[Colinevan]

Originally Posted by jim76

Had mine 6 months, would never go back to a 4 inch screen again.

Only thing to say is DON'T upgrade it to ice cream sandwich. There is a bug in the Samsung code that occasionally causes the phone to discharge rapidly ( 70% in few hours). Wait for the jelly been version, or stick with ginger bread as that is fine.

Yeah iv read a few stories along them lines , even though ics improves smoothness and gpu performance it does hammer the battery. I also didn't like the horror stories on a lot of people bricking there handset when updatin the firmware. I recently had problems with my n900 that required a re flash. I suppose apple are quite good when it comes to new operating systems lol.

The note for me fits the bill perfectly but does seem a little temperamental and complicated if you want to mod kernels etc but I do like messing around with things and this in theory will be my first android handset.

The Nokia ran Maemo which never really took off but I loved the fact you can run megadrive emulators and play games on the keys of touchscreen. I just want a bigger screen now for when the iPad is too big ha ha.

One last thing, has anyone actually bought there handset outright?? I ask as most of the sellers on eBay only give a 1 year warranty and are not helpful when it comes to bricking the phone if it's not a uk model. I believe most of he handsets are Malaysian stock and Samsung uk are not very helpful when it comes to warranty on grey imported handsets.

My only other option is get one on contract as they are cheap at the moment from £22 with unlimited net and free handset.

Thanks again .

Col.