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Top 5 Smartphones for 2013

2013 is finally here, and while last year saw a bumper crop of stunning smartphones, this year promises to give us even better, faster, more technologically advanced handsets.

Every major player is planning an exclusive in 2013 and ‘Bring your own Device’ is a hot topic - here's Excalibur's top pick of the smartphones. 

Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE

It should come as no shock to most of you that the brilliant Samsung Galaxy S3 - voted Best Smartphone at the uSwitch Mobile Awards 2012 - should lead the charge of the year’s very best releases.

With a stunning 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display and a quad-core processor that handles multitasking with ease, the Galaxy S3 is as powerful as it is cutting-edge. And now with 4G LTE support, the best just got even better.

What’s perhaps even more impressive about the S3 is its amazing array of software that really sets it apart from the competition.

From the intelligent SmartStay mode that keeps the screen awake for as long as it’s in use to the Pop-up play function that lets you continue watching a video while working on something else, the S3 is packed to the brim with intuitive features.

It’s already shifted over 30 million units worldwide and should no doubt be at the forefront of your consideration when picking out a new smartphone.

Apple iPhone 5

Apple’s iPhone 5 lives up to its predecessors’ status by packing yet more improvements in an even slicker and slimmer design.

For starters it’s the first ever handset from Apple to offer worldwide LTE connectivity. Plus, it’s fitted with a dynamic antenna that seamlessly switches between 4G and 3G networks to give you a speedy, uninterrupted mobile internet experience.

Apple has also upped the screen size to four inches, which boasts a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio that makes it ideal for streaming movies and working on the go. The Retina display with an eye-popping 326 pixels per inch density is superb, offering even richer colours and contrast than before.

Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia has built its reputation on designing top quality smartphones known for their sturdy build quality and chic, colourful designs and the Lumia 920 is no exception.

The Finnish phone-maker’s latest flagship kit, features a slick, slim and slab-like form factor that comes in an array of bright colours.

Powered by the latest, snappiest Windows Phone 8 operating system, the 920 makes it very easy to connect with the people and find information that matters to you.

The Nokia 920 has fantastic hardware, with specs that include a 4.5-inch PureMotion+ HD display, an 8.7-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optic that takes excellent snaps and shoots in full HD, plus it’s got 4G LTE connectivity for blazing fast internet.

If you’re in the market for a great Windows smartphone, you need not look any further.

HTC Windows Phone 8X

HTC is not one to be left out of the rankings with the fantastic Windows Phone 8X. Home to a 4.3-inch HD Super LCD2 display, a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 processor and an eight-megapixel camera.

Running on the superb Windows Phone 8, the HTC offers stylish design with selection of vibrant colourways.

The 8X offers the industrial quality that’s become a hallmark of the HTC brand along with exclusive features, such as a built-in amplifier for Beats Audio, 88° ultra-wide-angle front camera that captures almost three times the area of other phones and an advanced image signal processor (ImageChip) that enables speedy autofocus and continuous burst mode.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE

The Galaxy Note 2 takes all that its predecessor achieved and enriches it with a better S-Pen stylus, a larger 5.5-inch screen and whole host of features such as MultiView that lets you split the screen into two to keep working while you do something else, Air Play, which enables you to preview content by simply hovering the S-Pen over them and Quick Command, which reveals a list of apposite options with a simple swipe.

Combining the size and functionality of a smartphone with the advanced capabilities of a tablet, the Galaxy Note 2 is proof that bigger sometimes really is better.

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