5 Best Android Smartphones [May, 2014]

Those looking for a new Android smartphone in the month of May will not only have to contend with the latest smartphone rumors regarding the LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4 but they’ll also have to deal with a market that is saturated with high-end devices including the Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. We want to help make the search a little bit easier and here, we take a look at the devices we think are the Android smartphones for the month of May.

After a slow start to the year, April started off with a huge bang. On April 11th, Samsung released the Galaxy S5 into the wild and unlike its predecessors, it went on sale immediately at the five biggest carriers in the United States, a list that includes AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 replaces the Galaxy S4 and it joins a loaded roster of Android smartphones that includes devices like the HTC One M8, Galaxy Note 3 and more. And while the arrival of the Galaxy S5 is a good thing, its presence presents some problems for those that aren’t in tune with the world of smartphones.

Picking and choosing a new smartphone is not an easy process. Android smartphones have flooded the market and it can be extremely difficult to wade through all of the options.

With that in mind, we want to help narrow things down for those that may not know what to look for. Here, in an effort to help those who might need some help this month, we breakdown the devices we think are the five best Android smartphones for the month of May, 2014.

Our list may differ from yours but these are the devices that Gotta Be Mobile editors have selected for recognition this month. We feel like the devices listed here deliver the best, all-around package at the moment.

Nexus 5

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There are Nexus 6 rumors swirling around but until the Nexus 6 release arrives, Google's Nexus 5 will remain one of the best options for those looking to buy a brand new Android smartphone. The company's current Nexus flagship delivers a fantastic design along with a high-resolution full HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 8MP camera with Optical Image Stabilization, Android 4.4 KitKat, and an extremely cheap price tag. It also gets updates directly from Google, a perk that doesn't come with many of the top Android smartphones on the market. The Nexus 5 is a device that needs to be on your radar in the month of May.

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