Just five years ago, finding the best cell phone meant choosing from just a handful available on every carrier. You might as well be buying car buying in 1912. Within just a few short years, the tech going into the phones has snowballed, and with it, so have the choices. The bigger challenge in 2011 might be walking into the local wireless store and walking out without a smartphone – the flip phones of yesterday are almost antiques. With that in mind, we've pared away the duds to narrow down the 10 best smartphones on the market today. Looking for a new cell phone on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint? Look no further.
*All listed prices require a two year contract.
Motorola Droid X$199.99, Digital Trends Rating: 8.5
Motorola's Droid X joins the iPhone 4 and HTC EVO 4G in the top tier of superphones, boldly claiming its spot as the best Android smartphone on Verizon.
Read our full Motorola Droid X Review.
Apple iPhone 4$199.99, Digital Trends Rating: 8.5
Apple's iPhone 4 delivers a super-sharp screen, clever videoconferencing abilities, and Apple's iOS 4 is a major plus. Hardware specs aside, Apple's unmatched app store is still the biggest draw for the iPhone.
Read our full Apple iPhone 4 Review.
Samsung Fascinate$199.99, Digital Trends Rating: 8.5
Samsung's Galaxy S Fascinate holds its own alongside the popular Droid X, leaving room for both superphones on the nation's largest wireless carrier.
Read our full Samsung Fascinate Review.
Samsung Epic 4G$249.99, Digital Trends Rating: 8.5
Even if you don't or won't have 4G service, the Epic is a flexible, light, fun and easy-to-use superphone. The Epic might be a value match for the EVO, thanks to its super-bright super AMOLED screen, slide-out keyboard and pre-installed 16GB microSD card, and even taking into account its minor operational annoyances and comparative specification failings in camera MP and hotspot connectivity.
Read our full Samsung Epic 4G Review.
HTC EVO 4G$199.99, Digital Trends Rating: 8.5
The EVO is a true breakthrough, not only for its impressive concoction of next-generation features and functions, but its overall look-and-feel. Even in "just" a 3G coverage area, the HTC EVO is an impressive cell phone, and will become more impressive as its 4G-enabled capabilities such as video chatting become available.
Read our full HTC EVO 4G Review.
Samsung Vibrant$99.99, Digital Trends Rating: 8
Samsung's Vibrant has become the best Android phone on T-Mobile, and even outperforms its AT&T sibling, the Captivate.
Read our full Samsung Vibrant Review.
HTC's Droid Incredible hits high marks for its speed, camera quality and light weight, but falls apart on cell phone essentials like battery life and voice quality.
Read our full HTC Droid Incredible Review.
Samsung Captivate$199.99, Digital Trends Rating: 7.5
Samsung's iPhone-challenging Galaxy S Captivate offers a larger screen and blissful freedom from antenna issues, but has its own headaches, too, but the margins between the iPhone and Captivate are narrow enough not to make Captivate an uncomfortable non-Apple choice.
Read our full Samsung Captivate Review.
Motorola Droid 2$199.99, Digital Trends Rating: 7.5
Motorola's Droid 2 takes only baby steps forward from the original, struggling to keep up with new titans like the Droid X.
Read our full Motorola Droid 2 Review.
If you need a reminder just how far Android has come, look no further than T-Mobile's G2, which makes its trail-blazing predecessor, the G1, look like an antique. While it keeps the trusty slide-out keyboard, the G2 rounds the G1's chunky shape into a more pocket-hugging form, boosts speed and most importantly, takes full advantage of T-Mobile's new HSPA+ network.
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