best phones out right now?

[Walter]

If you are looking for something like the Note 2, I would look at the Note 3. It has the most impressive specs out there out of anyphone. The American variant has a 2.3 ghz quad core Snapdragon 800 with 3gigs of ram. First and currently ONLY phone to have that much ram. If you enjoyed your Note 2, I would stick to the family as the Note 3 is a very substantial upgrade to it.

Another notable contender is the LG G2. Same processor as the Note 3 and 2 gigs of ram. Beautiful phone in general. It is a bit smaller at 5.2 inches instead of 5.7.

If you are looking for something smaller, check out the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One. I own the One and I love it.

However, if you want my opinion, if you have been satisfied with the Note 2 and enjoy Samsung's ecosystem, just grab the Note 3. Like I said it is a very sizable update.

Hope this helped.