I have used them both, you are correct the Samsung is a little more choppy when compared to HTC, but that super amoled plus display is sweet, also the Samsung has better battery life, as far as led notifications go there are many apps that can be downloaded to android phones to give you what you need, handcent SMS is a popular app which will allow you to get your texts with an led notification, pop up notifications and many more options in how your alerted to new texts...I like HTC ,but that super amoled is really nice. I have not seen the LG yet, but it will only have a 5 megapixel camera and 16gb memory card compared to 8megapixel and 32 gb SD card on the other two. Good luck on using those credits.