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Samsung Galaxy S2 White or Sensation XE

Rather than asking this on their forums I thought I would get a more impartial answer here!
My OH is due a new contract, but doesnt like any phone.....apart from my White ARC S.
So, she has said that I can have her new phone if I wish and she has mine.
I've not discounted getting another Arc S, but there are good deals on the Sensation XE and the Samsung S2 White. Given the choice, which of those two phones would you recommend?
Cheers!

Sensation XE takes good picture and it doesn't look I-Phonish It has great GPU Adreno 220 etc. Only down side is you only have 768MB RAM.

Sony.
But if I have to decide I'd buy the HTC.
No one on earth brings me to buy a Samsung.

ShyamSasi said:
Sensation XE takes good picture and it doesn't look I-Phonish It has great GPU Adreno 220 etc. Only down side is you only have 768MB RAM.
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What ram does the s2 have compared to that?
The arc is a big improvement ram wise than the desire I originally had.

SGS II because it's fast.
Sensation is the same or slower than my Arc.
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leroy said:
What ram does the s2 have compared to that?
The arc is a big improvement ram wise than the desire I originally had.
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Afaik 1 GB.
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The S2 exynos is more powerful than XE's snapdragon 3(even through exynos is 1.2 Ghz and Snapdragon 3 is 1.5 Ghz but exynos is faster and better)
S2
-More ram
-7 ICS leaks in a month
-CM9 only video Camera,USB and a few bugs left

dp94 said:
No one on earth brings me to buy a Samsung.
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Your loss - Samsung have been producing the best hardware of any Android OEM for over a year, no-one gets close.
There's simply no contest between the two, the Galaxy S2 is a vastly superior handset.
The Galaxy S2 is basically a match for anything currently on the market and, screen resolution aside, is even a match for the up-coming Xperia S.
The only Android handsets on the market that are objectively better in any way are the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy Note and even then, the subjective nature of such decisions means it's far from a clear choice.

They could have such good device and I won't buy it.
It's just a personal thing.
And I'm happy with my Sony devices.
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If you own 1 htc, you own them all because they all look the same...
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HTC Sensation XE.
TouchWiz ruined Galaxy S II.

I would say, go for Samsung. It us better in terms of quality and software service
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UPDATE
Well in the end I went for the Galaxy S2 in white. Doesnt look quite as good as the ARCS in white, but boy is it fast!!
I'm more of a reader than an asker, but thanks for all the help that is on the ARC forums that I used.

007Arc said:
If you own 1 htc, you own them all because they all look the same...
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Isn't much different with Sammy at the moment tbh.
Congratulations on your wise choise anyway, leroy. Have fun with it!

I'd go with S2 for teh speedz

dp94 said:
They could have such good device and I won't buy it.
It's just a personal thing.
And I'm happy with my Sony devices.
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I feel the same about sony I'm a arc owner and will never get another sony device! my next phone will be the gs3 the smoothness of the gs2 is amazing the only thing that my arc has that the gs2 don't have is cracks!
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doomed151 said:
HTC Sensation XE.
TouchWiz ruined Galaxy S II.
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Their is always CM7/9/MIUI and MIUI4
And BTW samsung roms are ROCK SOLID i m really impressed
I know TW doesn't look good but it doesn't even look bad when u use it...
Nothing is more functionality than TW but i really miss Sony UI through...
Sensation xe doesn't even have its own xda forum=0% Development=No CM9

The thing I can't stand about the HTC to turn it off or on you have to reach all the way on top of the phone!
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I prefer my Xperia Arc
Or buy a Samsung Galaxy Note

S3 won Mobile of the Year 2012

Hi All,
Samsung Galaxy S3 won the Mobil of the year 2012 title in Czech republic!
Source: http://mobil.idnes.cz/mobil-roku-sa...x-/mob_tech.aspx?c=A121204_152843_mob_tech_jm
Celebrate!

It should be iPhone 5.....lolz just kidding
Galaxy S3 deseve the no.1 place.
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Nishu_gamer said:
It should be iPhone 5.....lolz just kidding
Galaxy S3 deseve the no.1 place.
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When i read first few words (ones about iphone5) i wanted to quote and say: go home Nishu_gamer, you are drunk
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Nice second is the Note 2. I honestly love Samsung as a company they add something new and exciting with each of their new phone. I just wish that they made better build quality. Though i understand they went for a skinny light weight phone and all. I really wanted a solid build like the Nexsus 4 the build quality is Excellent on the nexsus 4. Oh well maybe next phone they will have better build quality. If not HTC here i come haha..
Otherwise this is great news..
Here is a link in English..

and your reason why? like what other phone can beat the s3? xD I Knew it was phone of the year back in 2011!!!! how? IT'S A GALAXY PHONE! pure logic that it would win.

paintball23456 said:
and your reason why? like what other phone can beat the s3? xD I Knew it was phone of the year back in 2011!!!! how? IT'S A GALAXY PHONE! pure logic that it would win.
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What do u think If no galaxy s3 then which one??
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I'd say note 2 would of won if not then probably iPhone (say that with much disgust lol). HTC just can't beat the galaxy. They are nice phones but yea like look at the HTC one x+ still 1 GB RAM and no lte I can't understand why they wouldnt do what Sammy done and upped the ram lol oh well
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Felicitations S3!

Nishu_gamer said:
What do u think If no galaxy s3 then which one??
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I would have to go with the lumia 920 or HTC one X .......or iphone
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My opinion...
1. Galaxy S3
2. Xperia T (It isn't the most powerful but come on its sexy, and the Xperia UI is much much cleaner than Touchwiz and Sense)
3. One X+ (Sense is horrible, but camera, etc are great on this)

i have decided to do this !!!

me gonna sell my xperia z and jump back to the note 2
fellow forum members does this sound gud ???

azeter said:
me gonna sell my xperia z and jump back to the note 2
fellow forum members does this sound gud ???
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Good for you ... Samsung is the best hardware for now
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Jump "back"? You did own Note 2 previously then? Why'd you ditch it at all in the first place?
Welcome back anywho

I tried the experia z as well..
Although I loved the crisp screen the battery life was just awful compared to the note. I think I will stick with my new note II for a while and wait until the next generations of hardware.
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tuxonhtc said:
Jump "back"? You did own Note 2 previously then? Why'd you ditch it at all in the first place?
Welcome back anywho
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yes i did but sold it few weeks back as i was getting the xperia z at a tempting price since the seller had just used it for a week but sumhow was missing that bulk handset in my hand hahaha !!!

Yes. Before the note I thought the size was just ridiculous. Now even "big" phones like the s3 and nexus 4 look too small.
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benno4403 said:
I tried the experia z as well..
Although I loved the crisp screen the battery life was just awful compared to the note. I think I will stick with my new note II for a while and wait until the next generations of hardware.
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ohh!!! u mean u did the same thnk god i thought i was the only one here lol !!!

Hahaha I did it as well, I'm now back on the note 2
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Idiots fail hard.

FinancialWar said:
Idiots fail hard.
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idiot !!!

FinancialWar said:
Idiots fail hard.
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It's not really that stupid, xperia Z has pretty damn good specs. Not that i would be tempted, since i love this ultimate phablet.
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Jobiza said:
It's not really that stupid, xperia Z has pretty damn good specs. Not that i would be tempted, since i love this ultimate phablet.
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Actually what we care is the battery life specs dosnt matter cuz it only have a crisp screen
Only if the xperia were to have an octo core and a better battery then I would want it

FinancialWar said:
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Actually it's not idiotic, people love to get new phones and I would like to swap it for a week. But I wouldn't have it for a long time since the screen is way to small. But I wouldn't be mad if I got one. As there is much awesome features in Xperia that I like but Samsung doesn't have. But the feature way I think Samsung is better. But I would definitely like to use Xperia Z due to it wouldn't be boring to get another phone to play around with
Also about customisation they got some themes standard. And I think it's sad that Samsung doesn't have that. I like to customize my phone and change the look. HTC is one of those who actually is one step forward but they got too few themes but it changes even the notifications and pull down bar. Sony just change the icons and menu background. But what can we change from Samsung? We need 3rd party apps to change what we want. It's a bit of a shame.
I can't call it idiotic to swap the note ii to Xperia Z it's all about what you want to do with your phone.
So your comment is idiotic no matter what people will one day be tired of their current device but they maybe not be able to change. I'll wait for note iii or ill change to galaxy mega as its a cool phone/tablet
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I simply miss all those motion features on xperia z, the one i simply luvd and crave for is swipe the palm to capture screen then the led notification light which shld b pretty standard for a handset ,the one on xperia is pretty tiny and a lil buggy last.but nt the least i find note pretty user friendly.
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azeter said:
idiot !!!
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Where are you from? I have a spare note2 n looking for exchange to xperia z . just to try it for few weeks n then move on.. I am from Chennai, india. Let me know..
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bought one finally ))

Got to borrow a Z for four days a while back to try out LTE in another city. Atrocious screen (Seriously terrible), poor battery life, bad camera, & broken software. Shame, as I love Sony's industrial design, and their approach to Android skinning is rather nice. Keep wanting them to make something great, they get close at times but the basics are all wrong.
Note keeps on being fantastic.
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i agree
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Got to borrow a Z for four days a while back to try out LTE in another city. Atrocious screen (Seriously terrible), poor battery life, bad camera, & broken software. Shame, as I love Sony's industrial design, and their approach to Android skinning is rather nice. Keep wanting them to make something great, they get close at times but the basics are all wrong.
Note keeps on being fantastic.
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no doubt till date note 2 is still the best in this buisness !!!

Had a look and play with the Sony Xperia Z here is Australia, nice phone so will agree just one thing so did not like being the white keyboard sorry but I'm not one for white coloured keyboards prefer dark keyboards any day. But all in all a very nice phone
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I remember when I sold my note 1 for HTC One X, that was the worst mistake I have ever made. Since then I have tried the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Optimus G, Galaxy S 3 and now I'm back on the note 2. All the reviews are saying that the HTC One is the best phone out there right now, but don't let them trick you like they did me with the HTC One X.
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Night time video comparison. Htc One vs S4 vs Z

Don't know if this has been posted here before but anyways here goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx4_qlB6vA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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zodiac100 said:
Don't know if this has been posted here before but anyways here goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx4_qlB6vA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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The HTC one looks rubbish from that.
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RE: HTC One - I think pulling in extra light can sometimes be 'too much' making things bright rather than detailed.

decadan1977 said:
The HTC one looks rubbish from that.
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I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.
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zodiac100 said:
I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.
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Both the Z and S4 use the Exmor RS so yeh, it comes down to software tweaks.

zodiac100 said:
I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.
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Well on that note. The Z looks more natural. S4 looks good but I prefer to see it as my eyes intended. Just my opinion.
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Hard to tell which is the most natural because I have no freaking clue how it looks in real life.
But HTC one definatly has an awful camera.
S4 & Z looks just about as sharp, but the colour saturations are completely different. I think the Z has the better "real-life quality" Because there's no way it's completely pitch black outside and buildings being that yellow.

HTC one was awefull, throughout the video the colour was way too yellow and laggy. I thought it was very disappointing for a phone which was made out to have a revolutionary camera.
On the other hand, The xperia z seemed to have a purple tint which made it look weird in some cases (didn't the iPhone 5 have that issue?). But overall the colour was a lot better and more true to real life colours than HTC.
The S4 was amazing, it had no awefull colour tints and footage was smooth and colour was better than the two of them put together.
Anyway, that's my opinion, I prefer the S4's camera Despite me being a Sony fanboy lol
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The video of the Arc de Triumphe the s4 made it look a little over bright. Was a daily commute for me when I lived in France. Passed it many times in the twilight hours. Again eyes see what they see. Think it's a matter of preference. But do like the S4. Have 1 in my household also.
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S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.
Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?
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gm007 said:
S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.
Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?
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Found it on YouTube. It's made by a French tech site. I personally found the Z to be the best. I doubt very much that the buildings could have been that yellowy as some have said already.
The Z maintained the best quality throughout.
As for the HTC, don't really want to talk about that. I'd seen enough well before this video to know it's camera is the poorest seen on any flagship for some time.
S4 and Z were close but I think the Zs camera used its brain a bit more. The video was better calculated as far as the settings used.
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The S4 looks like its filtered some how. You notice it more when you see the street lights. The Z captures that halo effect of the light, where as the S4 is completely halo free - definitely filtered.....
The only issue I have with the Z night time video recording is that it has a hard time focusing on objects coming towards you and tends to make the video visibly "jitter" - almost as if it was applying a kind of face tracking to high speed objects..... This of course is the software, as I downloaded a JB Camera app and it massively reduced this issue.

damn that S4 look good but Z isnt that far behind, honestly though, how many of u video record that often? and how many of you take picture a lot? if you do you should get Sony NEX

gm007 said:
S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.
Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?
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Can't agree with you. XZ recording has better white balance and natural, almost daylike colours. S4 recording is old news - everything's yellowish like in every night/low light video recording - it's still good, but I prefer the way XZ records it as i honestly don't like those yellow night time recordings.

Akiainavas said:
Can't agree with you. XZ recording has better white balance and natural, almost daylike colours. S4 recording is old news - everything's yellowish like in every night/low light video recording - it's still good, but I prefer the way XZ records it as i honestly don't like those yellow night time recordings.
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As i say before S4 is a winner,i am a professional photographer so no one can convince me the opposite.
Look the details and the magenta tint in the XZ's video.
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gm007 said:
As i say before S4 is a winner,i am a professional photographer so no one can convince me the opposite.
Look the details and the magenta tint in the XZ's video.
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Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.
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zodiac100 said:
Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.
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Agree 100 percent dude. I said in a reply earlier. I know that part of France rather well. And it certainly is not like that using my eyes at night. And I agree being a pro photographer certainly not any grounds to be the guru in my opinion. George Bush was a professional politician and I certainly wouldn't agree with most things he said lol
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zodiac100 said:
Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.
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If you don't believe your eyes there is nothing i can do.
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G1_enthusiast said:
damn that S4 look good but Z isnt that far behind, honestly though, how many of u video record that often? and how many of you take picture a lot? if you do you should get Sony NEX
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Well if you've got a misses like mine, you'll struggle to get through the day without taking at least 5 pics. Mostly of her by the way lol.
She's getting the s4 this May so I'll get an opportunity to judge them better.
I've done comparison with iPhone 5 which I'll post eventually when I have the time. The Zs problem is the heavy processing of noise which blurs out the fine details when you start cropping. It doesn't happen always, it all depends on how good a pic you take to begin with. The better it is, the less processing there is. At zero crop however, the Zs image quality is the best I've seen on a phone. The processing does improve the image quality by getting rid of the dreaded noise but fine details are blurred out when cropped. I guess it's a trade off and I doubt most people use cropped pictures anyway.
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decadan1977 said:
Agree 100 percent dude. I said in a reply earlier. I know that part of France rather well. And it certainly is not like that using my eyes at night. And I agree being a pro photographer certainly not any grounds to be the guru in my opinion. George Bush was a professional politician and I certainly wouldn't agree with most things he said lol
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Very well said. He said we aren't believing our eyes but the yellow buildings on the S4 don't support his theory. I think it's him who doesn't want to believe his eyes. Instead, he's picking up on minor details to justify his position.
Oh well! Each to his own I suppose
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Xperia Z1 comes with TN screen

Sony did it again using their belowed TN screens on Xperia Z1:silly:
watch the video please
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cihanleanne said:
Sony did it again using their belowed TN screens on Xperia Z1:silly:
watch the video please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0w4fphCEE
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Wow you don't hang around do you!
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Sony Xperia z1 vs Samsung galaxy s4 vs LG G2 screen comparison
I think z1 looks best
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BJvWKk_uskw
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Duplicate thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436834