GSMArena smartphone shopping guide: March 2014

21 March 2014
We're back with our latest smartphone shopper's guide, and our first for 2014! In this edition we'll see which new devices announced at the MWC made the cut as good buys, next to some former flagships...

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  • Anonymous
  • J5M
  • 22 Mar 2014

"To put things in perspective, a 32GB iPhone 5s costs as much as two Galaxy Note 3 units (each with 32GB storage plus microSD card slot.)"

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    • Rnfts
    • uvN
    • 22 Mar 2014

    Anonymous, 22 Mar 2014Why in USD? In US virtually nobody pays off contract prices... moreAmazing :D

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      • AnonD-92238
      • KAe
      • 22 Mar 2014

      James, 22 Mar 2014The fact that you consider the Z10 a joke at current prices... moreBuddy, I'm not a celebrity or anything else like that. I just DON'T CARE about my security.

      and lag ! You're mad dude.

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        • Muthu
        • PAY
        • 22 Mar 2014

        AnonD-92238, 22 Mar 2014Lumia 525 is 9700 INR, 12399 INR for Moto g and 9999 INR fo... moreCompletely agree with you. Moto g is a very good performing android phone at a bargain price.

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          • James
          • y$i
          • 22 Mar 2014

          AnonD-92238, 22 Mar 2014Jokes apart please The fact that you consider the Z10 a joke at current prices only underscores the point that you dont understand just how good is Blackberry with os 10.2.1 compared to lagging Android rubbish with terminal ram and updates, let alone security issues. But dont take my word about it, just follow the brainless herd that want Android style over substance.

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            • Anonymous
            • mw9
            • 22 Mar 2014

            AnonD-228036, 22 Mar 2014Can u'll plz reduce the bracket or mention them in dollars ... moreWhy in USD? In US virtually nobody pays off contract prices so the full prices in USD will be pointless. On the contrary, in Europe, all the people I know have paid full prices for their phones, including myself.

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              • Anonymous
              • mw9
              • 22 Mar 2014

              Is it just me or are the pros given for the iphone 5s either only opinions not facts (beautiful,stellar) or cons presented as pros (4" Retina screen, 326ppi - hello, the category 200-300 Euro has better speced screens)?

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                • AnonD-220465
                • vG@
                • 22 Mar 2014

                Z1 compact display is 720p, not 1080p

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                  • AnonD-92238
                  • KAe
                  • 22 Mar 2014

                  AnonD-22187, 21 Mar 20141.why are all the comparisons and information related to US... moreLumia 525 is 9700 INR, 12399 INR for Moto g and 9999 INR for nexus 7 (2012)
                  i myself don't think you've ever touched a Moto g or a nexus 7. Don't make a comment based on a Samsung or micromax or lava or karbonn made android product, I'll be doomed ;)

                  yeah, I've both 520 & Moto g. Both of those products seems good to me.

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                    • Dharev
                    • 9DH
                    • 22 Mar 2014

                    Galaxy grand 2 & Xperia ZR is missing

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                      • AnonD-92238
                      • KAe
                      • 22 Mar 2014

                      james, 22 Mar 2014Best for specs and price at the moment is easily the Blackb... moreJokes apart please

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                        • james
                        • y$i
                        • 22 Mar 2014

                        Best for specs and price at the moment is easily the Blackberry Z10.

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                          • AnonD-228036
                          • rA@
                          • 22 Mar 2014

                          Can u'll plz reduce the bracket or mention them in dollars rather than €
                          There are very few HTC phones which are bttr in specs but are not listed
                          Desire 310 nd desire 500 are pretty good phones
                          Nd note to forger desire 816

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                            • Anonymous
                            • uuP
                            • 22 Mar 2014

                            you missed the greatest android smartphone of last year moto x

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                              • AnonD-209094
                              • vaN
                              • 22 Mar 2014

                              shuaib, 21 Mar 2014There's no xperia ZR on this list. Are u kidding me?I think thats good. ZR is a poor excuse for a phone, and Z cost almost the same, too much similar price but not in the same league.

                              They could fix the copy and paste error in Z Ultra anyway, or remove it all together, its not a great phone even at that price but right should be right, it has an excellent display.

                              And yes, Note 3, where on earth does it cost that little? Is there a mixup with Note 3 Neo here? And fix the specs of the Samsungs, it has to be noted that they are region locked. Because its like, people who want unlocked phones want them to be... Well, unlocked, right? And high end samsungs are not available unlocked everywhere, and the next software update could very well bring the region lock to Russia, Asia and Africa as well, its not like Samsung would give advance notice, suddenly your phone could be bricked. And thats why i think its important to warn people about the region lock.

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                                • jBJ
                                • 22 Mar 2014

                                note 3 is around 6 to 700 dollars..

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • wry
                                  • 22 Mar 2014

                                  iphone 5s has more cons than pros.

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                                    • Harmattan
                                    • p6Q
                                    • 22 Mar 2014

                                    Phones with Windows Phone without 8.1 update are...useless ? They rlly nonfunctional, lack of many basic functions and lack of little freedom for users. Oh great MS thanks for ur mercy after 4-5 years people wiil get what they have for many years in Symbian, later Android. Protection period ended a long time ago, when MS dont have answer to iOS and Android so...what MS do in 2007-2009 ? Oky so maybe 2010, 2011, 2012 ? WP 8.1 should be released when they switched from version 7 to 8, not at the end of this year.

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                                      • AnonD-168372
                                      • vpH
                                      • 22 Mar 2014

                                      S4 wins in 300-400 euros.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • kg3
                                        • 22 Mar 2014

                                        Interest. Quite a few Windows Phone in here. Problem with Windows Phone is they don't have enough on the carrier side.