[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
Okay, so now I had a couple of days to play around with the phone I can truly say I am loving every minute of it. I have no signal problems as of yet and calls seem to sound crystal clear. While talking on the speaker phone, the speaker sounds really clear and loud as well.

Let's talk about the screen. I went to pickup some screen protectors from the Sprint store yesterday, which by the way work really well. Thy are $16 for a 3 pack. 2 clear, and one anti glare. I didn't use the anti-glare one but I heard it sucks. The clear ones are as good as any screen protector I have used on my other devices though.....Anyway just thought I would let people know that who are looking for a protector.

Since I sold my EVO 3D 2 weeks ago I was not able to see the 2 devices next to each other until yesterday. I was also bale to see the Photon for the first time. Walked over to the Photon first just out of curiosity. Looked nice but but it was no SGS2. While it was QHD, it did not look as clear as the SGS2 and I think everything just looked to small on it. I remember thinking that when I got my 3D at first. There was so much space between each rom because everything was just shrunk down. I have good eye site so it isn't a matter of not being able to see things, but a matter of what looks good.

If I only had seen an EVO 3D, I would think the Photon's screen looked great, but I was already exposed to the SGS2 so I didn't fell that way. Went over to the EVO 3D for sh.ts and giggles knowing it won't be good and hit the power button. Bam, here comes Sense 3.0 and I actually looked at the screen in amazement of how terrible it looked. It looked like someone left the phone out in the sun for years and it just faded the screen. I think that is the only way to describe it. Again, all the icons just looked to small as well.

So for screen, WVGA Super Amoled Plus in my eyes destroyed the QHD screens on the Photon and 3D. More so the 3D. The Photon definitely had the better screen then the EVO even though people complain about the screen door effect. On top of it the 4.5" screen just eats up the competition! People need to realize while the screen is large for a smart phone, in reality it is a pretty small screen and a WVGA resolution is more then sufficient for a screen this big. Heck, we used to use that resolution on 15" monitors. Going to QHD might make smaller text more eligible, but who can really read something that small anyway. Best is you get a few extra lines on the screen.......Oh yeah, games look sick on this thing as well!

Onto the camera. Let's just say video's look amazing on this thing. No comparison to the 3D. After shooting my first video on the SGS2 my wife and I watch it and she says, wow that looks good. I was pretty shocked how good it looks as well. For the camera, The 3D had shutter lag that felt like it took a day before it snapped. I am not going to say the SGS2 has no lag at all, but it is very minimal and takes a great looking picture. I have yet to take an outdoor picture in optimal lighting so I have only shot indoor pics so far and I must say they look great. Very detailed. The camera was important to me as I have a 1 year old son and the 3D was just not able to capture anything of him unless he didn't move for 2 minutes. I can actually get some pictures of him now with my phone so I am excited for that!

Phone is buttery smooth, not that I though the EVO 3D lagged but things just feel better on the SGS2. Maybe because I am looking at such a beautiful screen it just keeps me mesmerized. Touch Wiz works well also. There is nothing fancy about it but it runs smooth and gets the job done. Bottom 4 capacitive buttons take some getting used to because the layout is different and I still find myself hitting the wrong buttons. I think I finally got used to power button on the side.....

All in all, this phone is a winner and there is nothing I miss about the EVO 3D. Unless you really need the 3D features, I do not see why anyone would pick that phone over this one. Also, for those who complain about build quality. Who cares what material is used. This thing is super thin and lightweight which HTC phones never are. I will take whatever Sammy is using to build these things over some materials that are thick and heavy. If people want to complain about build quality, wouldn't the device need to break or not work to call it bad? If I reacall while people say HTC devices are built better they always seem to have a lot of build issues. For example, light leakage, bad power buttons, parts starting crack on the phone. To me this is what you need to look at, not that Samsung uses plastic because what it looks like to me, at least their plastic will hold up!

Anyway, that is all I have for now. Sorry for any bad grammar but I need to run now and don't have time to proof read but wanted to get this out there for people who might still be stuck on the fence about switching. If anyone has any specific questions, let me know........