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both phones have very similar spec however;

iphone 4s - £500

* you have to pay for ringtones

*only compatible with other apple products

*no micro SD support

samsung galaxy s2 - £360

*free ringtones

*compatible with all android phones

*supports micro SD

Samsung galaxy s2 is better value for money and more practical, anyone who gives this a thumbs down is obviously an apple fan because its just common sense.

It is illogical, to keep on spending our hard earn cash, on phones that just have a few extras,

for every 6 months there is a new phone on the market, one situation is that the more complex phone will use more power, at one time small phones were good to have, now we have noticed phones getting larger, there will be no end to phone's that are enhanced futures, but for sure, we use phones to contact each other, and in the truth most of use don't need to spend so much of our hard earn cash on £400 phones, most of us can cope with £20 phone and a pay as you go sim.

for sure very basic phones have low battery consumption, and more complex phones have displays that cannot be seen in the sunshine, the type that have touch keypad.

some of us spend 100's of £ on so expensive phones that can view internet and send emails, but we all forget that we have a pc at home that can be used when we get back home from work, looking at the facts do we need to spend so much on mobile phones ?, I am sure a £20 phone can call up my friends the same as a £400 phone.

For sure phone manufactures have a way to make us spend money every time a new gadget on the phone comes out !

The more we keep spending large amounts of hard earn cash on items that have been built for a fraction of the cost, the manufactures will keep the price up high, the less we are tempted to spend on such devices, then I can only see the price will reduce to a more affordable amount. still think a laptop and a cheap phone can do more for me than a small phone that tries to mimic a camera, phone and laptop.

I had a iphone 4 and itunes store is a joke plus you cant change much on the phone.

The screen is very good but the iphone is very restrictive i.e. you cant even change the battery or add more memory

now have the Galaxy s2  with 16gb plus a 16gb card = 32gb memory and it's miles better im never buying an overrated iphone again.

Android rules

Am I glad I am not one of the Apple clones.  These people resolutely refuse to belive that the world wasn't created by Steve Jobs in 7 days.  I like to believe I have enough intelligence to actually look at specifications AND price and make an informed judgement.  This is why, over the years, I have owned phones by most of the major brands. One thing I would never do is place an order for a phone that hasn't been released just because of the brand.  Even Apple have released turkeys into the wild.

I ain't knocking the iPhone, it's a good piece of kit.  BUT at that price, I think not.