Top 10 smartphones of 2011 … for now
By Matthew Miller | March 28, 2011, 2:10am PDT
Summary: It was extremely difficult to come up with just a top 10 list for smartphones this year as the market explodes. Interestingly, seven of my top 10 are Android device. What is your favorite so far this year?
Now that CES, MWC, and CTIA are all wrapped up I thought it would be appropriate to go through what I think are the top 10 smartphones for the first half of 2011. My top 10 smartphones of 2010 article was very popular and readers seem to like these types of comparison articles. I will follow up in a month or so with an article listing some of the top smartphones per carrier. As I sat down to go through all of the amazing devices that were announced or released, my list started at about 20 so it was extremely difficult to pare my list down to just 10. When the devices were close, I gave a bit more credit to those that are available or that have more definite release dates for the US market.
It is likely that a new iPhone will be announced sometime this summer and there are sure to be many more Android devices released throughout 2011. As you will see, some of the top 10 I listed do not yet have pricing or solid release dates, but I trust that they will be released since the manufacturers and carriers providing them are reliable. You can check out several product photos of these top 10 devices in my image gallery, but I also highly recommend you visit your carrier store or local electronics retailer to get some hands-on time with a device before you make a huge monthly commitment.
Top 10 smartphones of 2011 … for now | ZDNet
