The smartphone industry is growing at its best and the companies like Samsung, Apple, HTC are working day in and day out to attract more and more people. Many incredible smartphones have launched so far in this year. If you are a tech freak, then you are most likely to be familiar with all high-end smartphones that have hit the market in this year. Have you ever wondered which ones are the best smartphones of this year? Have you ever tried to make a list of them? Well, I have done this task, Here is the list of top 5 smartphones of the year.
Smartphones of the year 2013
Top 5 best smartphones of the year
HTC One
The company HTC is going through hard times. HTC One is the HTC’s flagship device of the year. This smartphone has helped company keep its reputation in the smartphone industry. Dimensions of this smartphone are 137.4 x 68.2 x 9.3 mm and the weight is 143 g. 4.7-inches Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen that offers 1080 x 1920 pixels screen resolution and has pixel density of 469 ppi, is there in this smartphone. From speed prospective, HTC One is just incredible, as it has Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 Chipset and Quad-core 1.7GHz Krait 300 Processor. Operating System is Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The smartphone is available in 32 and 64GB memory variants with 2GB RAM. Photography freaks can also consider buying this smartphone, as it has 4MP, 2688 x 1520 pixels, autofocus, LED flash camera with 1/3” sensor size, 2µm pixel size, optical image stabilization, etc. The Secondary Camera is 2.1MP. Non-removable Li-Po 2300mAh battery powers up the device.
Apple iPhone 5
Apple’s magic is still here and its most recent iPhone, the iPhone 5 is undoubtedly among the best smartphones of the year. Outer look of the smartphone is its best plus point. Dimensions are 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm and the weight is 112 g. The 4.0-inches LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen offers screen resolution of 640 x 1136 pixels. The pixel density count is 326 ppi. Protection to the screen is provided by Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating. The speed part is quite impressive, all thanks to Dual-core 1.3GHz Processor and Apple A6 of the smartphone. The operating system is iOS 6, upgradable to iOS 6.1.4. In the camera part, 8MP Primary Camera is there with 3264×2448 pixels resolution. It has basic features like autofocus, LED flash, and advanced features like simultaneous HD video and image recording, face detection, panorama, etc. Secondary Camera is of 1.2MP. iPhone 5 is available in 16, 32 and 64GB memory variants with 1GB RAM. Battery is Non-removable Li-Po 1440mAh.
Samsung Galaxy S4
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm are dimensions and 130 g is weight of Galaxy S4. The Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 5.0-inches with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution and 441 ppi pixel density is there in this smartphone. Exynos 5 Octa 5410 is Chipset, and the Processor is Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7. OS is Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. It is available in 16, 32 and 64GB memory variants with 2GB RAM. Support for microSD card of up to 64GB is part of feature set of Galaxy S4. 13MP is Primary Camera while the Secondary Camera is 2MP. Along with basic camera features, some incredible ones like Dual Shot, HDR are part of the feature-set of Primary Camera. Battery in this device is Li-Ion 2600mAh battery.
Sony Xperia Z
This dust and water resistant smartphone has got a huge response from people so far. Sony Xperia Z is undoubtedly one of the best smartphones available in the market today. Dimensions of this smartphone are 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm and the weight is 146 g. It has 5.0-inches TFT capacitive touchscreen that offers 1080 x 1920 pixels. Chipset in the Sony Xperia Z is Qualcomm MDM9215M / APQ8064 and the Processor is Quad-core 1.5GHz Krait. Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean is OS. The internal memory is 16GB and can be expanded with the microSD card of 64GB maximum. Primary Camera is 13.1MP while the Secondary is 2.2MP. Primary Camera has features like Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection and sweep panorama. Battery in the device is Non-removable Li-Ion 2330mAh.
LG Nexus 4 E960
Dimensions of LG Nexus 4 are 133.9 x 68.7 x 9.1 mm and the weight is 139 g. It has 4.7-inches True HD IPS Plus capacitive touchscreen with 768 x 1280 pixels screen resolution and 318 ppi. Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon is Chipset and Quad-core 1.5GHz Krait is Processor. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is operating system. It is available in 8GB and 16GB memory variants with 2GB RAM. There is no support for microSD card in the both variants. Primary Camera is of 8MP while the Secondary is of 1.3MP. Non-removable Li-Po 2100mAh battery offers talk time of up to 15 h (3G).
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Comparison of Technical specifications of smartphones
This list is based on smartphones release till September 2013. We will update the list as per the new releases. Thanks for your support.
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