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tbh, I actually like the new design better than the old one. Given this side-by-side http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/not-rounded-icons

tbh, I actually like the new design better than the old one. Given this side-by-side http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/not-rounded-icons_thumb.jpg http://cdn.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/not-... I would choose the design on the right in a heartbeat. The only problem I have with the right-side phone is the busy/light wallpaper makes the icons and text a bit hard to read, but give that phone a black wallpaper like the one on the left has (and this is an easy user-tunable parameter) and problem solved.

nextparadigms 15y ago
That's the Galaxy S, not Galaxy S2. http://gadgetmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Samsung-Galaxy-S-vs-Galaxy-S2-is-it-worth-upgrading.jpg http://gadgetmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Samsung-Ga... I still find their design way too iterative. Galaxy S, Nexus S, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, and now Galaxy S3 - they aren't that different from one another, and they should be. I was disappointed the Nexus S was a rehash of the Galaxy S in hardware, and again I was disappointed the Galaxy Nexus seemed like an iteration of Galaxy S2. I really hope Google doesn't let Samsung design their Nexus phone next time.
- zmmmmm 15y ago
  > Galaxy Nexus seemed like an iteration of Galaxy S2 Really? To me the Galaxy Nexus has one of the most distinctive designs on the market - it's pure black, unmarked front with subtle curves on every surface are quite unusual.
huggyface 15y ago
The only problem I have with the right-side phone is the busy/light wallpaper makes the icons and text a bit hard to read, but give that phone a black wallpaper like the one on the left has (and this is an easy user-tunable parameter) and problem solved. For some reason every picture of a Galaxy S (I | II | III) phone always shows the app drawer open. That is a surface that most users seldom interact with.

nextparadigms 15y ago

That's the Galaxy S, not Galaxy S2. http://gadgetmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Samsung-Galaxy-S-vs-Galaxy-S2-is-it-worth-upgrading.jpg http://gadgetmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Samsung-Ga... I still find their design way too iterative. Galaxy S, Nexus S, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, and now Galaxy S3 - they aren't that different from one another, and they should be. I was disappointed the Nexus S was a rehash of the Galaxy S in hardware, and again I was disappointed the Galaxy Nexus seemed like an iteration of Galaxy S2. I really hope Google doesn't let Samsung design their Nexus phone next time.

zmmmmm 15y ago
> Galaxy Nexus seemed like an iteration of Galaxy S2 Really? To me the Galaxy Nexus has one of the most distinctive designs on the market - it's pure black, unmarked front with subtle curves on every surface are quite unusual.

huggyface 15y ago

The only problem I have with the right-side phone is the busy/light wallpaper makes the icons and text a bit hard to read, but give that phone a black wallpaper like the one on the left has (and this is an easy user-tunable parameter) and problem solved. For some reason every picture of a Galaxy S (I | II | III) phone always shows the app drawer open. That is a surface that most users seldom interact with.