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The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Mbamally(m): 8:21pm On Oct 21, 2014
1) iPhone 6
From £539

What’s made the iPhone so successful is its
combination of user-friendly simplicity with
sufficiently advanced functions and a beautiful,
pleasing design. The iPhone 6 picks up where the
5s left off with a new larger 4.7-inch display,
greatly improved battery life and slimmer body
than ever before. It may not be the highest
specced-model on the market, but frankly, none
of the others come close to a winning
combination of looks and functionality.
With the iPhone 6, no one feature stands out, but
the combination shows Apple once again doing
what it does best: reinventing and repackaging
existing ideas into a new, improved iPhone that
hits rivals out of the park.
Dimensions 138.1 x 67 x 6.9mm Screen 4.7”
Weight 129g Storage 16GB/64GB/128GB
Processor A8 64 bit Camera Front-facing:1.2MP
Rear-facing: 8MP
2) LG G3
From £479

Style is the new battleground for Android phones
– it’s increasingly hard to tell the difference
between the core functions available on Samsung,
HTC and other major brands. For that reason
alone, LG’s G3 deserves high praise: it’s as well
built as the latest HTC One and more discretely
stylish than the Samsung S5. It’s got a superb
camera, and sits beautifully in the hand.
While it’s not perfect, it’s close and the niggles are
minor, making it one of the very best on the
market right now.
Dimensions 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm Screen 5.5”
Weight 149g Storage MicroSD, up to 128 GB,
internal memory 16 GB, 2 GB RAM/ 32 GB, 3 GB
RAM Processor Qualcomm MSM8975AC
Snapdragon 801 Camera Front-facing:2.1MP Rear-
facing:13.1MP
3) Samsung Galaxy S5
From £579.00

The Galaxy S5’s excellent 16MP camera is its main
feature - with high dynamic range resulting in
consistently brilliant pictures, and a blink-and-
you’ll-miss-it autofocus. Samsung has also worked
on improving the phone’s durability and usability
from its S4 predecessor, with improved resistance
to dust and water.
Its ridged silver edge and Elastoplast-style
perforated back won’t be to everyone’s tastes,
and the market for its use with other products
including the Gear smartwatch and Gear Fit
fitness band remains relatively small, but
Samsung deserves credit for trying to create a
whole new technology platform in an area where
few rivals are striving as hard.
Dimensions 142.0 x 72.5 x 8.1mm Screen 5.1”
Weight 145g Storage 2GB, Internal Memory:
16/32GB, microSD slot up to 128GB Processor
Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Camera
Front-facing: 2MP Rear-facing: 16MP
4) HTC One (M8)
From £535

HTC’s flagship is widely held to be the best-
designed Android phone on the market - its all-
metal construction has a class that other
manufacturers have consistently struggled to
provide. The camera, unfortunately is a let-down,
despite its much-vaunted claims to use
‘ultrapixels’ rather than plain old megapixels. But
the HTC Sense interface is both clean(ish) and
useful where it is conspicuous: think a great
weather widget and really useful ways to share
photos and the ‘Zoes’, where films and pictures
are combined into one clever image.
There are neat accessories, too, with a case that
shows you the time through its aerated front,
rather than simply hiding the whole screen.
Dimensions 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm Screen 5”
Weight 160g Storage 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM,
microSD, up to 128 GB Processor Quad-core 2.3
GHz Snapdragon 801 Camera Front-facing: 5MP
Rear-facing 4MP
5) iPhone 6 Plus
From £619

If there’s a consistent complaint about the
iPhone, it’s battery life. If there’s a consistent
trend in mobile phones as a whole, it’s to ever
bigger screens. With the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple
addresses both those issues, and demonstrates
that it may have taken its time but it can certainly
play with the big boys. On the whole, the 6 Plus is
the same as the iPhone 6 - scaled up, it adds
various ways of making the most of its larger
screen and slightly improves the camera. But the
overriding question is simple: is it too big? In my
view, no. The reasons to buy an Android phone
have never been fewer.
Dimensions 158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1mm Screen 5.5”
Weight 172g Storage 16GB/64GB/128GB
Processor A8 chip with 64-bit architecture
Camera Front-facing:1.2MP Rear-facing: 8MP
6) Nexus 5
From £295

The Nexus range of phones are Google’s own
devices, made with HTC, LG, Samsung and others,
aiming to push the boundaries of what Android
can achieve while also unifying hardware and
software. And with the new Nexus 5 phone,
Google is for the first time addressing both
problems: it’s a premium handset, but one that’s
accompanied by a new version of the Android
software that could offer top performance even
on slower mobiles. he underlying impression is
that with the Nexus 5 Google is producing yet
another smartphone that proves a point: its
software can not only power premium devices
sold for a decent price, but it can also lead the
way with innovative ideas that will come to
fruition in the future and probably in devices
made by others. At this price, that sort of
innovation is easy to get excited about.
Dimensions 69.17 x 137.84 x 8.59mm Screen
4.95” Weight 130g Storage 16GB / 32GB, no
microSD slot, 2GB RAM Processor 2.3Ghz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (quad-core) Camera
Front-facing: 1.3MP Rear-facing: 8MP
7) Sony Xperia Z3
From £549

Waterproof and dustproof, Sony’s latest Xperia
mobile is a triumph of discrete design. But its real
triumph is in taking the best bits of the Sony
empire and packing them into one single handset:
so there’s the ‘Triluminos’ display that provides a
superb screen, there’s high resolution audio and
there’s superb 4K video via a 20.7MP camera.
Design-wise, nylon corners make this expensive
handset less likely to break if you drop it.
Unfortunately, the camera is prone to
overheating, and the operating system is
occasionally a little buggy. Both of these are likely
to be fixed, but they’re imperfections in a device
that looks like it should be better.
Dimensions 146 x 72 x 7.3 mm Screen 5.2”
Weight 152g Storage microSD up to 128GB,
16/32GB, 3GB RAM Processor Qualcomm
MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Camera Front-
facing: 2.2 MP Rear-facing: 20.7 MP
cool Samsung Galaxy Alpha
From £549.99

The slick, metal Galaxy Alpha. It’s not quite a
flagship, say the South Koreans, but it is a beauty.
Even if you’re not fetishistically attached to metal
– HTC fans – it’s hard not to wonder what took
Samsung so long. With a 4.7-inch screen, the
Alpha is a more manageable size than the 5.5-inch
monsters such as the S5 and Note 4 – this is a
phone that is super slim (6.7mm), very light (115g)
and generally manageable with one hand. A fast
processor keeps it coping with everything you’re
likely to throw at it. That small package
necessitates a smaller battery but that doesn’t
compromise performance – I found the battery
lasted a day. There’s a decent camera, too. If
there’s a hint of the iPhone about the design, this
still feels like a distinctive Samsung product.
Dimensions 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm Screen 4.7”
Weight 115g Storage RAM : 2GB Internal
Memory : 16/32GB Processor Octa Core (Quad
1.8GHz + Quad 1.3GHz) or Quad Core 2.5GHz
Camera Front-facing: 2.1MP Rear-facing: 12MP
9) Moto G
From £135

The Moto G is a solidly built plastic phone with a
4.5” screen, running the latest version of Android
to be in any sort of widespread circulation. So far,
so unexciting if you’re in the market for a Galaxy
S4 or an HTC One. But the Moto G is £135:
compared to its rivals at that price, it’s in another
league. It would be easy to say the Moto G is not a
device to excite geeks: that would be wrong. This
is a phone that shows the potential for
technology to get better and cheaper. And it’s also
the phone to recommend to everyone on a
budget, or to anyone who wants to enter the
smartphone world for the first time.
Dimensions 129.9 x 65.9 x 11.6 mm Screen 4.5”
Weight 143g Storage 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Processor Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
Camera Front-facing: 1.3MP Rear-facing: 5MP
10) Lumia 930
From £404

The Lumia 930’s camera is almost frighteningly
good - at 20MP it eclipses almost every other rival.
Its generous OLED screen gives colour a crisp
edge and shades a deep contrast, and its metal
frame and polycarbonate back lends it a
reassuring heft. It’s let down slightly by the clunky
and somewhat slow Windows interface and
limited number of apps, but there’s no doubt it’s
an excellent phone, and the most impressive
Windows handset to date.
Dimensions 137 x 71 x 9.8 mm Screen 5” Weight 167g Storage 32 GB, 2 GB RAM Processor Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Camera
Front-facing:1.2MP Rear-facing: 20MP
And the best of the rest...
• Note 4

Samsung’s implemented its new design language
for the Note 4, and that means this is a beautiful
phone that is made of metal and glass rather than
the plastic that many had become used to from
the South Korean giant. There are improvements
to the S-Pen stylus, and if a big screen is what you
want this is the phablet to go for.
• Z3 compact

Many people still claim they want a small phone -
think people pining for their iPhone 4. Most of
those don’t know what they’re missing and when
they find out are in fact loathe to go back. But if
you really do want a small phone that makes no
compromises the Z3 Compact is almost
everything its larger sibling is in a smaller package.
• OnePlus One

The OnePlus One is an oddity: this is an Android
phone that runs ‘Cyanogen Mod’, a launcher
usually installed by geeks and tinkerers who find
Android isn’t flexible enough for their endless
desire to change settings. That’s the appeal of this large, square device, but it’s also a very affordable top-of-the-line handset. If you can get your hands on the limited stock...
• Moto X

Recently updated the new Moto X is a superb
device that provides a pure Google experience
with just the merest hint of Motorola’s additional
software. That means plenty of voice interaction
and use of gestures too, but the combination of
great design and reasonable price make it an
intriguing prospect.
• iPhone 5s

Apple’s previous iPhone remains an excellent
device that copes perfectly well with the latest
software. It may be missing Apple Pay and
improvements to the camera, but the former is
currently US only and the latter is an incremental
improvement. If you want a smaller iPhone than
the 6, this is the best on the market and now a
bargain too.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/9912237/Best-smartphones-the-ten-best-mobiles.html
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by briantext(m): 8:29pm On Oct 21, 2014
Iphone 6 can't be no.1 compare the specs.
And where is your source?

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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Osyxcel(m): 8:41pm On Oct 21, 2014
For me

LG G3

Nexus 5

HTC One M8

Xperia z3

Samsung S5
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by coolebux(m): 8:44pm On Oct 21, 2014
When deliberating on the best phones

You consider a phone that is rampant and common among phone users.

And that phone is Nokia torch. The best so farfar grin grin

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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by LEERICIST(m): 8:49pm On Oct 21, 2014
Among the list, the best is HTC One M8

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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by TeamSimple(m): 8:49pm On Oct 21, 2014
So what? Doesn't stop mtn frm misbehaving
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Nobody: 8:51pm On Oct 21, 2014
I've used 4 out of those phones

I must tell you they don't really make much sense compared to Tecno p5
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Natanielbatt: 8:53pm On Oct 21, 2014
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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by yungryce: 8:54pm On Oct 21, 2014
where's xiaomi

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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Damlesky(m): 2:13am On Oct 22, 2014
Rubbish list.... How is iPhone 6 better than Z3, G3 or M8

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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Justice629(m): 7:06am On Oct 22, 2014
Mbamally:

10) Lumia 930
From £404

The Lumia 930’s camera is almost frighteningly
good - at 20MP it eclipses almost every other rival.
Its generous OLED screen gives colour a crisp
edge and shades a deep contrast, and its metal
frame and polycarbonate back lends it a
reassuring heft. It’s let down slightly by the clunky
and somewhat slow Windows interface and
limited number of apps, but there’s no doubt it’s
an excellent phone, and the most impressive
Windows handset to date.
Dimensions 137 x 71 x 9.8 mm Screen 5” Weight 167g Storage 32 GB, 2 GB RAM Processor Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 Camera
Front-facing:1.2MP Rear-facing: 20MP
Windows phones isn't slow but actually is the fastest OS and most stable in the market
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by AbdulAdam56(m): 7:47am On Oct 22, 2014
Wow
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by hatux: 8:20am On Oct 22, 2014
cool
Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by martineverest(m): 12:15pm On Oct 22, 2014
Ur list is suffering from naivety....u ignored lumia 1520 and htc m8 windows...these re super fast and best gaming fones....ur list is similar to 'most popular fones'.

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Re: The 10 Best Mobile Phones In The World by Acidosis(m): 4:48pm On Oct 22, 2014
HTC One M8 has been on my mind sad sad

G3 is cool but I don't like the design.

Xperia Z3 is cool (especially the dustproof and waterproof features).


I think your pricing pattern is wrong. Iphone 6 cost N140,000+ in Nigeria; while HTC One M8 is N89,000.

May God help us in this nation, the real value of iphone 6 32GB is less than N90K
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