The era of cell phones is slowly fading away as smartphones are making their way in the market. Today, consumers are looking for more features in their cell phones which is why they need something better than just cell phones that can call and do texting work and play music and video files. Smartphones are soon becoming popular and therefore all mobile makers are now looking to make better smartphones that can help them to get ahead in the competition. If you take a quick look in the market you will find that smartphones are flooding the market as more and more companies enter the competition, but only few companies are able to make lasting impact.

Let’s take a quick look at some of the best smartphones of 2011.

1. Samsung Galaxy S2

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Samsung is one of the leading mobile makers in the competition and they have come up with various smartphones that have been in the list of best smartphones, but nothing matches the Samsung Galaxy S2. Samsung has tried to combine some of the top end features intelligently in this smartphone providing better smartphone experience to the consumers. This smartphone comes with 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Plus display which allows you to see pictures, videos and surf the web on crisp and vibrantly colored screen. Inside the smartphone you have dual core 1 GHz processor that ensures that all movements are quick and smooth and it also has 1GB RAM. Samsung Galaxy S2 is also one of the slimmest smartphones which adds to its popularity. It runs on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread but lacks NFC feature.

2. Apple iPhone 4S

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Just few months ago when the entire world was looking forward to Apple to launch iPhone 5, Apple launched their next iPhone known as Apple iPhone 4S. Visually, the Apple iPhone 4S might not be different from iPhone 4 but it is definitely faster than the previous handset. The Apple iPhone 4S has the A5 dual core processor that can speed up the performance of the handset and it also improves the screen resolution of the camera. To make it even better for the consumers, Apple developers have installed Siri which is your personal assistant and does all your jobs on time. It also has the all new iOS5 for better navigation and browsing.

3. Motorola Droid Bionic

Motorola have impressed the consumers with some better technologies and handsets and this year they came up with various different smartphones that stunned the world. The Motorola Droid Bionic is one such smartphone that deserves to be in the category of best smartphones this year because it is the first dual core Android handset that uses 4G LTE network. This smartphone was first seen at the 2011 CES and since then customers are looking to get their hands on Droid Bionic. On the front it has 4.3 inch qHD display and inside the smartphone it has 1GHz OMAP4 dual core processor from Texas Instruments. Motorola has also included 1GB DDR2 RAM with HTML5 support. This phone runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

4. HTC Sensation

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HTC has always been in the forefront of smartphone competition and this year they launched HTC Sensation which really created a lot of sensation across the globe and at various smartphone shows. This smartphone runs on Android 2.3 and comes with HTC Sense UI 3.0. Inside the smartphone, HTC has added 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor with 768 MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage for those who would like to keep more data and songs while they are on the move. It also has 4.3 inch capacitive Gorilla glass touch screen.

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