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  • Coming to Lebanon: Galaxy S2 and HTC Sensation!

Personally I would not buy an HTC with Arabic and without warrenty, it would mean they have played with the Rom because all the ''te7rib'' HTC phones come from far east and don't have arabic ;)
And if they played with the Rom so they have perhaps played with the hardware too!
Just take it from Amhaz and add an arabic patch from XDA.
Btw could someone make the apps work with WAP? I can only use the browser
Are you guys planning on getting one of these phones? I am thinking of getting one of them but still haven't decided which one. It's a tough choice.
Yep!
SGS2 has better multimedia hardware screen,speaker and camera
Sensation has better UI with Sense 3.0 and of course lot of love from xda devs to give custom roms!
So none is perfect both have very strong advantages, you just have to choose what's most important for you...multimedia or roms?
I had already decided on the Sensation. But then when I saw a couple of reviews, I started having second thoughts. The Sense is probably better than TouchWiz but I will probably install a custom launcher later on anyways. Sense also seems a bit "heavy" with all these 3D animations. Also, even though the Sensation screen has a higher resolution, the contrast and viewing angles seem a bit disappointing.

So now I am favoring the Galaxy. But my concern is the Android upgrades. Samsung really messed up with the Froyo and Gingerbread upgrades for the Galaxy S. HTC seems better in this regard. Any idea, if either of them promised future upgrade-ability to Ice Cream Sandwich?
yea me 2 , i decided on the sensation , but when you watch youtube comparison videos u will have second thoughts . man the sharpness and black levels on samsung blow the htc awayyy...
am really confused now! touch wiz sucks and htc sense is sexy , which way to go don't know! i think the best way to decide is to hold them both in ur hand and pick one after that experience lol...

the good thing about the iphone is that you have no other ios phone to confuse you lol
Perhaps some XDA devs will port Sense 3.0 into SGS2, it will be the perfect phone then but till now the devs on SGS2 are very shy, it even didn't get yet a CM7 or MIUI rom!!
Hehe, yeah the iOS experience is better in that regard. I am currently using an iPhone 3G but now it's really slow on iOS 4 and the whole system is becoming a bit tedious when it comes to customization and basic OS functions like multitasking and notifications. So this will be my first Android phone. Do you guys have any experience on how custom launchers like ADW work on systems like TouchWiz and Sense? Does the launcher completely replace the manufacturer one or does it run on top of it? In other words, are there any performance penalties?

As for custom roms for Galaxy S 2, give it some time. Once it's widely released in US and other regions, I am sure more people will start to work on it.
I'm ditching my iPhone for one of these. Still undecided. Favoring the Galaxy S2.
i am going with the sensation, its a great phone, or ill go with evo 3D, that they will announce GSM Version of it soon.
I am just afraid of the sunlight visibility of the Sensation as well as the speaker for ringtones, those 2 things are mastered by the SGS2 but if it's already an upgrade over the N1 and Desire then...
i have seen reviews of both phones and they both preform badly in sunlight, but i guess most phones dont do well in direct sunlight. whats pushing me toward HTC is that they unlocked the bootloader, so you will get tons of custom roms and kernels which means unlimited modding.
I am waiting for the GSM Arena review, they are the only ones to be scientific.
The other reviews are giving opposing results about the Sensation, specially about the battery...
@haidcar

HTC announced that they will keep future bootloaders unlocked after the release of the Sensation, so according to what I've read here and there people are confused if this "unlocking" will start with future batches of Sensation or future phones.


Anyone has confirmed info about the GS2 bootloader, didn't find something clear searching
There have been lot's of rumors about a possible release of the GSM HTC Evo 3D in the UK by July
apart a slight feeling of 3D I don't think its worth to wait for Evo 3D, it's weight is 170g...even more than the DHD!!!
SGS2 is rooted for a long time ;)
Sensation will be available on 15th June so 1 week late, perhaps because HTC is unlocking them...
Wouldn't it be nice to be the first to have the new HTC SENSE 3.0? Head for the Sensation guys and forgett Samsung.
Dude Sense 3.0 is already in use on DHD thanks to xda :)
6 days later
Optimus 2X is finally available at Amhaz but dunno the price!
SGS2 and Sensation should come next week