Huawei M835 (MetroPCS)

The Huawei M835 is a major disappointment even for a budget Android phone, with very slow performance, a poor quality display, and a near-useless camera; avoid this one

 

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Motorola Titanium (Sprint)

With the Titanium, Sprint and Motorola insult Nextel users by throwing them an obsolete bone of an Android smartphone.

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The Motorola Titanium, for Sprint's Nextel iDEN network, is a slab-style smartphone that's not nearly as good as it looks. The phone has a 320-by-480 screen and a useful QWERTY keyboard on the front.

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Motorola Photon 4G (Sprint)

Our latest Editors' Choice touch-screen smartphone for Sprint, the Motorola Photon 4G is powerful, fast, feature-packed, and, in a pinch, it can double as a nettop PC.

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The Motorola Photon 4G is a high-speed, dual-core Android smartphone for Sprint which gains extra powers when you plug it into an HDTV. 

 

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Samsung Restore (Virgin Mobile)

The Samsung Restore is a decent texting phone for Virgin Mobile, but it's a little buggier than the Sprint version.

 

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2012 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Wagon

2012 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Wagon is filled with modern safety technology. The sedan is equipped with V6 powered E350, E350 4MATIC and E350 Blue Tec diesel. The new E Class models in both the categories, sedan and wagon features fresh, high fuel efficient 7 speed automatic transmission, upgraded steering wheels, a color mechanism cluster display and typical LED daylights.

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2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

The 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the highest-performing Camaro and the most technically advanced car ever developed in its class. The new ZL1 continues the momentum of Camaro, propelling it into an entirely new realm of leading-edge performance technology. It is planned to launch at the beginning of 2012.
Motivated by a supercharged V-8 engine producing an estimated 550 horsepower (410 kW), the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 will be the fastest Camaro ever offered by Chevrolet. And more than just power, the ZL1 features technologically advanced and highly developed chassis and suspension systems that help it deliver balanced, track-ready handling and braking power to complement its high engine output. Rigorous development of the ZL1 is ongoing, and official estimates of the car’s capabilities will be released later in 2011, as testing nears completion.

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Pantech Pursuit II (AT&T)

AT&T's Pantech Pursuit II is a solid messaging phone with a nice keyboard and a responsive touch screen.Though not much of an improvement over its predecessor, the Pantech Pursuit II is a good messaging phone for AT&T subscribers.

Keyboard

Sliding the Pursuit's screen up reveals a four-row QWERTY keyboard with matte plastic keys. They’re slightly raised and easy to press, and typing long messages was a breeze. 

Back

The Pursuit II’s 2-megapixel camera takes decent photos. Images snapped outdoors were surprisingly sharp, though photos taken inside weren’t as good; they looked a little less focused, and blown out around lights.

 

Left

The Pantech Pursuit II measures 4 by 2.4 by .6 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.5 ounces.

Right

The Pursuit II comes equipped with a great music player, but a proprietary headphone jack and no headphones in the box render it close to useless. 

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Price Range $49.99 - $329.99

Spec Data

Service Provider AT&T

Screen Size 2.8 inches

Screen Details 240-by-320, 262K-color TFT LCD capacitive touch screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 2 MP

Camera Flash No

802.11x No

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

Form Factor Slider

Network GSM, UMTS

Bands 850, 900, 1800, 1900

High-Speed Data EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA

Processor Speed 211.9 MHz

Keyboard Yes

Continuous Talk Time 5 hours 53 minutes

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Samsung Freeform III (MetroPCS)

The Samsung Freeform III remains a good choice for anyone needing a lightweight, budget-priced phone that's great for texting.

 

Front

The Samsung Freeform III measures 4.4 by 2.4 by 0.4 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.3 ounces.

Angle

Samsung revised the Freeform's keyboard once again; while it was already pretty good, now it's like a 7/8ths scale BlackBerry Bold instead of a Curve, and I could type quickly on it without a problem.

Back

The Samsung Freeform III's 1.3-megapixel camera has no flash or auto-focus capability. Test photos looked soft and a little blurry for the most part. 

Right

The Freeform III works as a music player in a pinch, but it can be a pain to use.

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Spec Data

Service Provider MetroPCS

Screen Size 2.4 inches

Screen Details 320-by-480-pixel, 262K-color TFT LCD screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 1.3 MP

Camera Flash No

802.11x No

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

Form Factor Candy Bar

Network CDMA

Bands 850, 1900, 1700

High-Speed Data 1xRTT

Storage Capacity (as Tested) 101 MB

Keyboard Yes

Continuous Talk Time 4 hours 25 minutes

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Motorola Droid 3 (Verizon Wireless)

The Motorola Droid 3 for Verizon Wireless aims to be a top-notch business smartphone, but it's stuck in the Internet's slow lane.

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The Motorola Droid 3 is a large, sliding smartphone running a customized version of Android 2.3.4 with Motorola's social networking extensions on board. 

 

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HTC 7 Pro (U.S. Cellular)

The HTC 7 Pro pairs Microsoft's vastly improved mobile OS with the company's now-familiar, tilting-display form factor and an excellent five-row QWERTY keyboard.

 

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T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide

The big, beautiful, Android-based myTouch 4G Slide is T-Mobile's most powerful handset to date, so it's our latest Editors' Choice for keyboarded smartphones on T-Mobile.

 

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HTC Status (AT&T)

The Android-based HTC Status, America's first "Facebook phone," opens up a big social world through too tiny a window.

 

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Nokia X7

The Nokia X7 is one of the front-runners of Symbian Anna, a major overhaul bringing portrait QWERTY input, improved browser and a refreshed design to the Symbian^3 platform. But the X7 is also a media-centric device with a premium feel and a 4-inch AMOLED screen. It's also one of the latest high-end Nokia handsets running Symbian

The processor used by Nokia is an N8-ish ARM11, clocking in at 680MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Samsung Dart SGH-T499 (T-Mobile)

The Samsung Dart's feature set would have been fine two years ago, but now there's virtually no reason to choose it over other phones in T-Mobile's lineup—even free ones.

 

Front

The Samsung Dart SGH-T499 measures 4.1 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.8 ounces. 

Back

The Dart's 3-megapixel camera has no flash or auto-focus. Test photos were a disappointment, with considerable graininess even in well-lit interior rooms, and overexposed outdoor shots with blown out highlights and just average detail resolution. 

Right

The Dart is made entirely of plastic, with a matte dark grey underbody and a black front panel. 

Angle

The Dart's 3.1-inch plastic capacitive touch screen sports just 240-by-320-pixel resolution. That breaks many third-party Android apps and makes it tougher to navigate Android’s various scrolling menu panels.
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Price Range $149.99

Spec Data

Service Provider T-Mobile

Operating System Android OS

Screen Size 3.1 inches

Screen Details 240-by-320-pixel, 16M-color TFT LCD capacitive touch screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 3 MP

Camera Flash No

802.11x Yes

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

Form Factor Candy Bar

Network GSM, UMTS

Bands 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100, 1700

High-Speed Data GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA

Storage Capacity (as Tested) 134 MB

Processor Speed 600 MHz

Keyboard No

Continuous Talk Time 7 hours 48 minutes

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Motorola XPRT (Sprint)

The Motorola XPRT offers a decent array of business features that add up to a solid, if not spectacular, enterprise Android smartphone.

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The Motorola XPRT measures 4.7 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 5.1 ounces. 

 

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Motorola i412 (Boost Mobile)

The Motorola i412 is a decent push-to-talk phone for users looking to save a buck on Boost, but there are better options out there.

The Motorola i412 has electric blue plating for some visual interest.

Motorols i412 is a iDen-based phone, comes with flip style and numeric keypad and support PTT-walky talkie functions serviced by carrier. It also comes with iTap techno to help user send text messages in a flash format.

 

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LG Genesis (U.S. Cellular)

The hulking LG Genesis offers U.S. Cellular subscribers more screen and keyboard real estate than any other Android smartphone, but it's not without issues.

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Nokia N97 mini (Unlocked)

The Nokia N97 mini is an improvement over the original N97, and the free Ovi Maps GPS app rocks. But there's still not enough here to pull U.S. buyers away from other smart devices.

 

Open

The N97 mini's QWERTY keyboard is a pain to get out. But once you do so, you've got yourself a nifty little mini-laptop, thanks to the tilt mechanism. 

Back

The back panel features a 5-megapixel camera sensor with a Carl Zeiss lens, and a surprisingly powerful dual-LED flash. 

Front

The Nokia N97 mini is a small but solid improvement over the original N97, and now looks sleek enough to take on an Android phone. 

Side

The right side contains a camera shortcut button and a volume rocker switch. 

Colors

The N97 mini (which comes in three colors) runs Symbian Series 60 5th Edition; it's looking more and more dated, though that's mainly because Nokia is trying too hard to turn it into a touch screen OS. 

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Price Range $249.99

Spec Data

Service Provider AT&T, T-Mobile

Operating System Symbian OS

Screen Size 3.2 inches

Screen Details 360-by-640, 16M-color TFT LCD resistive touch screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 5 MP

Camera Flash Yes

802.11x Yes

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

Form Factor Slider

Network GSM, UMTS

Bands 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100

High-Speed Data GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA

Storage Capacity (as Tested) 8 GB

Processor Speed 434 MHz

Keyboard Yes

Continuous Talk Time 4 hours 37 minutes

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Samsung Gravity Smart SGH-T589 (T-Mobile)

The Gravity Smart is a decent budget-priced Android smartphone, but it has a few significant flaws.

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Samsung Exhibit 4G SGH-T759 (T-Mobile)

The Samsung Exhibit 4G is an excellent choice for anyone who wants a fast, capable, and relatively petite smartphone on T-Mobile.

 

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Nokia X3 (Unlocked)

The Nokia X3 is a decent budget phone for anyone looking to save money on an unlocked GSM device, but it serves no other purpose.

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HTC EVO 3D (Sprint)

The 4G-equipped, Android-Based HTC EVO 3D for Sprint is the nation's first 3D phone, but it struggles with making phone calls and connecting to the Web.

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Samsung Messager Touch SCH-R630 (U.S. Cellular)

he Samsung Messager Touch SCH-R630 is a solid texting device for budget-minded U.S. Cellular customers, but it's missing too many other popular features to be a leader.

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LG Optimus U (U.S. Cellular)

The LG Optimus U is another solid hit for LG, and it gives U.S. Cellular subscribers a second top-notch Android smartphone at a great price.

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The LG Optimus U's 3.2-inch, tempered glass capacitive touch screen offers 320-by-480-pixel resolution, with average sharpness and brightness for the category.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play (Verizon Wireless)

The Android-based Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is a unique phone designed for gaming, and it games well.

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LG Thrive (AT&T)

AT&T's LG Thrive is a good way to get a real smartphone on AT&T's nationwide network, without tethering yourself to a two-year contract.
 

 

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LG Revolution (Verizon Wireless)

If you love Netflix more than making phone calls, the LG Revolution streams crystal-clear video at blazing speeds on Verizon's 4G LTE network.

Front

The LG Revolution measures 5.1 by 2.6 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 6.1 ounces. 

Back

Colors were bright, but details had a tendency to blur on photos snapped with the Revolution's 5-megapixel camera. Shutter speeds were a bit slow, too, around 1.2 seconds. 

Angle

The Revolution's 4.3-inch, 480-by-800-pixel capacitive touch screen is bright and vibrant, though it lacks the deep colors of the Super AMOLED Plus screen on the Droid Charge. 

Right

Clad in soft-touch black plastic, with a few silver accents, the Revolution has a nice, luxurious feel. Price Range$179.99 - $699.99 

Spec Data

Service Provider Verizon Wireless

Operating System Android OS

Screen Size 4.3 inches

Screen Details 480-by-800, 16.7m-color TFT LCD capacitive touch screen

Camera Yes

Megapixels 5 MP

Camera Flash Yes

802.11x Yes

Bluetooth Yes

Web Browser Yes

Form Factor Candy Bar

Network CDMA

Bands 850, 1900, 700

High-Speed Data 1xRTT, EVDO Rev A, LTE

Storage Capacity (as Tested) 13 GB

Processor Speed 1 GHz

Keyboard No

Continuous Talk Time 6 hours 48 minutes

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Olympus XZ-1

The Olympus XZ-1 dazzles when you compare it with other compact cameras, but its price and size pit it squarely against a class of cameras that can best its performance and quality.

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