After the hero really wanted another HTC device. The hero is/was tough, easy in your hand, for its time pretty awesome. Have been worried about Samsung since the last two devices my brother had were Samsung devices and during his contact every couple of months he would Have to get a new one because it would crap out. the last one he had was the moment.my daughter now has had it for as long as he did and it still works fine. I in the end went with the sg II. Gotta say that at this point don't regret it one bit. The screen is just gorgeous. Had out next to the wife's regular evo and just way out shone hers. touchwiz is not sense but is very nice and really smooth. My only question is going to be reliability. On a different note I really like the team hydra boys and would have liked to have followed them. If I could have been patient I would have held out for the nexus. So to make a long story longer take a look at the forums for each phone and read a few threads and see if the current users are dealing with problems you can't live with. Last I checked the bootloader on the photon was still locked and I wanted an unlocked phone. I couldn't live with that. Just my $2.02.
Edit: just realized how all over the place this post is. Darn kids and their talking to me....lol