Here are the 10 most popular phones in our database for 2012

02 January, 2013
Which of the 2012 phones got the most attention? We compiled a list of the top 10 phones of the year.

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  • Dave_hester
  • 3a8
  • 03 Jan 2013

Yuuuuup! No lumias indeed. Ha. Shows you everything doesnt it. Dead horse. Long live nokia, the nokia is dead! Hahahahaha. So nokia fan boys, blackberry is more likely to survivethan you as theyre awesome.... discuss xxx

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    • AnonD-96184
    • 2SF
    • 03 Jan 2013

    hi gsmarena' PLS recomend me the best smartphone, budget 14-17 k,music quality and intensive browsing are the priorities,pls reply

      AnonD-78683, 03 Jan 2013No one cares for Nokia and their Lumia line. Pureview was ... moreYou sure of 38mp of Bad Quality???????? Last time i checked, it got Dpreview's Gold award.. to think that Dpreview is a Camera enthusiast site.. Be sure of what you trash here if you don't even have the truth to back it up.. :)

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        • Wish
        • uta
        • 03 Jan 2013

        Just because Nokia 808 has Symbian OS it deserve rejection without considering the fact that the OS did justice with this phone and no other OS has capability to incorporate this phones hardware capabilities ?
        Not a wise comment from GSM Arena.

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          • AnonD-4709
          • t7E
          • 03 Jan 2013

          OMG !!! what's the big deal when you're using iphone, blackberry , S3 or Note,android etc in ????? helllllooooo soooo superficial. I'll try lumia 810 this feb

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            • AnonD-79988
            • iFX
            • 03 Jan 2013

            Anonymous, 03 Jan 2013Android is so boring. No Xbox Live games, no Xbox Achieveme... moreXbox? LOL.

            My phone is Playstation Certified. So is my tablet and PS Vita. Anything I buy from PSM becomes available on all of them.

            And Android lags? Do you still live in 2010?

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              • Mrplop
              • S3K
              • 03 Jan 2013

              Anonymous, 03 Jan 2013Your a big liar!it seems u dnt really own lumia.,no multita... moreHow can you call anyone a liar.I also have tried a lumia and it was the worst phone I've ever owned.Boring to look at and boring to use and poor customisation so I sold mine and bought a lag free fully customistaionable gs3 and I'm very please.Should at everyone and calling them a liar proves your just another windows troll employee trying to push the brand on poor unsuspecting consumers.I work in retail selling phones and people who buy them always return them after 2 days unhappy with there poor features.
              Love the comments by the way yuuup.Indeed the cow does go moo.childish looking operating software that's doomed.

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                • Johnny
                • T6r
                • 03 Jan 2013

                You forgot Micromax a110

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                  • Anonymous
                  • P@1
                  • 03 Jan 2013

                  Yuuup, 03 Jan 2013Would never use a windows phone again.After 2 weeks was una... moreYour a big liar!it seems u dnt really own lumia.,no multitasking?lol! Lag?thats for android only,the laggy os

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                    • AndroidIsBest
                    • mSm
                    • 03 Jan 2013

                    Yuuup, 03 Jan 2013Would never use a windows phone again.After 2 weeks was una... moreHahaha +1

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                      • 3ag
                      • 03 Jan 2013

                      Would never use a windows phone again.After 2 weeks was unabale to use it due to how laggy it was and no multitasking.What so called smartphone dosent multi task?My lumia820. Got returned but worst of all the screen quality is dreadful and the horrible tiles that look like a kids learning toy."the cow goes moo"the sheep goes baa"totally dreadful

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                        • Anonymous
                        • PGX
                        • 03 Jan 2013

                        Used iphone 5. Very good mobile..should be above s3..

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                          • Anonymous
                          • sSG
                          • 03 Jan 2013

                          This is for only 2012 that is why No Lumia in the list. I am sure 2013 Lumia will be in this list

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                            • AnonD-12447
                            • U{c
                            • 03 Jan 2013

                            sony is the most consistent company.yes they are not no1 in terms of sales.but they always managed to provide quality devices.they are consistent.sexy,stylish all i can say about sony is they are BEAUTY WITH THE BRAIN.

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                              • frankmike
                              • K6u
                              • 03 Jan 2013

                              Samsung is doing great

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                                • AnonD-83514
                                • uv4
                                • 03 Jan 2013

                                My S3 is on no. 1 rank that really great.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 9Lb
                                  • 03 Jan 2013

                                  [deleted post]In Bitterville now are we?

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                                    • Average reader
                                    • vV5
                                    • 03 Jan 2013

                                    The ranking should be based on average hits per month or weeks, say 1 or 2 or x months after a product is launched or previewed or reviewed as otherwise, certain models that were launched in early 2012 would have definitely advantages over models launched later in 2012. S3 will probably still come up top vs One X in terms of popularity but at least the result is closer to reflect the reality and not influenced by how long a model has been in market(s).

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                                      • AnonD-70562
                                      • t7X
                                      • 03 Jan 2013

                                      AnonD-78683, 03 Jan 2013No one cares for Nokia and their Lumia line. Pureview was ... moreyou mad bro? Lumias were on the millions of good hands now. Pretty sure that excludes u.

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                                        • utouh
                                        • P@1
                                        • 03 Jan 2013

                                        guh!.. where's the RIM phones and the Optimus G, the stupid asha is there, i cant believe and where's the Motorola anyway.. wtf..