The most innovative smartphones of 2013

New Delhi: Innovation plays a pivotal role in today's smartphone world. Whether it is HD-display resolution, sleek unibody design, a great camera, ultra-fast processor, fingerprint sensor, a long lasting battery, bending displays, the next generation smartphones have undergone sea changes and will continue to do so in the coming year.During the year almost all the major handset makers such as Sony, Google, HTC and others revealed their latest and best smartphones in the market, the most striking technology was revealed by Samsung and LG. While Samsung introduced its smartwatch along with the curved screen Galaxy Round smartphone, LG revealed its first flexible screen smartphone, the G Flex, in the market.Read on to find out the most innovative smartphones of 2013: 10. iPhone 5S The best iPhone you can buy Apple's iPhone 5s is a genuinely innovative new flagship - at least until the iPhone 6. Though the iPhone 5s is an upgrade from the iPhone 5 – Apple has produced a phone that does what made it so successful in the first place. The new iPhone 5S is most exciting iPhone ever. The new device by Apple comes with a brand new A7 chip built on 64-bit architecture, making the iPhone the first smartphone ever to go 64-bit. Apple also says the 5S can deliver 56x faster graphics and 40x faster CPU as compared to the original iPhone. The phone comes with a fingerprint scanner which can be used to unlock your iPhone and approve purchases in the App Store and iTunes Store. The 5S also comes with a M7 motion co-processor which measures motion data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass. In the past this would have been the A7's job. Another improvement over the iPhone 5 is the camera. Both the iSight rear camera and the FaceTime HD front-facing camera now take better pictures in low light than what they used to be able to do. The iPhone 5S is also good in conserving battery power. Not only do the dual processors help reduce the load on the battery, but the battery itself has increased in capacity by an estimated 10 per cent.9. BlackBerry Q10 The best keyboard phone you can buyWhile the Z10 was seen as BlackBerry's bid to attract new users, the BlackBerry Q10 was seem to appeal the old-school BB lovers. The keys of the Q10 sit in straight rows, not the curved arrangement, and are physically bigger. If you're used to a BlackBerry keyboard the Q10 won't trip you up one bit. Blackberry has designed the keys of the phone in a way that privileges pressing with the tip of a finger (not the pad) sans nails.8. The Sony Xperia Z A water-resistant, dust resistant and boasts specs to make it future resistant With a cutting-edge camera, a super-slim design and the ability to withstand knocks and bumps the Xperia Z is a phone that's got us fired up about Sony Mobile again.7. The Nokia Lumia 1020 It proved smartphone cameras can be amazing No doubt Nokia Lumia 1020 is the best camera smartphone available currently. The smartphone packs in a 41 MP camera sensor that is capable of taking great images in almost any lighting conditions. There are three shooting modes – the standard camera, Smart Lens and Pro Mode. The standard mode operates as usual – simply point and shoot. Smart Lens provides options for things like motion blur, action shots and simply choosing the best image by taking a burst mode of 10 images in quick succession.The Pro camera mode, however, is where the fine tuning options come into play. The 1020 boasts Carl Zeiss optics with six physical lenses, and its sensor is capable of taking 38-MP and 5-MP images simultaneously (the latter designed for social sharing). If you shoot in 16:9 mode, the Lumia 1020 captures 34-MP and 5-MP shots at once.6. Samsung Galaxy S4It packs more features than you could possibly use. Samsung's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, is designed to revolutionize the way smartphones are used in everyday life. The S4 runs the Android v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system and employs a first-of-its-kind, super powerful Octa Core processor, comprising of 1.6 Ghz Quad and 1.2 Ghz Quad processors, backed by 2 GB RAM and boasts of PowerVR SGX graphics for performance, speed and functionality which are literally off the charts. The device comes with features like Air View, Air Gesture, Smart Pause, Group Play, Sound & Shot, Story Album, S Translator, S Health and Adapt Display.5. Samsung's Galaxy Note III The best phablet available in the market The new Note 3 measures 151.2x79.2x8.3mm and weighs 168 grams, which means that it is 12 grams lighter than its predecessor. The phablet comes with a Full HD AMOLED screen, offering a resolution of 1920x1080, with a pixel density of 386 ppi. Just like the S4, the Galaxy Note 3 comes in two versions – quad-core and octa-core. The Galaxy Note 3's quad-core 2.3GHz processor and 3GB of RAM make the device blistering fast. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 runs Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the latest iteration of the OS (at the time of writing this review) and TouchWiz Nature UX, Samsung's own UI that includes custom apps in addition to a skinned interface. The Galaxy Note 3 features a 13-megapixel rear camera that takes excellent shots in daylight and good artificial light. The device comes with S Pen stylus4. Moto X It lets you customize the look of your phone The Moto X allows you to design your device with a variety of colorful casings and trimmings. It also has a unique notifications feature that gives you a snapshot of unread texts, emails, tweets, etc. automatically when you pick up the phone.3. LG G2 The best screen on a smartphone The LG G2 smartphone comes with a 5.2-inch full HD display that uses the IPS LCD technology. It is powered by a 2.26GHz processor and supported by 2GB of RAM. It comes in two variants—16GBand 32GB. LG G2 has a big 3,000mAh battery and 13-megapixel rear camera. It runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. The smartphone has an unconventional design as its physical buttons are placed on the back. 2. Google's Nexus 5An amazing device at dirt cheap price The Nexus 5 is a great Google phone for Android lovers. The Nexus 5 has a 4.95 inch display with 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution with bright colours and excellent viewing angles. It has a sturdy built too. The phone measures 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm and weighs 130g, making it 9g lighter than its predecessor. It has 4.95-inch True HD+ IPS panel (1080 x 1920 pixels) that gives a pixel density of 445ppi. It beats Apple's iPhone 5s (326ppi) hands down, and is perfectly proportioned for gaming, video and one-handed use. One of the massive USPs of the Nexus 5 is that it runs Google's latest build of Android – version 4.4, better known as KitKat – straight out of the box. Inside you'll find a 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and an Adreno 330 GPU. On paper the Nexus 5's imaging setup looks decent. It uses an 8-megapixel sensor, features optical image stabilisation (OIS) and has auto focus as well as an LED flash, making it about par for the course in today's mid-to-high-end smartphone bracket.1. The HTC OneThe best Android phone ever The HTC One has an aluminum unibody design and packs in a 4.7-inch Super IPS LCD 3 display. It is powered by a quad-core 1.7GHz processor, Adreno 320 GPU with 2GB of RAM and offers 32GB of internal storage. Along with this, the HTC One also comes with new features like HTC BlinkFeed, HTC Zoe and HTC BoomSound. The smartphone at the time of launch, offered Android 4.2 along with a layer of HTC Sense. The company has now already rolled out Android 4.3 for this smartphone along with Sense 5.5.

The most innovative smartphones of 2013

New Delhi: Innovation plays a pivotal role in today's smartphone world. Whether it is HD-display resolution, sleek unibody design, a great camera, ultra-fast processor, fingerprint sensor, a long lasting battery, bending displays, the next generation

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