I was really looking forward to the Galaxy Nexus with its rumored HD display, I was quite certain that it would replace my Samsung Galaxy S2.
However, I was also expecting that the display would be surrounded by a thinner border than the Galaxy S2, thus creating a device that was basically of equal size as the S2. Instead, they kept that border width and we now have a phone that is 10mm taller than the already-not-small S2. And that is the main reason for me not buying one: it is simply too large.
The other reason is the lack of a microSD slot though I could live with that in the shape of the 32GB version, but it’s certainly a disappointment.
I do expect though that we, by Christmas, will see other Ice Cream Sandwich phones, among which I’d like to see a new top-of-the-line device from HTC, which I expect will have learned from their mistake with the Sensation compared to the Galaxy S2 (only 768MB RAM vs 1GB) and pack everything they can into a device with a slimmer form factor.
But if we don’t get anything for the holidays there is always the rumored Galaxy S3 of course, which will surely be worth waiting for; in the meantime, ICS running on the S2 hardware is certainly nothing to sneeze at….
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