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HTC One named Mobile Choice magazine's 'Best Phone' for 2013

posted by Alan F. / Oct 12, 2013, 10:49 PM

HTC One named Mobile Choice magazine's 'Best Phone' for 2013

Mobile Choice is a magazine in the U.K. which has just released the winners for its 2013 consumer awards. 21,000 entries were received and for the third straight time, Samsung was named Manufacturer of the Year. Phone of the year went to the HTC One. The Taiwan based manufacturer's Android flagship also won Best Video Camera on a phone, and Best Design. The Nokia Lumia 620 was awarded the Best Value of the Year while the Most Innovative Device was the Samsung Galaxy S4. The Samsung GALAXY Note II was given a trophy for being the Best Multimedia phone.

Other winners included the Sony Xperia Z for having the Best Camera while the Sony Xperia Tablet Z was named Best Tablet. The Best Value for a Tablet went to the Asus Fonepad. The Samsung Galaxy S III won Phone of the Year last year while the third generation Apple iPad was the Tablet of the Year for 2012.

The HTC One was named Phone of the Year at the Mobile Choice Awards

source: MobileChoice via CoolSmartphone, WMPoweruser

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1. GeekMovement unregistered

Congrats to HTC, they needed at least some kind of good news.

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 10:52 PM 27

19. criticism

Posts: 46; Member since: Sep 12, 2013

This isn't a good new!! coz no one pay attention to these awards and nominations! The only important things is total sale!

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 11:53 PM 8

38. N-fanboy

Posts: 543; Member since: Jan 12, 2013

Wtf what about the Lumia 1020? the best cameraphone in history!!!

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 1:36 AM 4

42. Gaurav008

Posts: 328; Member since: Jul 20, 2012

I am guessing in all probability that they had placed a deadline day or something and the day probably was April 1st or something near. So, its only logical that L1020 isn't mentioned.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 2:57 AM 1

55. Tommy1960i

Posts: 144; Member since: Oct 11, 2013

Yes it is but HTC did good at build quality adding a premium feel to the phone.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 8:09 AM 2

69. MobileKicker

Posts: 212; Member since: Sep 19, 2013

Nobody buys lumia

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 12:17 PM 1

82. htc_prep

Posts: 303; Member since: Oct 09, 2009

I agree to a degree. I think the 1020 should have gotten best video and maybe innovative... Maybe.

posted on Oct 14, 2013, 5:00 PM 0

60. tedkord

Posts: 17181; Member since: Jun 17, 2009

So Samsung is number 1?

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 9:13 AM 0

72. Emathebartender

Posts: 2; Member since: Oct 13, 2013

No, then the focus is the best car in the world because the sales. HTC One The best phone even if sale only one phone

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 6:21 PM 0

77. true1984

Posts: 864; Member since: May 23, 2012

really? i thought it was customer satisfaction

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 11:08 PM 0

33. TwentyWendy

Posts: 65; Member since: Aug 12, 2013

Chinese product awarded? doubt doubt doubt

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 1:01 AM 1

45. zhiae unregistered

even T3 awarded het one as #1

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 4:52 AM 0

52. amiroo

Posts: 269; Member since: Sep 03, 2012

htc one best of the rest.. -screen is best with iphone 5 and get score 8.5 of 10. -sound and call quality easy go up for best choice. -sense 5 most beautiful and smooth touch and go up maybe after iphone 5. -design is unique..build quality is excellent. -night shot canera is very very great point and movie record then is best among the other. in overall htc one is king 2013.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 7:30 AM 7

63. Pedro0x

Posts: 271; Member since: Oct 19, 2012

Lagging sense 5, I have tried many several ONEs and they have all lagged, the smoothest android phone is right now nexus 4. Build quality of HTC ONE is absolutely extraordinary (in a good way :) Screen is worse than Iphones, just look at anandtech and you will find that iphone has a better calibrated screen. The camera is not that good, iphone 5s has way better camera in every way, maybe except lacking OIS. Big bezel, if you compare it to LG G2. HTC ONE is absolutely a great phone, but it certainly is not the best phone out there. And Xperia Z does not have the best camera, how is it possible that it won.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 9:55 AM 1

78. true1984

Posts: 864; Member since: May 23, 2012

this seems very untrue

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 11:10 PM 0

68. MobileKicker

Posts: 212; Member since: Sep 19, 2013

Xperia tablet z was awarded the best tablet" Lol The best tablet is apple® ipad™ 4¶

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 12:16 PM 1

2. Smokin

Posts: 120; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

WTF? Best Phone? The one with that ugly camera? Sony Xperia Z, best camera? Who is this Mobile Choice?

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 10:59 PM 16

4. werthedroids

Posts: 60; Member since: Sep 15, 2013

1st Nothing is wrong with the camera (though the Z1s is better) 2nd It's not best smartphone camera awards, it's overall smartphone, and the One is slightly better overall. It's less fragile, has a better screen, and you can get it with stock android. And those "BoomSound" speakers. they're cool.

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 11:05 PM 13

20. Smokin

Posts: 120; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

HTC One's camera is full of noise. Just check every photo from PA or GSMA. Z's cam is better than One's but it has that thing that i called Purple Dream.

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 11:54 PM 3

41. Topcat488

Posts: 1412; Member since: Sep 29, 2012

What you been "Smokin",,, the article says HTC won the best "video camera" award... Z's cam is better than One's but it has that thing that you called Purple Dream. Or is that "Purple Haze"? Hehe

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 2:56 AM 0

46. Smokin

Posts: 120; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

"Phone of the year went to the HTC One. The Taiwan based manufacturer's Android flagship also won Best Video Camera on a phone, and Best Design." Purple Dream is like that purple lines that usually form in sharp details.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 5:19 AM 0

5. phoner

Posts: 6; Member since: Mar 01, 2013

well i think you need to start from alphabet A,B,C and then we could tell you about those phones too and man go and experience the quality of phones only then you have the right to talk about such great quality phones .

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 11:12 PM 1

23. Smokin

Posts: 120; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

I HAVE. My coworkers have them and i borrow them all the time to compare them with my S4 and honestly they're good quality phones especially the design but about the hardware and software... Sony Xperia Z uses the same sensor as S4 but due to horrible algorythm, it takes poorer photos.

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 11:57 PM 1

28. VZWuser76

Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010

The HTC One's camera award was for best VIDEO camera, for taking VIDEOS. They said that the best camera (for photos) went to the Z1. The One also won for best design and overall, best phone.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 12:23 AM 4

39. Droid_X_Doug

Posts: 5993; Member since: Dec 22, 2010

Stereo speakers. One of the best set of microphones for calling and noise cancellation during a call. And, and, and. Other than the still camera, the One has a great mix of features. Which is why it got the award.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 1:53 AM 5

40. Smokin

Posts: 120; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

Features like that 2 odd button arrangement? BlinkFeed? Zonk?

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 2:49 AM 0

65. VZWuser76

Posts: 4974; Member since: Mar 04, 2010

All phones will have some things that people don't like, otherwise no one would buy anything else. BTW, did the HTC One kick your dog or something? It's like you're fueding with an inanimate object.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 10:21 AM 0

76. Smokin

Posts: 120; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

Honestly, i had HTC One. But that pimp pissed me off with bad battery life, overheating and keep crashin (i dont know why) and then i just dropped it from bed level into a CARPET and it just dent. So i give it to my cousin and never EVER want to see that phone again. It's in my nature to hate something that dissapoints me.

posted on Oct 13, 2013, 8:47 PM 0

80. Droid_X_Doug

Posts: 5993; Member since: Dec 22, 2010

"It's in my nature to hate something that dissapoints me." You must be quite the hater. Life is all about dealing with the disappointments.

posted on Oct 14, 2013, 12:32 AM 1

3. werthedroids

Posts: 60; Member since: Sep 15, 2013

Those editors know their stuff! Good for them. It's a great device, I would probably choose it myself. I'd take the Google Edition instead of the Sense version any day though.

posted on Oct 12, 2013, 11:00 PM 3

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