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Seriously, does anyone need a new Galaxy S? I don't want to believe that any smartphone user needs something more powerful than the current Galaxy S II.

You want to drop another 600 bucks on a new smartphone? That's fine then, but you probably don't need it.

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Lots of people skip generations, or are simply on the lookout to finally get a smartphone. Samsung kinda has to play this game.

Actually, a higher rate of new devices also means the retail price drops. Providers like to tell you the device is 600 bucks but you're getting it for free with their subsidies, when really it's already a lot cheaper online. I got my Galaxy S II two months ago for less than half the initial cost, 10 months after it was released. Apple products on the other hand... They're always expensive.

Yeah, innovation is stupid.

Under my opinion, what is stupid is people who buys a new smartphone each year because the older one seems no longer useful with the more megapixels and megahertzs of the new one.

While GS2 is great phone many US versions lack next gen features like NFC. Also display for all versions of GS2 is HDPI . With Galaxy Nexus and HTC One x XHDPI (Extra high Density) displays are gaining traction.Therefore GS3 is coming a right moment. Get all the great features of phones launched in last 1 year (which is a big duration in android world) plus set new benchmarks for future phones.

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