"While we would all love to own several of these great handset, most of us can rarely afford more than one. But which one should you pick? In order to help you answer that very question we have compiled a list of the 10 best smartphones of 2014. We’re only taking into consideration devices that have been launched this year and they must already be available for purchase at least in one country."
Powerful, with a fantastic camera and incredible battery life, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is a superb all-round smartphone
Currently being rolled out to units in Europe, the update weighs in at around 350MB, and bumps the firmware version to XXS1DPJ3.
OnePlus on Tuesday announced that the OnePlus 2 users will be soon be able to take advantage of VoLTE (voice over LTE) connectivity.
The Nexus 6 is looking to be one of/if not the best 2014 smart phone s far.
Sony Z3 should be no 1. NOTHING can beat it with waterproof, excellent camera, stereo speakers, 2 day battery life. $800 is less than the s5 at launch...
Z3 should be higher
I'm pretty satisfied with the newer Moto G (LTE version with SD card support) that released a few months ago. Doesn't have the best camera, but everything else is surprisingly good for the price, its 's around $200 unlocked and unbranded, running nearly stock 4.4 KitKat Android. 720p screen @327 PPI, quad core CPU, and a pretty decent GPU. Plus Google says it will also get the Android L update when it releases.
It may not be a flagship top-of-the-line device, but I would definitely say it is the flagship smartphone for the $200 price range. Nothing else even comes close. Antutu benchmark for me averages about 17.8k, which is surprisingly good for such a "cheap" smartphone. And let me tell you, compared to my 2012 Samsung Exhibit II single core, the Moto G is SO MUCH BETTER in regards to performance, difference is night and day plus some.
Also love the fact that there is a lot of support in the modding community. I got it rooted, I flashed a custom recovery (Clockworkmod), and am using quite a few XPosed modules which really add a lot of functionality to the phone (such as the ability to deny/allow permissions from apps, or the ability to gets Android L's heads-up-notifications early, and Greenify is pretty awesome too!).
Oh and I also replaced the soft key home button with a PlayStation logo using the Softkeys app (requires root) :-P
http://i.imgur.com/HCZqoUM....
its amazing samsung is numbeer 1. i dnt see how people love these phones soo much when the charger port always goes bad the color always fades and number of software and hardware issues after having the phone for a while. xperia z3 htx one m8 and moto x ahould be higher on this list.