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Go ahead: Embrace your indecision. All the data in the world may not give you much confidence when it comes to choosing a phone. CAN INNOVATION EVER be a bad thing? My knee-jerk reaction is to say no: As editorial director of PCWorld, I know that innovation, particularly as it plays out in the technology marketplace, yields greater product choice for consumers. And choice is good. Except maybe when it isn’t. Take smartphones, for instance. Picking a new one has become so confusing that many prospective buyers are simply waiting on the sidelines. Here’s the problem. First, before you can even think about which smartphone you want, you need to decide on the carrier, generally AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon. This choice is critical, since a smartphone is only as good as the…
