Samsung Galaxy S2: I want one!

Some spend tens of thousands on their cars. Some spend thousands on their computers and laptops. Me? I’m a person who’s willing to spend on my phone.

Device Convergence

It’s all about practicality you see. It’s the thing I carry around the most so I keep wanting more and more things to be crammed in it. “Device Convergence” the slogan goes, and I nod my head in agreement.

Ever since  my N95, I’ve been wanting it. The phone that can be my all in one: my phone, browser, ebook reader, gps navigation, organizer, video player, camera and flashlight. That’s right, ebook reader. I’ve been reading ebooks on my phone for the past 5 years! Thank god the rest of the world has caught up. It used to be pure torture reading those old badly designed ebook files. You see, the market wasn’t big enough back then for publishers to format them properly.

The point though, is that my phone can do plenty things and it’s with me all the time. Therefore, it’s worth it for me to spend a bit more on it.

The search

That search first led me to Windows Mobile phones back in 2008 and they were good for a time. Very customizable. Had fun all day tweaking my phone and putting in custom roms. I couldn’t use iphones yet then, they were still very new and unpolished. 2009 i tried the iphone. It was better than windows mobile. Tons more apps.

But then 2010 came. And I got my android phone. The Nexus One. I’ve had it for a year and a half now with no regrets. But the SGS2 is just too tempting.

You have to understand, I love bigger screens. Ideally I’d take a 5-inch screen handphone. But the SGS2 screen is 4.3 inches of pure win. The camera is an awesome 8 megapixel / full HD affair. And it has a dual-core CPU!!! My phone will have 2 computer brains. How awesome is that?

Waterproofing please? Awww!!!

The only thing that would make this the perfect phone (at least for the next year) would be if it was waterproof. Sadly enough only the Japanese make their phones waterproof and even then only for local phones. *sigh* Oh well, everything else is perfect.

I totally want the SGS2!

I wouldn’t even trade in my current (1.5 year old) phone for an iphone 5 when it comes out. And this SGS2 is a good 10 times more amazing than my current phone is. Unfortunately the price is still a bit inflated. Verdict? Wait a little more for the price to go down. I’ve already been waiting since February anyway. What’s a few more weeks?

That’s right, I’m saving up.