Calling N9 crap is a bit too much.
Yeah the rumors do say the s3 will have that face-recognitionish kind of feature. Its nice, but you have to admit they do lack a sense for design. Look at the touch-wiz for example - amongst the more boring-looking interfaces out there in the android world.
And siri is a cool feature. Yep, note the word feature. its pretty useful too but i'd call them a different kind of creativity.
And look at the handset design itself. Nearly all look the same. No real creativity there.
Now look at what meego got into this world. Remember the flick way of closing an app? Still the most natural feeling method by a mile. Also remember haptic feedback? that little vibration you feel when you press a soft key? Does wonders for the user experience.
I'm not saying samsung is bad or nokia is great, but definitely, IMO, when it comes to creativity only apple can be talked about in the same breath as nokia.