The Best Smartphones

The Best Smartphones

We can geek out all we want, but the best way to choose is a phone is not just by the hardware or the OS, but the phone and the carrier. Here's the smartphone to pick on each... for now.

Best AT&T Phone
Apple's iPhone 4S is the slightly-flawed champion. (October, 2011) If you want to take a crack at Windows Phone (and we recommend that you do!) it's worth tracking down a Europe-only Lumia 800, or waiting for Nokia's stateside WP hotness. Want an Android? Then the Galaxy S II is for you. (Feb 22, 2011)

Best Sprint Phone
We recommend the iPhone 4S for Sprint, too, but Sprint's Galaxy S II, dubbed theEpic Touch 4G is a great alternative for Android fans. It absolutely screams. It's faster, brighter, bigger, thinner, lighter and more powerful than any Android phone to date. Long story short: It's the best Android phone you can buy. (September, 2011)

Best T-Mobile Phone
We really like the myTouch Slide 4G, but if you're totally anti-slider, the HTC Amaze is pretty great too.

Best Verizon Phone
It's the iPhone 4S on Verizon as well, but we're comfortable calling the Galaxy Nexusthe best Android phone. But that's only because it's the only Android phone you can get with a clean build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and that supersedes all of its faults. And the Verizon LTE version is faaaaast.