HTC has announced a new affordable Android phone.  Called the HTC Desire C, it features modest specs and a decent-sounding roster of features.
Unlike most of HTC’s budget efforts which gets a compact size with displays under 3 inches, this one actually get a respectable amount of screen real estate.  The press release says it uses [...]

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RIM has announced a new addition to their budget Curve line, which looks a lot like a slightly altered version of the 9220 they’re selling in Asia.  Called the Blackberry Curve 9320, the handset pairs low-end hardware with the classic front panel QWERTY factor.
Phone dimensions are 4.29 x 2.36 x 0.5 inches, with a weight [...]

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The Nokia Lumia 900 may have imprinted itself as the “quality Windows Phone handset for budget users,” but Samsung won’t take it lying down.  In fact, they might give the Finnish handset a solid run for its money with the Samsung Focus 2, a new affordably-priced Windows Phone device joining the roster of AT&T.
Available in [...]

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I hate phones with long names.  And, as much as I like HTC’s design aesthetic on this handset, I feel the same way about its moniker: the HTC Incredible 4G LTE.
Announced by Verizon, the latest successor to the Incredible line doesn’t carry as much punch as its predecessors did when they first hit the scene, [...]

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T-Mobile has announced a new smartphone aimed at first-time smartphone users.  Called the T-Mobile Prism, it’s an affordable handset aimed at the budget crowd.
Made by Huawei, the phone is, as you’d expect, barebones basic.  It’s got simple hardware with simple features housed inside a shell with a very simple design.
Details of the T-Mobile Prism include [...]

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T-Mobile has announced a new 4G smartphone, billing it as the thinnest one they’ve had to date.  Called the HTC One S, it’s the middle-of-the-pack device in HTC’s new One trio of devices.
Measuring just 0.3 inches along the sides, this is one slim handset, which beautifully complements the sleek aluminum unibody and light 4.22-ounce weight.   [...]

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Still like your smartphone with accompanying dubious green credentials?  Look no further than the LG Optimus Elite, the heir apparent to 2010′s similarly eco-aware LG Optimus S.
Remember when eco-friendly phones were ridiculously ugly?  Well, this one isn’t the prettiest either, but the design is decent.  At the least, it looks like a modern phone.  Plus, [...]

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HTC has announced a trio of new smartphones for the Chinese market.  All three comes as part of the affordable Desire series and are billed as: HTC VT, HTC VC and HTC V.
All three handsets come with Android’s latest flavor, Ice Cream Sandwich, at the helm, along with Sense UI 4 on top.  And yes, [...]

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Sprint has announced the newest high-end player in its smartphone line-up.  Called the HTC Evo 4G LTE, the latest addition to the Evo line will be the first US handset to feature HD voice, which boasts a “fuller, more natural-sounding and less -fatiguing voice quality.”
Clad in an aluminum spaceframe, it measures 0.35 inches in thickness [...]

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Nokia has announced two smartphones running Windows Phone for the Chinese market.  The handsets consist of the Nokia Lumia 800C and the Nokia Lumia 610C.
The Nokia Lumia 800C is based the previously-released Lumia 800, while the Nokia Lumia 610C is  based off the Lumia 610.  Both are generally the same as the original releases, with [...]

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