Apple iPhone 4S (16GB - white, AT&T)

Pros: -Fast
-Fluid
-Functional (able to do things other people can't)
-Wide Range of the Best Available Apps/accessories
-Retina Display
-Simple one touch home screen physical button
-Siri
-Easy and pleasant
-8 Megapixel Camera
-iMessage
-iPod

Cons: - This NEEDS a case unless you plan on being extremely meticulous all the time with the original glass

Summary: Why buy any other phone? This phone has the features you could possibly ask for and then some. The fluidity of how everything in the phone moves makes it very pleasing to the eye, not to mention built in Retina Display. I have been using this phone for nearly a year and I haven't found one serious flaw besides the fact that it needs a case. Which isn't a big deal! Customizing your own case adds personal style anyways.

Some say the screen is not big enough. I've held other phones with a bigger screen such as the Galaxy S II and even though the large screen is somewhat nicer, it's actually not. Why? Because the size of the iPhone ergonomically fits perfectly into your hand without having to stretch it all the way around. Besides this is a PHONE not a TABLET.

Another issue for people was battery life. This is at the fault of the own user. I've had this phone for a year and I've had no unreasonable problems with the battery. If you are having fast battery drainage problems you either: have your brightness all the way up, have all your apps open and need to close them frequently (by holding the home button and Xing out the apps) , or you are constantly on it. Of course if you are constantly on your phone, brightness all the way up, going app to app that your battery WILL drain. And by simply turning the brightness a little down, closing apps more oftentimes, and aren't constantly being on the phone, the battery should should last the whole day and then some perfectly fine!

This is definitely the king of smartphones of this generation.