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Good Article - Just a few points.
4 and 9: I'm surprised you thought the camera took good pictures, this was the first thing that shocked me that it didn't do well since my S2 was clear was and a great camera even in low light. I found external apps Such as Instagram and Camera Zoom fx do a MUCH better job of taking photos. The issue are shots where flash is needed, the default camera and the flash don't seem to work very well together, the pictures seem like they are off, but it all works fine in other apps. And Camera Zoom FX has the editing tools.

6. You might mention that Android really wasn't designed to handle external SD cards well, it was an afterthought, so apps installed on that storage did run slower and you had no access to them when you plugged your phone into your computer and mounted the USB storage. With 32G or 64G available on the phone - not being able to install apps to the SD card are really a non-issue.

7. Yeah - that is a pain and you have to use the Kies app for any firmware updates (on T-Mobile at least) - I miss the OTA updates, BUT this app can back everything up on the phone AND thanks to Kies software I was able to get everything (photos, etc) off my S2 with the broken screen. I never could have mounted my USB storage on my S2 using the on-screen options because of the broken screen, so it does have a big advantage.
Posted by okana@...
10th Sep