Each year, we look back at all the hundreds of gadget reviews we’ve made and let the numbers decide. Our ranking of the top 25 devices in 2013 is based on their page views.
Although the rankings do not accurately reflect the popularity of the devices, they still represent which ones are top of mind for a lot of consumers. It also gives us an idea which brands make it into the news. For reference, here’s our 2011 top list and 2012 list.
1) Cherry Mobile Flame 2.0 (69,000)
2) Cherry Mobile Cosmos Z (63,000)
3) Samsung Galaxy S4 (39,000)
4) Lenovo A800 (37,000)
5) Lenovo K900 (33,000)
6) Cherry Mobile Thunder (32,000)
7) Cherry Mobile Flare 2.0 (32,000)
8) O+ 8.15 (31,000)
9) Starmobile Crystal (29,000)
10) Cherry Mobile Cosmos X2 (28,000)
11) Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD (27,000)
12) Cherry Mobile Cosmos S (25,000)
13) Google Nexus 4 (24,000)
14) Huawei Ascend Mate (24,000)
15) Sony Xperia Z1 (24,000)
16) Sony Xperia Z (24,000)
17) Huawei Ascend G510 (24,000)
18) Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra (23,000)
19) Cherry Mobile Hyper (23,000)
20) Alcatel One Touch Idol (23,000)
21) Starmobile Diamond (22,000)
22) LG G2 (21,000)
23) Google Nexus 7 2013 (21,000)
24) Cherry Mobile Flare 2X (20,000)
25) Alcatel One Touch Scribe Easy (20,000)
Here’s what we can infer from these rankings taken from page views starting January 1 to December 31, 2013.
* That the most popular devices are smartphones — 100% of our top 25 devices are all handsets.
* Almost half or 10 out of the 25 are local brands. Cherry Mobile has the most number of popular phones with a total of 8, followed by Starmobile with 2 handsets.
* For global brands, Alcatel took 4 spots while Lenovo and Huawei got 2 each. Both of the Sony Xperia Z and Z1 were also present. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the most popular handset from a global brand.
2013 is definitely the year of smartphones!