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Slideshow: The 12 best Android smartphones

By Jason Hiner December 5, 2010, 9:30 PM PST

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Slideshow: The 12 best Android smartphones

Android's best of the best

Android's best of the best

A hot, new Android phone seems to hit the market almost every week. To help you sort through them all, here’s our updated list of the 12 best Android smartphones, based on the quality and value of each device.

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1. HTC EVO 4G

1. HTC EVO 4G

HTC EVO 4G: “‘The Hummer of smartphones’ because it’s so huge and it’s such a power hog, but there’s no denying that it is the elite of the Android fleet.”

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2. Google Nexus One

2. Google Nexus One

Google Nexus One: “It remains the gold standard and as long as Google keeps selling it in one form or another, it will likely remain on this list.”

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3. Samsung Vibrant

3. Samsung Vibrant

Samsung Vibrant: “T-Mobile’s Samsung Vibrant is thin, powerful, has a great screen, and does the least amount of fiddling with the stock Android OS [of any of the Galaxy S models].”

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4. HTC Desire

4. HTC Desire

HTC Desire: “The Desire has nearly-identical hardware specs to the Nexus One and a very similar, high-quality outer shell that gives it an excellent build quality.”

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5. HTC Incredible

5. HTC Incredible

HTC Incredible: “It’s not quite as elegant or high-end as the Nexus One, but the Incredible is the next best thing.”

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6. Motorola Droid X

6. Motorola Droid X

Motorola Droid X: “With Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G drawing much of the attention of the Android world since its unveiling at CTIA 2010 … the response from Motorola and Verizon (the previous darlings of the Android world) was the Droid X.”

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7. Samsung Epic 4G

7. Samsung Epic 4G

Samsung Epic 4G: “With it’s large keys and dedicated row for number keys, it is arguably the best hardware qwerty on any Android device.”

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8. Motorola Droid Pro

8. Motorola Droid Pro

Motorola Droid Pro: “This device will definitely appeal to those users who cling to the idea that they want and need a hardware keyboard, especially BlackBerry converts.”

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9. Samsung Captivate

9. Samsung Captivate

Samsung Captivate: “AT&T’s [Galaxy S] model combines the thinness of the Captivate with lots of punch and high-end features to make this a very attractive phone.”

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10. Motorola Droid 2

10. Motorola Droid 2

Motorola Droid 2: “For those who prefer a physical keyboard and Verizon’s top-notch coverage, the Droid 2 remains a great choice.”

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11. HTC Aria

11. HTC Aria

HTC Aria: “The HTC Aria might be one of the best kept secrets of the Android world… It looks a lot like the EVO, but in a far smaller package.”

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12. LG Ally

12. LG Ally

LG Ally: “It has a great little hardware keyboard — the best hardware keyboard on an Android device next to the Epic 4G.”

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