Vishal Mathur

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Posted on 06-02-2012

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For someone buying a phone in this category, budget isn't a very strict criterion. What matters a whole lot is performance, good looks and the oomph factor. We help you with a list of five phones that will make your friends jealous (unless they have one of the other four from this very list!). The phones are listed simply in terms of their stand-out-in-a-crowd rating! May you buy the phone that best suits your personality?

Motorola Razr: This is the phone that really surpasses them all. It is wearing Kevlar, and we think it should be deployed for service either in Afghanistan or Iraq! Incidentally, Kevlar is the material that is used in bulletproof vests that military personnel wear. Razr looks absolutely gorgeous, even more so because it is the slimmest phone at the moment, if you discount the part that houses the 8MP camera. The width of the phone is a bit of an issue, because of the wide bezel around the screen. Can be a bit problematic to hold and type with the same hand. Our performance tests proved that it isn't a slouch when it comes to performance either. Whichever way you look at it, you can’t deny that it is one good-looking phone. Check out a detailed review of the Motorola Razr here.

Apple iPhone 4S: It looks exactly like the iPhone 4, and that caused a lot of anger to spread around the World Wide Web. We don’t think it is a bad deal, considering the iPhone 4 is one of the sleekest phones around. But it doesn’t really distinguish your iPhone 4S from the neighbour’s iPhone 4. Not very light, but sits snuggly in the hand and very comfortable to use. Hardware is bumped up as well - faster processor, improved graphics, better camera, more minimum storage and a slightly bigger battery. The iOS 5 updates adds goodies like iCloud storage, notifications bar and the friendly personal assistant Siri. The only thing that goes against it is the price, but do the fans really care? For more insight, read Apple iPhone 4S Review

Samsung Galaxy Note: Trust us when we say this - we were very surprised to find that the Galaxy Note was the fastest among all our Android phones in the comparison test. With the best benchmark scores around, the Note does make us wonder - is it really a smartphone, or a small tablet. The big screen makes the touchscreen experience even more comfortable, and the S-Pen is a utility that may use sometimes to modify images, mark notes on web pages etc. For its size, the Note is surprisingly comfortable to hold and use. For this price, we have to recommend it. This one grabs the eyeballs because of its sheer size! Also read Samsung Galaxy Note Review

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