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COVER STORY SMART PHONES

Ratings Smart phones

Recommended models only From  tested. In performance order, by carrier.

Brand & model Price Overall score Test results Features

Recommendation

Rank

Similar models, in small

type, are comparable to

tested model. We also list

models of some phones

offered by other carriers.

0 100

Ease of use

Messaging

Web browsing

Display quality

Voice quality

Phoning

Battery life

Camera: image quality

Camera: video quality

Portability

Operating system*

Display size (in.)

Camera (megapixels)

Broadband 4G data

World phone

Memory-card slot

A VERIZON The most satisfying major carrier in our survey.

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Motorola Droid Razr

Maxx HD

$300

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &X &Z &X &C &X

A 4.7 8.0

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Motorola Droid Razr HD 200

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &X &X &X &C &X

A 4.7 8.0

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Samsung Galaxy S III (32GB)

16GB, $200; also available on U.S.

Cellular, 16GB, $200; 32GB, $250

250

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &Z &C &X &C &X

A 4.8 8.0

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Motorola Droid Razr M 100

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &X &C &X &C &Z

A 4.3 8.0

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Apple iPhone 5 (16GB)

32 GB, $300; 64 GB, $400

200

&Z &X &Z &Z &C &X &C &Z &X &Z

i 4.0 8.0

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LG Spectrum 2 100

&Z &Z &Z &Z &V &Z &C &X &V &X

A 4.7 8.0

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Motorola Droid 4 100

&Z &Z &Z &X &C &X &C &X &C &C

A 4.0 8.0

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus 50

&Z &X &Z &Z &V &X &C &C &C &X

A 4.7 5.0

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Samsung Stratosphere 50

&Z &Z &Z &Z &V &Z &C &C &V &C

A 4.0 4.9

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HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE 100

&Z &Z &Z &Z &V &C &C &C &C &X

A 4.0 8.0

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Samsung Galaxy Stellar 0

&Z &Z &Z &Z &V &Z &C &V &V &X

A 4.0 3.1

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LG Lucid 20

&Z &Z &Z &X &V &X &C &C &V &X

A 4.0 4.9

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LG Intuition 150

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &V &C &C &C &V

A 5.0 8.0

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Apple iPhone 4S (16GB)

64GB, $300

100

&Z &X &C &Z &C &X &C &X &X &Z

i 3.5 8.0

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B SPRINT Less satisfying than the top carriers, but among the more satisfying in some cities.

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Samsung Galaxy S III (16GB)

32GB, $250; also available on Credo Mobile,

16GB, $200, 32GB, $250; also available with

no contract on MetroPCS, $500

200

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &Z &C &X &C &X

A 4.8 8.0

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Apple iPhone 5 (16GB)

32GB, $300; 64GB, $400

200

&Z &X &Z &Z &C &X &C &Z &X &Z

i 4.0 8.0

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Samsung Galaxy Note II

(16GB)

Also available on Verizon and U.S.

Cellular, $300

300

&Z &Z &Z &C &C &C &X &Z &X &V

A 5.5 8.0

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HTC Evo 4G LTE 200

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &X &C &V &C &X

A 4.7 8.0

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Motorola Photon Q 4G LTE 200

&Z &Z &Z &Z &C &X &C &X &C &C

A 4.3 8.0

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Samsung Galaxy Victory

4G LTE

100

&Z &X &Z &X &C &X &C &C &C &X

A 4.0 4.9

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LG Viper 50

&Z &Z &Z &X &V &X &C &C &V &X

A 4.0 4.9

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Apple iPhone 4S (16GB)

64GB, $300; also available with no

contract on Virgin Mobile, $650

100

&Z &X &C &Z &C &X &C &X &X &Z

i 3.5 8.0

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Overview

The recommended phones below stand

out for the reasons cited. For phones that

come in 16GB and 32GB capacities, the

price is for the storage size we tested.

Prices are for a two-year contract,

including rebates. (Carriers are listed in

order of reader satisfaction.) A3, B1, B3,

C1, C3, and D2 let you minimize a video

on the screen to perform other tasks,

and wirelessly share content with other

devices. You can tilt all of those models

and D1 on their side while viewing e-mail

to see split-screen views.

BIG SCREEN, BIG PERFORMANCE

A3 Samsung Galaxy S III Verizon, GB 

B1 Samsung Galaxy S III Sprint, GB 

B4 HTC Evo G LTE Sprint 

C1 Samsung Galaxy S III

TMobile, GB 

D1 LG Optimus G AT&T 

D2 Samsung Galaxy S III AT&T, GB 

These phones combine a superb, sizable

screen . inches for B4 and D1, . inches

for the others with topnotch

performance and innovative features. All

allow you to launch the camera or

messaging from a locked screen, which is

handy. They also have cameras with

advanced features, such as the ability to

snap a still while shooting a video, and they

take very good photos except B4, whose

photos are only fair. D1 has a pulldown

menu option app that lets you scribble

notes with your finger on anything on the

phone’s screen, including photos, emails,

calendar appointments, and the home

screen itself. The finished “memo” becomes

a picture you can email or text to others,

and share on social networks. All except

B4 have frontfacing cameras that monitor

your eyes when you read so the screen

doesn’t time out.

COMPACT HIGH PERFORMERS

A4 Motorola Droid Razr M Verizon 

A5 Apple iPhone  Verizon, GB 

B2 Apple iPhone  Sprint, GB 

C2 HTC One S TMobile 

D3 Apple iPhone  AT&T, GB 

Consider these if you want top performance

in a smaller package. A4 and C2 have a

highresolution, .inch screen; A5, B2, and

D3 have a inch display. The free new Apple

Maps app, for iPhone  and other iPhones

using iOS , gives clear guidance in a

streamlined interface but offers fewer details

and options than the free Google navigation

on Android phones. The iPhone  was the

first smartphone camera we’ve tested that

A9 SamsungA4 MotorolaA1 Motorola

These phones came out too late to

make our Ratings chart. See our first

impressions in the box on page 31.

Where are the Windows  phones?

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