Cell Phones / Expert Reviews

The LG Nitro HD is a study in compromises. On one hand you have bland styling, some awkward customizations to Android, a rather dim screen and poor battery life. On the other you’ve got superb call quality, still photos and higher resolution than any phone available on AT&T. If you absolutely... More

If it's a premium, 4G LTE phone you want, the LG Nitro HD has what it takes to give the Samsung Skyrocket a run for its money. The HD screen is terrific and detailed, the camera, while imperfect, is still high-quality, and the high-end specs deliver. At this upper echelon, what separates one champion... More

As I've said many times before, Windows Phone devices have very few ways of differentiating right now. There’s hardware design, display quality, camera, and a few bundled apps. The Radar 4G falls below the overall quality of the 4.7-inch Titan, but with a $99 on-contract price tag, it’s clear... More

The Nitro HD is like a box of chocolates, you don’t know what you’re going to get. While watching video and playing games was a great experience, doing simple things like browsing the web or scrolling through the phone book was tedious. Some design choices (like that micro-USB mess) we... More

The HTC Rezound definitely holds its own against the other two Android superphones from Verizon. It has an amazing HD display, an impressive 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 4G LTE speeds, a great camera, and plenty of multimedia features, and it ships with a nice pair of earbuds even if they don't seem the... More

The Amaze 4G is well-named. It knocks almost every feature out of the park. Save for the crummy voice call quality and average battery life, it is superior than most of its stablemates on T-Mobile's retail shelves.

The display looks great, the hardware and build quality are excellent and look good,... More

The Samsung Captivate Glide for AT&T is one of the best all-around devices I have tested in recent memory. Sure, it has a few foibles here and there, but it scores high marks on all the basics and then some. It is comfortable to hold and use, it makes good calls and offers good data speeds, the screen... More

As smartphone screens get larger and tablets shed mass, the Galaxy Note seems like a device a year or two ahead of the game. By design it’s too small to be a tablet and too large to be a smartphone.

Functionally, this is also the case, except for the fact that it comes with an S Pen, an addition... More

The HTC EVO Design 4G is a capable device, and a good choice for those who are more budget-conscious, since it's $100 less than some of the bleeding-edge devices currently available, and it comes with a qHD display and an 8GB microSD card. It doesn't have the fastest processor, the biggest display, or... More

AT&T wants you to believe the DoubleTime is an inexpensive smartphone — if it is, it’s as bad a smartphone as I’ve used in a long time. Requiring a data plan with this device is a huge mistake that totally dooms the DoubleTime, because at the cost of ownership I can’t possibly... More

Thanks to Google making one giant leap forward with Ice Cream Sandwich, the software experience on the Galaxy Nexus can easily rival the one on the iPhone 4S. Both handsets are extremely capable and very fast, which actually makes issuing our final verdict a very hard thing to do. If you expect to... More

There's a lot riding on the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Finns put a lot of work into it - well, they worked for a long time anyway. The final result manages to impress, but also brings some disappointment.
There's not much we can say about the OS - here all Windows Phone handsets are evenly matched.... More

If you're a Boost user looking to upgrade to a smartphone, the ZTE Warp is a good choice. If you can get past the overly-reflective screen and poor cameras, it becomes even better. But if you can't, the Samsung Transform Ultra gets you a nice physical keyboard along with a screen that's easier to... More

It's hard to not like a smartphone with serious Samsung Galaxy S II DNA when married to the elegant and enjoyable Windows Phone Mango OS. The display is lovely and Samsung's Super AMOLED technology makes those colorful Live Tiles pop. The phone is fast; in fact it's extremely fast. That's a testament... More

When AT&T introduced the Pocket at the CTIA show back in October, Pantech stated that the phone wasn’t trying to compete with the Galaxys and Droids of the world. The Pocket is an inexpensive phone with a straightforward user interface and the bonus of an extrawide display and support for AT&T’s... More

The Samsung Exhibit II 4G’s main goal is to bring people into the T-Mobile fold by offering them access to the Magenta’s “4G” network and affordable plans, at an acceptable price. In this aspect, it has no alternative in terms of functionality and price. If this is what you are... More

HTC would do well to release a series of phones like the Rhyme. I don’t mean more phones for women, but rather a batch of phones that are not superphones but that come with great accessories. There are plenty of users out there who would rather avoid Verizon’s $299 superphone fee, but still... More

With a risk of making things sound overly simple, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the better phone. And it should be, because it made it to the stores only recently, while the Galaxy S II has been around for the better part of the year.

With technological advantages like a higher-resolution screen, as well... More

With a risk of making things sound overly simple, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the better phone. And it should be, because it made it to the stores only recently, while the Galaxy S II has been around for the better part of the year.

With technological advantages like a higher-resolution screen, as well... More

We are quite pleased with the Nokia 700's compact design - the handset is very easy to handle and a pleasure to look at in one of its many colors. People who frown at the huge smartphones of today will definitely find its size appealing. Symbian Belle is a big step up over its predecessors, taking... More