My contract is up next month and I cant decide between a HTC Desire HD or a Samsung Galaxy S2.
Has anyone idea which is the best?
Thanks

I assume you mean the Galaxy S2 in which case go for that of the two as the S2 has a dual-core processor. If not I'd ask in a store for a working version of each handset that you can test out there in-shop as the two OS's are not to everyone's tastes.

Actually, if it is the S2 you would be better off comparing it against the HTC Sensation which is due for launch next month and is a better like for like comparison with a dual core of its own, the latest version of android preloaded and an updated version of HTC's 'Sense' UI. Don't be mislead by online spec comparisons alone though.

My contract is up at the and of the month and I really don't know what to go for?

I'm currently on an IPhone 3gs and although I've had some major issues with the iPhone it would be a hell of a lot more simple to just upgrade to the iPhone 4. That way I dont have to bother with moving contacts, pictures, messages or music.

But I really wanna try out one of the HTC phones.

Does anyone know how easy it is to get all the above mentioned from your iPhone to a HTC phone?

I did

what network are you on?

O2 but I can move to any now.

If I remember rightly O2 has a service available through the website that allows you to back such things up, not the music obviously but I assume you have to run all of that through itunes anyway.

If it's still available i think its called bluebook or something?

Thanks.

I'll take a look into it.

If chasing specs and being able to claim you have a dual core phone is important to you get an Android device. You might be able to save some money as well.

If you want the best overall experience get iPhone 4. Broader content, applications, games, accessories, compatibility. Generally a smoother experience.

I have a Desire HD. Really good phone. Not had any of the battery issues that people seemed to have been affected by. Screen is very responsive, the array of apps is superb now and the amount you can customize the Android devices is superb.

To the fella above, isn't it Apple who claim to be constantly at the forefront with the Iphone 4? What with the screen and all that jazz. If your chasing specs and are all about the brand surely you will stump the extra to get the Iphone 4?

No one has ever brought an Apple product for specs alone. Apple's competitions nearly always look better on a spec sheet. The N96 was better than a iPhone on paper.

Apple does place more emphasis about overall experience, of course specs can enhance that experience (like the display, which is hugely important). Apple will for example talk about battery life, but they will never really talk about the RAM in their phones, as one example. Whereas in the Android community and vendors commonly like to talk about RAM, clockspeed, overclocking etc.

HTC try and sell the experience with their HTC Sense features. I would say part of that is why HTC are one of the most successful Android vendors. But it is harder for them because they aren't fully in control of their own platform.

And many, many people far smarter than me know just like the desktop era of computing it always was and always will be all about software. Good software can sing on mediocre bad hardware. Bad software can slow good hardware to a crawl.

So software is where all the interesting stuff will happen and where all the advances will take place.

My advice to anyone would be when making a decision is to value real word performance and usability over a list of specs. And of course that will be a personal decision. After all these are far more personal, intimate devices than any other general purpose computing device which has gone before.