Top 10 Best upcoming Smartphones in 2011

ZTE Skate

China-based ZTE unveiled its latest phone Skate based on the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
Successor to ZTE Blade, Skate sports a large 4.3-inch touchscreen display. Powered by 800MHz processor, the phone supports 3G HSDPA networks, 5 megapixel camera, built-in GPS and Wi-Fi.
ZTE expects the Skate to be available globally beginning May 2011.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

Sony Ericsson unveiled its long-awaited PlayStation smartphone, Xperia Play.
Running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Xperia Play sports a 4-inch multi-touchscreen and a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.
The phone’s slide out game pad reveals a digital D pad, two analogue touch pads, two shoulder buttons and four PlayStation icons: circle, cross, square and triangle.
Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, Xperia Play has Adreno GPU for high quality 3D mobile gaming and Web browsing with.  The phone comes with 400MB internal memory and 8GB microSD card.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo & Xperia Pro

Apart from the PlayStation smartphone, Sony Ericsson also unveiled two more handsets, Xperia Neo & Xperia Pro.
Both the handsets are almost identical in looks with the only difference that Neo has a virtual keyboard while Pro comes with a physical keyboard. Sporting 3.7-inch touchscreen, both the phones have 3.5mm headset jack, a microSD card slot and micro-USB ports.
Powered by 1Ghz Snapdragon processor, Neo & Pro will come with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 320MB of internal memory, messaging and e-mail, FM radio, personal organizer, Sony Ericsson’s Timescape interface, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, music player, 8 megapixel camera and a front-facing 2 megapixel camera.

LG Optimus 3D

At the MWC, LG Electronics Inc unveiled a phone with a 3D screen and a 3D camera called Optimus 3D.
The phone claims to sport world’s first 4.3-inch stereoscopic LCD screen on which 3D content can be viewed without special eyeglasses.
Powered by Texas Instruments’ dual-core OMAP4 processor, the phone packs 512MB of dual-channel memory. The phone includes a pair of 5 megapixel cameras for taking 3D photos and videos.
The Optimus 3D runs Google Inc’s Android operating system.

ZTE Amigo

ZTE also unveiled its sideways slider Amigo at the MWC 2011. Featuring a 3.5-inch display, Amigo will run on Android 2.2 Froyo. The phone packs a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and QWERTY keyboard.
The phone offers support for Wi-Fi connectivity, GPS navigation, integrated FM radio and built-in compass.

Huawei Ideos X3

Huawei unveiled its first phone running on the Google’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, IDEOS X3.
Sporting a 3.2-inch HVGA (320×480) touchscreen, the phone comes with 3.2 megapixel camera, micro USB port and Wi-Fi. The phone’s memory can be expanded upto 16GB.
Huawei IDEOS X3 also comes with applications that allow users to manage information and sync their various social networks.

Samsung Galaxy S II

Samsung unveiled its much-awaited Galaxy S II smartphone at the MWC 2011. Powered by the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system, Galaxy S II comes with 1 GHz dual core processor.
The phone has a 8 megapixel camera with full HD (1080p) video recording. It also comes with a new Live Panel service that aggregates live web and application contents to a single customizable home-screen.
Galaxy S II features a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display with 800×480 pixels resolution.
The phone also has a 3D user interface, HSPA+ connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0+HS, Android Market, Social Hub Premium, Readers Hub, Game Hub, Music Hub, Kies Air and NFC (Near Field Communication) technology.

HP Pre3

Featuring a 3.58-inch multitouch screen with 480×800 resolution WVGA display, HP Pre 3 comes with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
Running on Qualcomm MSM 8×55 (1.4 GHz) processor, the phone packs a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, HD (up to 720p) video recording and front VGA camera.
On memory front, the smartphone offers 512MB RAM and 8GB or 16GB storage. The phone’s connectivity features include Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n 5GHz), Bluetooth with A2DP stereo and a GPS.

HTC ChaCha & Salsa

Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC launched its rumoured Facebook phones called ChaCha & Salsa.
Featuring a dedicated Facebook key, HTC ChaCha comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.6-inch touchscreen display with 480×320 pixel resolution. The smartphone will run on Android 2.4, has 5 megapixel camera and a front-facing VGA cameras for video calling.
HTC Salsa is the company’s second ‘Facebook phone’. With a dedicated Facebook button, Salsa features a full touchscreen with a 3.4-inch display. The phone has a 5 megapixel camera as well as a front-facing camera for video calling.

HTC Incredible S, Wildfire S, Desire S

HTC also launched updates to three popular phones: HTC Incredible S, HTC Desire S and HTC Wildfire S. Featuring a large 4-inch LCD screen, HTC Incredible S packs an 8 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash and HD video recording. There is also a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera for video calling.
The successor to popular Wildfire, HTC Wildfire S features a 3.2-inch touchscreen with HVGA resolution. The smartphone packs a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash and runs on Android 2.4 Gingerbread. The phone has Qualcomm MSM 7227 600MHz chip, 512MB of RAM, and capacitative TFT display with 320 x 480 resolution.
HTC Desire S sports a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen display and will come with Google Android 2.4. The phone packs a 5 megapixel camera with power LED flash and auto focus. There is also a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. Powered by 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, the smartphone has 768MB RAM, 1.1GB internal storage and memory expansion slot.