Best Smartphones Round 2 DT-HTC 8X/One, Samsung Galaxy S III, RAZR & More

WiMo News is continuing its round-up of distilling the review sources for the year of 2012. Our ginormous database is crunching out numbers with the help of human formulas that reveals some trends and surprises.  So far Consumer Reports gave higher ranking to LG and Motorola, there were few if any keyboarded winners and sales figures from Canaccord Genuity do not reflect the reviews.  Today we look at Digital Trends that really likes Windows Phones.

Our data includes all the smartphones throughout the year.  We prorated their figures to be in similar context as other technical reviews. These figures are entered into the master file and will be incorporated into final results.

Digital Trends  passed over the recently released Sony Xperia TL, other choices were similar to other tech media outlets.  Like last year, DT rated Windows Phones highly with the HTC 8X one of its best rated devices. Smartphone makers that achieved the top scores were HTC with highest scores followed by Samsung, Motorola, Apple, LG and Nokia.

Earlier this year, HTC had some of the best smartphones around which were highly rated. Over time the reviewer tend to lower the scores for the same features from earlier in the year. Towards the end of the year when reviewers are inundated with devices to review, some get skipped over while others get immediate attention.  In the meantime, we're trying to catch up with our own Review of Reviews for all the best devices in time for final list of the year.

We have sorted by score and carrier to match styles and included reviews where available. This entire process includes many human hours of work therefore we really appreciate it you, Tweet, Google + and Like.  Subscribers to our newsletter Posts Haste will get a special holiday gift of a chart of all the reviews in our round-up.

The Best Smartphones for Verizon Wireless with Scores Pro-Rated

• Samsung Galaxy SIII (4.5) - The Samsung Galaxy S III received great reviews and the price of the Samsung Galaxy S III has been reduced greatly by Amazon.com.
• HTC 8X (4.5) - latest Windows Phone 8.
• Droid RAZR HD/MAXX (4.25) - The Droid RAZR HD is a larger Droid RAZR M with similar software in bigger form factor.
• iPhone 4S (4.25 ) - the iconic iPhone but lacking 4G LTE.
• iPhone 5 (4.25) - the iPhone 5 noted by many  reviewers to be the best iPhone, yet.
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (4.25) - review coming, compare to original Galaxy Note.
• Droid 4 Motorola (4) the only keyboarded smartphone on Verizon appearing on many lists.
• Droid DNA (4.25) - latest HTC Droid smartphone with huge screen and HTC Sense.
• Droid RAZR M (4)  -The Droid RAZR M is a smaller version of the Droid RAZR HD and Droid RAZR Maxx HD.  The 4.3" screen goes all the way to edge giving you more screen for a petite size.
• Droid RAZR MAXX Motorola (4) -  - Killer Droid with killer battery.

Best AT&T Smartphones Pro-Rated

• Samsung Galaxy SIII (4.5) - The Samsung Galaxy S III received great reviews and the price of the Samsung Galaxy S III has been reduced greatly by Amazon.com.
• HTC One X (4.5) - recently released with more powerful processor as the HTC One X +
• HTC 8X (4.5) - latest Windows Phone 8.
• iPhone 5 (4) - the iPhone 5 noted by many  reviewers to be the best iPhone, yet.
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (4.25) - review coming, compare to original Galaxy Note.
• LG Optimus G (4) - The LG Optimus G is quad-core powerhouse for AT&T.
• Motorola Atrix HD (4) - similar to the Droid RAZR.
• Nokia Lumia 900  (4) - a Windows Phone that came out earlier this year.
• Nokia Lumia 920 (4) - the latest Windows Phone 8 from Nokia.

Best T-Mobile Smartphones Pro-Rated

• Samsung Galaxy SIII  (4.5) -The Samsung Galaxy S III received great reviews and the price of the Samsung Galaxy S III has been reduced greatly by Amazon.com.
• HTC 8x (4.5) - the latest high-end Windows 8 Phone
• HTC One S (4.25) HTC with HTC Sense and lots of easy-to-use features.
• Samsung Galaxy Note II (4.25) review coming, compare to original Galaxy Note.
• T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide  (4) - a lone keyboard contender among the winners.
• Google Nexus 4 (4.25) - very popular with pure Google fans, but does not support LTE which doesn't matter when used on the T-Mobile network.
• Nokia Lumia 810 (4) a new budget-prices Windows Phone 8.

• Top 10 Best, Makers, Trends QWERTY & Prepaid ALERT.
• Latest sales figures from Canaccord Genuity.
• Consumer Reports Top Ten Best Smartphones by Carrier.
• Best T-Mobile smartphones.
• Best HTC smartphones.
• Best LG smartphones.
• Best Motorola smartphones.
• Best Droid of 2012.
• • Coming Soon:
  • Best Sprint smartphones.
  • Best AT&T smartphones.
  • Best Verizon smartphones.
  • Best overall smartphones.