What are the best rated cell phones now, when the year of 2012 has begun? According to the sales they have, Motorola, Samsung and Apple have each of them a powerful smartphone, that is worth all our attention.

Motorola Droid Razr Maxx

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According to CNET.com and many other sites, this smartphone is included among the best rated cell phones in 2012. It is sold by Verizon Wireless, Best Buy, Cellular Choices for the price of $299.99. The only retailer that sells this for a lower price is Amazon: $229.99. This product can be easily confused with a digital camera or digital player, because it has identical characteristics with these products named earlier. However, it is considered a smartphone. In the United States the carrier that provides Wireless services for this product is Verizon Wireless. The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx has 2.71 x 0.38 x 5.15′ and weighs 5.11 oz. It is made of Kevlar, uses the LTE Wireless interface, Bluetooth 4.0 and the 802.11 b/g/n standards, comes with a vibrating alert, polyphonic ringer, call timer, caller ID, voice dialing, conference call capability, voice recording, speakerphone, PDA phone design, is DLNA certified and TTY compatible. It can even type intelligently, thanks to the Swype technology, which is integrated.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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This is another smartphone that receives Wireless signals from Verizon Wireless. According to its manufacturer, this cell phone is designed to offer you the best Android experience. It is sold for the price of $299.99 by Verizon Wireless and for $99.99 by Amazon. Just like the previous product, this one too comes with a digital camera and a digital player. It has 2.7 x 0.4 x 5.3′ and weighs 5.1 oz. Needless to say that this Samsung Galaxy Nexus has a PDA phone design as well, uses also a vibrating alert, a polyphonic ringer, presents a conference call capability, a call timer option and a caller ID one. These features are in general encountered on all popular smartphones. At the Wireless chapter, this is better than the previous product, because it uses besides the LTE interface, the NFC interface, Bluetooth 3.0 and the 802.11 a/b/g/n standards.

Apple iPhone 4S

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Obviously, when it comes to a top of the best smartphones in 2012, we simply cannot forget the Apple gadget, the iPhone 4S. Unlike the previous smartphones, this is sold by Verizon, AT&T and Sprint. The product we have chosen for this article is the 64 GB version, sold by Sprint for the price of $399.99. The iPhone 4S is a smartphone with digital cameras and digital player, has 2.3 x 0.4 x 4.5′ and weighs 4.9 oz. It has all the features presented earlier in the case of the Motorola and Samsung gadgets. Also, this product comes with additional features, such as: it has integrated video and picture editors, an adjustable volume limit, uses FaceTime, AirPrint Wireless printing and AirPlay Wireless streaming.

Are you searching for some European cell phones? Because you can go to Tesco.com, a very good place to search for mobile phones that are used in general in Europe. If you're strictly searching for cell phones designed by European companies, we will mention a few of these companies too, as you will see.

Neon Android SP40 black smartphone

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This product is 69.97 GBP, a sim-free, sleek and stylish touchscreen smartphone, that lets you access a world of entertainment at any time, day or night. It offers a standby time of up to 125 hours and a talk time of up to 3.5 hours. This is provided by its integrated lithium polymer battery. Its internal memory is of 512 MB and is operating system is Android 2.2. The minuses of this product are represented by the lack of a central processing unit, like it happens with other smartphones and also the lack of 3G video calling. Unfortunately, this product does not have an infrared port and also no secondary camera.

Nokia 100 black mobile phone

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Another product without an integrated sim. This is a mobile phone with a grey cover and black buttons. It is sold on Tesco for 15.95 GBP and unlike the previous phone, it cannot be considered a smartphone. This product is good for senior people, because it has large buttons and is available for a cheap price. It does not offer access to Internet pages, does not use Bluetooth, nor has an integrated MP3 player and also, owners cannot use this product for taking photos. Surprisingly, the Nokia 100 mobile phone has an integrated FM radio player. With this phone, you cannot download arcade style games, nor ring tones. The operating system of the Nokia 100 is Symbian.

Samsung E1080i

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This is even cheaper than the previous product (14.97 GBP), and is another popular phone in Europe. Don't imagine that all Europeans use this type of phones, because these ones are destined more to the elderly population of Europe and also to its young members, the children. With the Samsung E1080i, users can stay connected to their families and friends and benefit of a vibrant color display and polyphonic ring tones. As you can imagine, this product does not allow you to access Internet pages and unfortunately does not have an integrated FM radio, like the Nokia 100 mobile phone. It doesn't allow you to download arcade style games, but it has several games included, to make sure that you will not get bored.

BlackBerry Curve 9300 black smartphone

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We have started our presentation with a smartphone and we will end it with a smartphone as well, only that the price of this product is much more expensive than the first one’s: 159.97 GBP, as long as you sign a contract with O2, an European carrier. What can we say about this product? Everything that was checked with No in the previous cases is checked with Yes in the case of this BlackBerry Curve 9300. This smartphone offers Internet access, uses the 3G technology, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, has an internal memory of 256 MB and runs the BlackBerry operating system.

One can find Samsung batteries for cell phones by entering Samsung.com/US/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/. There, a section named Batteries can be found, where you can search for a compatible battery by your cell phone model or by the battery number.

Samsung uses the latest lithium battery technologies, designed to offer you the best performance ever. In general, a compatible battery designed by Samsung is around $50. We will mention now the most popular cell phone batteries that can be bought from the site of this manufacturer itself, not from other retailers. In fact, this is the best thing to do when searching for Samsung batteries. Try first on Samsung.com and if the battery you're searching for is not available on this site, search for it on Amazon, Walmart, Target and other sites.

Galaxy Note i717 Standard Battery

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This product is $39.99 and is designed by Samsung for this particular model to deliver the most reliable power (2500 mAh). With a lithium technology, users can take advantage of additional standby and talk time. This product does not work with other smartphones, even if they may be developed by the same company.

u380 Extended Battery

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Being a product that enhances the use of a cell phone component (the battery), it is natural to be more expensive than the previous product. This is a lithium-ion extended battery engineered to offer a longer battery life and costs $49.99. The problem is that it is destined only to the u380 handset. This is an extended battery, meaning that it will be placed next to the already integrated primary battery of your device, but for this you will need a battery door, that is sold separately from the battery. This product offers an additional capacity of 1500 mAh, besides the capacity offered by the primary battery. You cannot use a product like this with other smartphones, because they are not ready to use a secondary battery. Only the products that are, like the u380 cell phone, can use it.

Standard Battery for Galaxy S 4G

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We return to the standard batteries with this Galaxy S 4G battery, that is $39.99. This provides long-lasting power with a capacity of 1650 mAh. It would be recommended to know what was the capacity provided by the battery you need to replace now, because 1650 mAh can be a lower capacity for some smartphones. If you were used to 2500 mAh, you will find it difficult to switch to a 1650 mAh capacity. And if you are always on the road, the disadvantage of not using your phone when you want because of the battery can be frustrating.

What are the cell phones that I can buy from AT&T? If you have the same problem as I do, you should enter att.com to see what are the cell phones offered by this company to home users. AT&T has another section too, namely the business sector, but today we will discuss only about the personal phones.

The AT&T site has 3 large sections: Personal, Business, which in its turn is divided into Small business, Enterprise business, Wholesale and Government and About AT&T.

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The Personal tab is already selected and what you first see when entering this site is an orange row at the top of the site, that also presents 3 tabs: Shop (the tab in which we are interested), myAT&T and Support. You don't have to click on Shop, but only to move your cursor above it. You will see there a list displaying items horizontally: Wireless, Bundles, Digital TV, Internet, Home Phone, U-verse, Special Offers, Shopping Help. myAT&T offers access to your account, if you already are an AT&T customer. If not, there is no point in creating an account on att.com, because you will not see any payments, bills and information related to your hardware. The Support tab obviously offers access to important information, helping you in some cases to solve some of your problems you might have with your digital equipment bought from AT&T.

Those interested in buying a cell phone from AT&T have to remain with their cursor placed above the Shop tab and then move it above Wireless. You will see that when pointing to Wireless, a new list will appear, this time having items arranged vertically. This list offers information on the available AT&T phones and devices, allowing you to shop by category and see the available plans and accessories. Because we are interested in cell phones, we have clicked Smartphones.

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AT&T has a large collection of new and refurbished cell phones. Besides them, this company also offers plenty of accessories with which you can enhance the use of those smartphones. Let's see a few examples of phones.

AT&T sells the Samsung Galaxy Note for $299.99 with a 2-year contract. The Apple iPhone 4S is sold for prices starting from $199.99 (16 GB) and reaching $399.99 (64 GB). These prices are also expressed in relation to a 2-year voice agreement with qualifying monthly data plan required. In fact, all cell phones sold by AT&T are connected to a contract. If you don't want a cell phone with a contract signed with AT&T, you either buy the product directly from its manufacturer or try a different carrier.

We are in March 2012, the most suitable time for speaking about the best phones that amazed us in the year of 2011. All companies have completed their financial information for 2011 and we can clearly see what is the company that has obtained the largest profits by selling a certain smartphone. Pn PCWorld.com there is a top 10 cell phones, mentioning the phones released in 2011. That top presents information on the most popular 10 phones of 2011; we will speak only about the first 3 of them, starting with the one place on the third position and ending with the most popular phone in 2011.

HTC Evo 3D

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This Android phone is sold on Amazon for the price of $39.99, as long as you sign a contract with Sprint. The phone uses the 4G capabilities, has a screen size of 4.3 inches with pinch-to-zoom and tactile feedback, uses the integrated hotspot functionality and comes with a rechargeable battery, USB cable, charger, quick start guide and user manual. An impressive feature of this smartphone is represented by its dual 5.0 MP camera that allows users to capture 3D videos. The HTC Evo 3D runs Android 2.3. It is powered by the screaming fast 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and uses plenty of Google technologies. This little device brings one-touch access to millions of people, that uses every day. It also offers access to the Android Market, from where you can download thousands of applications, games, widgets, with more apps being developed every day.

Samsung Epic Touch 4G

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Another product that uses 4G capabilities is the Samsung Galaxy S II, also known as Epic Touch. It is $49.99 on Amazon, but only if you sign a contract with Sprint. This premium Android-powered smartphone with ultra-fast 4G connectivity comes with a rechargeable battery, USB cable, quick start guide and a charger. This was released in September 2011, but it has already managed to transform into a very popular device. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core processor and uses GPS for navigation. Its rear camera is better than the one of the product presented earlier (8.0 MP) and its front facing camera has 2.0 MP and is great for video chatting. The product is able to offer up to 8.7 hours of talk time, allowing you to enjoy on-the-go entertainment.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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It seems that 2011 was a great year for Samsung, because the product presented at number one is another Samsung Galaxy smartphone, this time the Nexus. It is impossible to work in the technology field and don't hear about this. Obviously, this product too uses 4G, only that it is a little bit more expensive: $99.99 with contract signed with Verizon Wireless. This smartphone already uses the Android Ice Cream Sandwich, while other phones are still waiting for an upgrade to this OS version. It has a larger screen (4.65 inches) and offers up to 12 hours of talk time.