Readers’ Choice: You Pick the Best Smart Phone of 2010
Dec 10, 2010 09:00 AM EDT by 
We’ve reviewed more than 39 smart phones this year, and recently posted our Best Smart Phones of 2010. Now that we’ve made our choices, we want to know what yours would have been. We want you to crown one of these 8 honorable phones as the Readers’ Choice for 2010.
UPDATE: The people have spoken and the BlackBerry Torch has been named the winner! Tune in Monday, 12/20 to vote for the Readers’ Choice Tablet of 2010.
In the list you’ll find something for everyone, including three 4G capable phones such as the HTC Evo 4G, the Samsung Epic 4G, and the T-Mobile myTouch 4G. Of course, Apple’s ubiquitous device is here, as well as the previous big winner in this category, the Palm Pre Plus. But there is also an upstart Windows Phone 7 device here in the Samsung Focus. Voting ends at 12:00 p.m. Eastern on Friday December 17, so get your vote on!
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December 10th, 2010 at 9:43 am
My vote will go to the Nexus S, which isn’t here, but will be released in 2010 anyway. No. 2 will be the iPhone 4, followed by Nexus One, Droid 2, and the Desire HD (which is basically EVO for Indians).
December 10th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I put myTouch 4G…even though I think the G2 is a better smartphone…oh well though. (sidenote….is it just me or does the first comment sound………slight inappropriate?…not saying it IS…just the way it comes off)
December 10th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Nokia N900, which isn’t listed here.
December 10th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I love when people talk badly about a phone they have never even picked up. I have used extensively our owned the N1, Myt4g, myt3g, G1, G2, Vibrant, Epic, Captivate, Droid X, Evo4g, icrap3gs, icrap4, myt slide, palm pre, galaxy tab, and I can say without question that the myt4g is the best of this list. I have seen all these lists being released for best smartphone of 2010 and very few of them even list the phone in the top 5. You morons should actually test a phone and give an objective opinion. Until some dual core bad*ss comes out, I’m staying with my top phone of 2010, the Mytouch 4g.
December 10th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Nexus One, then Nexus S
December 10th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
IPhone 4, G2, Evo 4g, MyTouch 4G
December 10th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
The Nexus One is the best, and should be on this list, When we see the Nexus S come out, it will be at the top! next would be a jailbroken iPhone 4 and the others dont even come close to being on the list
December 10th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Stick to phones that are on the list dumb asses!
December 10th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
MYTOUCH 4G alllllll the way!!!
December 10th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
G2 should really be on the list but I guess hardware wise the my touch 4g is the same.
December 10th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
MYTOUCH 45 IS AWESOME! TRUST ME, I HAD FRIENDS TRY THE OTHER PHONES ON YOUR LIST AND THEY ARE ALL ANGLING FOR THE MYTOUCH 4G!
December 10th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Its really funny that everyone is telling everyone what they voted for in the comments …… uh, hey guys, we already know from the poll results. Kids these days!
………………………..Mytouch 4G
December 10th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
myTouch 4G FTW! I love my phone!
December 10th, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Love my MT4G in Black….
Fast thin yet has a solid feel to it. T-Mobiles 4G is really fast here in Los Angeles. Cant wait for next years 42 Mbps HSPA + rollout!
December 11th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
the MyTouch4g looks like a great phone, but how can anything running on T-Mobile be taken seriously?\
for me, it’s the Palm Pre+ until vzw has reasonably broad LTE coverage.
December 11th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
i have the my touch 4g and its actually pretty cool but im still missing my iphone4 sorry i think it comes down to preference…i just prefer the interface of iphone and the touch screen worked more smoothly…idk to each their own tho…(btw the reason i switched is because i moved and att not available in this small town booo! i hope verizon gets it and ill go back)
December 11th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Very misleading title. “YOU pick the best smartphone of 2010″ and then limit it to YOUR choices. Lame!
BTW, MY pick for best smartphone of 2010 is the HTC HD2.
December 12th, 2010 at 1:39 am
I love my Palm Pre Plus. Hanging at second place still, impressive.
December 12th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
funny I see a over a year old device called the pre plus still getting madd votes over all the big bricks. Still not convinced Webos is the best platform, maybe people should look at all the battles the plus won on here (umm all of them), and all the support and love for a older device. Android is oversaturating the market, and soon will implode as stated by Nokia, and anyone else who knows better. Android is non innovated, non elegant, boring, and inferior to a real linux OS (android is not linux complete, so it will be limited in its overall potental). The manufacturers like htc, samsung, and moto will soon understand the competiton is within themselves, and sooner or later the same devices that are made (droid x, evo, droid incrediable, nexus s, galaxy s etc ) I can name madd phones that are the same in specs, and size. Hp is going to be releasing 2 new phones every 2 months in 2011 with a tablet that will put blackberrys bite playbook to shame (thats before the patent lawsuit watch for that soon), then watch webos perform on a superior product.
HP/Palm webos for the record, the future in innovated products.
December 12th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
ummm really ?? your going to hide behind someone else’s name and serve a low blow ?! really ? lol . You have just told us all about who you are and we dont even want to know who you really are. its a shame you have to hide lol !!
December 12th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
webOS vs Android
The software makes the hardware usable. Palm Pre (minus, plus, and 2) wins because the software is amazing. iOS comes in as a close second and Android ranks right above Blackberry (but just barely). As far as hardware goes, nothing beats 960×680 screen. The iPhone 4 is an amazing phone. It’s beautiful, functional, and fast. How amazing would webOS be on the iPhone 4?
Fake names make you look stupid and your comment pointless.
December 13th, 2010 at 1:36 am
Oh great, the Pretard idiots are here to shit up another poll. don’t you people have anything better to do than to pretend your phone is relevant?
December 13th, 2010 at 5:25 am
I am ashamed to say this but I work for verizon and I went and bought the mytouch 4g and NOTHING beats this phone it is amazing.
And u guys voting for this other phones…
This is the best cell phone contest not the worst
December 13th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
No Nexus One, no vote. This poll sucks.
December 13th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
What the HECK!?!?!?!?!? No Samsung S phones? DUMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 13th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
the Epic 4G IS a Samsung Galaxy S phone….DUMBO
December 13th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Are real people voting for the Palm Pre Plus? I’m not sure Verizon sold more than 300 of them total. (Ok, exaggerating a little bit, but you get the idea.) How could that phone even be considered in the running?
December 13th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
You know people need to realize that T-Mobile has really good coverage in a lot of areas. Just because it’s not available in your area and you’re mad you can’t have a sweet MyTouch 4G doesn’t mean you gotta hate on Tmo. I love my phone (even more now that I rooted and overclocked to 1.7 GHz!) Seriously though MT4G is the best hands down.
December 13th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
I have tried them all. They only one that does everything without a hitch……can we say EVO
December 13th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
HTC EVO…period.
December 13th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
My choice is the HTC Incredible, which lives up to its name daily.
December 13th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
HTC HD2. no doubts about it…
December 13th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
you guys are very funny , because next month a new phone will come out and you will all jump over to that phone and start this all over again lol . You guys are all followers lol not leaders heh heh !
December 13th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
G2 is my pick! ………please put on the list
I know MT4G is the BEST one on the list and hardware wise better than G2, but stock Android and physical keyboard makes all the difference to me.
G2 is the ONLY phone compare to the rest on the list with stock Android and physical keyboard….basically a better version of Nexus one.
December 13th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Nexus one, the best…
December 13th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
HTC Desire !
December 13th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Bah! Another US-centric poll. Irrelevant to the rest of the world.
December 13th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Why only these stupidly large Android devices??! No HTC Desire/Incredible, no Nexus One and no Samsung Galaxy S (without hardware keyboard)…………….. I’d vote for any of those but now I think I’ll just skip voting :/ And I think many agrees with this. Which will make this an easy victory for the over-rated iPhone :s
December 13th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
I have an HTC EVO, and it is a very great phone, i see why it has such a high amount of votes.
December 14th, 2010 at 4:25 am
This poll is crap!! The best phone of 2010 by far is not on the list; the HTC Desire!!
December 14th, 2010 at 4:26 am
Not listed but HTC G2 the best plan and simple and it has same speed and mytouch 4g don’t need to be called 4g to be a 4g phone, anyways team andriod all the way that’s what matters at the end
December 14th, 2010 at 4:26 am
Sure the Nexus one is great, but Sense just makes Sense. which is why i prefer the HTC Desire, which is basically a Nexus One with Sense
December 14th, 2010 at 4:29 am
HTC legend…….
4 sure
December 14th, 2010 at 4:32 am
Even tho it’s not there, my vote would go to the HTC HD2, mainly because even tho it has WM6.5, it’s the only phone you can dual boot WM and Android (2.2) on this list (until they find a way to port Android and WMP7) that has the same high end hardware specs. I have used WM devices and phones since WM2000 came out and love it, I have NEVER had any problems with any of them (then I have gotten perfect “mutant” devices lol) but to me having WM6.5 and Android on a dual boot setup is the best of both worlds.
December 14th, 2010 at 4:32 am
I think it must be pretty embarrassing for Steve Jobs to find the iPhone ranked lower than even the Pre.
December 14th, 2010 at 4:36 am
HTC Desire.
U guys ignored the whole world outside the recession struck US.
December 14th, 2010 at 4:48 am
This list sucks big time!Wheres the HTC Legend? The name, look and the device wins because of its price!
December 14th, 2010 at 5:20 am
why Desire is not in the list !
Desire the best
December 14th, 2010 at 5:27 am
I have a HTC EVo…The best thing since slice bread…lol…Seriously, I love my phone and talked my sister into getting one..She too loves her phone…I just need to know more about the phone…
December 14th, 2010 at 5:31 am
am having htc hd2 and i hate htc company and hate windows mobile it is the worth at all…………. really the worth mobile ever worth service worth applications,,am very disappointed with this mobile
December 14th, 2010 at 5:50 am
I have a rooted EVO infected with a virus and it is the best phone I’ve had an oppertunity to use. I don’t think there is anything any of these other phones can do that my EVO cannot. I see there are over 2000 people who agree with me…next closest 560…do we really need to keep this discussion open any longer. htc. EVO FTW!!
December 14th, 2010 at 7:01 am
Evo 4g killing this poll
December 14th, 2010 at 7:18 am
I have HTC HD2 and I think this is my best phone I’ve got (Nokia E50 LG PRADA, E51, E75 itp) !!
So I vote HTC Evo:) HTC rules, but I don’t like Android – WM is the best (but this is my private opinion:) )
December 14th, 2010 at 7:19 am
why is Desire not put here?
December 14th, 2010 at 7:22 am
EVO Fones OR INDIANS?? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN??? i LOVE my HTC EVO 4G….IPhones for posers….
December 14th, 2010 at 7:49 am
The HTC Droid Incredible shoulda been on that list, it beat out all those other phones by a mile!
December 14th, 2010 at 9:21 am
HTC EVO is the best, got everything plus a kick stand. Very fast. I got 3500ma extended battery, cause I like using my phone all day.
December 14th, 2010 at 10:06 am
HTC DESIRE HD!! NO DOUBTS, NO LOSE, WINNER MONSTER PHONE.
December 14th, 2010 at 10:22 am
I am a big fan of HTC phones. Mine have just worked. I’ve never had the EVO in hand, but am willing to trust HTC. I use the HTC Surround Windows Phone and am amazed a how well thought out it is. My husband is loving his iPhone 4.
December 14th, 2010 at 10:40 am
This is FAR from the list of best for 2010. As mentioned above there are a few who don’t deserve to be on the list and the omissions are obvious, HTC Droid Incredible, HTC Desire/HD, Legend and as for Blackberry, those who like/use their Berries the Bold was/is an awesome phone. Maybe, you should try a best of for different locales or types. You also didn’t mention the Nokia N8 which is a killer device just needs some software tweeks, (like Android). Lackluster try imho.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Where is the G2? By far the best in my opinion. Seems to be suggested as such in other comments as well.
December 14th, 2010 at 11:55 am
I can’t believe the Incredible isn’t on here.
December 14th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Even though I own (and absolutely adore) a MT4G, I actually voted for the Evo. In this day & age, you have to admit that any phone that’s relevant so many months after its release is pretty darn special! I wish I could’ve voted twice to give the MT4G a most honorable mention, though!
December 14th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
HTC EVO 4G!!!!Once rooted, this phone is just a whole new world.
December 14th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Well I would vote, but no Nexus One so it’s a bit of a farce really
December 14th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
EVO all the way…..T-Mobile is spewing lies, They are NOT a 4G network……both them and AT&T supercharged their 3g recently,…..at least AT&T is honest enough to call it what it is……. right now the only real 4G out is Sprint and Verizon…..dont believe everything you hear, especially from a chick that looks like a mix between Catherine Zeta-Jones and Baraka from Mortal Kombat on a pink crotch rocket…..
December 14th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
I can’t believe that the Motorola Micro TAC isn’t on the list. That phone is the very definition of groundbreaking.
December 14th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
The best for is Iphon 4
December 15th, 2010 at 2:40 am
I vote that the Samsung and the Galaxy S get an honorable mention for the biggest consumer fraud of the year. Selling a beautiful phone with so many technical problems. Broken GPS and SD card reader problems.
Samsung you could have been a contender, now you are just scum!!!
Problem is this phone could have been the perfect phone. Lots of expandability, great screen, not locked down.
Beats the iPhone hands down.
December 15th, 2010 at 4:41 am
The Pre Plus is decent hardware – not killer but fairly good. WebOS is without parallel. It’s better than the UI of IOS and better at being free and multitasking than Android. As a package – even after a year and a lot of badmouthing – it’s the best out there.
CES 2011 will interesting.
December 15th, 2010 at 7:33 am
i have 9700bold and need to chang to torch if it arrive to egypt
December 15th, 2010 at 9:28 am
I vote the blackberry curve 8350
December 15th, 2010 at 9:37 am
I love the blackberry even if there are problems with speed and freezing. Blackberry is my my wife my partner. I have used Nokia and HTC but I fell in love with BB. 9700 is my phone.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:02 am
Definitivamente el blackberry es lo mejor en smart phone que hay… Es un mega equipo si no tienes un blackberry no tienes nada… Es otro mundo …
December 15th, 2010 at 10:19 am
Nokia N8 is the best.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Blackberry bold en torch
December 15th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Yo voto por mi blackberry stórm 2. Es una maravilla y claro la aplicación de BBmessenger. Es una pasada
December 15th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Blackberry es sin duda el mejor telefono inteligente que ay, le llega si acaso iphone, es increible la cantidad de aplicaciones existentes para estos equipos, desde las mas sencillas hasta las mas sofisticadas. Cada dia se le descubren algo nuevo a estos equipos sin importar si es el mas economico o el mas sofisticado.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Blackberry torch
December 15th, 2010 at 11:06 am
I like my blackberry storm!!!!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:20 am
Samsung Epic 4G is awsome… I was recently at the country awards in Vegas and used my phone for camera and video, the quality is excellent. The person next to me with the iPhone even commented how much better my picture was than.
December 15th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Anyone who would choose the iPhone 4 is just sad. Technology wise, it is so far behind.
December 15th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
Blackberry its the best
December 15th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
BB 9700 is the best ever
December 15th, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I have to vote for my 9650 Bold
December 15th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Sprint 4G EVO!!!!!
December 15th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Evo 4G best phone ever!!! EVO 4G specs: 3G/4G, dual camera, 8mp rear camera, HDMI Port, Mobile Hotspot capable, Over 100,000 android market apps, kick stand, upgradable battery, upgradable memory… need more reassons? El Evo 4G es el mejor telefono del año! EVO 4G Specs: 3G/4G, doble camara, frontal y trasera con 8mp, puerto HDMI, puede usarse como hotspot router, mas de 100,000 aplicaciones del mercado androide, kcik stand, bateria intercambiable y capacidad de crecimiento de memoria… Necesitas más razones???
December 15th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Sin duda el storm II 9520
December 15th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
HTC EVO!!!!!
December 15th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
Blackberry FTW!
December 15th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
The HTC Legend and Blackberry Bold 9700 should be included here.
December 15th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
I agree with Rex, my Blackberry 9700 is the best!!! WUuuuooOOooo!!
December 15th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
“U guys ignored the whole world outside the recession struck US.”
“Bah! Another US-centric poll. Irrelevant to the rest of the world.”
American company reporting on American poll for their best phone, is it that complicated. We know you like your HTC Desire’s over there, get over it.
December 16th, 2010 at 12:43 am
BB Torch 9800. The Best BlackBerry so far by a long way. Great screen, excellent OS, and superb functionality. This smartphone meets all my business & personal requirements with ease and style.
December 16th, 2010 at 8:31 am
Blackberry Torch is the best!!!!
December 16th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
TORCH ALL the WAY
December 16th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
i’m really likin the bb torch…it’s called a crackberry for a reason
December 16th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
El mejor telefono sin dudas, tenia un iphone y dudaba en cambiarlo por un blackberry, menos mal q me decidi hacerlo tengo mas aplicaciones y me encanta todas las versiones q tiene yo tengo el Curve estoy feliz no lo cambio por nada
December 16th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Blackberry Bold 9700. It has the apps and ease of use that make a smart phone smart!
December 16th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Motorola droid is the best n smart…..
December 17th, 2010 at 12:09 am
Bberry …. DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED, GOOD PERFORMANCE, DESIGN, PERFORMANCE …. A GOOD INVESTMENT ….
December 17th, 2010 at 12:21 am
blackberry 9700 black is the best…
December 17th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Blackberry is still in business?
December 17th, 2010 at 1:12 am
I just got a BB Torch, it’s the best phone i’ve ever owned.
December 17th, 2010 at 7:28 am
BlackBerry rocks! It goes without saying that BlackBerry would come out on top.
December 17th, 2010 at 7:31 am
Torch of course! and the Bold before that.
December 17th, 2010 at 10:42 am
BlackBerry is the best i vote for my BBtorch and my curve8310 is the best never lets me down
December 17th, 2010 at 11:49 am
RIM has it’s employees voting for them. LAME! Let the public vote … not your employees. We all know the iPhone4 is the dominant phone. C’mon.
December 17th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
RIM doesn’t need employees to vote. Blackberry still has a lot more users than iphone, so it’s not actually surprising. Aside from people who obviously have an axe to grind with RIM perhaps because they are shorting RIM’s stock or holding Apple’s stock, the majority of the market of real customers buy from RIM and other companies other than Apple.
December 17th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Blackberry torch no doubt abt it
December 17th, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Of course 100% is voted for Blackberry Torch. I love that better than iphone 4
December 18th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Hahahaha iPhone 4 sucks. No wonder it barely got any votes! Besides, the iPhone is not even a “phone.” It can’t even make reliable phone calls. BlackBerry Torch is definitely the best smartphone!
December 19th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Palm Pre is garbage
December 19th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Blackberry Torch the best smartphone ever…..
December 31st, 2010 at 8:32 am
Blackberry Bold 9700 superve & Torch2 just the best.