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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chib1panda:
You gotta hand it tohem for still being in the game for providing an OS that is practically unchanged over the years. Goes to show how far brand power can go. I have seen android evolve over the years since the g1 but I would say the target audience is everyone. Anyone can buy any kind of android phone within any price range. I would say there is a specific audience that is targeted with apple. They have loyalty with them and others will follow, possibly breaking the bank to do it. I have worked for plenty of doctors and none of them owned an android phone. Mostly apple products and would upgrade when a new one came out. Why? Because they have the funds to do so.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] HRodMusic:
Lets me honest the 4s is a great device.. I meam iphone does have the best camera in the market, but i rarely use my camera and when i do my gs2 is amazing at it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Iphone has the best camera? News to me....

____________________

Deebo took your bike too?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Krooked22:
Iphone Is made of metal, which is heavier.

Our phone is made of plastic, it is lighter than metal.

The iPhone weighs more, and it made of metal. If it were to fall, the impact generated would be much more forceful than a plastic phone

And that is why an iPhone would have a better chance of breaking if it fell

Aherpdedurp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] neobirdrio:
I didnt said iphone is not good, it depend on what the owner want, some people care more about brand, the 'eve' apple logo made them proud of it. They thought that crap is the greatest phone ever made on earth.

SGS2 now got it own title called 'legendary'... SGS2 deserve it.

For those who like iphone, go for it, but to tell us that iphone's camera is better than our SGS2, we are going to say you are just ignorant about apps and ability of the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
That's funny, my camera does pretty good with the right iso settings, while yours couldn't even take a picture once apple starts setting up jammers for profit

www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster...cert-recordings/2011/06/20/AGV7AFdH_blog.html

I guess there are people that doesn't like freedom and loves to be dictated
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
Galaxy s2 tmo - 135grams

iphone 4s -140grams

let's use physics and calculate the forces of each being dropped on the ground

f=ma

galaxy s2 = 0.135*9.8 =1.323

vs

iphone 4s = 0.14*9.8= 1.372

with that little difference, i seriously doubt it would mean the difference of screen cracking completely and screen barely damaged.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] klubbbanguz:
Honestly social status is The only reason apple stays ahead..don't get Me wrong they do make solid products..but that's where it stops..i work at a store called ninja ent..and I flash ..unlock etc cell phones..I don't understand why would u buy I4 and unlock it for Tmobile and r only able to get EDG..when u can get n s2 ???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
I have a 4S. It's a great phone. I like it mostly for the design and the apps
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Blue1k:
I totally agree with you except about the camera. I had the 4s and it destroys anything I could ever take with the s2.

Here is an example: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/40392289@N07/6350723716/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
change iso settings, i heard of the grain issue as well, it's caused by the auto iso settings, just mess around with ISO at 100 and you'll see the difference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Blue1k:
Oh I know all about that. I've had 3 galaxy s2s and am pretty adept with photography. The s2 just can't match the 4s even in excellent light. Still a great camera though and glad I swapped my 4s for a S2X :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SGS2X:
I showed my phone to my friend (I previously had a ****ty iphone 3g) and she asked my why I 'downgraded' to this phone :confused: From iphone 3g to SGS2 a downgrade?? I wanted to rage haha

And today I showed it to another friend and she was like "Woah that's the size of a tablet.. how do you fit it in your pocket?" It actually fits much nicer in my pocket than my old iphone, sometimes I can barely tell if it's there :p.

I think people are slowly starting to acknowledge the gs2 as a good phone, but it outrages me how people make excuses as to why the iphone is better. The main thing I get is that "it's too big." I honestly think it's the perfect size, and personally I wouldn't mind an even bigger phone :cool: Actually, nah it's perfect the way it is.

But when people /actually/ play with my phone for 2 seconds, they're initial reaction is "Wow". The screen is beautiful and I find cool live wallpapers and transitions to make it look even better :p

My uncle had his hardware upgrade and chose to go with an iPhone 4 8gb over a SGS2 LTE, even tho he would have got the s2 for just $50 more.. the reason he gave me: "But it's an iPhone..." even after I showed him the specs, the features, etc, I could not convince him to go for the s2 or the htc raider lol

People seem to think that the iphone comes with 'elite' status and no other phone is worth as much as an iphone. It's sorta like Dr. Dre beats headphones.. they have the looks, and decent quality, but there are much better products out there for the same price.

At the end of the day tho, I say let those people enjoy their iPhones, and we'll take advantage of a truly amazing experience on a handheld ;) If they don't want to have a better experience, that's their loss :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
that's exactly how i feel, some dumb kid actually came up to me with his crappy iphone just to tell me my phone's crap, so i started showing him what my phone could do..the guyjust ended up saying mine can do all that too, and more..and then he walked away..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] josemedina1983:
Well if people know about phones theirs alot of things iphone does better than the GS2 like battery power, app selection and support and simple UI. Now everything ends up on what you need or what you like. I prefer android for the simple fact I like tweaking customizing becomes more of a personal phone than just having such a boring UI. theres always going to be BIG crowd that buys products just because of the popular hype, Like most people I know buy high end Macbooks for just web browsing and watching movies and pay a high price for something that could of cost them 300 bucks but is a mac why would they? and those are the people that judge at other products without having a clue if their better or not they just see a brand not what it does.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dcpetterson:
I used to try and tell iPhoners how much better my Android was back when I had the G1 and Vibrant cuz back then, it was still somewhat possible to have a real discussion, the iPhone did have some **** better. But since I got the GS2, the argument is so one–sided, I just don't care anymore. They are wrong, GS2 is pwn, useless to ever have the talk. Its like arguing that my car is faster then them walking, its just a fact, needs no argument.

GS2 FTW.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Husam2011:
Arguing with apple fans is like telling a somebody that his religion is wrong.

Altho i think that the iPhone 4s got a better camera. Sometimes even the iPhone 4 takes better pictures than my T-mo GS2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JMCustoms:
Its pretty obvious to see how Microsoft like apple has become. It won't be till our Android phones have 1080p screens and quad core 4 ghz processors that the people will be able to see outside of apple box
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chvietnk:
ive owned both both iphones and the galaxy s2, to be honest, they both have their pros and cons. there is no clear winner for me. some things to list off the top of my mind:

android: widgets, customization, diff setups/options available, screen size, LTE/4g.

iphone: better notifications(even if they ripped it off android, they were able to make it even better), more smooth os even with slower cpu speeds. a lot easier to source apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] unlvmike:
You guys commenting realize you too are fanboys of android, don't be blind. Not everyone likes the same things. Why even bother taking sides defending either? Google is not paying you to represent them and neither is apple them. So please take this pointless debate elsewhere, you'll get biased remarks here. I love android, but there is no need to defend it. The people that love it, love it because its truly theirs.

There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chvietnk:
people are closed mined and play into what is popular or follow others. kind of like an apple hype. but they do make a pretty good product.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SoFaKiNgStOkeD:
+1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quest4fire:
Apple has fantastic marketing, the gullibles of the world eat it up. They have been brainwashed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] OriginalMemnock:
iPhones are great devices, but Apple has been sitting on their laurels a bit and watched the technology pass them by. Not having a bigger than 3.5 in screen is bad, not having any widgets is bad, not having any external storage is bad, but the complete omission of 4G is simply unforgiving. That was really the deal-breaker for me when deciding on a phone.

That said, I can see how an iPhone would be a better choice for someone who is not tech savy or like my ex, simply despised anything that was more complicated than a normal phone. Apple will catch up once again in June or whenever it is they release iPhone 5 and it will seem like the greatest thing since sliced bread. However, without Jobs, it's difficult to tell just how innovative they will be going forward.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
That's another thing,I can't see how Steve jobs is innovative,I see him as a failed and successful copy cat, from stealing keyboard, mouse and GUI from Xerox, to ductaping touchscreen to phone to greater smart phone, he's gone from failure to success, but he didn't invent anything in the process, he sole it from other people.

Another thing is his advertisements, he always claims that people are creative I'd they buy his product, but every opine odd the same and barely customizable.

See the irony here?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] johnston9234:
Apple was abolsutely revolutionary in terms of the development of a GUI. Give credit where credit is due. Jobs was a visionary when the company needed him and he clearly succeeded. I would like to come out and say that MS or Google was the figure heads to the Smartphone revolution or the PMP or the GUI but I cant.

That being said, as the market progresses Google reigns as the best Smartphone OS and MS as the best desktop GUI/OS.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Gui always existed way before jobs even was even there Gui also came before apple as well. It just that the iphone device did it the best. He was good at taking and redesigning ideas. Visionary he was not. I due give his credit for where it's due though. Which is taking an idea and make it better.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pman860507:
I think both devices are good. i have used iphones since they came out. the GS2 is actually what made me want to switch over.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I used to think that iOS products were "just works" devices. This past year I had the opportunity to buy two for my kids and to use my wife's Ipad extensively. "Just works" my @$$!!! These things are just as prone to lagging, and inexplicable lockups and hiccups that plagued the previous generation of Android phones.

Since then, I upgraded two lines to SGS2, mine and my wife's. I was nervous that she would have difficulty making the transition to Android. Boy, was I wrong! Now, you have to know my wife, she is a member of a key Apple demographic - a young, female executive who wants her devices to be "cute" and to work with none to minimal tinkering. So I bought her a pink D30 case, set up her exchange/mail accounts, and she has not turned back. She loves her phone! i only wish I had waited for the white version. Oh well.

Apple has duped alot of people into believing in the superiority of their products. I think it's the emperor's new clothes syndrome. No one is willing to call iOS products for what the are: "supposed" smart devices for technically challenged wannabes.

To be honest I gag when reviewers go on and on about how wonderful the iOS interface is. People, it's just a bunch of icons on a screen.

I laugh when people talk about how beautiful and shiny and well-made their iPhones are. Who the he!! in their right minds would design a phone with a glass back. My daughter's device fell less than three feet and the screen exploded!

Don't get me started on Jesus Jobs (RIP) and his autocratic development philosophy.

But there is a strong market for Apple products: people who are image-conscious and want to be hip, don't have alot of technical savvy, but want to look smart. Too bad, that's the majority of the population!

But I think the iPhone has been good for the industry: it stimulated development and interest in the platform that once was almost exclusively the domain of business people and technogeeks (like myself). However, the populace is becoming awakened to the possibilities of smart mobile computing, and the revolution will follow.

Anyone remember the Apple vs PC wars when it looked like Apple was going to take over the desktop market...?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
isn't it disgusting that these reviewer never bring up the fact that ios hasnt changed a lot in the years and that Apple actually told their customers everything is fine when their computers get infected with keyloggers?(openly denying the fact that macs have been hacked into)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I call it apple blindness. It's a kind of success blindness, where people refuse to see the faults of the "big thing."
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] armoguy94:
Listen, people have their own preferences. Just worry about yourself. Who ****ing cares, big deal..give me a break.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tackleberry:
Icrap on isheep
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AznDud333:
You wouldn't be saying that if you've seen the isheeps coming up to me and telling me their icrap is better
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Xhyperion:
I have a 4S as well. Got it for free during a contest. I like it alot. I'm definitely a Android user but the iPhone and iPad are alot of fun. I think there are just as many itrolls as there are fandroids. I usually just ignore both since discussing it will just frustrate somebody.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SoFaKiNgStOkeD:
iPhone - Best screen resolution (although 3.7" is way too small)

iPhone - Cleaner/simpler OS (simple isn't always better unless you are 85)

iPhone - Apps galore (most are junk apps anyway)

iPhone - Best camera/camcorder, period end of story

iPhone - iPod included (best MP3 player known to man)

iPhone - Best battery life

GS2 - Biggest screen (although not the clearest)

GS2 - Fastest processor (duh)

GS2 - More customizable (for sure)

GS2 - 4G (YES!!!)

GS2 - Replaceable battery (rather have long lasting)

GS2 - Less expensive (Unless you are out of contract and have an eBay account)

We could go on and on. I say it's a draw. It's a matter of preference.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shehrammajid:
3.5 inch....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Engadget said as well as other tech blogs said the iPhone camera is now in third place. First he nokia N8 literally has the best camera end of the story. Second place went to the mytouch 4g slide.camera. It's surprising of that because engadget is very biased towards apple products.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
At my work, we only use apple computers. they are simple to use and we do not have any software requirements other than stability, web browsing capability and low maintenance... Macs are the obvious choice.

Personally, i have a macbook that runs windows 7 but have never had the desire to purchase an iphone or ipad... The iphone is what the status quo uses. also, it doesn't have any real advantages over high end android phones. it isn't faster, bigger or comparatively more stable / easier to use.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DarthxTyler:
Everybody's comments are starting to look the same lol
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evo_Shift:
Could someone please tell me which phone I need to purchase if I want it for Sprint. I think it is the Nexus S 4G SPH-D720 but I also see people selling a Nexus S 4G i9020. Is the SPH-D720 just Sprint's name for the i9020?

I just don't want to make the mistake of buying a phone I think will work on Sprint when actually the seller was just trying to get as many damn keywords in as possible for ebay searches.

Also, do all Sprint Nexus phones have the Super Amoled screen?

Thanks.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jesusice:
The D720. And I do believe that all the Sprint NS come with SAMOLED. I know mine did. And coming from the Shift it's flat out amazing =)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
All Nexus S models are AMOLED exept I9023.....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpeeps74:
Sph-d720 is the sprint nexus s 4G as was mentioned, and that sph is significant. Don't go ordering a samsung d720 or you will be a very unhappy camper.

Sent from my Nexus S 4G running CM7/franco.Kernel
[Epic 4G General] IronReaver17:
http://tinyurl.com/7do9cwf
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Right on time for my 2 upgrades in July...c'mon on physical keyboard GSIII w/LTE!
[Epic 4G General] Milkman00:
So is there a map somewhere that shows Sprint's LTE tower upgrade progress??? I am wondering if I will have 4G in my area ever. Obviously I know I will need a new phone, I am just curious how large their LTE network is and is going to be.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
They want to cover the country by 2013. It states to reach 250 million potential subscribers. There are only 300 million Americans so.......
[Epic 4G General] adelmundo:
At least in my area I just got WiMax, which has been available for a year just one mile away from me, but stopped short of my house. Now I get a 4G signal at my home, and 3G has improved speed wise (over 1.5 Mbps DL consistently) as well, so I think they have definitely been doing tower upgrades.
[Epic 4G General] Gavisann:
They want to expand to the size of Verizon's 4G LTE network, which is about to turn a year old. It will take twice as long as it took Verizon, but for a small carrier, this is a big accomplishment.
[Epic 4G General] TechSr06:
Will this improve existing 4g?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
No that is seperate. They have been improving the WiMax network. I can get 4G in the towns surrounding me now when I could barely get it at home months ago.
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
Clearwire just go an infusion of new cash, so there will probably be minor improvements to the existing 4G Wimax, but mostly just maintenance. The focus is now on LTE.
[Epic 4G General] tkeyes:
this shows what updates happened in your area 6months ago, and what the next 6months:

https://network.sprint.com/

its for 3G, but its an start.
[Epic 4G General] goblue30093:
so i guess this wont be the big January announcement then.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamale:
Hey guys just got my galaxy note 2 days ago. And i've noticed the battery is insanely terrible. I don't know if this is normal among all galaxy note users but well i'll post the pics and let you decide. Basically my Galaxy note sits on my table doing nothing while i use my galaxy s2. So i doubt its due to me fiddling with it.

Please i beg of you someone help me perhaps changing my kernel or something, from what i see alot of the kernels are unstable. Thanks a bunch guys the pics have been attached btw.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenY2K3:
Looking at the image, you do have WiFi and constantly with roughly half the time with the phone awake, whether you use it or not just having the WiFi switched on is gonna have an affect on the battery.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
Looks like something is keeping your phone awake. If your phone sits there and does nothing with the screen off, I got almost 2 days out of it.

Plus is your phone rooted or stock?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamale:
My phone is completely stock FOB

Ah ok that reminds me i saw a video on youtube a few guys said that the galaxy note if running on wifi really slams the battery. Ok noted.

Also one more issue i have an app killer running on my phone if you noticed at the top. Once in a while i clear the memory and it says i got like 500+mb of free memory, then for some reason later when i power on the phone and clear memory again it says i only got like 200+mb of free memory. The usage of memory seems to fluctuate randomly any idea on this?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] indie:
You could try and download betterbatterystats and see what is keeping your phone from sleeping. The pictures you put up suggest that your phone is not sleeping during standby.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfractal:
100% wifi fault, install GreenPower and your problems will be gone.

One more thing to disable is the voice talk wake up command:

Double click the home button, press menu then settings, scroll to "Wake up Command" and if it's enabled disable it.

after making those two changes I've gone from 8 hours of moderate use to almost 20.

Good luck!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
WHY are you using an app killer? The result is that it (the app killer) kills your open apps and then Android will start them up again, and it will use more battery since it has to start apps over and over again. What's the point of having 1GB RAM if you're not going to use it?!

Android can manage the RAM itself. Android is not Windows.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamale:
Thank you very much my friends, my utmost gratitude. Will be running with no wifi, no app killer, no wake up command from that voice thing and with green power premium on. Shall see the improvements today, i must add galaxy note is such a beautiful piece of art.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LordManhattan:
Yeah, sorry about sounding like an ass, but i'm just sick of people using app killers when they don't need to :p
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamale:
No worries, it was well delivered and its a good slap to noobs like me to learn things quick LOL

If i ever decide to flash kernel and get a rom, any suggestions?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mfractal:
Let us know how it worked out
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultradj83:
Dears,

any ringtones I set (also default ones) are played only for 5 seconds, then it stops playing.

On screen, I still see alarm screen, I can snooze it as usual...

Any ideas?

Tks!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mudferret:
Are you on CM7 by chance?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ultradj83:
You mean Cyanogen?

No, I'm on stock firmware XWKK2, Chainfire root kernel 5...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ProjectA1xx:
So yesterday is was trying out the ICS Rom, everything was looking good until i noticed i have no service. I tried searching for it but i get an error every time!

I'm running the FuguModICS i9000 Beta2 Kernel and goodoane's beta2. Is anyone else having this problem? My Service is Rogers though its on a telus phone;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imranz:
I also facing the same problem when using ICS rom with my Samsung Galaxy Note. I can access the internet but in the notification area, No Service displayed there instead of my Carrier name. Anyone know how to fix this?