S3 or galaxy nexus.

Wait until the S3 if you're going to get a Galaxy.

>Galaxy S2
>Kicking ass at any stage

>>23166382
>>23166387
Oh, I hadnt heard of the S3

Thing is, I might need to replace the phone within the week. I'll keep that in mind however.

>>23166401
apple babby wanna cwy?

>>23166412
Let me know when you've actually used the phone you're talking about OP

>Those shitty colours
>That blue tint

Oh god, why is OLED so bad?

>>23166412
>4S will still be relevant for 3 years.
>S2 will be dead in 3 months.

>>23166428
>>4S will still be relevant for 3 years
>ohgodmahdrills.bmp

I dont touch /g/ for a year and somehow it manages to get worse?

>>23166428
>Samsung continues being market leaders making better and better phones which gives people choice of either buying the very cutting edge of technology or slightly outdated phones at a much cheaper price

>applefags will be using whatever their (dead) lord and savior shits out

>>23166461
>Samsung
>Cutting edge
>still lacks the connectivity of an N9 or sony's new planned xperia
>OLED confirmed dead tech
>Still can't event display colours

>Samsung
>20 million+ in 8 months

>Company with buttdevastated fanboys
>Everyone else

It's a great phone, huge upgrade from a 3GS in terms of speed and usability.

My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that it has some shitty voice activated car-mode that sucks compared to the stock one. However, you can sideload the stock Android Car Home and set it as the default launcher when plugged into a car dock.

Is anything known about S3?

If not I plan to just get a S2 tomorrow

Please respond

>>23166428

> 4S will still be relevant for 3 years
> Nope.

The camera will be outshined by Nokia at MWC. You and Apple know that they can't compare with Nokias optics. Software wise is a null point because different people like different things. The only thing Apple has is that it's a fashion statement and not a phone.

>>23169355
No, most people prefer the way galaxy looks and the only thing iphones have going is iOS

>>23169371

> Completely missing the point

I said different people like different things. In the UK everyone I know has an Android except for the hipsters with iPhones. When I'm in Australia however the iPhone is a lot more common.

>>23169397
What? I've seen more galaxy than iphones in australia

>>23169438

I've mainly seen more iPhones in Tassie, Melbourne and Sydney.

>>23169486
Like 70% of asians have galaxies and others are sort of 50/50 imo

And we all know how many asians took ahr jerbs

Just get an N900 and be done with it.

>>23169515

> 70% of asian have galaxies

Nope. All of my asian friends are rocking an iPhone 4 / S and use MBA's / Pros.

>>23169542
Yeah well MY asian friends are richer than YOUR asian friends since they all got S2 when it came out, HMPH!

>>23169562

> Yeah well MY asian friends are richer than YOUR asian friends

Oh good it's peek hour for primary school kids.

>>23169582
But it's almost 1AM in the good part of Australia

>>23169591

It was a joke, also

> Implying Perth isn't the good part of Australia.

Mobile World Congress 2012 starts tomorrow. At least wait until it is over before you order anything. I predict lots of phones with the new Cortex A15 based SoCs to appear, and they are ridiculously powerful (for being phones that is).

>>23166427
Oh no not you again.
You're the guy who thought you could compare screens by looking at a photo of them right? Please stop posting.

>>23169613
Problem is that I need to decide on a model tomorrow.

Oh well

>>23169662
Why the hurry? If you really need a new phone this instance then I recommend you get the cheapest dumbphone you can, and then watch the stuff released on MWC tomorrow (and the upcoming 4 days).

>>23169662

GS2 is still a great phone with a HUGE dev community. Will it be the top on the line after next week? No, but it's still a top tier Android phone. /g/ is only going to recommend bleeding edge phones that serve zero purpose. Most stuff can't even utilize the hardware in the GS2, let alone anything coming out soon. My only complaint is that resolution. If that doesn't bother you, by all means don't let anyone tell you it's a shit phone just because something else is coming out.

>>23169596
>"good"
>any part of Australia
You don't get to pick any since you live in crappy Australia.

>>23169680
Need something with internet access (data plan)

Oh well, guess if the conference is really that important I can just buy a new prepaid SIM card with data access

>>23169693

I live in the UK which I class as worse, I just go there every 4-6 months to meet clients etc.

>>23169693
Laa Laah Laah, cant hear you over my free healthcare, and student loans

>>23169707
Wow, is there much demand for British male strippers in Australia?

>>23169716

Not exactly male strippers, but for competent accountants your country seems to be lacking.

>>23169710
And abbos. And capped bandwith.

>>23169692
Good point, I dont see the new phones having some 3D interactive interface or have jiggawatts of power/speed so I guess just getting a S2 would be a viable option too

>>23169730

and bogans.

>>23169613
Also
>Snapdragon4
>Krait
Can't wait.

>>23169730
There are at least 3 different ISPs offering unlimited internet though

>>23169727
I guess there's only so many asians you can import

that and the 3 or so accounting classes I took in uni made me want to off myself

>12MP camera
>1280x720, that can accurately display colors
>sleek design
>fast capture
>1.5Gz dual core
Galaxy S2, just give up.

>>23169771
>comparing this years phone to last years
HURR
Can't wait till the S3 buttdevistates that shit.

>>23169771
>Sony

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>23169771

> 12MP camera

Implying mega pixels actually matter these days.

The Sony Ericsson Satio released that had 12mp and crap quality.

The HTC Titan 2 has 16MP camera and that isn't any drastic improvement over say the 4S or GS2

>>23169771
I want to get this one actually.

I need a new contract in a month or so and this will just be released then.

>>23169771
Is that the HTC Sense phone icon?

lolsony...

>>23169791
>>23169787
>>23169786
I'll swim in butthurt Samsung fanboys' tears when I get this phone as soon as it's available.

>>23169749
>Krait
Can't wait.

I'm wondering what Samsung will come out with.

>>23169786
well, if OP wants to buy something right now, there is no reason whatesoever to buy the S2 over this.
It's soon to be outdated, but it's still better than the S2 you guys are still pushing as if you can't accept it's even more outdated now.

>>23169809
I wonder if the S3 will be using A15 Exynox.

If so, that thing is going to be fast as fuck.

>>23169826
Enjoy your 3 hours battery life.

>>23169813

>OP wants to buy something right now
>recommends something that doesn't even have an announced release

Keep up the good work there.

>>23169809
Why did you replace iPhone 4S with MDP MSM8960?

Stupid fanboys.

>>23169838
>implying it won't be available much sooner than whatever phone is announced at MWC

>>23169838
Xperia S comes out in March/April.

>>23169771

MPs don't mean shit when you're dealing with optics that small, all it does is make your images softer. This added to the fact that nine times in ten you get slight motion blur from not being steady when you take the picture on your phone means you're going to have even worse pictures.

>>23169813
But the Xperia S isn't released yet...
However, that phone looks really awesome.

>>23169826
>Two ARM A15 cores can outperform four Cortex A9 cores

Oh shit nigger, what the fuck is Nvidia doing?!

http://www.fudzilla.com/processors/item/23448-two-arm-a15-cores-can-outperform-four-cortex-a9-cores

>>23169854

Cool. Didn't know right now meant 1-2 months from today.

>>23169870
If you can't wait 1 month for a phone then you have no business asking for recommendations anyway.

>>23169883
I'm sorry I didnt meet your standards ;_;

>>23169893
Good. Now sit in the corner and you may avoid a spanking.

install meego

>>23169826
Two Cortex A15 cores and the Mali T658 (or the latest and greatest PowerVR GPU, which by the way, Samsung has a license for) would be wonderful.

>>23169833
With the reduced transistors and more efficient architecture the power consumption (hopefully) won't go up that much.

>>23169869
Nvidia is taking the AMD approach and going with MOAR CORES.

>>23169967
Oh and the Exynos 5250 will most likely be clocked at 2GHz instead of the 1.5GHz the A15 Krait I posted earlier is.

>>23169840
Oh you...

Any Nexus owners here?

Looking at that or waiting for something better coming out within 4 months...

>>23169986
Please, wait for MWC. It is tomorrow dammit.

seeing as the s3 has been confirmed for not at MWC, does this mean it won't be available until at least june/july time?

>>23169986
If you're going to get the Galaxy Nexus, also look at the S2, because it's similar in specs, but better
(Exynox processor)

>>23170004
>S2
>better than Nexus

Nope.

>>23169986
I thought S2 was better because

Super AMOLED Plus screen
Dow Corning Gorilla Glass
Bluetooth 3.0 HS (High Speed)
USB On-The-Go
8MP camera
2MP front facing camera
Mali-400
Stereo FM radio

>>23170008
read: >>23170009

>>23170009
>no HD screen
>weaker CPU

Also, the S2 looks like a Chinese iPhone ripoff. It's sad in a way.

>>23170023
>weaker CPU
Nigger the Exynox rapes the OMAP in the Nexus

>>23170004
>>23170008
>>23170009

I got the impression that the phones are pretty similar, so if you want a big fuckoff screen go for the nexus, otherwise may as well go for S2 as it's cheaper

>>23170023
While the resolution might be slightly lower, the small screen size and AMOLED+ makes up for it, or so I hear

>>23170032
You also lose the benefit of vanilla Android / latest Android if you get the S2.

And Samsung's Android flavour is rotten garbage. TouchWiz is literally the worst.

Sony is better in that respect alone because you may be just as outdated, but their UI is nice and their software usable.

>>23170050
If all else fails there's always custom ROMs

(Also, I find the Xperia interface to look "cheap", because of all those shiny transparencies)

>>23170023
The Exynos is as good, if not better than the OMAP in the Nexus.
The Galaxy S 2 is better than the Nexus at everything except screen resolution and software (even though TouchWiz 4 is fantastic for being Android).

>>23170050
TouchWiz is in my opinion the best Android version out there (if you don't count custom ones which might be better depending on your taste).
Why do you not like it?

>>23170091
Slow, buggy, looks like a cheap iPhone imitation.

I wish phones got back to the days when one phone had clear superiority over others, like the N95

>>23170095
>Slow
Full GPU acceleration on the S2
>iPhone imitation
[citation needed]

>>23170103
There is still a superior phone.

The iPhone

>>23170107
I have an S, and I fucking hate TouchWiz. That's enough justification for you.

>>23170095
>Slow
It's hardware accelerated (as far as I know, the first Android ROM to be it).
>buggy
It works perfectly for me. I used to get that glitch where the backing store got messed up but it's been fixed for more than half a year now.
>looks like a cheap iPhone imitation.
No it doesn't...

>>23169999

I asked about the Nexus and I'm not op.
Also I have a few months that I can wait so I'll check that conference out, thanks.

>>23170118
We're talking about Touchwiz 4, the one found on the S2, so you can't judge it from your older version.

>>23170115

>>23169999
BTW nice quads

>>23170128
I can judge it fine because TouchWiz sucks.

>>23170133
Ya blew it.
>>>/b/

>>23170118
Yeah your posts just became irrelevant...
It's like saying Windows 7 is bad because Vista was bad (which I by the way do not agree with but that's a whole different story).

>>23170136
Don't knock it till you try it.

>>23170145
I don't care what you have to say. My opinion is that TW is ugly, buggy and slow, and it stays that way.

No WP7?
Get WP7.

>>23170153
I have tried it.

You don't need to eat shit every year to remember that it's uneatable. Shit stays shit.

>>23170118
Okay, I have to agree with one part there. The appdrawer on the S touchwiz is "borrowing" some parts from the iPhone


>>23170163
Have you tried Touchwiz 4 though?

>>23170159

OH MY GOD MY FUCKING SIDES!!!

>>23170174
No.

>>23170188
Well then, you can't judge it.

It differs a lot from previous versions.

>>23170192
I judged TouchWiz, not TouchWizPlasticiPhoneS2Edition

>>23170197
Tell me then, how does Touchwiz 4 rip-off the iPhone?

>>23170206
Samsung Galaxy is known as plastic iPhone for a reason.

>>23170197
Stop being a close-minded little hoser.

>>23170210
Tell us the reason

Fuck you for derailing my thread with your 'WAAAAAAH WAAAAAH I CANT HEAR YOU I CANT SEE YOU' shit

>>23170215
The reason for what? TouchWiz sucking? It just does, it's a plain awful UI.

>>23170210
Not really sure where the original Galaxy comes into play here.

>>23170226
>being pedantic because you can't disprove me

Toodles.

>>23170230
>I judged TouchWiz, not TouchWizPlasticiPhoneS2Edition
It's your burden of proof, not mine.

>>23170240
I don't have to prove an opinion.

>>23170251
>>23170240
Both of you fuck off

>>23170226
I've just been reading on that phone.
Holy shit it had an AMOLED display.

>>23170251
You have to prove shit ones.

Same problem as OP

My subscription is ending in one week and I need to make a decision.

I have the 3GS at T-Mobile. What would be a good phone to replace it? So far I'm thinking of HTC Sensation or the Galaxy S2 but I heard of the S3 as well. I don't want a discussion here, just a suggestion and why your suggestion is good.

>>23170270
How dare you call my opinion shit?

>>23170284
I've got a friend who's got the Sensation.
He keeps talking about it constantly heats up and that the battery drains quickly.

Also I've been reading that HTC Sense on it is bloated and too animation happy.

Get a windows phone. Won't lag, and will always get updates within a month of every other Windows phone. No need to wait for carrier updates or dick around with rooting and ROMs.

>>23170284
as has already been mentioned, your best bet is to wait at least a couple of days as it is likely that better phones will be announced at MWC, which starts tomorrow.

this means that the phones you mentioned will become outdated, so even if you still want them they may be reduced in price because of it.

>>23170328
What good phone uses windows?

>>23170330
So then I'll need to go on a Sim Only subscription for a couple of months?

>>23170297
So far my hands on experiences with the Sensation aren't too bad.

All in all, I've had my 3GS for two years and it's still functioning good enough for me. Taken for granted, the Galaxy S2 is a huge improvement on the 3GS so I probably will have a much better phone in anyway.

it's just.. will the Galaxy S2 last me two years as well?

>>23170383
They're all basicly the same, since Microsoft went totalitarian on the hardware they could use.

Last I checked, only one processor was supported in WP.

>>23170391
It should, as long as you don't go sky diving with it and it falls out of your pocket.

>>23166368

OP the only answer is a Lumia 800, yeah WP7 but it works awesome, try it before you buy it, to me it's on par or better that the Galaxy S2 or Iphone 4s

>>23170405
Well considering my iPhone doesn't even have one tiny scratch on it, I think I'll be good.

OK, stop it with the Nexus. If the next generation does not have that God-awful PenTile shit, then go for it. Otherwise buy an S2 or just get a junk phone and wait on the next wave.

>>23170473
Why the fuck are people making such a huge fuss about it having pentile?

Because of the big resolution, you don't even notice that it's pentile.

>>23170391
>will the Galaxy S2 last me two years as well?
This would depend on how you handle it. There's only a few very imperceptible scratches on my Galaxy S after 1,5 years of having it, and the battery is solid. As for the screen, I've been conservative with the brightness settings and the colors are still very vivid.

Performance wise ANYTHING with processing power will become "outdated" within a year. If you're not an obessive tech buff, a phone that is top-tier(ish) when you buy it should last you a couple of years easilly.

>>23170473
>>23170490
yeah really, people make too big of a fuss about pentile being shitty.

>>23170532
From this pic, the nexus looks way better, just because it has a higher resolution

>>23170556
exactly.

>>23170556
My thoughts, I thought he was trying to say that S2 LTE was better, but Nexus looks much better

>>23170556
More pics.

Nexus vs S2 vs Note

>>23170532
>>23170586
You have to admit though, trying to judge screen quality on the internet is rather silly

>>23170391
You're obviously not the "need the latest and greatest" type, so yeah, it should last you.

>>23170604
Usually the quality is not even really perceptible. The most important factor between them would probably be battery drain at different brightness levels.

Buy Nokia 3310.

>>23170632
I still have one around somewhere. I'm fairly certain it works, thought the battery might not be in good shape. That thing was impossible to break.