The next couple of months will bring techies a treasure trove of handheld devices. It started with the iPhone 5, which has already been selling like crazy, and will soon be followed by the upcoming Windows Phones from HTC and Nokia. The real onslaught, though, is about to begin. A massive helping of Android handsets will land at various carriers this fall just in time for the holiday season. Here are a few that stand out from the pack.
LG Optimus G/Nexus
Is it a Google Nexus phone? Or is it a standalone handset chock full of carrier-locked applications nobody asked for? AT&T officially announced that the LG Optimus G would be arriving someday soon, but the news was immediately overshadowed by rumors that the LG Nexus 4 is actually the handset to wait for. The Nexus 4 will feature the same specifications as its sister phone, including a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor and a 1280×768 4.7" display, but it will run a stock version of Android. Also, there is some speculation that the phone will have a slightly different chassis depending on its carrier—the one appearing on Sprint will apparently have rounder edges, while the other on AT&T will appear more rectangular. What’s still unclear, however, is whether or not it will be the flagship phone that Google will use to announce Android 4.2.
HTC One X+
The plus sign in its name means that the HTC One X+ is a beefier version of its predecessor, the HTC One X. With a Tegra 3 1.7GHz quad-core processor fueling the 4.7" display, the One X+ continues the trend of bigger handsets this quarter. The phone will feature Jelly Bean with HTC Sense 4+, and will reintroduce Sense Online, a backup utility for HTC Android handset users which was shut down in April. Almost subtly, HTC revived the Sense Online site, and it looks like it’s ready to use for HTC users outside of the United States. It’ll be interesting to see if the revamped service adds any value when compared to the third-party backup utilities available in the Google Play store—or to Apple’s iCloud.
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