Best Android phones: Editor's choice (August 2011)

PC World's Editor's choice Android phones are a rank of the top 10 Android smartphones based on personal selection by the PC World Australia editorial team

Are you in the market for a new Android phone? See what our expert reviewer's recommend with our editor's choice selections. These Android smartphones are a rank of the top 10 handsets based on personal selection by the PC World Australia editorial team.

Our August editor's choice list is headed by the excellent Samsung Galaxy S II, which scored a whopping 4.75/5 stars. This makes it the highest scoring Android phone currently available on the market. Its followed closely by HTC's flagship Sensation, which is exclusively sold through Telstra, and the popular HTC Desire HD, which is available at Vodafone.

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Samsung Galaxy S II

The Samsung Galaxy S II is without doubt the best Android phone on the market, and may also be the best smartphone on the market, period. The Galaxy S II combines one of the biggest and best screens on the market, with blazing performance, functional, stable software and decent battery life. It has a few minor flaws, but none are enough to deter buyers: this is simply an exceptional smartphone.

  • Review Date:
  • Reviewer:
  • Manufacturer:
  • 25th May, 2011
  • Ross Catanzariti
  • Samsung
  • Rating:
  • Price:
  • 4.75
  • $ 899.00
  • Pros:
  • Excellent performance and brilliant display
  • Ultra-thin and light design
  • Great multimedia features
  • Cons:
  • Text hard to read when zoomed out in browser
  • Plastic battery cover and no camera button
  • Volume on earpiece could be louder
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