I have an rooted, custom ROM's, overclocked (to 786 MHZ) Ascend 2 and I plan to use my android phone as my main gaming handheld as well (planning to get a bluetooth controller). You can say I'm a power user. Most of the apps I run eat up most of the Ascend 2's ram and the 600 (stock) MHZ processor leaves much to wish for compared to the Mercury, mainly media (Anime mostly, movies), and 3D games that would require more processing power. I would also like to run "heavier" launchers such as GO launcher, but is it worth paying the 250$ (from the cricket store) to upgrade, or should I just bite the bullet and get a tablet?