I personally have used Galaxy s1, s2, iPhone 4s and I will be buying a s3 this Thursday at Three HK. I'll post my opinion based on a slight bias against Apple.
1. iPhone revolves around other apple products, iCloud, iTunes and Macbooks comes to mind. You will not be able to escape the horror or beauty of iTunes and Apple ID if you choose an iPhone. When I purchased an iPhone 4s, I immediately updated it to the newest firmware, 5.1 I believe? I found out later that to jailbreak it, I mustn't update the firmware and there were no way for my to jailbreak the phone. That meant I had to enter my Apple ID password for every app I install and download, including the Games app. It frustrated me to no ends. U also noticed that the phone was difficult to navigate with only 1 button and an on-screen back button on the top right corner. That meant a lot of finger movements while on an android, a thumb would do the job generally. After 6 weeks I sold the iPhone 4s to Sin Tat, losing a couple of hundred dollars. Overall I couldn't master a phone with 1 button.
2. Samsung Galaxy s2 is, as a few others users said, a bit more complex. I would slightly agree. When you buy the phone you ought to know a fair bit of computer stuff, like updating the phone to the newest firmware and customizing your widgets and apps such as an app to check your internet traffic or a shortcut app to instantly turn on 3g/disable. To jailbreak an android phone is to "root" it, granting you super access to tweak your phone like.... disabling camera shutter sounds etc. I've read the s3 reviews and I will be bearing high expectations, it's monitor is .1 inch larger than the HTC's newest smartphone, running the Android OS as well.
Conclusion. It doesn't really matter whether a phone is powerful or not, in regards to how many processors or whatnot. The most important thing I believe, is loyalty. If you like Apple products, no amount of shitposting will defer your bias towards Steve Jobs. Apple is a control freak, your sim card is a "mini sim card", you can't use your iPhone sim card on another phone so if you were traveling to Macau and needed to switch your sim to a different phone for a paid simcard there, tough luck. You are also unable to buy an extra battery for your iPhone because you can't dismantle it. Which means you have to buy a USB travel charger or a battery pack, making the phone as big and heavy as a Samsung Galaxy s2/s3.
Android on the other hand... I personally bricked my S2 because I was messing around with buggy firmwares, so I needed a new phone. If you use an Andriod phone, you only need a Gmail account which will remember your app market (Google Play) information automatically, which triumphs against Apple in this regard, without the need to enter your password every 2 seconds. You can buy an extra battery and carry it in your pocket and there's none of that garbage about the mini-sim card.
I would recommend you to buy an iPhone if you like Macbooks, iPods and use iTunes. Buy an Android if you use a PC, prefer flexibility and are decent with computers (decent as in being able to google a question and follow instructions in tweaking your phone).
But remember, once you pick a side, you'll pretty much be stuck with it forever. You'll be caught up with the Apple vs Android debates at work and at bars.
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