Best smartphones for Christmas 2012

Samsung Galaxy S3

£410 expansys.com
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is Stuff's cream of the Android crop, facing off very stiff competition from the likes of the HTC One X+ and Google Nexus 4. With a vivid AMOLED screen, fantastic 8MP camera, quad-core power and plenty of Samsung's own bells and whistles added to the stock Android experience, you can't go far wrong with Sammy's golden boy.

Read our Samsung Galaxy S3 review

Best smartphones for Christmas 2012

Apple iPhone 5

£530 (16GB) store.apple.com
Apple's latest iPhone is sleek. It's sexy. It's unmistakably Apple. An unrivalled build quality and beautiful aluminium finish are matched by hundreds of thousands of quality apps which look gorgeous on its pin-sharp finger-friendly 4in Retina Display. Just carry an A-Z until the Maps are sorted out and you're all set.

Read our Apple iPhone 5 review

Best smartphones for Christmas 2012

Google Nexus 4

£280 (16GB) play.google.com
Google's latest vanilla Android experience arrives on the beautifully crafted (not to mention sparkly) LG-made Nexus 4. Slathered in gorilla glass from front to back and packing Qualcomm's beastly 1.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM, it's the only choice for hardcore Android purists who want the latest and greatest. Lack of expandable storage, a removable battery and 4G are negated by the ridiculously low price tag.

Read our Google Nexus 4 review

Best smartphones for Christmas 2012
HTC One X+
£475 clove.co.uk
The HTC One X+ improves upon the original One X with a larger battery, slightly faster Tegra 3 processor and 64GB of internal storage, addressing many people's biggest gripes with the original. HTC's fantastic build quality is still present and accounted for with a grippy matte black soft polycarbonate body and its still packing the same gorgeously bright 4.75in LCD display which bests the S3's AMOLED offering if you're into more realistic colours.

Read our HTC One X+ review

Best smartphones for Christmas 2012

Nokia Lumia 920

£520 (32GB) clove.co.uk
Want a yellow or red phone? Then the Lumia 920 is clearly the way to go, with its selection of zany colours to suit every palate. With wireless charging, a rock solid polycarbonate body and the freshly released Windows 8, it's ideal for those gadgeteers looking for something a little different this Christmas – as long as they aren't too fussed about apps. It's got a very decent 8MP snapper for shutterbugs too, with formidable low-light performance.

Read our Nokia Lumia 920 review

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Comments

MikeTheActorMan

24 weeks ago

With the Lumia 920 - "as long as they aren't too fussed about apps..." yeahhhhhh because 150,000+ apps and 46 of the top 50 apps is just SO LITTLE APPS... Come on Stuff, that argument is just getting ridiculous now; maybe 2 years ago it was relevant, but not anymore. And why do you mention the Retina Display on the iPhone 5? When the Lumia 920 has a greater PPI than that, making it the most high-res screen on the market, also with reduced pixel blur and sensitivity to use with gloves etc. Stop sucking up to Apple!

stuff_reader

24 weeks ago

So... What I can't work out is why the phones cost more than the tablets. The ipad mini, 16 GB, wifi plus 3G is available for £369 while the iphone 5, with smaller screen, will set you back £530.
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schauhan50

24 weeks ago

£280 is the price for the 16GB nexus 4. And £240 for the 8GB. We all know stuff loves Apple thank you Tom Dunmore but at least get the facts right.

Teddy

24 weeks ago

I to am confused, why are we paying so much for these mobiles when l can treat myself to a tablet for far less? The ipad mini, 16GB wifi plus 3G you can get for £369.
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23 weeks ago

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Debra Helman

22 weeks ago

These phones rock. Since I have AT&T, I'll likely get the Note 2 with 4GLTE when they finally roll it out (not on this list but in the U.S., it's breaking records). I have a graphics design firm and think it would be great for viewing images of my work in such a large format before sending it to my Austin clients. I now seem to require 4GLTE but iPhones are just too small!