Best Android phones for 2013 : Nexus 4

Best Android phones for 2013 

Looking for an Android smartphone? We've picked our six favourite devices The Android smartphone market is huge and varied. Dozens of manufacturers have released devices ranging from budget smartphones that you can pick up for free with a mobile contract, to premium "phablet" devices with 5in screens. Here we've picked a selection of our favourite Android handsets of varying sizes and abilities. 

Samsung Galaxy S III 

The Galaxy S III has been sat atop our A-List for almost a year now, as we eagerly await the arrival of the Galaxy S4. In the meantime, it remains the pick of the crop thanks to its stunning 720 x 1,280 screen, superb 8-megapixel camera and host of software extras. A recent upgrade to Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) has made the S III even more alluring, now including a new Multi-Window mode that allows two apps to run simultaneously in a split-screen view. The build quality is something we're hoping Samsung can improve on with the S4: the lightweight plastic casing lacks the premium feel of rival top-end smartphones. Nevertheless, it's still the best general purpose Android smartphone on the market. Click here to read our full review of the Samsung Galaxy S III 

Nexus 4 

The Google Nexus 4 has been in short supply ever since it was launched in the middle of November. If you can lay your hands on one, though, you won't be disappointed by this affordable handset, which is available for free on £26 per month contracts and costs only £239 SIM-free. Running the latest Android 4.2 operating system, which includes quirky features such as 360-degree panoramic camera mode, the Nexus 4 is no low-budget pot boiler. It's sturdily built, yet only a sliver thicker than the Galaxy S III, although there's no microSD slot to expand on the 8GB or 16GB of internal storage. The combination of of Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU, Adreno 320 graphics core and 2GB of RAM mean you won't suffer from any slowdown in demanding games, either. Click here to read our full review of the Nexus 4 

Google’s Nexus 4 smartphone attracted worldwide attention when it was introduced in the middle of November – the device sold out within a staggering 15 minutes. We’ve never seen a smartphone sell out so quickly, but there are good reasons why so many were so keen to get their hands on Google’s latest handset. Feature Mobile data: how much do you need? The 8GB and 16GB versions are available SIM-free for only £239 and £279, which makes the Nexus 4 more affordable than every one of its flagship rivals, including the A-Listed Samsung Galaxy S III. The software is a big draw, too; as with other Google-branded handsets, the Nexus 4 is loaded with the very latest version of Android, and it will get future OS updates before other phones, too. New Android The version of Android included here is 4.2. It doesn’t have any radical additions over the 4.1 (Jelly Bean) release, instead concentrating on enhancing existing features and making the OS easier to use. To start with, the lockscreen is much more versatile. You can swipe up to unlock the phone as normal, but also swipe right to go straight to the camera app, or swipe left to reveal six alternative (and customisable) lockscreens. Google provides clock, calendar, text-messaging and email widgets for these screens, and they’re interactive, too. Tap an email or a text message, for example, and you’re whisked directly to the app in question. You can now act on Android’s notifications directly: single taps return missed calls, open the text-messaging and email apps, and accept Facebook friend requests. That isn’t the only new inclusion at the top of the screen. Swipe down with two fingers and a quick settings menu opens instead of the notification drawer. It’s a smart way of accessing commonly used options, and there’s also a link to the full settings menu. Google Now still uses your location and Gmail account to present context-sensitive information in a series of “cards”, but Android 4.2 digs up much more, using email data to remind you about flights, restaurant reservations and local events or places of interest. The keyboard is new, too, boasting Swype-style gesture typing. This works extremely efficiently, and we found it would often suggest the correct word before we’d finished swiping. 



  Samsung Galaxy Note II 

We abhor the word "phablet" - the shorthand vernacular for a hybrid of phone and tablet - but that's exactly what Samsung's 5.5in device is. This supersized Galaxy S III comes with its own capacitive stylus for jotting notes and taking advantage of other specialist apps. The phone even beeps if you walk away without your stylus. On the inside it has all the power this Goliath-sized device needs: a quad-core Exynos processor with 2GB of RAM, which deliver a magnificently smooth experience. It isn't cheap, but it is brilliant. Click here to read our full Samsung Galaxy Note II review

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