Top 5 Smartphones You Can Buy for Holidays

Back at the start of the year after Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S5, I suggested that smartphone fans might be in for another boring year in 2014. In some ways, 2014 was boring; we really didn’t see anything that introduced truly novel or revolutionary new features added to smartphones this year. But phones still progressed in 2014, growing faster, sleeker and more powerful than they have ever been before, and there were some terrific phones that launched this year.
Top 5 Smartphones You Can Buy for Holidays
A general view of atmosphere at the Moto X Film Experience at Palihouse on Nov. 13, 2014 in West Hollywood, Calif. Angela Weiss/Getty Images for Motorola Mobility
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Back at the start of the year after Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S5, I suggested that smartphone fans might be in for another boring year in 2014. In some ways, 2014 was boring; we really didn’t see anything that introduced truly novel or revolutionary new features added to smartphones this year.

But phones still progressed in 2014, growing faster, sleeker and more powerful than they have ever been before, and there were some terrific phones that launched this year.

As we move into the holiday shopping season, here are the five best high-end smartphones you can buy.

Motorola Droid Turbo

Verizon Motorola DROID Turbo. (Courtesy of Motorola)
Verizon Motorola DROID Turbo. Courtesy of Motorola