GSMArena smartphone shopping guide: August 2014

29 August 2014
It's been a few months since our previous Smartphone buyer's guide and the mobile market has shifted significantly since then. It's a buyer's market as they say, cheap phones have become better and flagships have become cheaper...

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  • AnonD-222770
  • 0GR
  • 30 Aug 2014

Please make a real review about Asus zenfone 5!

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    • xiomi
    • utV
    • 30 Aug 2014

    cant believe you missed xiomi

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      • IDuser
      • thu
      • 30 Aug 2014

      where are asus zenfone 6 & 5 ?? they are cheap phones with great specs

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        • AnonD-280302
        • X0y
        • 30 Aug 2014

        I think you should have excluded Note 3 from the list too, it's also coming in a couple of weeks n going to be a major upgrade.

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          • Anonymous
          • mXx
          • 30 Aug 2014

          darkgamer, 30 Aug 2014No android 4.4 Oh please educate me what is new in andro... moreYour devotion to Samsung is admirable, an FM radio as a hardware limitation? What?
          It's technology that is used all over the world, as well as in other flagship Androids, and the S5 has not got it. The camera is slow. The plastic body makes it look like a childs toy.
          The truth hurts doesn't it, fanboy?

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            • AnonD-300020
            • aqX
            • 30 Aug 2014

            I think there is a mistake on page 3 (100-200euro range)
            You write about LG Optimus L7 II, but specs and photo indicates you really mean LG Optimus L9 II.

            Anyway, thanks for the article!




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              • Anonymous
              • 3mu
              • 30 Aug 2014

              AnonD-281018, 30 Aug 2014Galaxy S5 is a plastic rubbish with fake metal on the side.... moreThe s3 is way more beautiful than s5

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                • AnonD-142922
                • mx9
                • 30 Aug 2014

                The worst phone showed !
                Where is;
                ascend p6 or p7 ?
                where is honor 6 ?
                where is ascend mate ?
                xiaomi mi4 ?

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                  • hemedans
                  • fuZ
                  • 30 Aug 2014

                  AnonD-285158, 30 Aug 2014really? XL and X2? dead platform and terribly slow phones w... moream not fan of nokia xl, x and x+, but nokia x2 and xl for china they are good compare to whole series of under 100 euros smartphones.

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                    • Cenas
                    • mVA
                    • 30 Aug 2014

                    Anonymous, 30 Aug 2014so you didn't put the iPhone 5s on the comparison because t... moreMaybe because, unlike what will happen with the iPhone, the Note 3 will have a price drop and make it a better deal still.

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                      • AnonD-285158
                      • 0yT
                      • 30 Aug 2014

                      Erin, 30 Aug 2014No Nokia XL or X2? Come on, this list is incomplete.really? XL and X2? dead platform and terribly slow phones with crippled android? write me one (yes, only 1) thing why they should be here in the list.

                      BB Z10 should be listed instead, although the production ends.

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                        • AnonD-206292
                        • tUM
                        • 30 Aug 2014

                        So ZTE can make it to this list and Xiaomi mi3 can't ?
                        Sorry, but its hard to consider this list of any importance.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 9xH
                          • 30 Aug 2014

                          Htc desire 816 and htc one m8 best phone this and gsmarena missed these two best devices !!!! Wtf

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                            • Erin
                            • uCh
                            • 30 Aug 2014

                            No Nokia XL or X2?
                            Come on, this list is incomplete.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Pkh
                              • 30 Aug 2014

                              so you didn't put the iPhone 5s on the comparison because the 6 is going to be introduced in some days?? so why did you put the Galaxy Note 3 (which is as old as the 5s) if the Note 4 is going to be released in less than a week? hypocrites

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                                • AnonD-183154
                                • Y71
                                • 30 Aug 2014

                                The biggest phone release of 2014 is less than two weeks away and you release a smartphone shopping guide now?

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                                  • AnonD-20306
                                  • qWP
                                  • 30 Aug 2014

                                  I just love my Moto G LTE and will stick with it even when it's replacement, The Moto G2? comes out. It's plenty fast, reliable, and I've got my own custom tweeks to make it different from anyone else's. No need to fix what isn't broken. :)

                                    Anonymous, 29 Aug 2014Touchwiz bloatware. No FM radio. Slow camera. No Android 4.... moreNo android 4.4

                                    Oh please educate me what is new in android 4.4. 2-3 bug fixes. What if they are already fixed in touchwiz in 4.4.2 or 4.4.3. HTC also did the same. They provided those big fixes in 4.4.3 itself.

                                    Stop whining.

                                    And no fm radio is a hardware limitation and not touchwiz fault. Also the boatware comes with features. So its not a con.

                                      Sonyxperia SP, ZL n Z have been discontinued in India. Also surpried to see many end of life products.
                                      Overall a decent collection.

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                                        • AnonD-299124
                                        • 6u9
                                        • 30 Aug 2014

                                        The lack of mentioning blackberry devices makes this article seem very unprofessional. Not everybody cares about apps. For some people, security is the number one concern and nothing can match blackberry devices on that front.

                                        Even the supposed 'security phone', the android powered Blackphone, got rooted in under 5 minutes at defcon.