My first Android Phone is Samsung Galaxy 3 i5801 (sister version of Galaxy S). Very exciting phone under Rs.12K. However the excitement did not last longer as the phone started hanging now and then. Had to do a lot of technological circus to connect to (then version of) Kies software on PC. Landed up formatting the phone twice after trying to jailbreak with custom firmware from xda-developers. Installed task manager app and forcibly started killing unwanted apps. But still the phone did not leave its hanging habits. With the latest update of Kies software it became bit easy to connect to the PC. Had trouble in connecting to my office email which forced me to switch over to iPhone 4. My wife took it after her iPhone 2G lost its touch on the screen. Now with the latest firmware (android firmware 2.2 FroYo) the hanging became built in feature.
Samsung Galaxy S II has solved all the above issues. In addition, it has beautiful hi-tech hardware and thinnest to date in the market. Intelligent display technology. Excellent camera (8MP). Except that there are few areas where it can improve such as hubs other than Reader Hub (I like the integration of Kobo Reader). Could have been better with metal than plastics (no complaints though). Few of my friends still use laptops less powered than 1.2 GHz dual core, 1GB RAM of SII.
Since Android doesn't impose stringent rules on the apps (as apple does), the onus is on the users to install the apps at their own discretion.
Dont forget to properly protect your beauty with screen guards and skins/covers etc. It may affect the outlook but will protect it for a long time. Keep updating your phone with official firmware (current 2.3.3).
For indepth review :
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/28/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-review/
If you can wait for a while you may also consider HTC Sensation (I love HTC Sense than Samsung TouchWiz). If you don't have budget for S II watch out for Galaxy Z (younger brother of S II).
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