An Android phone to suit every budget

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In the months and years since Android arrived in the world, the OS has gone on to appear in pretty much every market segment imaginable, including entry-level up to and including super-powered smartphones. Let's take a look at the greatest Android mobiles currently available in each sector.

Sony Ericsson X10 Mini

Let us begin by looking at a handset for people who need to have a smartphone, but don't want a oversized smartphone or an expensive phone: the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini. As you can guess from the name, the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini is a shrunken iteration of the original X10. They have taken all the good stuff from the X10, and squeezed those bits into a brand new body which makes the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini, especially since it is a smartphone, incredibly small. And so, for users who want to get a smartphone which is 'weeny' enough to squeeze into the most restricted handbags, the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini is the perfect choice.

HTC Wildfire

Android is trying to take over the mid-range, too, and it can now be found the exquisite HTC Wildfire. This phone comes with all the good bits which made its larger sibling (the HTC Desire) good, but puts all that good stuff in a smaller, less expensive body, which remains both sleek and beautiful. Needless to say, having been put in the new mid-range frame means that the HTC Wildfire hasn't got the 1GHz chipset of the Desire, but its own chip performs admirably. It also has the Sense UI, installed on top of Android in the HTC Wildfire, yet again similar to its larger brother. Based on those facts, if you need something which isn't far off the Desire when it comes to specs, but that won't cost as much, then the HTC Wildfire is absolutely perfect.

Samsung Galaxy S

So, there is the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini with its tiny frame, and then there's the HTC Wildfire, the mid-range sibling to the HTC Desire. And finally you've got the the powerhouse, the Samsung Galaxy S, which has the largest screen on this list. Measuring a whopping 4 inches, it is quite frankly gargantuan, and the WVGA, 800x480 resolution makes it so very easy to use the touch elements onscreen. On top of the underlying OS, the front end that you interact with built around Samsung's TouchWiz UI. It is beautifully simple to use, and while it is definitely not as powerful as HTC's Sense UI, it (in addition to the lightning fast 1GHz Hummingbird CPU) is the biggest reason why the Samsung Galaxy S is such a pleasure to use. However, it isn't all about raw processing power, a phone has got to have captivating features and the Samsung Galaxy S also has a bevy of cool functionalities, from the 5 megapixel camera, and GPS, to incredibly fast HSDPA web access (and Google's awesome WebKit browser), and this is why a lot people see it as one of the coolest phones ever made.

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