[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adrynalyne:
When it comes to ppi, I know you think it rules all, but let me ask you this:

What 3.5" screen besides iPhone has that high of ppi? Answer: None.

Hence, its not the equivalent of a 3.5in screen. Its the equivalent of an iPhone screen.

Compare a Samsung Fascinate with samoled screen, and compare a Droid Incredible 2 with slcd. The Fascinate is more vivid and vibrant, and the Incredible 2 looks washed out. Text appears a bit grainier on the Fascinate. The ppi winner is the Incredible 2, but the beauty winner is the Fascinate. This was at low resolution.

Screen

Compare Rezound to Galaxy Nexus when we can, and I bet the same decision is made. The Nexus will be much more vibrant. Blacks will be blacks, and not some washed out grey. Text could be grainer, sure, but Google took care of that with Roboto font. Time will tell, but I feel confident beauty will win over ppi again. Point goes to: Draw.

CPU

Compare older 1.5ghz technology to newer and more efficient 1.2 technology. Barring the fact that I will be clocking it back to 1.5ghz on day one, the Omap 4460 is faster. We can debate it all day long, but I know the S3 cannot hang with Exynos.

On the other hand, while I despise benchmarks, take a look:

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/11/0...chmarked-this-is-impressive-to-say-the-least/

PS: If you want compare Rezound benches, checkout the Sensation XE. Then note the scores will be

lower

due to the higher resolution on the Rezound.

Edit: Here ya go. Best I could do was version 2.4 for Sensation XE:

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/htc-sensation-xe-with-beats-audio-review-50005202/

Once it gets the 300mhz back, it will perform even higher in benches. Not that it matters. Now we can argue that the GS II doesn't have ICS. Well, bummer. Nothing we can do about that. Hardware doesn't run with software, and if both are faster together, it is still faster. Point for cpu goes to Nexus.

GPU and RAM

The omap 4460 is fed by dual channel ram. This makes a good deal of difference because Android loves fast ram, and GPUs at higher resolutions start to suffer with less efficient ram. The dual channel ram helps with this, not to mention the GPU is clocked almost twice as high as it was in the SGS series of devices, and 80mhz higher than the Razr or Bionic. So if you think the Rezound gpu will not be hurting at 720p...might want to rethink it. Point for gpu goes to Nexus.

Storage

Out of the box, the Rezound will have the same capacity for storage as the Galaxy Nexus. Granted, it can upgrade. Point goes to Rezound.

Software sound processing and in box accessories

Depending on who you ask, Beats is nice, or horrible. Either way, its all software driven. Decent headphones are included. Point goes to Rezound.

Slimness

Not worth discussing, automatically goes to 1 point for the Nexus.

Battery Life

Rezound: 1620 maH

Nexus: 1750 maH on old specs. I have a source that says testers were upgraded to newer hardware with a bigger battery. I am not at liberty to say what. Winner for out of the box battery: Nexus.

Software shipped

Rezound: Gingerbread 2.3.4 (not even 2.3.7??) on Sense 3.5. Does not really use dual core tech.

Nexus: ICS 4.0.1, pure Google experience. Dual core optimized.

Point: Nexus.

Software Update speed

Rezound: ICS incoming ASAP! Held up for months of testing at Verizon. Developer support can fix this, if and when s-off is obtained and the ril ported to aosp.

Nexus: Google preps, google pushes. AOSP updated immediately, devs can unlock bootloader, compile aosp, and have latest at any time without concerns of compatibility. Point goes to Nexus.

Rezound: 3

Nexus: 7

Added a point to both sides because screen always ends up being preference and eye of the beholder.

So, Rezound still sounds superior eh?

We can disagree and debate on some parts above, but the reality is, its not an open-shut case of Rezound is superior.