My wife got the desire hd off them 2 months ago and it's gone faulty. Took it into P4U today and they gave her a phone number to contact htc directly... shocking

TBF I have dealt with HTC direct in the past and they are a lot better than P4U/CPW.

HTC won't let stores repair them so they have to send them to HTC which can take 28 days. If you send to HTC direct it can take 7 days. I know which one I would do!

Aaaah, torn between this and the HTC Sensation. Both look amazing.

And if the iPhone 5 is announced next month, then I'll be even more torn!

Yip, HTC Sensation is out in a couple of weeks on Vodafone and then by everyone else in June. I'm going to wait for a review of the Sensation and then decide between it and the SGS2. Either way, one of those phones will be my next purchase!

When you take the back plate off it does feel very flimsy and dare I dare "cheap", BUT when it's on the phone it fits tightly and feels and looks very nice in my hand (IMO).

As for the size in my hand, I dunno if you saw this picture I uploaded, but I have very big hands naturally so the size is fine for me but as a unit it does look 'massive' when you have it out and using it. This is a good thing though as the main use of a phone like this comes through the large screen's capability (watching videos, surfing the net, using an onscreen keyboard etc) but conversely due to it's extreme skinnyness and lightweight is in no way obstrusive in your pocket.

In fact, I was borrowing and old 3310 whilst I was waiting for the SGS2 to come out and on the first day with my S2 I had to keep feeling my pocket to make sure it was still there. In short, it somehow manages to be both big when you need it to be and unoticeable when you're carrying it.

I can tell you now, iPhone 5 is not going to be announced until September. The upgrades will be a 4" IPS qHD screen, dual-core A5 processor, 1GB RAM, 5MP 1080p camera, and the same OS they've been peddling for 4 years now. So if you like iOS, by all means wait for it, but if you're expecting some big change that's going to blow everyone else out of the water, don't hold your breath.

Personally, I'm sick of the sheer inflexibility of iOS - even when jailbroken it's a nightmare to change the look to anything different than a grid of icons. Like the people above I'm going to wait for the Sensation reviews then choose between that and the SGS2.

Would rather have the HTC Sensation myself.

Why? Don't see it beating the SGS2 in any area. Less RAM, a lot less onboard memory (1gb vs 16gb/32gb), worse camera (HTC's have never been as good as Samsungs or Sony Ericssons) and it's bigger and heavier.

The only area that appears better is the resolution of the screen but this is outweighed by the fact it's SLCD which despite being better than Super AMOLED is not bettter than Super AMOLED Plus which is featured on the SGS2.

They only reason to buy the Sensation is if you are a massive fan of Sense touch interface (I use a third party replacement on anyway).

Here you go, a comparison of both,

http://www.zenilshroff.com/samsung-g...d-smartphones/

Still want the Sensation?

Still prefer the Sensastion looks more solidly built the Samsung looks cheap in comparison and doesnt look like it will hold up to wear and tear.

I'm just getting a case

Samsung Galaxy S 2 wins hands down for me. I'd settle for the Sensation if I couldnt have the Galaxy though!
Hoping it wont be too long now until its available direct from Vodafone!

Yeah, I'm expecting a September announcement, but was just more hopeful of June (I've read all the delay rumours).

iOS is nice, but I think I'm starting to lean more towards Android, and I'm really hoping that iOS 5 shakes things up a bit in terms of layout, because in its current state it's starting to get a little stale.

Interesting comparisons between the Sensation and Galaxy 2, but will still wait for official reviews. I think I prefer the look of Sense 3.0 over TouchWiz 4.0, although both appear to be pretty slick. Also (although it's a small thing), the physical camera button on the Sensation would be preferable.

The entire front of the SGS2 is Gorilla Glass so no worries there. The back looks (IMO) fine and the only thing that is flimsy is the battery cover when removed from the phone (it feels solid and nice to touch when on the phone though) and if you did break the back cover I would imagine it would cost less than £1 to replace.

For me the light grey and roundness of the HTC makes it look like something from the 80s but hey, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and personally specs beats athetctics anyway (else you might as well buy an iPhone ).


Both are nice but in my opinion niether are as good as GO launcher, adw or pro-launcher (home screen replacements) which are all available from the market and will work on both phones.


I do agree with you here, it would have been nice if Samsung had added an extra button further down from where the power button is on the right hand side which would have been perfectly positioned for a physical camera button (not sure what other use it would have had though) as at the moment you have to use an on screen button with the default camera software anyway.

Does it have a signal problem too

Quite the opposite! I seem to get signal now in places at work where I would have been cut off before!

Just want a case to protect the shiny shiny!

How are people finding the battery life? Is it still a case of you should really charge this up at night time for the next day ahead?

Also does anyone think that perhaps Samsung have shot themselves in the foot by not using the Tegra 2 chipset? I mean a lot of games appear to be coming out designed for that chip which this phone can't play correct? So you have this powerful that is almost crippled by the lack of games/apps it can play. Or have I got this all wrong?

I currently have a Nexus S, got it the other month. Wish I waited now after seeing that you can get this phone for £399. Tempted to upgrade and sell my Nexus but just not sure about the whole chipset issue I talked about above.

Just ordered mine, expected Wednesday delivery.

http://www.clove.co.uk/accessories/s...100/protection

One of the reviews I read said they managed to get two full days out of the standard battery with "normal use". I've not managed more than a day myself but then I am playing with it a lot. I've had it five days now and I'm still constantly modifying my home screens and taking 1080p videos so as the novelty wears off I'd expect to get two days also.

However, I'm going to take a look at this when it comes out,

http://www.clove.co.uk/samsung-galax...tended-battery

And if it only increases the thickness by a millimetre or two I buy get it. There is a 'bump' at the bottom of the phone and if the bigger battery brings the entire back flush with it, it would be nice.


I was under the impression that the Exynos chip was overall better than the Tegra 2 which is why the main markets (UK, USA etc) are getting it whilst the Tegra 2 is going to the smaller markets with a lower end SLCD screen.

From wiki, it appears the Tegra 2 will only benefit certain games wheras the Exynos is better for multimedia. From a personal point of view I use my phone more for the camera and video than I do games.

IMO, mobile gaming is fun now and then but not a serious gaming platform. Buy a PSP if you wanna play games (not that the Exynos chip is poor at it, far from it)


The Exynos 1.2GHz dual core will kick the Nexus to the kerb with gaming.

When will the Carphonewarehouse get the Galaxy S2 and will it be on a PAYG?

Will it be the same price, £399.99 like 02?

From full charge to empty doing normal things it ran out after about 1 3/4 days.

I'll just put it on a nightly charge, I'm used to that on other phones.

Where have you ordered yours from?

Phoned o2 about an upgrade earlier. Was quoted £199 for the phone on a 12 month upgrade at £21 a month. Was almost snapping it from them until she told me what the new £21 package included, something like 50min, 250 texts and 500MB.

I pointed out that's more than I'm paying right now and I will be getting a lot lesser for it

Will probably wait 6 months for the other dual core phones to come out and pick one up cheaper then.

About how long on the internet is 500MB?! I havent had MB included on a contract before so Im not sure. Thanks