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Author: blackwhite Big red star, 1000 posts Add to my Favorite Fools Ignore this person (you won't see their posts anymore) Number: of 1056  
Subject: Android phone recommendation needed Date: 11/03/2012 20:34
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Hi all,

While I am still very happy with my HTC Desire and it fulfils all my phone and other basic needs - I have an iPad with me quite a lot of the time to do more smarter stuff that may need a larger screen - the time has come for me to upgrade.

What I am desperately struggling to find though, is a phone about the same size as the Desire(or an iPhone) but with a better, faster processor and specs.

Everything, I mean everything is so much larger! The Samsung S2 is huge and so are HTC's One range, except the one which is really lame and small with a weak processor :-( ditto Huawei.. I already have a 10" iPad!!

Am I missing something out there? I am happy buying sim-free as I have a rolling one month contract with T-Mobile or I can get into a contract with Vodafone, O2 or T-Mobile.. Actually anyone but Orange..

Recommendations welcome. Size and good specs is key.. The higher the Android version, the better - that could be a tie-breaker..

P.S. if there is nothing out there, I will just have to wait for the next iPhone which I am sure will be trend-setting after the disappointment of 4s.. But I'd rather have an Android phone to hedge my bets with my iPad environment.

TIA
B&W
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Author: GarraGee Big gold star, 5000 posts Add to my Favorite Fools Ignore this person (you won't see their posts anymore) Number: 1033 of 1056
Subject: Re: Android phone recommendation needed Date: 11/03/2012 21:56
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You might consider x-posting to the Mobiles board:

http://boards.fool.co.uk/mobile-phones-pdas-51178.aspx?mid=1...

Cheers

GG

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Author: mattkhan Big gold star, 5000 posts Add to my Favorite Fools Ignore this person (you won't see their posts anymore) Number: 1034 of 1056
Subject: Re: Android phone recommendation needed Date: 13/03/2012 14:28
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If the S2 is huge then what constitutes an acceptable size?

For reference...

The Galaxy S2 is 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5mm with a 4.3" screen
The iphone 4S is 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3mm with a 3.5" screen

so the former is about 1cm bigger on the face albeit with much more of the face consumed by a screen (which at least means the extra footprint is put to some use).

Cheers
Matt

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Author: blackwhite Big red star, 1000 posts Add to my Favorite Fools Ignore this person (you won't see their posts anymore) Number: 1035 of 1056
Subject: Re: Android phone recommendation needed Date: 13/03/2012 15:43
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Hiya, as I said in my original post, the iPhone 4/4s or HTC Desire is the kind of size I was looking for, especially in height and width - thickness is usually ok on phones nowadays.

The Galaxy S2 is a bigger phone, but I don't need the 'big' screen as I have an iPad that is virtually with me all the time and I am happy with the smaller screen. I have to carry a phone for work too, so having a big phone like Galaxy S2 is a real pain.

cheers
B&W

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Author: gelf Big red star, 1000 posts Add to my Favorite Fools Ignore this person (you won't see their posts anymore) Number: 1038 of 1056
Subject: Re: Android phone recommendation needed Date: 14/03/2012 14:35
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If you are open to other suggestions I'm enjoying my lumia 710 windows phone, its not too big and very responsive (I moved from an android phone).

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