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# The 10 best Google Android phones
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## A growing number of handset makers are throwing their weight behind
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Google's Android operating system. Here, we pick 10 of the best phones running
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the platform.
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![T-Mobile G2][1]
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Image 1 of 10
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T-Mobile G2
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![LG InTouch Max GW620][2]
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Image 1 of 10
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LG InTouch Max GW620
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![Motorola Droid (US) Motorola Milestone (UK)][3]
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Motorola Milestone Photo: Motorola
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![Samsung Galaxy Portal ][4]
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Samsung Galaxy Portal
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![HTC Hero][5]
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HTC Hero
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![Sony Ericsson Xperia X10][6]
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
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Image 1 of 10
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HTC Legend
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![Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro][8]
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Image 1 of 10
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Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro
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![Google Nexus One][9]
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Image 1 of 10
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Google Nexus One
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![HTC Desire][10]
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HTC Desire
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By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor 3:50PM BST 27 Apr 2010
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[Comments][11]
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**10. T-Mobile G2 Touch **
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The G1 was the first of all the [**Google**][12] Android handsets, and with
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its slide-out keyboard and bricklike design, it was hard to see that the phone
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would ever challenge [**Apple**][13]. This second generation model is a lot
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better, having ditched the keyboard for a straightforward touch screen.
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There's a five megapixel camera and eight hours of talk time - but beware: as
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this is simply a rebadged HTC Hero, buying one on T-Mobile limits your
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options.
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**9. LG InTouch Max GW620 **
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The GW620 is very nearly a fantastic Android phone. But there are too many
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niggles for it to be perfect. On a petty note; what's the point of a camera
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timer if the phone's sides are curved so you can't stand the phone up on its
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own? Sony Ericcson is much better at camera phone design. And when it comes to
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interface design, HTC are much better. Again, it's got a five megapixel camera
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and eight hours of talktime. So there's not much to complain about, but
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consumers can do better than this for the money.
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**8. Motorola Milestone**
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When it was launched in America, as the Droid, the Milestone sold almost as
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many units in its first two and half months as the iPhone. It did not - quite
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- live up to the expectations, but this is an impressive phone. It's got a
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slide out keyboard, which for once feels genuinely useful without being
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clunky. And it has also got Motorola's navigation built-in. Add in the car
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holder, and this is a pretty compelling handset, and probably one of your best
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options if you want an inexpensive Android phone with a keyboard.
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[**Buy for £321.12 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][14]**][15]**![][16]**
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**7. Samsung Galaxy Portal **
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As a budget handset, the Galaxy Portal is impressive - a three-megapixel
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camera is a small fly in the ointment, but it produces adequate images. It
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offers all the usual video-recording, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities and
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claims up to about seven hours of talk time. The build quality simply isn't as
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high as some of HTC's premium products, but considering that it's available
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from free on some very inexpensive tariffs, the Galaxy Portal is impressive.
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## Related Articles
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* [Google Nexus One on sale in Vodafone shops from Friday][17]
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26 Apr 2010
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* [Profits jump at iPhone chipmaker Arm][18]
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27 Apr 2010
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* [HTC Desire vs iPhone in web speed test][19]
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23 Apr 2010
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**6. HTC Hero **
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The Hero was, when it was first launched, heralded as the first breakthrough
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handset for Android. Forgive this device the ridiculous chin that makes any
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man carrying it in a suit's breast pocket appear to be either packing a
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holster or wearing a truss. This is a slick handset with a decent interface.
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It's only unfortunate because it has not yet been upgraded to the version of
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Android that will allow it to run satnav-style navigation in Google Maps.
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**[Buy for £289.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][14]][20]![][21]**
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**5. Xperia X10 **
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Sony Ericsson's flagship Android handset is a fine phone - with an eight
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megapixel camera and a 10 hours battery life, the Sony Ericsson interface adds
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a level of depth to the Google experience that rivals HTC's Sense skin.
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**[Buy for £329.00 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][14]][22]![][23]**
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**4. HTC Legend **
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Perhaps the most stylish Android handset on the market at the moment, the HTC
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Legend is made from a single piece of aluminium. Similar in shape to the HTC
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Hero, it uses the same kind of manufacturing process used by Apple to make its
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unibody Mac computers. The Legend has a 3.2in AMOLED screen, which produces
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pin-sharp images and bright, crisp colours, and combines a touch-screen
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interface with an optical trackpad for easier menu navigation.
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**[Buy for £349.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][14]][24]![][25]**
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**3. Xperia X10 Mini Pro **
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The startling thing about the X10 Mini Pro is simply how mini it is - this is
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a phone that is almost too small to be a convincing handset. But with a slide
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out keyboard, it's usable even for those with fairly podgy fingers. There's a
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five-megapixel camera, a built-in radio - and room for plenty more space in
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even the smallest handbag.
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**[Buy for £199.99 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][14]][26]![][27]**
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**2. Nexus One **
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The first phone designed by Google (in association with HTC) was, on its
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release, a superb handset - its only weakness is that it has now been
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overtaken by others. It is, however, still a satisfying thing to hold, well-
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weighted and very small. It's also one of a few phones that is, in conjunction
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with, for instance the Amazon MP3 Store, an acceptable replacement for an
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iPhone. It's got a perfectly adequate five megapixel camera, Bluetooth and Wi-
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Fi of course, and it's fast enough to run a decent number of apps or Google's
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navigation at a usable speed.
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**[Buy for £498 from _Amazon.co.uk_![][14]][28]![][29]**
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**1. HTC Desire **
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The HTC Desire is the best Google phone yet made, and one of the first
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handsets that is not only better on paper than an iPhone but also as good to
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use. A range of widgets that fix on the devices various homescreens make
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multitasking really easy, and Google's mapping software is superb because of
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the phone's impressive hardware, too. The only downside is that the battery
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life has yet to catch up with the processor's capacity to run software.
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