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Hey all,

Am in the market for a new phone, and can't make my mind up between a Samsung Galaxy S2 and the Samsung Nexus (aka Google Nexus).

I like the expandability of the S2, but want the bigger screen of the Nexus. (I have fat fingers and trying to type on those on-screen keyboards really gives me the sh1ts sometimes).

Are there any good / bad points to either of those phones?

(Yes, I know there is the Galaxy S2 HD version and the Galaxy S3 was just announced, but my budget won't stretch that far.)

Cheers!

S2 user here.

Love it....best phone i have ever had (i use it for everything) internet,email, photos, music player via cable or bluetooth, apps. I even have a bluetooth dianostic reader with all the bells and whistles on it (that is a great peice of kit)

The screen is bright, the video picture quality is HD. The display keyboard is good and the buttons are large enough for fat fingers not to make mistakes. It stays as a phone keypad when you are holding it normally but changes to a small qwerty keyboard it you rotate it to its side (i never use the qwerty keyboard).

My only downside if the battery life is shite, I have to charge it daily, if it is used just as a phone i recon i could get it to last 3 or 4 days on standby (that is if i didn't make any calls) if i make lots of calls then we are back to daily charging.

other than that it is a great phone.....

I have an S2 too. Nice phone, capable,but battery is sapped quickly by apps and background activity. This was a new phone to replace my Dell Streak and so far it isnt doing too badly considering the Streak was more like a mini computer than a phone. I would recommend it, yes. Now at the cheap end of the spectrum with the S3 coming out, its deffo not to be sniffed at.

Cheers!!

Have been pondering the question over the weekend and have decided on the Nexus. There's no way I'll fill 16G with stuff - not for a very, very long time!! - and the bigger screen will make life a lot easier for me.

Now I just need to save up some pennies.... (The damned car needs work doing to it, just when I decide to buy new toys. Isn't that always the way?? )

Picked up the Nexus on Sunday, and am now finding Android versions of all the iOS apps I have.

Love the huge screen, too. Haven't tried watching movies or anything yet, will have to see how that goes at some stage.

I've an Orange Montecarlo (Zte skate) with a 4.3" screen.

Unlocked it and running on GiffGaff.

I really like it - the big screen especially.

Don't speak to me about unlocking phones.... In the end it all turned out fine, but there were a few moments over Sunday / Monday.