To be honest, specs wise, while it doesn't significantly move things forward, it is pretty much the best, in pretty much every department. It has a massive remo

To be honest, specs wise, while it doesn't significantly move things forward, it is pretty much the best, in pretty much every department. It has a massive removable battery, microSD, quad core, wireless charging and a killer GPU -- all advantages over the Nexus. BUT.. I think people were really hoping samsung were starting to 'get it'- design, desirability and UX (yes, like apple). I thought the s2 was too boxy and now they have gone too far the other way. It's meant to be a flagship phone, but just doesn't look expensive. To make it feel more "natural", you tap the lock-screen and little ripples appear, and splish-splash noises are heard. This is pretty indicative they don't 'get it'. It's a pointless gimmick- just because you can, doesn't mean you should. And my god, they are awful at presentations. Its not rocket science. This is all especially disappointing considering the Galaxy Nexus coming from samsung-- a device that has plenty of desirability IMO. All they had to do was to take this, add a microSD and a slightly bumped specs, and they would have had a winner. A non-pentile screen would have been welcome, but really, it isn't a deal breaker for 99%- OLED outweighs it over RGB LCD, imo. If there is a perverse silver-lining, this is good news for HTC, and perhaps the android ecosystem in the long-term.. it was seeming like samsung were becoming too dominant.