PhoneArena Awards 2012: Best Product Design

51. chaoticrazor posted on 06 Dec 2012, 14:55 0 0

but its still dominated by the screen, the light up logo is a nice extra and i agree atleast one sony phone should be up there as there designs are great.

but your point was designs are getting boring and i was just pointing out as the screen dominated the phone you wont see anything drastic

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52. Insignificant posted on 06 Dec 2012, 15:01 0 0

It wasn't my point, lol.
But we will see form, functionality and class...And because, as you say, phones are just slabs with screens nowadays, the definition of drastic isn't as drastic as before, so the Xperia NXT series may qualify.

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65. chaoticrazor posted on 06 Dec 2012, 15:37 1 0

the xperia nxt is a superbly designed phone no doubt. and yeah it does to a point pull away from the standard definition of a touch screen phone.

like i said sony should be up there, but those included also stray from the as you put it ''iphone like shape'' apart from the obvious

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175. tasior posted on 07 Dec 2012, 07:29 0 0

xperia series managed to create very elegant looks. Now that You've mentioned it, I'm surprised it's not on top 3 list.

But I think it's not true that there is no other direction, than giant screen, and that's all. It's just the easiest way. All programs are optimized for this kind of phones, and producers stopped looking for innovation. Why not try do clamshell with two screens one for keyboard, one for program, why companies are withdrawing from qwerty keyboards and slide mechanisms. 3 years ago people would say that Samsung S3 is giant, and not comfortable to carry it around. Nowadays producers think that every top class phone must be enormous. I think, that tech world nowadays is so focused at most important stuff - to supply cell phone with functionality of computer - that it forgets about things like innovative looks, or usage for those who don't watch movies on their phones and want to carry them in their jeans pockets.

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56. Nick_T posted on 06 Dec 2012, 15:25 5 0

Why not? Its design is as awesome as skeletons + berserk on a 5-player map.

82. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 06 Dec 2012, 16:21 0 1

lol.....nice humor

129. androidlikeaboss posted on 06 Dec 2012, 20:44 0 0

One x/one x+ design is more awesome...

119. flexile posted on 06 Dec 2012, 19:36 0 0

Can't agree more with you, Xperia NXT series are seriously one of the most appealing designs on a phone I've seen recently. I would take out iPhone 5 and put the Xperia NXT series, for real.

179. REYNER posted on 07 Dec 2012, 11:29 0 0

i was expecting to see sony Xperia P for this title too bad it didnt make it i really dont know why useful translucent strip, metallic iron clad design, curves and ergonomics are good its just that i feel sorry to sony for they deserve a spot

57. yasir-921 posted on 06 Dec 2012, 15:25 0 4

These phones are not jaw opening!

98. KingKurogiii posted on 06 Dec 2012, 18:17 2 0

you've ever held either of them have you? xD

76. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 15:53 1 2

I hear you as the design is so over-exaggerated....

101. KingKurogiii posted on 06 Dec 2012, 18:23 1 1

you should look passed your bias against Apple and realize that the iPhone 5 is an extremely high quality product with lots of attention to detail. it's simply elegant and i love that they went with a matte aluminum uni-body this time around. i don't think i'd ever buy an Apple product but it's hard for me not to admire their quality designs and construction.

143. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 22:42 2 0

Nope, seen it...done it...been there - unfortunately, I see iProducts everyday as I live in the same household with them. They look good, but not as good as I read here - premium? elegant? My RAZR is just as good, design-wise.....IMO.

151. KingKurogiii posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:44 1 0

i'd say the OG Razr is nicer than the 4S and on par with the 5. i'd call any of these phones premium but i wouldn't call the Razr elegant as it has more of a masculine quality which i do really have more sensibility for. i appreciate the minor refinements done with the HD variants. Motorola devices still have the best build quality but Apple is just about right there with them and HTC will put out something every now and then like the One S that they can put up there with average work from Moto and Apple.

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128. John.V posted on 06 Dec 2012, 20:41 1 0

I own the nexus 7 and I love it, but I can't say it has a stunning design. As for the Note II, the biggest attraction is its size.

99. KingKurogiii posted on 06 Dec 2012, 18:19 0 0

not in any undeserving spots in lists of "best product design" awards.

105. redmd posted on 06 Dec 2012, 18:37 0 0

best all around product performer. though.

112. gwuhua1984 posted on 06 Dec 2012, 19:16 1 0

Performance and design are completely different.

144. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 22:43 0 0

Samsung comes out with great products year and year out - starting with the Captivate - that was a nice looking phone with an almost unbreakable screen and I loved the back and how the battery was held in there.

152. KingKurogiii posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:46 0 0

the Captivate was certainly an exception. it was a nice phone that AT&T was lucky to have. Samsung can surprise you sometimes but typically i put them near the bottom of the list when it comes to design and quality.

185. remixfa posted on 08 Dec 2012, 04:26 0 0

their quality is top notch. The only trip they've had was the SGS3's drop quality. Dont confuse plastic for quality.

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188. KingKurogiii posted on 08 Dec 2012, 05:21 0 0

plastic is not a good quality feeling material therefore a device like a Samsung device that is made out of so much plastic does not feel like a good quality device.

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146. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 22:44 0 0

Apple has to be on some list - well, check out Mad Magazine....

145. networkdood posted on 06 Dec 2012, 22:44 0 0

People are easily fooled - weak-minded people succumb to jedi mind tricks...I doubt Jabba would buy an iphone.

171. chaoticrazor posted on 07 Dec 2012, 07:18 0 0

im sorry but no the nexus 4 isnt a good looking phone, the optimus g is and could be on that list

186. remixfa posted on 08 Dec 2012, 04:27 0 0

it looks 10x better in real life than it does in a photo, trust me on that. Optimus G is just a basic square slate.

189. KingKurogiii posted on 08 Dec 2012, 05:22 0 0

design wise the Optimus G is just a square version of the N4... xD

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194. chaoticrazor posted on 08 Dec 2012, 11:28 0 0

ive seen it in real life and i agree it looks much better then in pics but still not a top quality design. its a bland device IMO

i know you think opposite, thats opinions for you.

the optimus G in real life though looks and feels great. you may say its a basic square slate but it does look better ( again opinion)

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157. MC1123 posted on 06 Dec 2012, 23:52 0 0

well, the fact is that samsung is good on internals but designing a real product of their own. they suck!!

thats why even i really thinks samsung copy's the design of the iPhone..coz people actually think that a galaxy phone (specially s2) looks like a different kind of iPhone...but still iPhone! they dont know that its samsung!

159. andyPA posted on 07 Dec 2012, 01:16 0 0

hahaha if people miss understand Galaxy phone with an iPhone, than it's their own fault for not looking carefully there is samsung brand not an apple icon. In my country Indonesia, there is so much iPhone replica which 100% looks same with an iPhone it even has apple logo.

I admitted iPhone 5 design looks good, even it's pretty much same with the previous generation (why would people mind about something that already good, i mean Nokia lumia 920, lumia 800 & N9 are alike but people does't mind). But the reason why people buy a galaxy phone it's not because it has same looks with an iPhone.

184. MC1123 posted on 08 Dec 2012, 03:25 0 0

actually what mean by that is that people that will have a glace with it....

just like when people saw a N9..people might think its a lumia! but atleast they are the same, same body!

but samsung's galaxy phone really looks like an iPhone..

i prefer the design of the wave phone...

sad truth is that samsung's galaxy phone's design isnt quite appealing than its wave or other phones design

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