Our Smartphone World Cup is starting this week, here are the groups

15 June 2018
32 phones enter the tournament, only 16 will leave the group stage. Here are the rules.

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  • mEA
  • 16 Jun 2018

Where is galaxy note 8?
Are you kidding me?
That is literally the most feature packed phone in existence.

Also what are we to do with all this low end phones in there?
Isn't a world Cup supposed to be a competition between the best out there?

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    • Sym3
    • 7t$
    • 16 Jun 2018

    MdN8, 16 Jun 2018We had this before, a few years ago. It will be more fun th... morehttp://blog.gsmarena.com/smartphone-champions-league-the-winner/

      where is Note 8 ? !!! are u kidding ? !!! even in your site Note 8 is first by fans!

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        • Anonymous
        • vgN
        • 16 Jun 2018

        Samsung of course

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          • Surya
          • ssY
          • 16 Jun 2018

          Where is NOTE8??? Not interested to participate without the best player. Disappointed

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            • Zero
            • KsH
            • 16 Jun 2018

            I see two Groups of Death and some Groups of Life with 0 points incomming.

            Poor Lenovo.

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              • Anonymous
              • XNU
              • 16 Jun 2018

              Wow what a great article. This is a time that comes once every four years and you want to focus on phones? Get a life.

                Battle of the fans, 16 Jun 2018This is not as much as battle phones as its between its fan... moreIn other words, teams who adores one or other smartphone.

                  Imperator Neubaticus, 16 Jun 2018You talk of phones feature-filled to the brim yet leave out... moreYeah. I mean, Galaxy Note8 was highly praised as the best smartphone of 2017 and the team didn't include it, which is kinda disappointing.

                    vivo nex and asus rog phone ftw!

                      You talk of phones feature-filled to the brim yet leave out the note8. Diagraceful garbage.

                        xXENDER FREAKXx, 16 Jun 2018gsmarena too hyped for fifa, lolEven Asphalt 8 Airborne has Qualifiers Cup Multiplayer Mode too!
                        Almost everyone loves to play with FIFA World Cup, and GSMARENA is overhyped with smartphone battle royale too. XD
                        Wait what? Lienovo Z5 versus Galaxy S9+?

                          Why is samsung note 8 not included in the list???

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                            • SZTadir
                            • uNV
                            • 16 Jun 2018

                            I am not sure if they selected the phones appropriately for this. For example, Sony's XZ Premium (2017) would be a better pick compared to XZ2 Premium in terms of popularity and success. If they only picked phone released this year, that's very disappointing cause no interesting phone has been released here apart from Vivo Nex.

                            I completely understand GSMArena's interest in Football, after all it is based in Europe.

                              gsmarena too hyped for fifa, lol

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                                • Niraz1094
                                • YPe
                                • 16 Jun 2018

                                I hope the underdog Redmi Note 5 wins the competition!

                                  Battle of the fans, 16 Jun 2018This is not as much as battle phones as its between its fan... moreGoodness you told. Here i was, preparing to play a match or two for the xz2 compact.

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                                    • GDS Khera
                                    • g}u
                                    • 16 Jun 2018

                                    Pool D seems like the group of Death
                                    P20 pro
                                    Nex S
                                    Red Magic &
                                    XZ2 Premium...
                                    This will be an interesting group to see which 2 phones qualify.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 7Ac
                                      • 16 Jun 2018

                                      Battle of the fans, 16 Jun 2018This is not as much as battle phones as its between its fan... moreThanks Captain Obvious. So, who are you voting for!

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                                        • Battle of the fans
                                        • 6TT
                                        • 16 Jun 2018

                                        This is not as much as battle phones as its between its fanboys.

                                        While in soccer its the team with the most teamwork to win.

                                        Over here, its all about its fanboys.