Largely on the button. I'd happily get an iphone if they refreshed how the OS looks etc once in a while and offered contracts that were competitive/comparative to other smart/super-phones. I understand the desirability of the iphone (and other apple products) in terms of its ease of use and the way they 'just work' but 90% of other such high end devices are more than capable of matching if not improving on this these days. I think what makes most of the so-called 'anti-apple' people speak out is that they can see beyond the clever marketing tactics employed by apple and the blind faith many iphone owners have in the product. And then there's the bandwagonning linked to what Adam says, the iphone has grown into something beyond a simple (or in this case rather complex) handheld telephone and is as much a badge of honour for fashionistas, including that rather vocal lot, the celebrities.

Anyway, back to the matter of handsets... Adam the Samsung Galaxy S2 is a superb piece of kit, i was torn between it and the HTC Sensation that I ended up choosing because of the great job HTC have done in skinning Android/Gingerbread with their Sense UI. There is little between the two, but inevitably they are both being surpassed... There are two new versions/additions to HTC's Sensation line-up and this bad-boy rlThe Samsung/Google Nexusrl which is for all intents and purposes your Galaxy S3 (until Samsung actually release one called that) that is coming in November I believe, and with Google's soon to be latest OS codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich no less! Here is a fantastic article on that OS and how it compares favourably to apples latest offering... rlAndroid Ice Cream Sandwich vs iOS5rl.

I have a new windows phone (HTC Titan) and very nice it is too with a great OS.

I was showing a work mate the xbox live function and how it was all linked,
his 1st question was "Can i get that on my phone?"
i replied "What do you have?"
"A iPhone"
"No, was my replied"
"But its a iPhone!!!"

It seems that iOS users think that there is nothing outside of there system..

And they are the ones who get "Uppity" when others dont fall into the iPhone sales pitch.

but iphone users know the difference between there and their.

I have a HTC myself and don't like it. I think the Android market is quite poor, it's flooded with poor and pointless apps, the phone itself isn't much good either.

I suppose no one other than iphone users think the same way about their phone do they? There are plenty of HTC users out there who think their phones are better than everyone elses.

Cheers for the info - that Nexus does look very nice. Shame that the camera is only 5MP, but I don't take a huge amount of photos on my phone anyway. I'll probably see how much you have to spend per month on an 18-month contract to get the handset for free. I may just go for the Galaxy S2 and reduce my monthly contract price in the process as I got the Galaxy S on release whereas this has been out for a good few months.

I noticed there's a Galaxy S2 HD that's been announced which is apparently faster than the Galaxy Nexus, although it only seems to be being released in South Korea at the moment.

I don't have a android phone.

You da man!!! Much respect to da Gramma cops.

Steve Jobs autobiography seems like it is going to destroy his reputation and legacy. What's all this nonsense about him destroying Android if it takes his last breath and every penny of Apple's money? Stats we got today in work show Android rapidly munching it's way to 50% of the market share while IOS is around 20%.

Good job Steve.

I didn't say you did, I was talking about the phone I have.

Yeah, I saw that on the BBC - possibly just a ploy to create a bit of controversy to get people to buy it?

I'm not really an expert on phone technology and its development, but from what I've been reading it seems like a massively hypocritical statement when he was going on about Android stealing ideas.

I wondered how long it'd take you to bring that up.

Does anyone have the Galaxy S2? Had mine about a week now and I bloody love it. The screen is amazing.

What's the general consensus on MHL adapters? I've just come across them today and I'm wondering whether anyone has any experience of using them, and ultimately whether there any good?