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Phone Reviews

Phones are all but vital to our modern existence, so choosing a good one is important. As they become thinner, more feature-packed, and inevitably more expensive, you’ll find the final word on the latest smartphones, both budget and flagship, Android and iOS, right here. For The Verge’s thoughts on everything Google Pixel, Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S, and more, you’ve come to the right place.

LG G Flex review

Does the smartphone of the future have a curved screen?

David Pierce
Motorola Moto G review: how good can a $179 smartphone be?

Maybe inexpensive phones don’t have to be cheap after all

Aaron Souppouris
Nokia Lumia 2520 review

Finland’s first Windows tablet brings a few extra tricks to the table

Dan Seifert
Nokia Lumia 1520 review

Putting the “big” in Windows Phone

Dan Seifert
Nexus 5 review

The ultimate Google Phone?

Joshua Topolsky
HTC One max review: a lot more of the same

The power button is on the side

Vlad Savov
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review

One more from the company that invented the huge phone

Dan Seifert
Xperia Z1 review: Sony’s return to the megapixel wars

Is this the next great Android cameraphone?

Vlad Savov
Apple iPhone 5C review

New enough is new again

Nilay Patel
iPhone 5S review

Is Apple’s best iPhone ever really a better phone?

David Pierce
LG G2 review

The undisputed new champion of the spec sheets

Dan Seifert
Motorola Droid Mini review: searching for a tiny flagship smartphone

Once, 4.3-inch phones were king

Dann Berg
Motorola Droid Ultra and Droid Maxx review

Drrrrrroooooooiiiiiiiid

David Pierce
Moto X review

A different kind of smartphone

Joshua Topolsky
HTC One mini review

Can HTC shrink its best phone without losing the essence of its greatness?

Vlad Savov
Nokia Lumia 1020 review

The cameraphone to end all cameraphones

David Pierce
Battle of the waterproof phones: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active vs. Sony Xperia Z

Finally, rugged phones that take a beating and look good doing it

Dan Seifert
Sony Xperia Tablet Z review

Thin, light, and ready for a rainstorm

David Pierce
Pure Android: Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One ‘Google Play editions’ review

Is every Android phone better with stock software?

Dieter Bohn
Nokia Lumia 925 review

Is this the best Windows Phone yet?

Tom Warren
Nokia Lumia 928 review

90 percent Lumia 920, 10 percent xenon

Chris Ziegler
BlackBerry Q10 review: revenge of the keyboard

The best horse cart in the age of the automobile

Chris Ziegler
Samsung Galaxy S4 review

How do you upgrade the best-selling Android phone of all time?

David Pierce
Nokia Lumia 720 review

Is this the perfect Lumia design?

Tom Warren
HTC First review: a Facebook phone that’s pure Google at heart

Did Facebook accidentally help make the Android phone we’ve always wanted?

Dieter Bohn
HTC One for AT&T: the best Android phone yet?

The best-looking Android phone gets an LTE network to match

Dan Seifert
LG Optimus G Pro review

Or, how I tried to love phablets — and the word “phablet”

David Pierce
HTC One review

Heating up the race for the perfect Android phone

David Pierce
Sony Xperia Z review

Sony returns to the Android battlefield looking leaner and meaner than ever

Vlad Savov
BlackBerry Z10 review: a new life, or life support?

A new flagship phone and a new OS, but is it too little, too late?

Joshua Topolsky
Samsung Ativ S review
Tom Warren
HTC Windows Phone 8S review
Tom Warren
HTC Droid DNA review

HTC is back on Verizon Wireless in force, but does the Droid DNA have what it takes to stand out?

Dan Seifert
Nokia Lumia 820 review

Will Nokia’s latest Windows Phone 8 entry capture the hearts of the masses?

Tom Warren
Nexus 4 review

The new flagship Android device has almost everything you’ve been waiting for... almost

Joshua Topolsky
Nokia Lumia 920 review

Will Nokia’s third attempt at launching a premier Windows Phone finally be the home run it needs?

Dieter Bohn
HTC Windows Phone 8X review

The signature Windows Phone 8 handset has arrived

Vlad Savov
Motorola Droid RAZR HD and RAZR Maxx HD review

Motorola improves upon its original Droid RAZR, but forgets what the name stood for

Dan Seifert
LG Optimus G review (AT&T and Sprint)

Can the Optimus G compete in the big leagues?

Dieter Bohn