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Smartphone battle heats up Dozens of new smartphones are vying for consumers’ attention. Learn about the unique features of some of the hottest phones on the market.
Droid RAZR Maxx
The Droid Razr Maxx is on display at Motorola's booth at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 10. The smartphone is thicker than the original RAZR and has a longer battery life, according to The Verge.
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Nokia Lumia 800
Taken with a fish-eye zoom lens, new Nokia Lumia 800 smartphones are seen on display during the Nokia World 2011 at the ExCeL ICC center in London. Nokia unveiled its first Windows cellphones, in a bid to recapture lost ground to chief rivals in the tough top-end smartphone market. The Lumia 800 has 3.7-inch screen, a 1.4GHz processor, an 8-megapixel camera and shoots video.
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Nokia Lumia 710
A visitor looks at a new Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone during the Nokia event. The Lumia 710 also runs Mango and has a 3.7-inch display, has a 5-megapixel camera and shoots video.
Sang Tan
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Associated Press
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Andy Rubin, left, Google's top mobile executive, and J.K. Shin, president and head of mobile communications business from Samsung, hold the new Galaxy Nexus smartphone during a news conference in Hong Kong unveiling the smartphone, the first to use the latest version of Google's Android operating system.
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Associated Press
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
The Galaxy Nexus comes with an unlocking mechanism based on facial recognition. The phone has many other features as well, including voice typing, Google+ integration with hangouts and Messenger, and the ability to take a panoramic photo with a single motion.
Jerome Favre
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Bloomberg News
Motorola Droid RAZR
Sanjay Jha, chief executive of Motorola Mobility, introduces the Droid Razr in New York. Seeking an edge in the world of high-end smartphones, Motorola is bringing back the Razr name, once attached to the best-selling phone in the world. The Droid Razr will be a 4G smartphone with a thin profile — under 0.3 inches thick. The phone will have a 4.3-inch super active-matrix organic LED screen, will run Android Gingerbread and will have 1 GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera that will shoot 1,080-pixel high-definition video.
Mark Lennihan
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Associated Press
iPhone 4S
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, introduces the new iPhone 4S at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The new iPhone is faster and has an improved camera compared with its older sibling, the iPhone 4. Apple says the phone will be available through AT&T, Verizon and Sprint.
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HTC Evo 3D
The HTC EVO 3D's display lets users take 3-D pictures and video, sending the foreground shooting out of the screen.
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Associated Press
HTC Evo 3D
It's no slouch in the specs department either, with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, two 5-megapixel cameras and 1 GB of internal RAM.
Eric Risberg
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Associated Press
Samsung Galaxy S II
The Samsung Galaxy S II, unlocked, is the international version of the phone, which has taken the world by storm.
Lee Jin-man
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Associated Press
Samsung Galaxy S II
The Galaxy S II is pricey without the carrier subsidies — even a good deal online is about $550 — but there's been nothing but praise for the 4.3-inch, dual-core processor, pencil-thin phone.
Jin Sung-chul
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Associated Press
T-Mobile G2x
The T-Mobile G2x is shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo convention in Los Angeles. The smartphone, which is great for gamers, runs on Android 2.3 with 4G speeds.
Shea Walsh
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Associated Press for T-Mobile
Motorola Droid Bionic (Verizon Wireless)
Verizon's latest monster phone has all the specs that a high-powered smartphone user could want: LTE capability, a dual-core processor and the option to hook it into a webtop for access to a full browser. While pricey at $299.99 on contract, there's no denying it's a fast, capable device.
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Associated Press
HTC Thunderbolt (Verizon)
Verizon's first 4G phone, the Thunderbolt packs a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 8-megapixel camera and more behind its 4.3-inch display.
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HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile)
Philip Blair, product director for HTC Europe, speaks during a news conference to launch the new HTC Sensation smartphone. The HTC Sensation, a 4G phone from T-Mobile, is a 4.3-inch multimedia powerhouse with a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and high-definition video recording capability. Surprisingly light but sturdy, the phone starts at $199.99 with a two-year contract.
Simon Dawson
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Bloomberg
LG Thrill 4G
Mark Vopel records a Jane's Addiction performance on the LG Thrill 4G. The other 3-D smartphone on the market, the LG Thrill's 3-D display gives users the option to add some serious depth to their media.
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LG Thrill 4G
It also packs a dual-core 1GHz processor and rear and front-facing cameras.
Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play
Sony Ericsson's mobile phone Xperia Play is displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Xperia Play introduces a new gimmick into the crowded Android smartphone market: PlayStation Portable-style controls.
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Associated Press
Palm Veer and Palm Pre 3
Todd Bradley, right, executive vice president for Hewlett Packard‘s Personal Systems Group, and Jon Rubinstein, Palm senior vice president and general manager, hold, from left, a Palm Veer, a Palm Pre 3 and an HP TouchPad during a Palm and Hewlett Packard announcement in San Francisco. The Veer is a 4.3-inch phone that runs on webOS. The Pre 3 has a slider keyboard and also runs on webOS.
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MyTouch 4G Slide
T-Mobile says this smartphone has the best camera on the market, and it might be right. The MyTouch 4G Slide's 8-megapixel camera is bolstered by camera software that lets users take multiple photos with one shutter click, take great night photos and add effects to camera shots.
Jeff Chiu
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Associated Press
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