Need help choosing between a Samsung Galaxy S II or Galaxy Nexus

[Gigashadow]

WIll ebe signing up for first contract soon, Galaxy S II or Galaxy Nexus
I will soon be going for a phone contract on Three (UK), I'm primarily going to them for their all-you-can-eat data plan which is way ahead of any data plan offered by any other network.

I considered quite a few such as the Blackberry Bold 9900 (I loved how fast I could type but decided it wasn't worth the price considering its features). I also looked at the HTC Evo 3D (but felt the performance didn't seem to be as good as some other similarly price phones). Recently I tried a Galaxy Note and I think I would have gone for it, however, Three won't be stocking it. I even considering the iPhone 4S (back when everyone was expecting the iPone 5), I'm an Android fan but I was curious about trying the competition, after seeing it wasn't much of a big leap from the iPhone 4 I changed my mind.

Now my choice comes down to the Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Nexus. On Three's Text 500 + all-you-can-eat data plans the Galaxy S II is

 

[Sak01]

You can get the S2 for

 

[Gigashadow]

You can get the S2 for

 

[Sak01]

sorry, see the edit

 

[Shocky]

Galaxy Nexus also has a weak graphics processor, it's not as good as the one in Galaxy S II and also has to cope with the higher resolution which will hinder performance even more.

Galaxy S II has the fastest graphics processor in any Android phone to date.

 

[aman321]

dont u have a droid razr option

 

[Gigashadow]

dont u have a droid razr option

No, Three won't stock it.

 

[Frisco]

This comparative review might help as far as the device choice goes:

Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Samsung Galaxy S2 - News - Know Your Mobile

This might jump off the page at you:

"...the Galaxy Nexus is outclassed by the Galaxy S2 thanks to its use of the Exynos chipset and a much quicker Mali-400MP GPU which offers superior gaming and media performance."

 

[Gigashadow]

You can get the S2 for

 

[Sak01]

I can't seem to find that deal...

This one
Samsung Galaxy S II on

 

[sleedeane]

As you can see, the comparisons are too close to call, the opinions are all over the board. IMO, the deal breaker is this: the S2 is almost bug free as it has been around a little while; ICS will probably be laden with problems for awhile. By the time the bugs are worked out it will be available to the S2.

 

[Gigashadow]

This one
Samsung Galaxy S II on

 

[zflamewing]

I'm personally leaning toward the Nexus. My reason for that choice is I'm looking for the pure android experience. I generally don't game on my phones and rarely watch movies, that's what my tablet will be fore. If the Galaxy is true to form of the previous Nexus family then it will be pretty easy to tweak and customize. That's something I'm putting high value in. As previously stated your best bet is going to the store and doing a side by side test to see which one you like better.

 

[mrqs]

i chose the htc sensation over the sgs2 when they both came out and i think i have the better phone for me, but i'd switch it to a galaxy nexus any day of the week

if you like to play a lot of demanding games, then you'll want the most performance, but other than that, any high end phone these days has more than enough grunt

 

[Sak01]

Thanks for that, I also found it for £28 a month for Text 300 plus All-you-can-eat data (more than a enough texts and minutes for me but Three don't appear to offer it themselves).

I can't help but wonder if cheaper deals on the Galaxy Nexus on Three will eventually appear there, still I can't wait forever. That contract may be the decision maker for me.

Also can you show me any sort of evidence that buymobilephones.net are trustworthy? I can't see any Three deals on Quidco for the Galaxy S II.

Like I said, I got an s2 from them last week without any problems but that's my only dealing with them. I couldn't possibly vouch for them other than that.

Search for buymobilephones on quidco (or topcashback). It's only 30 quid but every little helps.

Personally, I was looking forward to the nexus but I've found the reviews to be underwhelming. I like Touchwiz on the s2 and I'm comfortable With rooting so I could get ICS early if I really wanted it.

 

[Gigashadow]

Thanks to everyone who replied.

I've contacted buymobilephones.net to ask if they will get Galaxy Nexus contracts with Three anytime soon, if so then I'm back to square one but with a cheaper contract (a big thank you to Sak01 for that, I've checked with other forums and the site seems trustworthy). If not then I guess its the Galaxy S II.