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The 5 Best Android Smartphones [December, 2012]
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 | ||||||
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung's newest phablet, remains on the list this month thanks to its powerful software and its availability on a wide swath of carriers. Five to be exact. Read: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Review. Its availability on AT&T, Sprint, U.S. Cellular, T-Mobile and Verizon make it a device worth consideration but there is actually much more than that. With its 5.5-inch HD display, unique S-Pen stylus, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, quad-core processor and powerful multitasking features from Samsung, this is a device that is meant for consuming content while at home or on the go. Oh, and it works as a phone to boot. The $299.99 price tag is a bit hard to swallow but retailers like Amazon are starting to come around. There's a reason the Galaxy Note 2 has sold over five million units worldwide. It's simply one of the best Android phones available. | ||||||
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finnius
11/27/2012 at 7:41 pm
Isn’t saying the “best 5 Android Smartphones” sort of like saying the best cancer or the best plague? Honestly, I dont get the appeal of Android, other than the fact that they are usually basically giving them away. If I am ever in a situation that all mobile providers are only carrying Androids, I will dig my 10 year old flip phone out of a box somewhere and forsake smartphones. Every single person I know who has an Android loves it for about 3 months and then all they do is complain about how bad it is and how they cant stand it and want a new phone. I have tried playing with them in stores, and at friends houses and with my daughters tablet and Android is the least intuitive, least appealing, most illogical user interface. No, I am not an Apple fan – iPhones aren’t much better, but at least they look nice, something that only Samsung has done right for Android with the Galaxy 3.
Art
12/07/2012 at 3:27 pm
So.. You would recommend what? Blackberry?
Android is an open source project. End of story, that’s the appeal.
Hernan
01/03/2013 at 11:50 am
Actually, I have android phone and tablet for 3 years already, and i love it. Is by far the best platform in the market since they got realeased. Of course, If you are someone old school, and dont like to learn new things, Android could be hard for old people with no intention to learn.
My mom, my father, my brother and most my friends use android, and we all agree in how grate it is. I am a technician and enthusiast and I learnt a lot from this phones on google and youtube, I love the fact that everyone can make changes on it, In Iphone, blackberry, you are limited to their ideas and solutions. With Android there are no limits…
Just in case, I dont sell androids or anything I am happy android user giving my personal opion.
J
12/02/2012 at 4:03 am
The HTC DNA has a new Krait quadcore processor that’s massively more powerful than the scorpion processor thats’ in the One X. So no, they don’t have similar cpus.
finnius
12/08/2012 at 7:11 am
Understand about being open source but that is important to maybe 1% of the population. Most consumers don’t even know what open source is. (in fact most consumers are looking for the latest status symbol). No, I would not recommend blackberry, I would recommend Windows Phone (either 7.5 or 8) most people have not tried them because the carriers hid them in the back of the store, know nothing about them and try to force other products down the consumers throat. I have sung the praises of windows phones for 2 years and friends ignored me. Recently several of those people purchased windows phones and said the OS, the functionality, the look, everything blows away the competition. I have known that for 2 years.
Kelly
12/26/2012 at 9:42 pm
So, finnius, i’m dumb about gadgetry in general and it takes awhile for me to learn my smartphones. I had a windows about 1.5 yrs ago and had a hard time learning it. Now my second smartphone is a motorola droidx2 (which i have had 18 months.) It also took me quite awhile to learn. I just now feel like I know it like the back of my hand and can do anything with it (that its capable of). I really like it now that its already out of date lol. I’m already thinking ahead to my next phone, but am so confused with terms such as “os” and ice ream sandwich and jellybean. What do these things mean? I’m smart so i dont need lengthy explanations. Just the basics. I want a really good phone that operates fairly smoothly without a six month learning curve. Something thatto offer but is fairly intuitive and that i dont have to call tech ssupport every week to figure out something the phone isnt doing or something that i dont know how to do. The online manuals are are useless to me. They are confusing IMO. U say droids suck. Other people say iphones arent so good. What phone do u think has the most to offer, good quality, and learner/user friendly? I’m collecting opinions and yours seems it. collecting opinions and yours seems it would be worthwhile. I am a sucker for whats most popular such as an iphone, but i dont want to get something just cuz its popular. I want a really great phone. What would u suggest?
Kelly
12/26/2012 at 9:49 pm
I guess reading back thru your post u are a windows fan? Do u think theyre the best? And p.s. i want something with an excellent front and back facing camera with great resolution. My current camera on droidx2 sucks. Thx ahead of time 4 your opinion!
Hernan
01/03/2013 at 11:54 am
the only way to avoid the larning curve, is buying a new phone with the same kind of OS. If you had a windows phone, another windows phone. But, I am still convinced that Android is not by far the most popular, but the more capable…