Best Android Cell Phone of 2013

15 April 2013 by Permi Krishna

Prior buying a smartphone, you might have heard about mobile operating systems. Google's Android mobile OS is one among them, and with the increasing number of Android user's, its market is booming. Android is an open-source mobile platform led by Google, designed specifically for smartphones and tablets. Android, built on an open Linux kernel, hosts the complete set of mobile software that includes an operating system, middleware and key mobile applications. Currently, Android is the world's most popular mobile platform, conquering 75% of the smartphone market share and has become the fastest-growing mobile OS.

Among many other manufacturers, Acer, Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung and Sony are their major hardware partners along with the Google Nexus line of mobile devices released by Google itself. You could choose your best Android cellphone among these manufacturers based on your hardware requirements.

Android offers you several mobile OS versions, and an Android smartphone gets regular OS updates from Google, typically every six to nine months depending on the hardware. Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich are currently the most widely used Android versions with up to 51% and 28% of version shares respectively. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was the most recent update released pertaining to the revision of OS version.

Android smartphones are known for faster processing, application multitasking, robust navigational features (GPS with Google Maps), faster connectivity (Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, 4G and WiFi), diverse media support (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF), enhanced security features, vibrant high-resolution displays, numerous personalization features and innovative sharing methods.

Most of the Android phones specialise in providing fast, easy and powerful Google Search experience and a few specialize in providing faster browsing capabilities through Chrome. Various types of user data can be synced through Google's cloud services. Since Android is a mobile OS, it designed to consume less power by effectively managing the memory (RAM).

The productivity of Android smart phones lies in the usage of digital content like apps and games along with movies, songs and books available from app stores like Google Play, Amazon Appstore and other third-party sites. Google Play is a pre-installed app store on Android phones, where you can browse, download and update more than 600,000 applications published by Google and third-party developers.