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

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
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  HTC Sensation
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  Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc
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  Motorola Atrix
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  LG Optimus Black
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  HTC Incredible S
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  Motorola Defy
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  HTC Desire S
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  HTC Desire HD
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  HTC ChaCha

HTC Sensation

The HTC Sensation combines a large, qHD display with an excellent unibody aluminium design. It may not feel as snappy as other dual-core Android phones, nor offer anything hugely new or innovative over previous HTC models, but it remains a great smartphone.

• Review Date:
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• Manufacturer:

• 12th July, 2011
• Ross Catanzariti
• HTC

• Rating:
• Price:

• 4.25
• $ 792.00

• Pros:

• Premium unibody design
• qHD display
• Slick Android and Sense software

• Cons:

• Battery life
• Doesn't feel as snappy as other dual-core phones
• Slow camera

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