Tablets are getting smaller ... smartphones are getting bigger
IT'S the world's biggest mobile phone event and yet this year it was dominated by another technology altogether: tablet computers.
Mobile World Congress, held in Barcelona, was ruled by larger touchscreen gadgets for the first time last week, including tablets from big names in computing such as Samsung, HP, Sony, ASUS and Lenovo.
But rather than 10-inch creations designed to compete with Apple's market-leading iPad, many of these upcoming tablets are small enough to go unnoticed in a handbag or backpack, powerful enough to compete with a laptop and, in some cases, will even let users make phone calls.
Some smartphones did sneak into the trade show, however, with large, fast and unorthodox handsets grabbing attention.
Samsung kicked off the tablet trend with an 8-inch tablet called the Galaxy Note 8.0.
Mobile communications president JK Shin says the tablet is designed to be a "pioneering, pocket-sized solution" for mobile computer users.
The tablet features Google Android software, a stylus and, unusually, the ability to place phone calls.
InMobi spokesman Marc Fine says he is skeptical that "people will use tablets as phones" but says Samsung's move back into small tablets is a smart one designed to challenge Apple's iPad.
"Apple really owns that 10-inch tablet space," he says. "They've positioned themselves as a real leader and companies, including Samsung, know that the 7-inch tablet market is wide open."
But Samsung was not the only company to recognise the market opportunity.
HP showed off its second tablet at the event, and its first 7-inch model, with the HP Slate 7 designed to appeal to budget-conscious buyers at just $199.
ASUS also unveiled the 7-inch Fonepad - a device that delivers phone calls and promises to combine "all the features of a smartphone" with the "versatility" of a tablet - while Lenovo revealed two entry-level 7-inch tablets in the A1000 and A3000.Many of the tablets are due to arrive in stores around June.
A handful of new smartphones were unveiled in Barcelona this year, with most featuring expansive screens.
Huawei showed off a 4.7-inch phone, the Ascend P2, that promises a record-breaking 4G internet connection; Acer delivered a 4.5-inch Google smartphone in the Liquid E1; and ASUS took the trend to a new level with the PadFone Infinity - a 5-inch phone that fits into a 10.1-inch tablet display.
Telsyte research director Foad Fadaghi says the trade show proves that the trend towards big phones that began with the Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 5 is unlikely to slow down.
"It's a continuation of a trend that we noticed last year in which tablets are getting smaller and smartphones are getting bigger," he says.
Despite the new releases, Fadaghi says many of the big phone makers have sought to hold individual product events this year to gain the most attention, including BlackBerry and HTC, leaving Mobile World Congress to host
smaller, more unorthodox products.
This year they included a working example of the YotaPhone that offers an LCD screen on one side and an Electronic Ink display on the other, the Medias W smartphone from NEC featuring two 4.3-inch screens that fold out to create a larger display, and Fujitsu's New Generation GPS Cane that can show directions or a user's vital statistics in its handle.
The phone has a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad core processor and 4.5 inch qHD display.
Karbonn Mobiles has launched its first quad core smartphone, the Smart Titanium 1. The smartphone, which is priced at $200.00 and can be booked from Karbonn's website, is the first low budget quad core phone to hit the market.
The Karbonn Smart Titanium 1 has a 4.5 inch IPS display with qHD ((960×540) resolution and runs on Android Jelly Bean. The Karbonn Smart S1 Titanium is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and comes with Adreno 203 GPU and 1GB RAM and 4 GB ROM.
The phone has a 1600mAh battery which is the only potentially disappointing figure in this phone. Since it uses 'energy efficient' Qualcomm chipset and also Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which also offers better battery management, the phone could offer decent battery back-up.
The Karbonn Smart Titanium 1 comes with a 5 megapixel camera with flash and also there is a front facing camera. You get connectivity options like 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth etc.
The phone can be booked on the Karbonn mobile's website only.
Karbonn has indeed priced the phone well and will pose a big challenger to the recently announced Micromax Canvas HD A116, which though has a bigger 5 inch display and boasts higher definition resolution, is going to be priced close to $273.82. The Canvas HD also has a MediaTek quad core processor, which is not as coveted a brand as Qualcomm and has traditionally provided less polished CPUs compared to Qualcomm's well established Snapdragon chipsets.
Russian manufacturer Yota Devices (Yotadevices.com) has released a new smartphone in the mobile market that runs on Android and its outstanding feature is that it has screen on both sides. Now that has caught my fancy. You will find two displays on this phone, the main screen being a 4.3 inch LCD measuring 720p, and then an e ink display that also measures 4.3 inches! The new YotaPhoneE-ink displays are well known for their frugal battery consumption, and they just need minute spurts of energy to change anything on the screen.Yota Devices came up with this brilliant idea to display all information related to meta data for the user on this e ink display so that battery life is increased.
The Network, the Processor, and the Platform
There are differences between the YotaPhone device and the iPhone5s. The former runs on Android while the latter runs on the proprietary iOS. Also, both the phones are 4G ready, but the iPhone does not support NFC, while the YotaPhone does. click here., if you need more info.
Display (Touch)
The other similarity between the YotaPhone vs iPhone 5S is that they both use capacitive touchscreens. Capacitive touchscreens are the new wave and they react to the slightest touch, unlike resistive touchscreens.
Moving on to the display part, the YotaPhone’s dual display is both 4.3 inch LCD and the e ink, while the iPhone 5S has the smaller 4 inch TFT IPS display. Also, the YotaPhone scores brownie points on the resolution as well, and it has a better and higher resolution than the iPhone’s display, which means that text and graphics on the YotaPhone will be higher than the iPhone.
Camera and Storage
Again, Yotaphone wins hands down with a 12 mp main camera in comparison to the iPhone 5’s 8 mp camera. Of course, both the cameras also have a secondary camera feature.
Design and Portability
Weight wise, the iPhone 5S wins by being a lighter phone than the YotaPhone.
See Yota Devices’ Dual Screens YotaPhone in Action
Remember way back when Japan was the land of mobile milk and honey.
Tales of cell phones with built-it TVs and cameras were the envy of the
world. Then Apple stepped in and brought the whole thing crashing down.
To support these once mighty phones, an extensive infrastructure was
set up across the country. However, this entire network couldn’t be
exported easily and was confined to the islands which made them. They
were “garapagosu-ka” (Galapagos-ized).
Japanese old-style mobile phones are increasingly being called
“garake” – short for “garapagosu keitai” (Galapagos mobile phone). The
name is an obvious reference to the Galapagos Islands, a place where
evolution seems to have occurred independently with the rest of the
world. In the same way, Japanese mobile phones had become trapped on
these islands and are now under attack by alien species.
These flip-top phones, formally yet ironically named “feature
phones”, are now coming to thought of as about on par with the white
brick that Zack from Saved by the Bell used to haul around.
A teenage girl who uses a feature phone may be called a
“mada-gara-joshi” (still Galapagos girl). So, with all the current
social stigmas surrounding these phones, do they have a future?
Tadayuki Shinozaki of the MM Research Institute says they do. “One
could say that feature phones have died out completely, but smartphones
currently only make up a little over one-third (37.7%) of total
subscriptions. These phones still have a significant presence in the
market.”
In Japan, most smartphones are saddled with monthly fees high enough
to dissuade casual users. Also, people such as reporters and salespeople
who frequently use their mobiles at work have been returning to
Galapagos phones for the sake of a more reasonable battery-life.
According to Shinozaki, feature phones’ more focused set of functions
make them enduringly attractive to a number of demographics. “They’re
easy to carry for the elderly. There are panic buttons for children to
use. These special needs are conveniently and affordably filled by
feature phones.”
In spite of being cheap and handy, everyone has to change phones
eventually and the ever-growing population of smartphone users shows no
sign of letting up.
“For all of 2012, 70% of the people who bought mobile phones bought
smartphones. By the end of fiscal year 2013, smartphones and feature
phones should have equal market shares. Still, I predict that from then
on feature phones will maintain a 30% share,” Shiozaki says.
That seems to be a reasonable estimate. As time progresses, more and
more middle-aged people will inevitably make the switch once their
current contracts come to an end.
By and large seniors will likely stick with what they know and
continue using their Galapagos phones. With the aging population of
Japan, that’s significant piece of the market. However, it’s only a
matter of time before that changes too.
Battery technology for smartphones will improve to meet the needs of professional users over time as well.
In the end, Galapagos phones could hold onto the niche of children
and the elderly who need cheap, easy, reliable and durable phones for
some time to come. Yet, just like Lonesome George, they won’t be around
forever.
A smart phone is inclusive of various add-ons like sending emails,
watching videos, playing music in high quality, snapping crystal clear
pictures, so on and so forth. Apart from being extremely utilitarian,
this device can even fulfil your entertainment needs.
Apps that come along these days with all such devices are very
intuitive and sort your task in a way that you can shuffle or juggle
between them easily. Buying the best smart phone that has best features
therefore can be a wise decision for your hard earned money and if you
are planning to buy one then consider the top 10 best Smartphones in UK
given below:
The latest flagship model from Nokia comes packed with windows 8 and
has a magnanimous larger than life touch screen size of 4.5 inch which can be touched with gloves on.
Sony Xperia T:
If you are on a hunt for great camera and screen size then this phone
is just what you need. It has a 13 MP High Resolution camera and a
screen of 4.6 inches.
Apple iPhone 5:
The phone is certainly bigger and better than before. Unlike its
siblings it has a 4.3 inch screen and it is the first 4G phone to have
ushered in the UK market.
HTC 8S:
This windows 8 phone comes well within the budget. It has a great
color contrast and viewing angles that look great on its 4 inch screen.
The phone is available in many color combinations.
Motorola RAZRi:
The slick and slim phone comes with a 4.3 inch screen. The 8 MP high
definition cameras snap crystal clear pictures very swiftly.
HTC 8X:
This 130 grams slim and smart device has been armoured with windows 8 and has been pinned with a gigantic 4.3 inch screen.
Samsung Galaxy S3:
It is probably the best selling flick of the South Korean brand. It
comes with a huge 4.8 inch screen and allows you to share photos,
contacts, music and apps just by merely tapping your phone against the
other. Moreover, it has an 8 MP Camera that can click some great
pictures.
ZTE Grand X:
Powerful interior and elegant exterior is what can best describe this phone. It has been loaded with a 5MP camera and has android ice cream sandwich 4.0.
Samsung Galaxy Note II:
Quite unique in form and equally big on features, the phone is been pinned with a 5.5 inch humongous screen. For better editing of notes, pictures and other documents it also comes with a stylus.
Sony Xperia J:
Last but certainly not the least in the list is Xperia J. The phone
deceives you at first when you look at its 4 inch screen. It gives you
an impression of a monster but it is not and weighs just 124 grams. It
comes with an internal memory of 4 GB that is expandable to 32 GB and a 5
MP camera which works just fine.
Continuing with its ‘Blockbuster Phoneday’ program where it launched the Iris 454 last week, Lava launched another phone yesterday. The latest device to be launched in the Iris-range of phones is the Iris 502.
The dual-SIM Iris 502 runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and sports
5-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display. In the days when phones are being
powered by at least a dual-core processor, the Iris 502 is surprisingly
powered by only a single-core 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM. Other
features included with the phone are a 5-megapixel rear camera, VGA
front camera, 2GB internal memory with a microSD slot for cards up to
32GB and a 2,000mAH battery.
The Iris 502 will compete with the likes of Karbonn Smart A111 and is available for buying on Flipkart for $154.00.
BARCELONA, Spain--Announced in Japan last month for NTT Docomo, NEC's latest Android smartphone, the Medias W N-05E isn't quite your usual device. Like the YotaPhone, this dual-core handset sports two screens, and supposedly offers twice the fun. Unlike the YotaPhone though, it comes packed with twin 4.3-inch qHD displays that are fully colored.
Will NEC's twin-screen wonder, the Medias W N05-E be the smartphone of choice of the future?
Design
As is always the case with a phone with two screens, NEC needed to find somewhere to tuck the second panel away when it's not in use. The solution is simple -- the W N-05E folds in half, keeping its form compact. While you use one panel, the other panel turns off. If you're watching a video though, there's a button you can hit at the bottom right corner that mirrors the image to the second screen, and you can make a kind of tent by folding out the phone in order to share the image with a buddy sitting opposite you.
Now all we need is a battleship game made for dual-screen smartphones.
Unfolded, the smartphone converts into a 5.6-inch tablet, though it feels a little fragile in my hands. If you're watching a video, you'll have to train yourself to avoid noticing the bezel that splits your screen into two (they are two displays side by side, after all).
In dual-screen mode, some apps have been customized to take full advantage of the added screen real estate. The mail app, in particular, lets you preview your emails on the right screen while you look at the inbox on the left.
If you flip the W N-05E to landscape mode in order to compose an email message, a giant keyboard that fills up the entire bottom half of the 4.3-inch display appears and should let you type quite comfortably (especially if you have fat fingers).
This keyboard mode doesn't seem to apply to the default browser though. It's normal in size when you try entering URLs, but there are other buttons on the bottom half that lets you do things such as taking screenshots on the top half.
Features
The smartphone is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz processor and rocks 1GB of RAM. It has 16GB of on-board storage, but there's also a microSD card slot if you need more.
When we tried using the unit though, it felt a little sluggish, especially when trying to flip the handset's orientation. We're guessing this is due to the W N-05E on display being a prototype device, things are likely still being worked out ahead of its launch in April.
The smartphone also sports an 8.1-megapixel camera, though we didn't get to try it out at the NEC booth. It has a 2,100mAh battery as well as LTE (for NTT Docomo), which given its dual-screen nature, means your power consumption is likely to be through the roof. We figure if you are going to be using both screens all the time, the W N-05E will likely be dead before your day is done.
Inside the phone's slim chassis lies a 2,100mAh battery.
Outlook
Available only in Japan on NTT Docomo's network in April, chances are likely we won't see NEC's dual-screen phone in the U.S. or other countries any time soon. Given CNET's previous experience with dual-screen handsets (you can check out Jessica Dolcourt's roundup on similar twin-screen wonders), we're guessing the W N-05E will either end in up being the best thing ever since the introduction of capacitive touchscreen smartphones, or something we'll never want to talk about again -- except maybe in dark corners where no one's listening.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800: Hands-on with the Future of Mobile
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When Qualcomm first announced that its next-generation Snapdragon 800 series processors would run at a maximum clock speed of 2.3-GHz, we were instantly blown away. After all, that would make the chip one of the fastest in the land. But the Snapdragon 800 is more than just a speed demon. This processor also packs a wide array of impressive features that sound too good to be true, including the ability to capture and output 4K photos and videos, run high-quality games, play 7.1 Dolby audio and enable 4G LTE Advanced connectivity. To get a closer look at this processing behemoth, we stopped by Qualcomm’s booth here at Mobile World Congress 2013 to see what the future of mobile tech holds.
4K Video Capture and Playback
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The tech buzzword, er, phrase, of the moment is “4K resolution.” TV manufacturers ranging from LG to Samsung are all working on their own 4K TVs sporting the latest in super sharp, high definition technology. At four times the pixel density of a standard 1080p display, 4K images and videos require serious horsepower to run smoothly. And yet somehow Qualcomm has managed to get its Snapdragon 800 to do just that.
Not only that, but the chip is also capable of capturing video and images in 4K and outputting them to a 4K display via HDMI. During one demo, Qualcomm representatives showed us a clip from the film “Life of Pi” in 4K resolution running off of a Snapdragon 800-powered Android tablet, and at no point did we notice any lag. During a second demonstration, we used a Snapdragon 800-equipped phone to capture 4K pictures of a Qualcomm representative and immediately transfer them to a 4K television.
Carrier Aggregation
Next we checked out the processor’s ability to run a 4G LTE Advanced data connection. Such data speeds, which can reach as high as 145 Mbps, are possible as a result of a technique Qualcomm is using called carrier aggregation, which combines a carrier’s radio channels across non-adjacent bands.
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So what can a 145 Mbps data connection do for you? How about stream 4K resolution video as Qualcomm did during our demo? Qualcomm says it’s not just making changes to its chipset to bring users such high data speeds, the chip-maker is also working with carriers to improve their networks efficiently and bring LTE Advanced to market in the not-too-distant future.
Mobile Gaming Powerhouse
Of course, we would be remiss if we didn’t check out how well the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 can handle mobile gaming. So we stopped by the company’s gaming kiosk where we saw the Snapdragon 800 running three games, including the Android game “Modern Combat.”
What really blew our socks off was the number of polygons the processor was able to handle while running a game demo of a group of dragons attacking a castle. At one point during the demo the lead dragon spits out a stream of fire that, when viewing the game as a collection of wire frames, turned into a seemingly infinite number of polygons.
After spending some time with the Snapdragon 800, it’s clear that Qualcomm’s next-generation chip is destined to be one of the most important pieces of silicon in the coming years. From 4K resolution and 7.1 Dolby sound to incredible network speeds and gaming power, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor is in a category all its own.
NVIDIA Hates The Benchmark Game, But Lifts The Veil On Tegra 4 Performance Anyway
Flash back a month or so to CES — NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang officially pulled back the curtain on the company’s new Tegra 4 chipset,
and called it the “world’s fastest mobile processor.” It was a hell of a
claim to make, but the company did little to justify it at the time
aside from pointing to its array of Cortex A15 CPU cores and its “72 GPU
cores.”
Fortunately, NVIDIA is much chattier here at MWC, and was eager to
show off some rather impressive synthetic benchmarks for its latest and
greatest mobile chipset.
Well, maybe “eager” isn’t exactly the right word — NVIDIA really
hates playing the mobile benchmark game. I don’t blame them. In many
ways the sorts of numbers that these tests spit out just don’t
accurately reflect the experience that users will actually have. During
our early testing for instance, the Nexus 4
consistently put up some strangely anemic Quadrant scores — which its
cousin the Optimus G handily blew past — despite working like a dream.
All that said, benchmarks are largely are for the most part
inescapable, and the Tegra 4 SoC does a rather nice job on them anyway.
Quadrant is one of our go-to mobile benchmarking tools, and the Tegra 4
did not disappoint — it scored in the mid-16,000s, topping out at
16,591. To put that in a little perspective, Samsung/Google’s Nexus 10
(which itself is powered by a relatively new dual-core 1.7 GHz Samsung
Exynos chipset) usually scores in the mid-to-high 4,000s. Asus’
Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 (powered by a 1.6GHz quad-core NVIDIA
Tegra 3) fared about the same, if not a hair higher.
The results were much the same when we looked at AnTuTu scores —
while tablets like the Nexus 10 and Asus’ TF700 will yield scores in the
mid-8000s to low-9000s, the Tegra 4 demo tablet consistently hit scores
above 36,000.
Curious about how the Tegra 4 compares in your preferred benchmarking
suite? You can see the full gallery of Tegra 4 benchmark results below:
One of NVIDIA’s most prominent competitors these days is Qualcomm,
and NVIDIA Product Marketing director Matt Wuebbling was eager to chat
about the performance differential when I let slip the Q word.
When asked about how much NVIDIA knows about Qualcomm’s updated
Snapdragon chipsets, he replied simply enough: “we know a lot.” By his
count, the Tegra 4 is about two to three times faster than Qualcomm’s
Snapdragon 600 (used in devices like the new HTC One). He went on to say
that the top-tier Snapdragon 800 is about 25 to 35 percent faster than
the 600, with the implication that the Tegra 4 still comes out on top.
Though his response has based on Qualcomm’s published Snapdragon
claims, I’d still advise you to take that comparison with a grain of
salt. That’s nothing against Wuebbling, but these sorts of simple
comparisons don’t always paint the most accurate picture. I couldn’t
reach Qualcomm for response at time of writing, but I’ll update if/when
they respond to these claims.
You would think that this sort of horsepower would suck a battery dry
in jiffy, but that doesn’t appear to the be the case. Another Tegra 4
demo had a video running at full resolution on a small 1080p display, an
exercise that never drew more 1 watt of electricity at the most. Power
consumption typically fell within the 900-950 milliwatt range — devices
like the Droid DNA for instance tend to draw around 1.2 watts for
similar tasks.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 theater demo at MWC 2013
The false alarm of the super powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
already being in a device, and a ZTE one of all places already rang at
MWC, but reality is we are still a few months away from seeing retail
devices with the most powerful Snapdragon chip so far.
Being at
Mobile World Congress, though, we were privileged to get an early peek
at a reference tablet design based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and
running a 4K Ultra HD video.
All of that happened at the Qualcomm
Theater booth where only 9 people are allowed to sit and enjoy the
Snapdragon 800 experience. You also get to listen to 7.1 surround sound
augmenting the experience. Take a look below.
Just after the Aqua Wonder, which has been released a few weeks ago, Intex has now come up with another mid-range smartphone that sports the Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS. Dubbed as Intex Aqua Style, it's an affordable phablet that packs bigger 5.9 Inches touch screen along with many good features. Powered by 1 GHz Dual Core CPU, the phone houses an 8 MP rear camera and a 1.3 MP front camera. On the storage front, it has 512 MB RAM, 1 GB on-board memory and a 32 GB expansion slot. The Style has 3G, WiFi, USB, Bluetooth, GPS and also a 3.5 mm headphone jack for connectivity. Full specifications and features of Intex Aqua Style are given below.
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar, General
Manager - Mobile Business, Intex Technologies said, "Consumers in
today's time are very demanding especially when they are spoilt for
choice. Since, the price of smartphones has lowered so much, the
lifecycle of them is between 6-12 months. Therefore, companies need to
continuously upgrade their existing models and at the same time, bring
in new models. AQUA Style is one such offering from our Aqua smartphone
range which will create a new mass user base for 5.9 inches screen
phones. Its unique capacitive touchscreen combined with an array of
desired features makes it an ideal choice for consumers between the age
group of 15-40 years"
Intex AQUA Style key specifications
Processor
1 GHz Dual Core Cortex-A9 Processor
Chipset
No Chipset
GPU
No GPU
Operating System
Android
Operating System Version
v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Sensors
Proximity Sensor, G-Sensor, Accelerometer and Motion Sensor
Manufacturer
Intex
Series Name
Aqua
Dimensions
93 x 131 x 11 mm
Weight
228.4 grams
Camera Type
Dual Camera
Front Camera
1.3 Mega Pixels
Back Camera
8 Mega Pixels
Camera features
LED flash, 4x digital zooming and Auto Focus
Video Camera features
720p HD video recording
RAM
512 MB
External Memory
Up to 32 GB
Internal Storage
1 GB
Screen Size
5.9 Inches
Display
Capacitive Touchscreen, 800 x 480 pixels resolution and Gesture Support
Ports
USB Port
Battery Type
Li-Ion, 2500 mAh
Battery (Talk Time)
3 hours (2G)
Battery (Standby Time)
100 hours (2G)
Video
3GPP, 3GP, MP4 and HD
Audio
MP3
Accessories
N/A
Network
GSM - 900, 1800; UMTS - 2100
Connectivity
3G, Wi-Fi - 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot, USB and A-GPS with Google Maps
Number 20: A rare foray into the clamshell market, Nokia's 2650, launched in 2004, sold 35 million units.
Number 19: Apple's iPhone 3GS, launched in 2009, sold over 35 million units.
Number 18 and 17: Samsung's Galaxy S II (left) and III, launched in 2011 and 2012, each sold an estimated 40 million units.
Number 16: Nokia 6230 from 2004 sold 50 million units.
Number 15: Available in a variety of colours, Nokia's 3100 sold over 50 million.
Number 14: Motorola StarTAC launched back in 1996 sold 60 million units.
Number 13: Another Motorola, 2003's C200, also sold an estimated 60 million.
Number 12: Apple's iPhone 4S, launched in 2011, sold over 60 million units.
Number 11: In 2007, Nokia launched the 5130, which went on to sell 65 million.
Numbers 10, 9 and 8: And it's three more Nokias. The 6010 (left)
from 2004 sold 75 million, the 1208 (centre) from 2007 sold 100
million, while the 1600 (right) from 2006 sold 130 million.
Number 7: Motorola RAZR V3, launched in 2004, sold more than 130 million units.
Numbers 6, 5 and 4: Three more Nokias again. The 2600 (left) from
2004 sold 135 million, the 3310 (left) from 2000 sold 136 million and
2010's 5230 sold 150 million.
Number 3: Also selling an estimated 150 million was Nokia's 1200, launched in 2007.
Number 2: A chunky end-of millenium favourite, 1999's Nokia 3210 sold 160 million.
Number 1: And the winner is, surprise surprise, another Nokia. The 1110, launched in 2005, sold a staggering 250 million.
The HTC One S is the ultimate multimedia phone, from gaming to music to snapping high quality photos.
prices from
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2. Samsung Galaxy Nexus
The best Android phone to date, the Galaxy Nexus
dazzles with its curved display, sleek design, fast performance, and,
of course, the Ice Cream Sandwich update.
prices from
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3. HTC Rezound
If you can deal with subpar battery life, the
HTC Rezound is an excellent phone that won't feel outdated anytime soon.
The slim and speedy Samsung Epic Touch 4G is
excellent for gaming, Web browsing and watching video, but the plasticky
design feels a bit on the cheap side.
The long-awaited Droid Bionic is blazing fast
and has a slew of great entertainment and business features, but the
high price might make it a hard sell.
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9. Samsung Galaxy S II (T-Mobile)
Like the rest of the Galaxy S II series, the
Galaxy S II on T-Mobile is one of the best phones currently available,
hands down.
prices $449.95
10. HTC Evo 3D
Uneven call quality doesn't stop the Evo 3D from being the best phone currently available on Sprint.
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