I recommend you figure out which carrier works best for you before buying a device you won't be happy with because of the carrier. I personally will switch and pay the ETF to get a new device and jump to a carrier that offers me more for my money, but will most likely never try leaving T-Mobile with my family plan again (AT&T failed me big time when I tried that and my wife almost killed me due to the constant dropped calls).Įach carrier is different for all of us and is highly dependent on where you live, work, and play. I do have some experiences with each of the four major US wireless carriers and have also been purchasing SIM-unlocked smartphones for over 6 years. I had an AT&T account (mainly used only with data) for a couple of years and was a Sprint subscriber for about a year with devices like the HTC EVO 4G. So you know where my personal perspective is coming from I am a long time (about 10 years) T-Mobile subscriber with five phones on a family plan and just signed up for a Verizon account with the HTC Thunderbolt. If you are new to a carrier or adding another line you will find excellent prices on and other online vendors like Wirefly. The prices you will see in this article are from the carrier, when available. Image Gallery: Check out photos of my top 10 smartphones of 2011… for now. You can check out several product photos of these top 10 devices in my image gallery, but I also highly recommend you visit your carrier store or local electronics retailer to get some hands-on time with a device before you make a huge monthly commitment. As you will see, some of the top 10 I listed do not yet have pricing or solid release dates, but I trust that they will be released since the manufacturers and carriers providing them are reliable. It is likely that a new iPhone will be announced sometime this summer and there are sure to be many more Android devices released throughout 2011. When the devices were close, I gave a bit more credit to those that are available or that have more definite release dates for the US market. As I sat down to go through all of the amazing devices that were announced or released, my list started at about 20 so it was extremely difficult to pare my list down to just 10. I will follow up in a month or so with an article listing some of the top smartphones per carrier. My top 10 smartphones of 2010 article was very popular and readers seem to like these types of comparison articles. Now that CES, MWC, and CTIA are all wrapped up I thought it would be appropriate to go through what I think are the top 10 smartphones for the first half of 2011.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |