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the biggest thing in Android right now is Android 4.1 also known as jelly bean ice cream sandwich is so 2012 right now it's all about the bean unthaw mobile and in this week's top 5 I'm counting down seen its top 5 Android smartphones ranked by C net senior editor Jessica dole court the either ship with jelly bean installed will offer a 4.1 update starting off the list is the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX HD it's a very popular phone with the road warriors because that long lasting battery life they also get a beautiful 4.7 inch AMOLED screen a dual-core processor and a recent update brings this tough guy up to Android 4.1 making it one mean bean machine at number four the samsung galaxy note 2 now if the RAZR MAXX HD is in max enough for you how about a smartphone with a 5.5 inch screen the note 2 is one of the first smartphones to ship with jellybean and it's on every major US carrier personally I feel like a child when I pick this thing up but if anyone questions your masculinity on this one you can always impress them with the size of your stylus but for the Android fans who want nothing less than the purest jellybean experience there's number three the LG Nexus 4 latest in Google's Nexus branded phones runs Android 4.2.1 making it the most cutting-edge phone in terms of software version and because it receives its updates straight from the Google mothership you'll be able to ride that cutting-edge for quite a while the number 2 phone on this list needs little introduction it's the Samsung Galaxy s3 CNET's highest-rated Android phone of 2012 and the product most frequently mentioned by Tim Cook as the angrily shakes his fist into the air it's an extremely popular phone it's available on every major US carrier and the recent infusion of Android 4.1 just keeps that momentum going that said if you want the best most powerful jellybean experience out there our number one pick goes to the HTC Droid DNA on Verizon quad-core Snapdragon processor on this guy is currently the fastest available on any smartphone we've ever tested add that up with Verizon's 4G a beautiful 8 megapixel camera good battery life and the fact that it runs Android 4.1 out of the box and you've got the best of the beans right here so there you go five killer smartphones running Android jellybean that you can go out and buy right now for a deeper dive on any one of these head over to phones at cnn.com you can also see more top fives like this over on top five dot cnn.com I'm Tommy Bell thanks for watching