Why are you hallucinating Apple fanboys bitching about this? You get a grip, dude!

imo is actually the best IM client, though, on both Android and iOS. Not the prettiest on iOS (but quite nice on Android), but it's fast, and best of all, gives you push notifications for free. And with no ads. I don't understand how this could be profitable. They're probably stealing your data and whatnot. But it's…

I don't understand the hard-on for American manufacturing.

That's not how the music industry works. This would only maybe work for indie artists.

Yeah! Like bloatware. They're giving it to you FOR FREE. How could that be bad?

If that's a Galaxy Nexus screen protector on top... then this phone is HUGE. My GNex is already borderline too big. This is even bigger?!

It looks like a Galaxy Nexus screen protector pasted on top. It gives you perspective of how gigantic it is, though...

A PenTile qHD display is only about 2/3 as sharp as a non-PenTile WVGA (800 x 480) display. So, the display alone is already enough reason to NOT get this phone.

I'm not sure what this means. Smartphones don't cost $2,000, on contract or off.

You do realize that 99% of the reason American carriers charge this much is because the cost to subsidize the phone is included, right? RIGHT? Do you really think the cost of the phone isn't included and that carriers eat the cost of the handset to benevolently sell it to you for cheap?

If you don't like it, don't buy it.

Jealous of the $2,000 price tag of the Lumia over two years on AT&T? I'm sure.

Jamie, I'm not sure why you're disagreeing with the European carriers' opinion when it's the exact same opinion as yours.

If you have nothing to contribute to the discussion, please don't. Simply calling people trolls because you disagree with their opinions makes you the troll.

I'm happy people are finally able to criticize WP7 instead of endlessly gushing over it, as has been happening for the past year and a half. Both Giz and The Verge are currently featuring negative articles about WP7.

That's beside the point.... GOOGLE is still taking 30% of app sales in the only major distributor of Android apps.

The stupid part is where you think Apple can make transactions, maintain servers, and hire staff with literally no cost and keeping the entire 30% as profit while Google has to use its identical 30% cut to do the same things.

It's still infinitely times better than any Samsung design, though.

I have, but rooting can't change the awful hardware design. Also, I have a Galaxy Nexus, which is the least awful Samsung phone and which is why I labeled myself a "somewhat disgruntled Samsung user."

Have you compared the physical look of the Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, or even Galaxy Nexus to a thoughtfully-designed phone? Alright, Android users aren't generally ones to appreciate thoughtful design. But still. Compare it to the HTC One series: [cdn2.sbnation.com]