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2014 Global Mobile Awards winners: HTC One, Nokia Lumia 520, iPad Air and others

posted by Florin T. / Feb 25, 2014, 10:41 AM

2014 Global Mobile Awards winners: HTC One, Nokia Lumia 520, iPad Air and others

The GSMA announced the winners of the 19th Annual Global Mobile awards, held in Barcelona at MWC 2014 (which, as you should know, is organized by the GSMA).

The Best Smartphone award was won by the HTC One, which competed against Apple’s iPhone 5S, the LG G2, Nokia’s Lumia 1020, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Here’s the judges’ motivation for giving the award to HTC’s 2013 flagship handset:

"The HTC One remained one of the most advanced smartphones throughout 2013. Its great design and excellent user interface continue to provide a differentiated user experience, standing out from the competition."

As we said back in January, it’s too bad that all the awards that the HTC One received didn’t bring higher sales numbers.

HTC One images:

HTC One

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Nokia’s Windows-based Lumia 520 received the Best Low Cost Smartphone award. It competed against four other affordable handsets (sub-$150 wholesale price), all running Android: Lenovo A390T, Samsung Galaxy Young, Sony Xperia E, and Xiaomi Hongmi.

Nokia Lumia 520 images:

Nokia Lumia 520

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As for the Best Mobile Tablet award, this was snagged by Apple’s iPad Air. The iPad Air won against the Apple iPad Mini 2, Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, Google Nexus 7, and Sony Xperia Tablet Z.

Apple iPad Air images:

Apple iPad Air

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LG received the Most Innovative Device Manufacturer of the Year award. The full list of 2014 Global Mobile Awards winners is available at the source link below.

source: GSMA

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52 Comments

1. outlawog

Posts: 47; Member since: Nov 27, 2013

Nothing new there with the HTC One ;)

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:44 AM 9

6. PunyPoop

Posts: 752; Member since: Jan 18, 2013

Nice HTC! One of my favorites :)

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:57 AM 10

10. outlawog

Its a lovely phone i must say!

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:59 AM 7

13. PunyPoop

and hands down to iPad Air! I really love apple products.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:02 AM 1

19. networkdood

Posts: 6330; Member since: Mar 31, 2010

And, I am sure that the cult appreciates your love...

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:11 AM 3

40. LGisgood

Posts: 833; Member since: Jun 23, 2012

and the Most Innovative Device Manufacturer of the Year is LG

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 12:56 PM 0

50. KRONeage

Posts: 144; Member since: Apr 17, 2011

That's what I say! .....oh gee they used Aircraft grade aluminum and Samsung uses their own Award Winning Cheil Industries's "Infino Brand" Polycarbonate. Now being used in nearly every Luxury Car Maker's automobiles as well as Space Age products in Aeronautics, including new Boeing and Airbus aircraft, Medical Products, Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and now Galaxy S5. Along with the durable, scratch resistant, impact resistant, environmentally safe produced REMOVABLE.... Top on the Bugatti Veyron Convertible! Which isn't exactly cheap either either. Not to mention it's flame resistant as well for high heat use and a WHOLE LOT MORE COMFORTABLE TO HOLD...... than any metal or aluminum in extreme cold, sun or heat!!! ;-P

posted on Feb 28, 2014, 12:04 AM 0

2. LGisgood

LG G2 should win ! but its okay G2 won in many reviews. HTC NEEDS THAT AWARDS TO GAIN MORE COSTUMERS...

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:46 AM 1

3. buba05

Posts: 9; Member since: Dec 28, 2011

Good job for HTC, they really deserved it! I'm hoping that this year HTC's new flagship will get more recognized especially when the new Galaxy S5 isn't as good phone as we were expecting.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:54 AM 7

4. smallworld

Posts: 517; Member since: Jul 13, 2012

Is this a joke ?

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:54 AM 2

8. imyourpapi

Posts: 70; Member since: Jan 04, 2014

Nope it's reality

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:57 AM 8

11. PapaSmurf

Posts: 10457; Member since: May 14, 2012

There's always next year.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:00 AM 1

38. amats69

Posts: 1527; Member since: Nov 12, 2012

Aw...are you bitter? Lol

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 12:20 PM 2

49. KRONeage

This was a judgement on smartphones released at or after last year's MW Award Winners. Has nothing to do with HTC's next phone, this year's Galaxy S5, or any other phone set to be released! Get over the fact he's right! .....and you're not!!! Maybe like Samsung and Seahawks's Richard Sherman..... he's just better at Life than YOU! ;-P ......and HTC (no sales) as well as Apple (less than half the sales)!!! ^_^

posted on Feb 27, 2014, 11:53 PM 0

5. PapaSmurf

Nothing from Sony. Apple and HTC deserve design awards and best tablets.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:54 AM 3

9. PunyPoop

and Samsung.. Smurf Smurf :D

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:58 AM 1

14. PapaSmurf

Comment #12. Don't see Sony up there either.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:02 AM 0

15. PunyPoop

and so what? iPad is there, HTC, and even LG! Almost all of my favorites are there. Edit: even NOKIA! WOW!

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:04 AM 3

23. PapaSmurf

Apple is up there, and that's fine with me.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:15 AM 0

46. Astoni

Posts: 649; Member since: Sep 28, 2013

Should create Phablet category award to next year, since all seems to jump on that train.

posted on Feb 26, 2014, 8:09 AM 0

7. Diego!

Posts: 867; Member since: Jun 15, 2009

Samsung didn't win anything? Oh gee...

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 10:57 AM 2

12. PapaSmurf

iPad Air edged the Note 2014. Note 3 does go head to head with the One overall.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:01 AM 2

16. imyourpapi

Damn the ipad air looks beautiful. Same for the ONE

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:06 AM 4

17. PunyPoop

Oh yeah, that's quality products! Not plastic, no gimmicks!

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:07 AM 1

21. networkdood

Quality products have nothing to do with metal or how it looks, but how it looks over the course of time....Methinks that Apple has brainwashed you...

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:14 AM 1

24. PapaSmurf

He's trolling. He's been doing this since yesterday.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:16 AM 1

26. PunyPoop

It's okay I know how it feels. I'm okay :D

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:19 AM 0

28. PunyPoop

I still have my Mac Pro, ipod touch 2nd generation, HTC Sensation, HTC Hero etc.. still working and in good condition.. NOW THAT'S QUALITY..

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:25 AM 2

32. PapaSmurf

HTC Sensation was complete garbage. Only thing that was good about it was design. iPod Touch 2G lagged like hell and could barely run games at the time. Macs on the other hand... Quality, quality, quality.

posted on Feb 25, 2014, 11:49 AM 2

36. PunyPoop

We're talking about networkdood's comment Smurf. And yes Macs = Quality, I have the Mac Pro way back 2009, before that I got iMac G5 (2004), is there a problem? Don't talk about garbage because you're talking about Sam..ng :D