HTC Phones

Home runs on any Android device, so buy a better phone -- the display and camera are average at best.

The beautiful design, sharp display and light-sucking camera are exceptional, with small gripes in the interface and lack of a microSD slot.

The big screen, Jelly Bean and 4G, make it a top Android device -- but you'll make sacrifices in battery life and storage.

You won't get high-end features like the X and X+, but it's a decent value for the price you'll pay.

The fantastic camera and screen make it the Android phone to beat.

It's a cheaper alternative to the 8X, but Nokia offers a better mid-tier Windows phone.

Beats Audio and the cheaper price make it a decent Windows device, but otherwise, Nokia is the better choice.

It's worthy of the flagship name, despite a mediocre display -- but 4G LTE makes it hard to beat.

Sprint gets an LTE device, but it falls short of expectations.

It's a lot like the X -- a great camera and music, but with a few more drawbacks.

It's not as popular as the Galaxy, but it's an equally-outstanding device -- that's a bit short on memory.

Despite the massive display, wait on Windows -- there are better devices.

The color scheme gives it a feminine touch in a market full of masculine -- and boring -- devices.

The HTC Rezound introduces Beats Audio to stateside phones, and it's the Taiwanese company's best device yet. It comes with an enviable display and great audio, but a few flaws keep it from being a clear-cut winner.

HTC's Vivid comes with a screen worthy of the word "vivid." As the cheaper of the two phones to run on AT&T's Speedy Gonzales-quick 4G LTE network, I can see why you're interested. I was intrigued, too. But the less-than-vivid design and awful software make it impossible to love.

Strong design and software are marred by a below average display and camera.

Android or iPhone? The Aria is an Android phone thrust into Apple's land, namely AT&T. As HTC's flagship phone, the device competes directly with the new iPhone 4. They both have a large touch screen display, 5.0-megapixel cameras and music players, Wi-Fi and high-speed HSDPA Internet and Bluetooth and GPS capabilities.

The Incredible is the third addition to Verizon's Droid line, and its new flagship phone following the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris devices. It features an Android 2.1 platform with a quick and responsive 1-gigahertz processor. At first glance, the Incredible is reminiscent of the Google Nexus One, also from HTC. The feel of the handset is sturdy and comfortable with its impressively bright and clear AMOLED touch screen display.

The highly-anticipated HTC Evo is the first phone to run on Sprint's high-speed fourth-generation, or 4G, network -- designed to offer data rates of 3- to 6-megabits per second, more than double the speed of current 3G services.

The HTC HD2 is bigger than many smartphones you may expect, but the 4.3-inch screen best displays what the phone is good at: showing movies, downloading e-books and typing messages with the swiftest new thing in keypads -- Swype.

The HTC Pure is one of AT&T's first Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional smartphones -- features an improved Internet Explore Mobile browser with Flash support, new "MyPhone" backup service and access to software and games via Microsoft's new Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store.

T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon all released HTC's popular Touch Pro2. It offers a large touch screen, great 3.2-megapixel camera and a revolutionary dual-microphone, dual-speaker with "Straight Talk" technology for boardroom-like conference calling.

Sprint has the HTC Snap, T-Mobile has the HTC Dash 3G, and now Verizon joins the field of HTC models with the Ozone. Each phone is a similar version -- with subtle network, feature, and design differences, but all with navigation controls. The Snap and Ozone have a standard directional keypad, while the Dash 3G uses a trackball.

Sprint's HTC Snap is designed to keep people connected. Aside from making phone calls, it can text message, send and receive photos and videos and uses two instant message systems. You can also surf the Internet, connect to a variety of email accounts and sync programs, emails and music with a PC.

As its name makes clear, the focus with the HTC Touch is on the touch screen. The compact, professional looking Windows Mobile smartphone is offered by Sprint and from the simple design of the phone to the unique Touch Cube interface; many features highlight the TouchFlo technology in the screen.