By now just about every major hardware manufacturer has already released or is about to release its flagship smartphone in time for the holiday shopping season.

November is especially huge as we'll see the debut of devices like Nokia's Lumia 920 and HTC's 8x that run Microsoft's new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8.

Keep reading to see the best smartphones you'll be able to buy this month.

Note: Although we're listing some soon-to-be-released phones here, we're not ranking them until we have final release dates and pricing.