[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] -=Vex=-:
The music quality on the Sensation really is amazing, I can't compare it to anything else. However, it seems to be mostly thanks to the accompanied earbuds and the equalizer setting. I believe the "Beats" settings have been ported to different phones already. And the YourBeats aren't all that expensive, so even if I won't go with the Sensation, I'll end up with those earphones and a similar equalizer setting on the SGSII or the SGN.

Would the fact that Samsung uses hardware acceleration on the SGSII affect the benchmarks like Quadrant and others? If not, then that would mean that the SGSII would prove itself to be superior graphics wise and would thus perform better in a gaming environment?

The hardware home button really is a thing to be afraid of. as I've gotten quite accustomed to using the software buttons on the Sensation already, even though the home button is slightly inconveniently placed.

What other flaws are you talking about here? I'm quite curious to what you would see as flaws and see if I can relate to those.

The storage space is indeed something to ponder about, as my library currently consists out of 100+ GB, and I just cleared out some. I believe the SGS2 has 16 GB internal storage capacity which is upgradable to 32 with an SD card? or is it 16+32 on the SD card?

After careful consideration of the limitations of the SGN, I believe that due to the higher resolution which is to be rendered and the slightly underclocked GPU, the Nexus would not be really suitable for the demanding games of today such as Dungeon Defenders and the Tegra 2 games while using Chainfire(Or something like that) which would mean that the Nexus would be taken out of the equation when it comes to gaming.

Unfortunately, my data limit per month is a mere 1GB. This pretty much leaves streaming music on the go an option which would only collect dust on my phone.

The Sensation is a marvelous phone by itself, but there are quite some limitations which will lead to me being frustrated in the end. Before writing this post, I had not fully experimented with the device and tried to push it to its limits. After putting it through some benchmarks, I decided that the phone was slightly underperforming gaming-wise compared to the SGSII but was still pretty capable of handling anything else I throw at it, with music being the best part of it. However, I did notice some flaws with for example multitasking which was not as fluid as I had experienced it before after using the device for a day, forcing me to install a task manager to close apps to conserve available memory. While this will also be a concern on other phones, the increased amount of RAM on both the SGSII and the SGN will make it slightly less of an annoyance.

I agree that having multiple SD cards with multiple contents is quite nice, but isn't internal memory more easily loaded into the OS? Meaning that there will be less resources used and quicker response times for those certain contents?

While music is indeed a primary concern, it is not the only thing I would base my choice on. Any more thoughts on the rest of the issues? Battery life, processing power, scree, gaming etc.

After reading this post I would say that you're saying that I should get the SGSII haha. Also, you're pretty much concluding that the Sensation has none of the features the SGSII has, or it has, but in a less quality than the SGSII. The nexus has me worried about the screen in combination with the GPU to be honest. Much more pixels to be rendered with an effectively "weaker" GPU than the SGSII.

Thank you for all your replies, my choices are pretty much still undecided. Everyone seems to put up some point of view which sways me to one or the other.

My primary thoughts currently are:

- The SGSII already has hardware acceleration, does this affect everything, or just browsing? If it does indeed affect everything, how will ICS make any difference? And if not, will the SGSII become even more of a powerhouse with ICS?

- The Sensation currently has poor battery life, I've seen that for myself. How will ICS affect the speed while gaming and browsing and how will it increase or decrease battery life?

- The Nexus has a 720p screen with a "weaker" GPU than both of the devices. This will severely affect gaming in my owning. Which is still my 2nd favorite thing to do while on the move.