It's 2010 round-up review of reviews time for the top ten best coolest smartphones. What a year it's been - an onslaught of super powerful smartphones with only a few features to distinguish one from the others in the pack.
We've rounded up reviews, holiday buying guides, and most popular lists from the best sources we could find, including picks from PCMag, PCWorld, Consumer Reports, ZDNet, Top 10 Reviews and Laptop.
These will all be included on Wireless and Mobile News' Top Ten Best Coolest Hottest Smartphones of 2010 Review of Reviews, which will be published in its entirety on Sunday, December 19.
The top operating system was no surprise. Android dominated the top ten smartphones.
The top smartphone maker is Samsung, which is followed by HTC, Motorola, Apple,
RIM (BlackBerry) and LG. We believe it is Samsung's stunning Super
AMOLED screens and processors with extra graphics power that put it in
the lead. These stunning Samsung smartphones are the uber popular Samsung Galaxy S series and the Windows Phone 7 Samsung Focus.
There were a lot of also-rans with one vote only. To determine which
smartphones came into 10th place, we judged by ratings and tenth
place is a tie between:
10. Google Nexus One - this was the
first smartphone to be sold directly by Google from a webstore. They
were able to keep it a secret until it launched in January. It received
great reviews for the operating system, but there were support issues
and network problems. AT&T had its own version, and Verizon was also
supposed to launch one, but never did.
10. Motorola Defy - among the many Android phones sold by T-Mobile, it appeared on Oprah Winfrey's popular television show. It is scratch and water-resistant as well as dust proof. Released in November, it's considered a mid-level smartphone with great call quality but poor photo quality.
Also Rans:
LG Optimus S, BlackBerry Pearl 3G,
BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC HD2, Dell Streak, Palm Pre Plus,
HTC Desire, LG Quantum, HTC HD7, and BlackBerry Curve 3G.
- Top Ten Best Smartphones - Top 3 Smartphones & Full Report.
- Top Ten Best Smartphones - Top Carriers and 4-Way Tie in 9th Place.
- Top Best Coolest Smartphones by Carrier from AT&T, Sprint T-Mobile. or Verizon.
Many of the top phones were named in Wireless and Mobile News' Review of Reviews Top Ten Best Android an' Droid Phones Now an' Later.
- PCMag's Top Ten Best Smarpthones Review of Reviews.
- PCWorld's Top Ten Best Smartphones Review of Reviews.
- Top 10 Reviews Best Smartphones.
- Samsung Epic, EVO & Droid X Top ZDNET Best Smartphones 2010.
- Top Best Smartphones Consumer Reports.
- Laptop's Top Best Smartphones.
- Top Ten Best Tips an' Tricks for Samsung Galaxy S Phones.
- Top Ten (Plus) Best Coolest Free Android an' Droid Apps Review of Reviews.
- Top Best Droid X (Droid 2 Too?) Tips an' Tricks from VZW.
- Top Incredible, EVO 4G and HTC Aria tips from HTC's Eric Lin.
- Top Best Android an' Droid Battery Saving Tips.
- Samsung Galaxy S Phones Compared - Epic 4G, Fascinate, Captivate, Vibrant, Tab.