[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Zexell:
I for one was eagerly awaiting the google nexus prime but am disappointed instead.

I've come to the conclusion that our ET4G's are better than the google nexus in all areas except the battery. Heres why.

CPU's

Google Nexus - Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 @ 1.2ghz dual core

Galaxy SII - Exynos 4210 SoC @ 1.2ghz dual core

Without even getting to the GPU part....Why google went with the outdated OMAP 4460 ....Who knows. They could've went with a OMAP 4470 which is right around the corner or use the latest 1.5ghz Exynos which is supposed to set the bar yet again. It lags behind the 4S' A5 and Exynos in all areas except dual memory channel and HD Video capability. ICS is supposedly hardware accelerated to the OMAP though but it's still a big letdown for sure.

There is a rumor that Google will use the OMAP 4470 or the 1.5ghz Exynos in some Nexus' in the future..

Winner = GSII

GPU

GN - PowerVR SGX540 clocked higher.

GSII - quad-core Mali-400

SGX540 is actually a great GPU and nothing to laugh at...... unless you have 4S or a GSII. The thing was announced in 2007 and made its way to the first Galaxy S, Nexus, Fascinate and Droid Bionic. On the contrary, the Mali-400 is a year old yet it was just dethroned very recently by the iphone 4S. A Absolutely the biggest blowout in this comparison.

Winner = GSII

Screen

GN - 4.65" 1280x720p 16:9 HD Widescreen Super AMOLED (Pentile RGBW pixel structure)

GSII - 4.3" or 4.5" 800x480 WVGA Super AMOLED Plus (Traditional RGB pixel structure)

It was the only thing the Google Nexus had going for it until just recently they found out that the samsung decided to use the PENTILE display on this SAMOLED. What a let down again.... People hated the pentile displays. Heres a link to read furthur on this. And here. But you gotta admire the real estate of the .15" difference and 720p resolution though.

Winner = TIE

Camera

GN - 5 MP rear camera capable of 1080p w/ Flash (1.3 MP front camera)

GSII - 8 MP rear camera capable of 1080p w/ Flash (2 MP front camera)

For me I dont even look at megapixels anymore. Extremely misleading because the true quality of a camera is determined by image sensor and lens. With that said, this is where I am most pleased with my phone. All that other stuff (cpu, gpu, screen, etc) is all apples and oranges but the camera.... My goodness. Low light situation? Need continual auto focus? Need image stabilizing? Need to adjust exposure and/or ISO? No problem. And to top it off, there's absolutely no pixel shifting, loss of color, pixelation or audio problems. And because we have android, the nice people here at XDA have worked their magic and hacked the camera to raise the bitrates in both video and audio.

Imaging/Video editing are my hobbies and I can probably fill your entire screen with words to back my argument of why the GSII's camera is the holy grail or you can read this article which shows you actual pictures and statistics. Not really sure if the 5MP camera in the Nexus will get all the bells and whistles of the monster thats in the GSII's but again, google chose to go inferior with the hardware.....

Theres a rumor that it will infact be shipped with the same GSII's 8MP camera but thats unofficial.

Winner = GSII

Storage

GN - 32gb Internal (no slots of any kind for expanding)

GSII - 16gb Internal (microSD up to 32gb for expanding)

Self explanatory.

Winner = TIE

OS

GN - Ships with ICS (hardware accelerated and optimized for ICS)

GSII - ICS in the near future

Google nexus wont even ship till next month and by then ICS may be out for our phones.

Winner = TIE

Battery

GN - 2050 mAh (unofficial)

GSII - Li-ion 1800 mAh

Winner = Galaxy Nexus

Conclusion

I was planning to sell my ET4G for the Nexus prime. I would've paid my ETF and left sprint to go with verizon for the Nexus Prime. Until the specifications came out and I had some time to try and figure out why the heck would Google release a flagship phone with inferior hardware than a phone thats been all over the world for already a year....It still doesnt make any sense to me as I can just have a better experience on ICS with my GSII later. Ive come to the conclusion that our GSII's will sit at the top for some time.