[HTC Sensation] Ouzo:
I agree completely. I had an Omnia 2 for a while a couple of years ago and I was deeply unimpressed with Samsung's support for their devices. Although that situation seems to be improving, I think they're far too expensive SIM free for the kind of quality of hardware that you actually get. There are plenty of people complaining of various hardware faults across various handsets, but very little after sales care from what I can see (in the UK at any rate). I think that's one way that the manufacturer-who-shall-not-be-named actually beats both HTC and Samsung (aftersales care I mean). It's interesting that Samsung have recently released a video showing how they test their designs to make sure they are tough enough - worried about bad press from people suffering micro-cracks around their SIII's perhaps?? The only thing I will say in Samsung's favour is that the combination of the Note II and the new dock that allows SIMULTANEOUS connection to peripheral devices and a tv is very appealing to me indeed (it's just too much money because no one else is doing it yet as far as I can see).

I think Samsung are due to release the SIII with 64GBs storage plus the usual SD card slot over here early next year. The downside is that they want to charge an extra £200 for it, which is a bit cheeky for a device that will be almost a year old by then.

Unless data networks around the world rapidly improve and provide unlimited, cheap, fast coverage in and out of urban areas, I think the larger OEMs will have to start including more storage by default. On my Sensation, for example, M.E Infiltrator takes up about 500MBs on my SD card. On the Note with its 720p screen it takes up nearly 1GB - how much space would be needed for a 1080p device? I know not everyone is interested in games, but apps in general will take up more space as screen resolution increases. This affect may also be ampified as better GPUs allow for more visual effects too. I think the new fruity made tablet with HD screen is presenting users with problem right now as app sizes have increased dramatically.

I also have a few friends with older 8GB fruity phones and they are thoroughly aware of the space limitations now that they are a year or two into a contract. They didn't see the need for more at the start, but now they've started to use their devices for more, including streaming music around the house, some games, offline sat nav etc, their usage patterns have changed, so their hardware needs have changed. Two friends in particular were amazed that for £49 I could just drop a 64GB card into my phone and carry a load of stuff around with me. Ironically, there must be a whole bbunch of people ready to jump to Android just at the time so many OEMs are ditching SD card slots. Heck, now that I use my phone more and more like a pc, I really want an all in one device for all my music, sat nav (2 GBs alone), some games, a few films and all my photos just like I would on my computer. If Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony don't get their act together soon, Chinese manufacturers will, I'm sure, start to supply what the market wants around the world. That's the reason why I'd like to wait a few more months before swapping my device and I'd love it if NRG would fire up his kitchen a chuck out a couple more ROMs for us :) Subtle, huh?

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Sent you a P.M as my reply is probably too off topic, even for me (and I'm clueless).