Ask HN: Which Android phone do you recommend?

Posted by olalonde on Thursday September 15, 2011 @05:59AM
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I'm looking forward to buy my first smartphone and I want to get the best bang for my buck. Which Android phone does HN recommend? Some additional information: I live in Hong Kong and my desktop OS is Ubuntu.

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Re:Ask HN: Which Android phone do you recommend? by metachris on Thursday September 15, 2011 @06:59AM (#2999706)

I'd recommend either the Samsung Galaxy S2 or the Google Nexus S. Both are the new generation with great display and performance.

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Re:Ask HN: Which Android phone do you recommend? by nextparadigms on Thursday September 15, 2011 @07:05AM (#2999726)

Samsung Galaxy S2 if you want one right away.

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Re:Ask HN: Which Android phone do you recommend? by goombastic on Thursday September 15, 2011 @11:40PM (#3003108)

If you want good price to features ratio along with a Cyanogen port, try the Motorola Defy. Nice screen, tough, waterproof, and light. It has a high res screen (265 dpi, I think...) as well unlike a lot of the cheap androids out there. Sadly, the device sports 2.1 android. But, I've seen Gingerbread run on it. Motorola recently released the Defy+ as well.

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Re:Ask HN: Which Android phone do you recommend? by 2AM on Friday September 16, 2011 @06:23AM (#3003903)

Samsung Galaxy S2, unless you can wait another month or so for Ice Cream Sandwich.

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