Request recommendations for a smartphone that has easy synchronisation with outlook - contacts, calender & notes.

Im in the market for a new phone since my HTC Touch HD is rather an ancient 6+years old. My main goal in a smartphone is being able to integrate with my microsoft outlook info - calender and notes inparticular. However frankly in reading reviews &
researching current smart phones, I get the impression I am not going improve my current experience on a 6 year old phone by upgrading! Im not convinced that its really going to be an upgrade afterall!!
I don't want to have all my info going via a cloud either. For this reason I thought a windows phone would be preferable.
Is there a smartphone system where I can synchronise with microsoft outlook (including notes) locally? (ie:not having to be online with my info going via a third party platform in the cloud?
How can something that works so well on a 2008 phone be so difficult to find in 2014?
What current models of phones (even from the last 1-2 years- I can buy second hand if needed) do you recommend?

First let you know that we are the technical support and not the mobile sellers, the following suggestion is only for your reference:)
"I don't want to have all my info going via a cloud either. For this reason I thought a windows phone would be preferable. "
- That's a good choice, but to be honest, the mail system for all of smartphone system, including WindowsPhone, Android, iOS, is similar in Consumer level. For user, we just purchase the good performance (depend on hardware) and pretty look device.
"Is there a smartphone system where I can synchronise with microsoft outlook (including notes) locally?"
It depends on your current using email account type and the protocal that mobile app supports. As far as I know, all smartphone system only supports ActiveSync and notes aren't supported by ActiveSync so far. Message, Calendar, Contacts and task is ok.
"How can something that works so well on a 2008 phone be so difficult to find in 2014?"
Simple word is faster and more function.
"What current models of phones (even from the last 1-2 years- I can buy second hand if needed) do you recommend?"
For this quesion, you can focus on the official website like Windows mobile, iPhone, etc... here I would prefer to Nokia Lumia series
http://www.nokia.com/us-en/phones/
Thanks.
Tony Chen
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