The best Android phones you can buy right now

Let me just say something right off the bat: I really hate mobile device rankings.

You know the drill: "It's the end of the year, so we're going to create a list that orders the current Android phones in terms of" -- hell, I don't even know what. And I think that's the problem: Trying to make an ordered list of the "best" this-or-that usually feels like an arbitrary and forced effort. At the end of the day, what it's like to use a particular smartphone just isn't something you can quantify and represent with a number.

So let me assure you that what you're about to read is not one of those efforts. This is not a list for the sake of having a list, nor is it some kind of attempt at a weird Battle of the Egos awards show. This is simply a small collection of personal recommendations from a guy who's used and reviewed all the high-profile Android phones of the year -- nothing less, nothing more.

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