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Default Buy a SGS or wait?

Hey guys, would you reccomend buying a SGS 2 or waiting for the next version? Anyone know when the next version will be out? I am on AT&T thanks!
 
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it simply depends on the fact if u can afford a better device when it comes out... if you can then go ahead and wait... if you cant then there is no point... and if you choose to wait then wait a little longer to see if the device has sufficient developer support, if you are into rooting n custom ROMS...
- HTC G1 (EzGingerbread)
- ASUS Eee Pad Transformer TF101 ICS (currently not rooted)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 P1010 Wifi (rooted 2.3.6)
- Samsung Galaxy S Plus (I9001) running CM9 Build 7 (Arco)
- Samsung Galaxy SIII (stock)
- Nexus 7 (stock)

If G1 can handle Gingerbread after so many years on its dated hardware (it can also boot ICS as a matter of fact, its slow n buggy but still)... then any new smartphone can handle better
 
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I think it's best to wait for the S3 i will definately wait for it and i think it's worth waiting

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Its better to wait for S3 it will be very good for sure
 
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I thought to buy the galaxy s2 because my s1 don't became ics and was very slow with all roms that i tried. But with the slim ics ROM I'm now very happy and the performance is great. Now i will wait until the s1 will die or no more updates will come from the Android community.

That save a lot of money and I'm very happy with my old lag free phone.

Just my 2 cent.

And excuse me for my English, best regards from Germany.

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I completely agree with the last poster. With Gingerbread, I was looking to upgrade. After I put ICS on my phone—especially with bigmem kernels sporting 400mb of available RAM—I see absolutely no reason to upgrade. My phone doesn't lag and I can play any of the new games I want to. I would definitely wait for the S3.
 
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It depends on what you wanna do with your phone.

You are on XDA, so i guess you wanna try new roms an tweak your phone to the fullest :)

In that case buy the SGS 2, there is already a lot of devs building roms for the SGS 2

If you want the newest phone..... and can wait for it's release (don't know exactly when)... and can afford it..... and can wait for root to come out, the SGS 3 is your choice.

I have a SGS 1 to play with so my choice would be simpel... wait for the SGS 3.
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Sgs3 22nd may UK. I have seen it and it really looks as if its from beyond this galaxy!

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I'd totally wait and even after S3 being released would wait some more.
I never buy something new after being fairly well tested and reviewed.

And even so, i'll probably hang to my SGS. I'm not even joking my phone's fast as hell even with a GB based rom, have probably the best sound you can have on any phone around, the perfect screen size for me with a beautiful screen with beautiful colors to look at, frontal button with no useless touch buttons (really who needs a dedicated search button anyway), built in a perfectly solid enough case with battery to spare for a whole day (i ask for no more).
i've been using mintberry miui for a good while now, have it well customized (plenty of wireless passwords saved, loads of apps with several data, everything works flawlessly without a single FC for months) and i can't really imagine all of this going even faster, it's fast enough as it is. I don't even consider changing to an ICS rom just yet.

The only things i would change is the **** gps that never really worked regardless what i try and wireless going into sleep mode regardless of me configuring it not to (although this is a rom/kernel problem). But i can live with both, my car already has gps, i already had a dedicated device before getting this phone as well and i can always have my phone not entering sleep at all in the first place, so... meh This is nitpicking anyway.

Really, i've put to thought changing my phone many times, but after considering what i'll get i always end up realizing my phone delivers everything i need with power to spare.

If you own an SGS you probably already have the best there is
 
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