I am looking for a new phone (even though both of my selected models are not new) and have narrowed my search down to two phones (listed in the question). I want to know which is better, money is no object as both are free on the same contract. I have looked at reviews, and from what I can tell, there is not much separating them in terms of customer satisfaction. It will need to be easy to text on the phone as I will be doing that a lot. I also want to be able to use it as a media device, not necessarily movies, but loads of music. Sound quality will need to be good. Camera doesn't really matter and I know that the W995 has an 8.1 camera, but I don't really care about that, I have a camera of my own already to take pictures with. Any help welcome, personal experiences greatly appreciated.