The 9 Most Powerful Smartphones Available Now

Buying a smartphone these days can be a nerve-wracking experience. You buy the best handset you can afford and then two weeks later an even more powerful model hits shelves. Sucks. However, there are a couple of phones on the market that are so powerful, they're able to hold their own for a good period of time. These are models that sport the fastest processors, best screens, have the most RAM, and most internal storage. All-in-all, they're the most powerful smartphones. If you think you need one of the most powerful handsets on the market, we got you covered. Keep reading to see the 9 Most Powerful Smartphones money can buy. 

HTC Sensation

CPU: 1.2 GHz dual-core processor 

RAM: 768GB

Display: 4.3-inch qHD, 960x540 resolution

Memory: 1GB

Camera: 8 megapixel, 1080p video recording 

The Sensation is, to pun it up, is sensational. When it hit T-Mobile over the summer, it was one of the best smartphones on the market, with industry leading specs and a screen that put its closet rival, the Samsung Galaxy S II, to shame. The only downside? The battery life. Like most extremely powerful handsets, if you didn't closely tend to your usage, you will find yourself with a paper weight. 

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

CPU: 1.2GHz T.I OMAP 4460 Dual-Core processor 

RAM: 1 GB

Display: 4.65-inch high-definition sAMOLED display, 1280x720 resolution 

Memory: 16GB–32GB

Camera: 5 megapixel, 1080p video recording 

Aight, so it's not officially available yet, but to leave this phone off the list would be blasphemy. The next official Google phone sports a number of next-gen features that even the iPhone can't touch. Like? Well, you can use your face to unlock the device. Its camera can take one-button panoramic photos. Its screen boasts a resolution of 720p! It has a dual-core processor and the all-new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It's the ultimate Android phone. 

Motorola Droid Bionic 

CPU: 1GHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, ULP GeForce GPU Tegra 2 AP20H chipset

RAM: 1 GB

Display: 4.3-inch, 960x540 resolution, 

Memory: 16GB

Camera: 8 megapixel, 1080p video recording 

When it was released last month, the Droid Bionic took the crown as the fastest, most powerful Droid model to ever hit Verizon. That's no small feat. Verizon consistently works to stock its shelves with the most advanced hardware it can find. The Bionic was right in line with that mantra. With lightening fast LTE 4G speeds and an array of accessories, it's currently the phone to get if you're a Verizon customer craving pure speed.

Apple iPhone 4S 

CPU: Apple A5 dual-core processor 

RAM: 512MB

Display: 3.5-inch Retina Display, 960x640 resolution, 

Memory: 16GB–64GB

Camera: 8 megapixel, 1080p video recording 

Though people lamented the fact that Apple didn't completely overhaul the iPhone platform, the new iPhone 4S more than holds its own with the competition. Sporting the same processory found in the iPad 2, it effortlessly renders graphics, and enables the personal assistant Siri to magically come to life. The other standout is the updated 8MP camera which is leaps and bounds better than the one in the previous model.