Christmas Gifts: Cell Phones

HTC Titan

UPDATE: Verizon has officially given the Galaxy Nexus a release date for Thursday, December 15, 2011.


Editor's Note: This is a very long post so if you are not interested in reading it all don't leave, just scroll down until you find your carrier.


One of the biggest markets that is growing in the tech industry is smart phones!  There are so many smart phones to choose from though.  Which one is right for you and which one is right for that special person you plan to buy a phone for.  We will go through the four major carriers and determine which phone is best for you!

AT&T
AT&T has come a long way from only offering the iPhone as a viable choice while offering crappy phones to its line up.  Your best option would have been the iPhone, but seeing as it is 2011 and there are new options, we will go with something fresh.  The phone to get on AT&T is the HTC Titan (pictured above).  The Titan is a hot selling commodity on AT&T and has been back ordered for a while now!  This BEHEMOTH has a 4.7 inch Super LCD screen and has a 1.5ghz processor chugging at its core.  Packed with 16gb of memory and Microsoft's Sky Drive (cloud storage) you will love this phone which runs on Windows Phone 7.5 aka Mango.  If 4.7 inches is too big then you can go after the hot Samsung Focus S.  This phone is a reincarnation of the Galaxy S II series and sports a 1.4ghz processor and a beautiful 4.3 inch Super Amoled Plus screen (arguably the best screen out there).

If LTE is what you are looking for I would advise the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket.  This phone has a 4.5 inch screen and is one of two of AT&T's entrance phone's into the LTE game.

Sprint

SGSII Epic 4G Touch

Sprint has had a lot of hype because of the release of the iPhone 4s and Sprint finally claiming an iPhone all for itself.  The real winner though is the Samsung Galaxy S II on Sprint.  This phone will most likely win the best smart phone of the year!  It has a 4.5 inch screen with a gorgeous Super Amoled Plus display.  It has a 1.2ghz Exynos processor (home bred by Samsung).  Tagged along is Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread.

If you like to travel I would advise getting the Motorola Photon 4G which is a "world" phone meaning it has a sim card.  The Photon is another dual core phone with a 4.3 inch qHD display.  If these phones are too big you could always opt out for the iPhone 4s or the HTC Arrive which runs on Windows Phone 7.5.

Also, don't forget the famous Evo lines including the HTC Evo 3D.  This phone is great for all your glasses free 3D with a beautiful qHD screen.  Sense 3.0 is amazing and can only be experienced and enjoyed in person.  If you want a "world" Evo phone you could always get the HTC Evo Design, which has a 4 inch screen and comes with a sim card for all of your traveling needs!  The Evo brand is now a household name and this was brought on by the AMAZING HTC Evo 4G hit in 2010, one of the best, if not, the best phone of 2010!

T-Mobile

HTC Sensation 4G

Now, T-Mobile is lacking an iPhone, but they do have the best Android line-up.  Right now the hottest phone's seem to be coming from Samsung, and rightfully so.  They have really stepped their game up this year.  If it were last year, I don't think I would recommend this many Samsung phone's.  Of course, the Galaxy S II is the hot commodity here.  This 4.5 inch monster runs on a 1.5ghz Qualcomm processor.  Sure, that doesn't mean much to the average user, just know that it is good when you have spec wars (or do I only do that?).  You cannot go wrong with the GSII.

A phone that is just as hot but has about three more shelf life months on it is the HTC Sensation 4G.  This phone has a 4.3 inch Super LCD screen and is one of the best phone's of 2011.  This 1.2ghz dual core processed phone knows what it came to do!  If you are an HTC faithful then this phone is for you!  For the first time HTC did well with how the battery manages and you won't need to fret about your wall charger throughout the day.

HTC Radar 4G

There is also a runt to the litter.  The HTC Radar 4G is a small 3.8 Super LCD screened phone running on Windows 7.5.  Don't be fooled by its 1ghz processor, this little guy is snappy.  The front facing camera is ideal for chatting with all of your friends and family.  Windows Phone 7 will be one of the newest and freshest experiences you will experience on a mobile OS.

Verizon
Ahh, Verizon.  The once looked upon carrier for having the best phones out on the market.  Gone are the days of dumb... excuse me, feature phones.  We are in an age where amazingly parents buy their eight year old kids phones, and not just dumb... er... umm... feature phones, but smart phones!  For the past two years Verizon has had one of the worst line-ups I can remember.  Their phone line-ups were almost as bad as AT&T's.  Verizon has finally stepped their game up and has a hot selection this Christmas (a selection that I am actually jealous of for once while Sprint has been spoiling me these two past years).  The best phone that Verizon has to offer is the Galaxy Nexus!  This is the newest pure Google phone... from Google.  It is the first phone running on Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich.

Ice Cream Sandwich

Geeks all over the blogosphere have been drooling for this phone for well over two months while Verizon keeps pushing the release date.  Of course, one of the newest features is face unlock.  Sure it isn't that secure, and easily hacked by just showing a still photo of yourself, but still, it makes you feel like if you are in some Star Trek movie (oddly I have never cared for Star Trek).  This phone is the "bees knees".  The 4.65 inch Nexus packs as much pixels as a 720p inched HD TV!  Yes, a 720p inched HD TV.  This hot phone is the phone to get, while not released yet, the rumor date is DECEMBER 15 but only time will tell.  The date has been officially announced and it is slated to be released tomorrow, Thursday, December 15, 2011.

Galaxy Nexus

The next hot phone to choose from would be the Droid Razr.  This is the "thinnest" phone out on the market (it is in quotes because the camera hump makes it pretty fat).  This 4.3 inch Super Amoled screen is perfect if you are in the market for a Motorola phone and are taken off by the bigger screened phones.

Another hot phone on Verizon is the HTC Rezound.  HTC brought its marriage of Beats By Dre to the U S of A.  The 1.5ghz dual core processor is perfect for anyone out on the market for a new phone.  This phone also has a gorgeous 720p Super LCD screen resolution.  This phone is ideal for those media pushers.

Also, if you are not into any of the phones I mentioned, don't forget that the Apple iPhone 4s is currently sold on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon!

iPhone 4s

Well, that about does it I'd say.  This has been a long... very long post, but will benefit you greatly!! Do not forget to follow this blog on the right ----> where it says FOLLOW THIS SITE!

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