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Google introduced an exciting new phone, the Galaxy Nexus.Galaxy Nexus Plans are currently available in Australia at very low prices. The Galaxy Nexus is Google’s next weapon in the fight with Apple.

The Galaxy Nexus is extremely thin and lightweight and has a gorgeous super AMOLED screen with HD resolution. The phone is slightly curved and has a tear drop shape with one end being wider than the other.

The phone also comes with the latest Android version, version 4.0. Android 4.0 has a few cutting edge applications that should enhance the user’s experience.

The first app is called Face unlock. You can register your face as the owner of the phone, and so when you look at your phone, it will recognise you and unlock the phone.

The second app is called Android Beam which allows you to send photos, videos, maps and more to people who are close by and have a near field enabled device.

The third app is voice typing which allows you to dictate to the phone.

Siri has been a long time in the making. Apple purchased the technology from another company and looked to develop it into its own product. Apple will deploy Siri on the iPhone 4S and make you realise that you needed something you never you needed. You can compare iPhone 4S plans on many websites where plans start at $199.

Apple have called Siri a voice controlled digital assistant. It answers to your natural voice and has the ability to perform your requests.

To activate Siri on the iPhone 4S, the user must firstly hold down the home button, this will allow the user to launch a pre-defined number of tasks using their natural voice to command. They can do such things as schedule meetings, set alarms, set reminders and check the weather. It is also capable of dictating text messages as well as emails.

Siri is reported to have highly sophisticated artificial intelligence which makes the whole voice control process much easier and smoother than past attempts.

Samsung have released their financial figures for the first quarter of 2012 and as everyone expected, the company is doing very well and figures are up sharply over the same period as last year. The company reported a profit of 5.85 trillion won (US$5.15 billion) for the quarter which is a rise of 98 percent over the same time last year. It is expected that over the current year the company will continue to do huge numbers as they have just announced the Samsung Galaxy S3 which is expected to do some big numbers.

HTC have had difficulty over the last couple of years with a range of phones that have not had the success that the company has been hoping for. They have had a hard time trying to work their way back into relevance and have seen their market share and profits take a real dive.
The HTC One X is a device that the company is hoping will turn around their fortunes. The device is a great looking smart phone and has some excellent features. The device has a large 4.7 inch screen making the biggest smart phone on the market behind the Samsung Galaxy Note. It has a 720P HD display and is only 8.9mm thick and 130 grams. The screen also has a great pixel density which is equivalent to the Apple iPhone 4S. There is 32GB of storage and an eight megapixel camera on the back.

The device is currently available in Australia on all the networks and HTC One X plans start at $29.

Samsung has released their second phone in the Galaxy range, the Galaxy S II. The Galaxy S2 is following in the footsteps of the surprise hit, the Samsung Galaxy S. The original Samsung Galaxy S sold over 20 million handsets worldwide and looked like big shoes to fill however the Samsung Galaxy S II looks like it will emulate the success if you look at the fact that they have already sold 10 million handsets.

The success of the Galaxy series of phones is mostly attributed to the extremely good hardware that Samsung has put together.

The phone has a famous 4.3″ SUPER AMOLED Plus screen has the best colours available on a mobile phone and has been designed to have ultra low power consumption. The phone has also got what Samsung have called Live Panel. This software allows you to personalise your user interface and put the most used app as a dynamic feature on your homepage.

The iPhone 4S was a major letdown for many consumers and industry people hoping for more from the launch. They were hoping for a bigger screen, thinner phone and possibly the iPhone 5. Unfortunately they didn’t get any of these things.

To Apple however, there is a bigger picture. The iPhone 4S plans to be their pawn in the market share game. In the last year, there have been many challengers in the smartphone crowd, and it seems like Google’s Android is making some decent ground. It is therefore vital to Apples strategy that they ensure they keep up to speed with the fast evolving hardware configurations.

Now, its up to consumers to decide whether an upgrade is worthwhile. The iPhone 4S will be faster, have a better camera and will do your bidding, but are these features worth paying the extra dollars for?

If you’re coming from the iPhone 3, the decision is any easy one. The improvements are massive. If you’re coming from the iPhone 4, then consider upgrading if you can afford to.