
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Why would this service not work? there is nothing special about it, even an old 3310 could display location based information about the nearest tower.

Why would this not work here? Would love to know why not.
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How accurate is tower triangulation these days? To represent the data on a map the tower needed to have the correct GIS information, often the technician would replace panels etc and forget to adjust this and you'd have towers that told you they were in GP when they were in KZN.
 
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Well if we look at end users in the PC market it seems clear what is the best strategy...

operating_system_market_share.jpg
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The graph doesn't indicate what variables were used.

The graph doesn't indicate what the 'better' strategy is. What it can say [stats are open to interpretation] is that through the years, 92% of users haven't discovered the wonders of Mac!!

:)

Seriously though, stats can mean anything, interpreted in any way..
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