Top 20 phones of the year 2021

02 January 2022
Only four manufacturers contributed to the list, one less than last year.

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  • tDS
  • 03 Jan 2022

Astonishing that the 7th phone does not actually exist.....
Its regular (4G) counterpart, which does exist, did not make it into the minds of the people enough.....

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    • Vahree
    • msq
    • 03 Jan 2022

    4fon, 03 Jan 2022Then you know nothing about phones, it's ok :)I didn't say these phones are bad. I just noted that the list is distorted, because it was made based on a very thin slice of smartphone users (the number of searches for GSMArena in NA, or Western Europe or even China is laughably low).

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      • 4fon
      • NwU
      • 03 Jan 2022

      Vahree, 03 Jan 2022This is more of a "Phone of the year of South Eastern ... moreThen you know nothing about phones, it's ok :)

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        • Vahree
        • msq
        • 03 Jan 2022

        This is more of a "Phone of the year of South Eastern Asia", as those are the countries where most of GSMArena's traffic seems to be coming from.

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          • Radhu
          • Xjf
          • 03 Jan 2022

          Where is the beast
          VIVO X70 PRO PLUS 😈

            aswanikasi, 03 Jan 2022Amazingly Pixel 6 did not make this list ?!!!!!it launched in October which doesn't really give it a chance against phones launched early in the year.

              @GSMArena, how is Samsung the "clear-cut" winner if it got 9 and Xiaomi got 8? What does "clear-cut" mean?

                Xiaomi is the most complete here from low end to flagship, i dont see samsung $100 here so xiaomi is dominated.

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                  • aswanikasi
                  • Let
                  • 03 Jan 2022

                  Amazingly Pixel 6 did not make this list ?!!!!!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • nD$
                    • 03 Jan 2022

                    Anonymous, 03 Jan 2022S21 FE in France 128GB = €759 256GB = €829 Too expensive

                      Pixel 6 Pro

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 7kp
                        • 03 Jan 2022

                        Wkk, 03 Jan 2022This only shows there are only 2 major players on mobile in... moreApple sells more devices than Xiaomi.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 8Kf
                          • 03 Jan 2022

                          S21 FE in France

                          128GB = €759
                          256GB = €829

                            Samsung Galaxy A32 5G repeated.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • nYE
                              • 03 Jan 2022

                              Anonimo, 03 Jan 2022I "hate" Apple but your comment doesn't make... moreWith how many phones Samsung and Xiaomi release, even a top 50 would be possible I guess. /s

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                                • Anonymous
                                • nYE
                                • 03 Jan 2022

                                "tries to find a good phone in the list, but fails"

                                Sarcastic jokes aside, for me 2021 was disappointing phone wise.

                                iPhones aside (they have their own users) anything that is not running a Exynos, Tensor or SD888 and it's Plus model was fine.

                                Exynos is meh, Tensor needs to prove itself next year and anything with 888 and 888+ is a overheating oven and throttles the performance down.

                                Just how I see it, some will think differently.

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                                  • D0b
                                  • 03 Jan 2022

                                  Where is vivo x60 /x60 pro/x60 pro+ or x70 series?
                                  It looks like samsung campaign.

                                    Motorola Nokia Asus seems no where. Even Realme is out of the game seems.

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                                      • vGG
                                      • 03 Jan 2022

                                      Surprised there no z flip in there

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                                        • 39y
                                        • 03 Jan 2022

                                        When smartphones mania will come to an end? 🤷‍♂️