The King of Smartphones: Your Comments!
Last Monday, we ran a piece on the King of Smartphones, in order to find the best handset on the market. We ran our own reviews, and we also asked you guys for comments, opinions and to vote in our poll.
We asked you to tell us all about your favourite smartphone, and what you think tops the list, and the results have been amazing. Over 230 of you have joined in the debate, and we’re still working our way through all the comments.
One thing is immediately apparent, however, and that’s how passionate you all are about your own individual handsets. Whether it’s an Apple handset, an Android device, Blackberry, Palm or Nokia, each one of you has stood up and fought for the smartphone you think is best.
Aaron Hodgkins kicks off the debate, pointing out that his “favourite mobile operating system is Android… It’s the most flexible”. Almost immediately, there’s a response from a Nokia fan, with Richie stating: “Where’s the Nokia N8? Unless I am mistaken Jon was using one so why not include it? We all know the iPhone will win anyway so this test is pointless – The Gadget show is just one long commercial for Apple.” Although perhaps some of the Gadget Show guys actually just like Apple?
Well we’re definitely not the only ones to feel fondly towards the excellent iPhone 4, with Piflnjc14 going on to say “I have been iPhone user for last couple of years. I started with an 3G then upgraded to iPhone 4 last year. I will never go back, (the) iPhone is king”.
Reader Jen Louise states: “I have a Blackberry Torch, I think that it is much better than the other ones! It is quick and easy to use if you know what you are doing!” Thanks Jen – it looks like you have a fellow Blackberry fan in reader Victoria, who points out: “I agree with Otis! I love my blackberry, it is easy to use and personally for me the keyboard is great because I think touch phones are hard to use.”
Tipping the balance in favour of Android, Reece says: “In my opinion, Android will definitely be the most popular smartphone OS by the end of this year. It’ll have more users than iOS, however this doesn’t mean it is running on the best smartphone. Having said that, I personally feel that the best smart phone is yet to be released. The Motorola Atrix, from a geek’s perspective, is to drool over.”
Wondering where the Samsung Galaxy S is, Liam Ward states: “Samsung Galaxy S – i like it over other smart phones – and quite simply is the greatest phone that has ever existed.” This was backed up by Angel_eyes214: “I don’t understand why the Samsung Galaxy S wasn’t amongst those tested. Would not swap it for the world…is so easy to use…even my husband who was anti-touch screen loves it.”
The Samsung is definitely a popular smartphone, with Lauren Moore14 claiming: “My phone wasn’t on the show, but i think it deserves the top spot! The Samsung Galaxy S is a great phone and has great features. Texting is quick and easy with swype, great camera, really light, great functions, it’s fantastic!”
Asking after the Nokia N8, Joe lee14 questions: “Guys where was the Nokia N8, it has the best camera of all the smartphones, also it is sooooooo easy to use and it has tons and tons of apps.” Ying-Hui asks the same: “Why was the top of the line Nokia N8 not tested? That has a 12 MP camera.”
Markster3314 states: “Well the iPhone 4 is very capable phone, and yes there are other good smart phones out there. but the Apple is the cream of the crop. The rest are just imitations. Like the iPad all clones. Good but not perfect.”
Jackosback14 is another Apple fan: “What is a Blackberry anyway?.. A type of fruit, I’m thinking ;) Sorry peeps, it’s gotta be the iPhone4 all the way, the best looking smartphone by miles, nothing else even comes close.” Although it’s easy to agree with the sentiment, the jibe at Blackberry being a fruit (coming from an Apple fan) did make us chuckle.
Drakous14 stands up for the iPhone 4: “The iphone 4 is 100% the top smart phone at the minute.” This is also backed up by Hugh15: “For those complaining of pro-Apple bias, I think it is just that Apple products are supremely well designed, with an streamlined integration between hardware and software, that just work. Long-time viewers of the Gadget Show will remember the anti-Apple bias that used to be the norm when it was just Macs and PCs.”
It’s easy to spend all day reading the debate – head over to our King of Smartphones piece to find out more. Either way, we’d still like to hear from you, so be sure to leave a comment below and tell us more about your fave handset.
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Sean Marsh23 March 2011
As much as i think that the king of the smartphones review was rigged towards Apple products, i just know that this time next year people will be like Apple???Iphone???best smartphone???Phahaha and i shall tell you why. Have you seen the CRAZY lineup android have got coming this year alone? you have the LG Optimus 2x the first dual core mobile phone, the Motorola Atrix another dual core device with peripherals to excite any tech geek and for me LG are doing it again with there first this first that, The First Mobile Phone to encorporate a Dual Core processor with dual channels and dual memory and Dual Cameras for recording 3 Dimensional videos in 720p definition and then view them on its very own 3D glasses free 4.3 inch screen or hook it up to any 3D television via its own hdmi cable and this is being released at the end of April 2011, If you think Apple with there once a year devices will come up with something to outspec this then i guess theres still another 8 months of this year to add to this crazy spec sheet we are already getting. ANDROID IS THE FUTURE
Report as inappropriateJ.Frost23 March 2011
Ok, well, let me first start by saying that, i respect everybody's likes and dislikes, and their opinion. My opinion and technical knowledge gives me this point of view towards the subject: King Of Smartphones, this title should not be given to any smartphone at all, because this title is individually titled by a cellphone user him/herself by continues use of either the same phone or models from the same manufacturer or brand, sony, motorola, nokia and htc etc etc. With all due respect towards apple fans and users: Apple for me, is a company who is indirectly telling me, or forcing me, to think what is best, and what is not, for my "Money". Yes it has allot of applications, yes almost 90% of companies in the us and outside the us are more likely to use it to develop apps for its company rather than other os's, but, in the end, i want a company that gives me the specs i want for the money i am willing to spend rather than just what he(steve jobs) thinks is necessary. Instead of buying an Iphone just for apps, why not a motorola axtrix, or a sony ericsson neo or xperia arc, or nokia n8, or htc's desire hd, smartphone that offer you freedom of choice in Everything. If iphone indeed is so amazing, why is it then that the first chance an iphone user has, he or she cracks it with the cydia ? J.Frost, Sony Ericsson and Motorola Fan, Android and WP7 user.
Report as inappropriateJoanne Hodges23 March 2011
I love the Gadget show, but agree that it's totally biased towards Apple - in the final part of this test the iPhone failed spectacularly sending John the wrong way down one way streets and into locked back entrances - the only reason it won was because you gave Polly the slowest transport ever, leaving the 'win' to be judged by battery life alone... had Polly had the same transport as John she'd have arrived before the battery went AND before John to take the throne! We also did not see if both phones were fully charged at the beginning or how much they were used in-between off camera (lets face it, Polly tweets regularly and John almost never, so if the phone were being used as normal, the Android would have taken more of a hammering than the iPhone!) :) Personally I think iPhone is outdated in every way and the choice of new Android devices available and also coming soon is amazing - the whole iPhone system is too closed and there is a lack of choice for people who might prefer a physical keyboard or better camera etc, there is one model - take it or leave it, where Android has countless options to suit every taste... Personally, top of my want list is the Samsung Galaxy S2 due out in May - I look forward to seeing a Gadget Show review on that one... though I expect you'll still find a loophole to say that the iPhone beats it somehow!
Report as inappropriateSteve23 March 2011
I think the review that was conductive was unfair. The Samsung Nexus S won the fastest to startup and receive the information from the Internet it then was voted best for photos the Iphone 4 won best video and got John to the destination first if the Nexus had not ran out of battery who knows if it would have got Polly to the destination but they declared the Iphone 4 the winner now from my estimation it was 2 - 2 so how was it decided that the Iphone won. Surely it's a draw and the destination should be rerun with a Nexus with a full battery.
Report as inappropriatealexxx24 March 2011
I have an LG Optimus one and i think it is the best. I don't like the iphone because it looks like a square,the samsung galaxy tab is big as a book and the htcs are arabian,so i bought an Optimus one.It looks pretty well and it is android.
Report as inappropriateBen25 March 2011
The problem with this review is it negnected to test the main function of the smartPHONE, how well does it function as a phone. I have an iPhone and in low signal areas it just stops working however if I take the sim out and put it in my wifes LG or my old Blackberry I can make calls no problem. If a smartphone isnt a phone suely it should be excluded
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Nick G29 March 2011
The Nokia N8 is by far the best camera on a phone. As this was a category I cannot help wonder why you excluded it. It's also the first Symbian 3 on market. Quite surprising that you didn't even include it in the running list or discuss Apples restrictive commercial positioning which many industry experts say is destroying innovation and competition, such as the monetarisation of tethering, which was free on everything but is now disabled in advance by exclusivity agreements between operators and Apple. And what happened to Video calling? So Apple will have to adapt or go. The risk is that phone operators are already conditioning the market to accept charges for that which was free.
Report as inappropriateKevin31 March 2011
Watched the Gadget Show mainly because I felt I was getting an early 'heads up' on new gadgets and technologies. After watching this blatantly fixed review I have to doubt the accuracy of anything said on the programme. Makes watching the thing pointless if I can't trust what you say. ByeBye.
Report as inappropriatebmc07 April 2011
I think The Gadget Show has to answer the vast majority of angry viewers' questions on this issue of fairness of the (so-called) smart phone challanges.In addition it is becoming quite apparant that there seems to be a biased towards Apple products. I'm not here knocking Apple or their nice tech, but I think the show's producers will have to really try to answer/apologise to their viewers about this worrying state of the show's biased this season. I think the people leaving the angry and dismayed comments should maybe take the next step and complain and ask to investigate the bias on the show either with Channel 5 or The Broadcasting Standards/Complaints Commision. To answer the initial question I have owned Apple, Nokia, & Android phones and for me (at the mo') it's the Galaxy S.... no competition.
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oro rolex 12 June 2011
I like it very much!
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MaryDeaville14 August 2012
I thought my Blackberry Tourch was the best, and I also like the keyboard on it. But I am being swayed with the samgung Galaxy S3 or the Note 2 ( if it comes with UMA technology) . My mobile phone is my Personal Assistant. The Galaxy S3 if amazing, it has a lovely big screen which will compensate for no keyboard and my friends are all raving at how quick it is and easy to use. My contract runs out in November so I shall be waiting to see what the Note 2 brings before I make my decision on upgrage. How do people feel these phones compare to the iphone 4S, Sony Experia S and the Nokia Lumia 800?
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