Among the welter of typical (albeit well-specced) sliders and clamshells, there’s a clear trend towards proper ‘smartphones’ but it’s still difficult to see anything truly outstanding from any of the Big Three wireless companies.

On the tech front, DoCoMo’s models that offer “Wi-Fi access-point capability” (i.e. they can become hotspots) are most interesting, but there’s still a LOT of material to wade through to get to the core of the new wave of handsets.

Knock yourself out:

Via DoCoMo, Softbank, KDDI