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Just test drove a Galaxy S II
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Exactly. I mean 4" is not big enough, get an iPad if you really want a bigger screen to get things done
You don't know how much better it is until you own a phone with one. I have a iPhone 4 but once I got the EVO I could not go back to a smaller screen.
I love that about it. I'm a tech head so I love to customize. I do it with my iPhone 4 as well but it's more of a hassle.
The thing I like what Sammy is doing is they are still giving us an memory expansion slot compared to others with their gadgets.
Amazon doesn't do this with any of the Kindles but B&N does with the Nook Color. HPalm never did this with their webOS phones. RIM didn't do this with the PlayBook. So you buy the product and just end up running out of memory with no chance to upgrade it.
A 16GB microSD is becoming dirt cheap and under $15 off Amazon. A 32GB card is under $40. So while people might get a 32GB iPhone 4S for $299 with contract, you can save about $85 if you picked up a $199 16GB smartphone while adding another 16GB card for less than $15. And I figure the GSII will drop down to $99 or less by Christmas which makes the savings for storage even better. About 80% of my iPhone apps I can live without them. A 32GB Android (16GB internal + 16GB added) for $65-$115 around Christmas sounds alot better than $299.
Apple never drops the price on a 32GB models. And when carriers do it, they are usually refurbs. If you want to save money, certain Androids can be decent cost-saving alternatives. Depends on their needs and wants since it all varies.
Amazon doesn't do this with any of the Kindles but B&N does with the Nook Color. HPalm never did this with their webOS phones. RIM didn't do this with the PlayBook. So you buy the product and just end up running out of memory with no chance to upgrade it.
A 16GB microSD is becoming dirt cheap and under $15 off Amazon. A 32GB card is under $40. So while people might get a 32GB iPhone 4S for $299 with contract, you can save about $85 if you picked up a $199 16GB smartphone while adding another 16GB card for less than $15. And I figure the GSII will drop down to $99 or less by Christmas which makes the savings for storage even better. About 80% of my iPhone apps I can live without them. A 32GB Android (16GB internal + 16GB added) for $65-$115 around Christmas sounds alot better than $299.
Apple never drops the price on a 32GB models. And when carriers do it, they are usually refurbs. If you want to save money, certain Androids can be decent cost-saving alternatives. Depends on their needs and wants since it all varies.
Exactly what I thought! People that think the iPhone screen size is perfect has not used a 4 inch plus screen in the real world and not just at best buy. Its wonderful for sharing videos and pics. The bigger screen comes especially in handy when I use navigation.
THis is a scary thought
When I got my 17" macbook pro the screen seemed huge, but now it just seems normal.
It would be a shame to start seeing the iphone screen as small, when in fact it's plenty fine as it is for 99% of what you need to do.
I guess that's you. I like seeing my web pages bigger and my movies when I'm at work. Funny how the iPhone fanboys at work talk trash all the time. But when we were stuck at work and I have the hot fights steaming off the net on the EVO the were all trying to watch. lol.
As a Galaxy S owner (not the II), one thing I have to warn you is that the OS and hardware is more buggy. My phone will just randomly reboot, take 20sec sometimes to load a page, or say a page cant be loaded when the rest of my internet is fine. They were so sloppy in making the S II that they didn't realize that clicking unlock twice bypasses the key code unlock screen. The S was so sloppy they forgot to include functional GPS. They need a perfectionist like Steve Jobs on board :^/. Anyways, all these reasons are while I'll switch back to an iPhone 4S when I can - I don't care about all these new specs - 21MBS Internet doesn't mean jack if your browser app refuses to load stubbornly
You probably believe that iOS browser does not crash
It does. As an owner of both original SG and SGSII, I can say that SGSII is a great leap ahead. Still, I did no have any issues with original Galaxy as well apart from the well documented GPS fiasco.Trust me, having got used to SGS2's 4.27" screen for a while it made me think the iPhone/iPod's 3.5" screen was REALLY small. I'm not lying, it really was. My eyes got accustomed to the massive screen.
Bigger and lower quality.. I get it...
I would prefer to use a 24" monitor that is 1920x1260 instead of a 30" monitor that is 1280x1040.
You would prefer the later... I don't get it, but then I do. My parents have deteriorating eyesight so having a bigger screen, even with a lower resolution is beneficial to them in some cases... So if people have really poor eyesight I could understand why having a worse looking bigger screen might be something they/you would prefer.
You're right. I actually came from an iPod touch 4 to the SGS2. Since then I've sold the SGS2 last month and waiting to get an iPhone 4S. There were too many little things that drove me crazy about it.
We are all smartphone lovers and we love to see what's new but to always bicker and fight about who got what specs and what screen size it's just frickin' 3rd grade show and tell. All I know is that I'm enjoying the hell out of my life right now because I can FaceTime, iMessage, airplay, and wrap my phone around with so many different accessories and best of all I know that each year I won't have to worry about my phone being outdated like how you android fools always complain about. None of these nexus primes are gonna stop people from wanting to buy an apple iPhone, period. The nexus prime is not marketed for people who want their devices to work flawlessly, it's marketed for people who have the need and time to waste on "optimizing" their cellphone because the manufacturer left that step for the buyer to do.
the SG2 *was* king - now it's this nexus prime. What's next in 2 months? The Droid ballistic?
ZZzzZZz....you wait and see how well the iP4 sells compared to the SG2 & Nexus Prime combined. Even if it sells less than ideal, the non-buyers are all waiting for the iPhone 5...
the SG2 *was* king - now it's this nexus prime. What's next in 2 months? The Droid ballistic?
ZZzzZZz....you wait and see how well the iP4 sells compared to the SG2 & Nexus Prime combined. Even if it sells less than ideal, the non-buyers are all waiting for the iPhone 5...
LOL Not me. I own both and since I got the sprint SGS2 my iphone has been staying at home.
well dude - I'll miss ya for a year...until next year, I bet your arse will come back crawling and raving how great the iPhone 5 is.
Nope. What you fail to see is I got the EVO on day 1. Then got the iPhone 4 on day 1 (few weeks after EVO release.) My iPhone has took a backseat since.
thanks man. I got a cup of seamen for you to dip those cookies in. Enjoy.
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I don't get users like you - why the hell are you even here? Shouldn't you be trolling along in the android forums?
thanks man. I got a cup of seamen for you to dip those cookies in. Enjoy.
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I don't get users like you - why the hell are you even here? Shouldn't you be trolling along in the android forums?
I here because I like both phones and both have a use with me. It's just that because it's not my main phone you seem to have a problem with. LOL @ seamen.