4G Smartphones are coming fast and furious into the market and it would be very curious to see whether 3G phones will have the same flair and response that they presently possess over the coming years. 4G smartphones are a separate category of handsets altogether. They are made up of high quality software and hardware components. They run on the latest Android Gingerbread OS and if not they are always upgradable to the latest OS and most of the smartphones in this category are powered by dual core processors.
There are plenty of 4G Smartphones that are currently available in the market right now and it will be a difficult job to choose a 4G phone that would suit all your requirements and specifications. In the following section, we have listed the best five 4G smartphones available in the current market that would cater all user needs and specifications. We will give you a brief about the main striking features and specifications of these best five 4G smartphones.
HTC Thunderbolt
HTC Thunderbolt is the first ever 4G Smartphone to arrive on the Verizon’s wireless LTE mobile network. The smartphone performs exceedingly fast with the help of an inbuilt 1 GHz single core snapdragon processor. It runs on the latest Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread and includes a 768 MB RAM. It has a 4.3 inches TFT display that can support a resolution of 480×800 pixels.
It sports an 8 Megapixels primary camera with dual LED flash, Autofocus and Geo-tagging features. It also has a secondary front facing 1.3 Megapixels camera for video calling purposes. The primary camera can record 720p HD videos at 30fps and can playback HD videos at 1080p.
Connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB, HDMI, Tethering and DLNA. The handset is powered by a 1400 mAh battery that can offer 6.3 hours of talk time and 330 hours of standby time.
GET THIS PHONE
Buy HTC ThunderBolt (Verizon Wireless) from Amazon (starting at $99.99)
Google Nexus S 4G
Nexus S 4G is the WiMax capable sibling of Nexus S and comes incorporated with the latest NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. It is a smartphone that comes integrated with the Sprint’s WiMAx service and Google Voice Integration. It comes shipped with a 4 inch Super AMOLED display (scratch resistant) that can support a resolution of up to 480×800 pixels.
It is powered by an A8 Cortex 1GHz single core hummingbird processor and includes a 512 MB RAM. The smartphone runs on the latest Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread and includes an inbuilt memory space of 8GB (expandable up to 32 GB with the help of Micro SD card).
The handset sports a 5 Megapixels primary camera with LED flash and Autofocus and a 0.3 Megapixels secondary front facing camera for video calling purposes. The primary camera is capable of recording DVD videos at a frame rate of 30fps.
Connectivity options of the handset include Bluetooth, W-Fi, WiMax, NFC, USB and DLAN. It is powered by a 1500 mAh battery that can offer a talk time of up to 6hours and 350 hours of standby time.
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Buy Samsung Nexus S 4G (Sprint) from Amazon (starting at $49.99)
Buy Samsung Nexus S Unlocked Phone from Amazon (starting at $402.81)
HTC Sensation 4G
HTC Sensation sensationally runs on a swift 1.2 GHz Qualcomm dual core snapdragon processor and it comes shipped with the latest Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread. It is amazingly big with a display that measures 4.3 inches in size with the qHD LCD technology that comes incorporated with a contoured glass that allows no scratches on the display. It comes with the latest User Interface technology from HTC, the HTC Sense 3.0.
The handset has an inbuilt memory of 1GB which can be expanded up to 32GB with the help of Micro SD cards and it includes a 768 MB RAM. The handset sports an amazing 8 Megapixels primary camera with dual LED flash, Autofocus and Geo tagging features that can record 1080p HD videos at a frame rate of 30fps. There is a 0.3 Megapixels front facing camera for video calling purposes.
Connectivity options of the handset include Bluetooth, W-Fi, USB, HDMI, Tethering and DLAN. The handset is powered by a 1520 mAh battery that can offer a talk time of up to 8.25 hours and a standby time of up to 350 hours.
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Buy HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mobile) from Amazon (starting at 99.99)99.99
LG Revolution
LG Revolution 4G smartphone comes shipped with an amazing 4.3 inches TFT multitouch display that can support a resolution of up to 480×800 pixels. It runs on the Android 2.2 OS (upgradable to latest v.2.3 Gingerbread OS) and it is powered by a 1GHz single core snapdragon processor and a 512MB RAM.
The handset sports a 5Megapixels primary camera at the rear side of with LED flash and Autofocus. It can record 720p HD videos at a frame rate of 30fps. It also has a 1.3 megapixels secondary front facing camera for video calling purposes.
Connectivity options of the smartphone include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HDMI, Tethering and DLNA. It is powered by a 1500 mAh battery that can offer a talk time of up to 7.25 hours and standby time of up to 335 hours.
GET THIS PHONE
Buy LG Revolution 4G (Verizon Wireless) from Amazon (starting at $99.99)
HTC EVO 3D
HTC EVO 3D is the first ever 4G smartphone to incorporate the latest 3D technology into its user interface. It is also considered as the best smartphone in the 4G segment right now in the market. It has an amazing 3D capable multitouch qHD display with LCD technology that measure 4.3 inches in size. It comes shipped with the latest Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread.
The smartphone is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core snapdragon processor and a 3D Adreno 220 GPU Graphics accelerator and it comes with an inbuilt memory space of 12 GB which can be expandable up to 32 GB with the help of Micros SD card.
It sports a 5 Megapixels primary Autofocus camera at the back with dual LED flash support and geo tagging. It has a button to switch easily between 2D mode and 3D mode cameras. The primary camera in 3D mode can record 720p HD videos at a frame rate of 30fps and it can capture images and playback videos in the same 5 Megapixels 3D mode.
Connectivity options of the handset include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HDMI, DLNA and Tethering. It is powered by a powerful 1630 mAh battery that can offer a talk time of up to 6 hours and a standby time of up to 325 hours.
GET THIS PHONE
Buy HTC EVO 3D 4G (Sprint) from Amazon (starting at 79.99)79.9979.99
The above are the best five 4G smartphones available in the current market based upon our analysis and should you find any other smartphones in the same segment better than the above listed ones, feel free to mention them in the comments section.
Listed below are some of the other 4G smartphones that are currently available in the market. You can check out for the features and specifications of the below listed smartphones before buying a 4G handset.
Motorola Atrix 4G
Motorola Droid X2
HTC Inspire 4G
Samsung Infuse 4G
Samsung Epic 4G
HTC EVO Shift 4G