Last time I checked, SGS2 was one of the thinnest phones you can get (thinner than N9) with the best hardware (you know the specs right?) and a replaceable battery that is larger than the N9's. (with longer advertised runtime than the N9 as well) Also, the price of the phone might be similar. So..........

I am also pro-N9 as it's something unique. But really, you can't knock the guys who think it's crap as in some ways, it it is true. (well, relatively speaking) N8 released last year has HDMI out. Now N9 in mid-2011 does not? It also has a GPU which is slower than the N8's GPU afaik. It really has a hardware that should have been released this time last year at latest.

The UI demo video Nokia conversations put up already shows that the N9 isn't buttery smooth when it's running a few apps. (no idea why he decided to demo it while it clearly was looking sluggish) The N9 I had yesterday was visibly smoother. But yeah, I didn't have as many apps opened.

All I can hope for now is that this N9 becomes hugely successful and Nokia decides to take another stab at it with a class-leading hardware.