I am a proud owner of an iPhone 3GS. Well, in truth I was a proud owner until my two and half year old smartphone considerably slowed down when I upgraded it to iOS 5.x. The upgrade noticeably degraded the responsiveness of my mail client and web browser where each each screen tap made reading an email or searching a website so painstakingly slow that the iPhone became essentially unusable!

For more than two weeks I’ve been testing the iPhone 4S and researching my options and I’ve decided to go with the Samsung Galaxy S II, an Android-powered phone. Why turn my back on Apple when the iPhone is king? Here are the 5 reasons why the Galaxy is better smartphone (in no particular order):
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