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COMPACT HIGH PERFORMER
Motorola Droid Razr M
(verizon)
The Droid Razr M is not as thin as the
Razr, nor does it have the Razr Maxx’s
marathon battery life. Yet this noticeably
smaller phone manages to be just as
powerful and even oers an equally large,
.inch display that’s actually better.
It supports up to seven home screens.
A widget made up of a threecircle
cluster presents a wealth of useful data,
including the date, call and text notifica
tions, weather, and data/battery usage.
The phone comes loaded with Google
Chrome, which may enhance Web brows
ing with its features and capabilities. The
Smart Actions app lets you program the
phone to change its settings according
to your GPS location or battery level. For
example, you can set it to turn on WiFi
and shut o Bluetooth when you arrive at
home or work. Or you can have the phone
turn screen brightness down when the
battery level gets below a certain point.
Key A
FOR A TABLET ALTERNATIvE
Samsung Galaxy Note II
(Sprint, 16GB)
TMobile, GB,
Samsung’s new Galaxy Note II has an
even bigger and better touchscreen
display than the original Note, providing
outstanding readability in most lighting.
The bountiful .inch display makes the
phone a compelling choice for ebook
fans and heavy Web users. It’s one of only
two phones in our Ratings that took
excellent photos. Its stylus allows you
to jot down notes more easily, as well as
clip, crop, and share photos, maps, and
other content with just a few strokes. You
can also preview emails, videos, photo
albums, Web pages, and other content
just by hovering the stylus over them on
the page. Onehanded operations are
easier, thanks to a setting that shrinks the
keyboard and keypad and lets you slide
them closer to your thumb. Also available
from AT&T, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular for
. Key B, C
COMPACT HIGH PERFORMER
Apple iPhone 5 (verizon,
Sprint, AT&T, 16GB)
The iPhone is a major step up from ear
lier models, oering a larger, inch, high
resolution display; a slimmer, lighter case;
support for faster G LTE data networks;
a faster processor; and the best camera
we’ve ever seen on a phone. Its mega
pixel camera, which has a very short shut
ter lag, is one of only two phones in our
Ratings that took excellent pictures. The
inch display’s : aspect ratio makes it
better for viewing widescreen video and
game content and provides room for an
additional row of app icons. In addition,
the display is easy to see in bright light.
New features that come via its updated
operating system include expanded app
control and more meaningful searches for
Siri, its builtin voicecontrolled personal
digital assistant, as well as GPS naviga
tion with spoken turnbyturn directions
and automatic rerouting. Key A, B, D
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