Virtually all smartphone brands are offering promotional deals for mobile phone users for the holiday season. Of course, these so-called holiday season smartphone deals are intended to entice consumers to purchase new mobile phones, either as gifts, or for personal use.

The promotional deals include discounts, special prices and exclusive offers on limited edition smartphone models.

Depending on what you are looking for, there are several smartphone brands to choose from. The three main factors that you should consider are the price, or affordability, the functionality, or features, and the brand reputation.

The price of many of the high-end smartphones are likely to be lowered this holiday season. However, you should not sacrifice quality in favor of affordability even if you only to intend to buy the gadget as a gift.

Here are some of the best smartphone deals that you can find this holiday season:

The LG-made Google Nexus 5X - This smartphone is likely to be on top, or near the top, of the holiday season deals list. The mobile phone was recently offered at $80 discount on Black Friday, driving down the price to $299. This is not bad for a smartphone with 16 GB of internal memory.

Samsung Galaxy S6 - You can have this high-end smartphone at zero down payment with select plans, but for a limited time period only. You can also get a $200 value gift card from Amazon if you purchase it from the online retailer.

LG Optimus Exceed 2 - This is available for prepaid use at 88% off. This is ideal as gift for the very young and the elderly.

Nokia Lumia 635 8 GB Unlocked GSM 4G LTE Windows 8.1 Quad-Core Phone - This unlocked version can be purchased for as low as 60% off from some retailers. If you are fond of Windows OS, this is an excellent choice.