2011 seems to be the year of Superphones and dual-core processors. Which Superphone are you planning to buy, have bought, or would recommend?

Some of the noteworthy competitors in my opinion would be:

• Samsung Galaxy S II
• HTC Evo 3D
• HTC Sensation 4G
• Motorola Atrix

I'm planning to purchase a phone soon, and would like to hear your opinions. Also which Android interface you think is the best (HTC Sense, Samsung Touchwiz, etc.) Have a look at the spreadsheet below that highlights many android 'superphones'. Or are you waiting on the iPhone 5?

I think the Samsung Galaxy S II is the winner this year in terms of processing power, and the iPhone 5 won't be able to match it.

Just a heads up on the interface/launcher. You can download custom launchers which are better than any of the stock ones. Some of the popular launchers are GoLauncherEX, LauncherPro, and ADWLauncher.

I'm happy with my single core phone... seriously, what are you people doing with your telephones that you need so much power? :S

that's a nice table for summarizing the superphones out right now.. Just one question though...
why do you think the galaxy S2 will have more processing power than the new iphone? I'd expect that apple will boost the performance of their A5 chip to at least match the galaxies when the new phone ships

Originally Posted by Pay919

Just a heads up on the interface/launcher. You can download custom launchers which are better than any of the stock ones. Some of the popular launchers are GoLauncherEX, LauncherPro, and ADWLauncher.

And you can even root your phone to further change the UI to Cyanogen or other ones. So Mr. OP, i wouldn't use the stock UI as a selling point.

IMO i'd say the new Galaxy takes the cake... it's pretty wicked

Originally Posted by adaptation

And you can even root your phone to further change the UI to Cyanogen or other ones. So Mr. OP, i wouldn't use the stock UI as a selling point.
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He's not 'using it as a selling point' he's just curious as to what people think looks the best.

Originally Posted by RyanC

He's not 'using it as a selling point' he's just curious as to what people think looks the best.

Oh, my mistake, i misconstrued what he was saying.

So which phones(s) do you guys recommend?

Originally Posted by chappy89

that's a nice table for summarizing the superphones out right now.. Just one question though...
why do you think the galaxy S2 will have more processing power than the new iphone? I'd expect that apple will boost the performance of their A5 chip to at least match the galaxies when the new phone ships

Just my opinion. I've been looking at the benchmark tests, and the GS2 is so far ahead of the other phones. Obviously we won't know for sure until the iPhone 5 is released.

I might pick up the LG Optimus 2x with the new wind plan. The UI looks good, and should only improve with 2.3.

Originally Posted by RyanC

I'm happy with my single core phone... seriously, what are you people doing with your telephones that you need so much power? :S

exactly my thoughts. Most of you will be using it to text and go on facebook...


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samsung galaxy sII

i plan on lugging around my iphone 3GS for at least another year... maybe ill tape my old q6600 onto the back of it

The iPhone 5 wont neccarily need to have a faster processor than the GSII to outperform it. The iPhones have almost always outperformed (or matched performance) of Android phones at a lower clock speed (3GS running at 600MHz vs 800MHz-1GHz Androids, iPhone running at 800MHz vs 1GHz+ Androids). iOS just seems to be better optimized than Android.

Also, I'll be waiting for the next Nexus... unless the iPhone 5 can run on Wind

I've used both the Motorola ATRIX and Samsung Galaxy S II.

Both are amazing super phones in their own way! Speed on either phone is not an issue. All your apps and stuff will be blazing fast although the GSII does come out on top slightly. The screen on the GSII in comparison to the ATRIX looks way better. Everything just pops on the GSII. On the other hand, I got way better battery life on my ATRIX than the GSII. This was the reason I returned to the ATRIX. It had a solid battery life. I could use it with heavy/moderate use for at least a day and a half without a charge (this was using the ALIEN rom from xda)! Whereas with the GSII I had to carry my charger to work. Two other things I liked about the ATRIX was its unique fingerprint scanner and the webtop mode. I liked the fact I can unlock my phone with the swipe of a finger instead of a pin or pattern unlock which people right beside you on bus/train may see. With webtop mode I can basically plug my ATRIX in to my TV using hdmi cable and it acts like a netbook (screen turns into touch pad and keyboard). You have firefox and basically anything you can do on a laptop you can do with the ATRIX via webtop. In terms of stock interface I did not like either one. If I had to choose though the Touchwiz interface looked a little bit more polished. Either way I always put on a custom rom asap.

Just like to reiterate what above users have said this whole dual core thing is absolutely unnecessary for the average user. I've never owned a single core smartphone before but from what I tested out at the stores and from friend's phones their phones are just as 'snappy' has mine with regular use.

I agree that having dual core is unnecessary today, but it is inevitably the way forward. Dual core allows webpages to load up faster, display better graphics on games, and allow 1080p video recording/playback.

I'm currently deciding between the HTC Evo 3D and HTC Sensation 4G.