Thinking Of A New Smartphone This New Year? Take A Look At Some Of 2013's Best Devices From A Nigerian Perspective

For those who are as tech savvy as yours truly and are thinking of getting a new device this season, this article may come in very handy in helping you make a decision. The articles gives a concise insight of the best smart phones for 2013 from different perspectives. Read below:

The year 2013 had a lot of great smartphones, in fact off the top of my head, I can’t think of any other year in the history of smartphones that had this many awesome devices coming out almost on a monthly basis. As a result, we’ve decided to look back at the great devices that came through last year.
How best to do that than to do a mini online awards post for the best smartphones that came out this year from a Nigerian perspective (obviously) and this is what our list looks like after deliberating and going back and forth. See the list after the cut:

Here are the best smartphones from 2013:

Best Hardware:

HTC One. Runners up iPhone 5s, Moto X and BlackBerry Z30

Best Display:

LG G2/Nexus 5. Runner up HTC One

Best Sound:

BlackBerry Z30. Runner up HTC One

Best Budget Device:

Moto G. Runners up Lumia 520, Tecno Phantom A+

Best Value for Money:

BlackBerry Z10. Runners up: Moto G, Nexus 5

Best Android Smartphone:

HTC One. Runners up: Moto X, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Samsung Galaxy S4.

Best iOs:

iPhone 5s (duh!)

Best BlackBerry:

BlackBerry Z30 runner up, BlackBerry Q10

Best Windows Phone:

Nokia Lumia 1020. Runner up: Nokia Lumia 925

Best Concept:

YotaPhone, Runner Up: Asus Padphone

Best Phablet:

Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Runner Up: Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Best Battery Life:

BlackBerry Z30. Runner Up Lumia 1020

Best Smartphone Camera:

Nokia Lumia 1020. Runners Up: iPhone 5s and Samsung Galaxy S4

Best New features:

Samsung Galaxy S4. Runner up: Moto X and iPhone 5s

Best software update:

iOs 7. Runner up: BlackBerry 10.2

Best Smartphone chipset

: iPhone 5s (A7 + m7 combo). Runner up: Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (Nexus 5, LG G2, etc).

Best Hardware design options:

Moto X

Best new Hardware Feature:

Sony Xperia Z (Water proof). Runners up: Samsung Galaxy S4 (IR blaster) and HTC One (IR blaster)

For people who are very particular about phone camera, the chart below by a popula tech site may also come in handy:

Overall in 2013, The HTC one was adjudged the best smart phone in the world. It beat Blackberry Z30, Samsung Galaxy S4,iphone 5s, Google nexus, and sony experia phones.

I hope this article was helpful. Happy smartphone shopping!