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Which smartphone has the best design?

  • iPhone 5/5S

    Votes: 65 58.0%
  • iPhone 4/4S

    Votes: 21 18.8%
  • iPhone 3GS

    Votes: 4 3.6%
  • iPhone Edge

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Xperia Z/Z1/Ultra

    Votes: 5 4.5%
  • Samsung Galaxy

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • HTC One

    Votes: 14 12.5%
  • Huawei Ascend P6

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Xiaomo Mi3

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Nokia Lumia

    Votes: 1 0.9%
  • BlacKberry Z10

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Google Nexus 4/5

    Votes: 2 1.8%
  • Others

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    112
HTC One and the 5s are the only ones with any kind of "premium build". The rest could just have easily been drawn and thought up by children!

In fact, bar those two all the rest look near on identical... How is that a good stand out and unique design?!

The 5s is far from boring, it's evolved, look at Porsche 911's for example, why change a formulae that works so well?!

Please...

I'm quite fond of the Nokia Lumia 925 myself, i would get one myself if it ran Android.

nokia-925-colors-600.jpg
 
i added poll, lemme know if you propose a well designed smartphone :)
 
All these other HTC, Huaweis are kinda good looking but pan back to the iPhone and for some reason something in my brain fires and says those round corners of the iPhone trumps them all. Stupid right, but my brain always wins.

4/4s is the most beautiful ever. Is like a piece of Jewelry. A fine German Leica camera as Jobs said.
 
The iPhone 4/4s was the best looking phone, and the most functional. PERIOD. Next in line comes the original iPhone.
 
well i can tell you why Xperia Z/Z1 caught my eyes
it simply reminds me an iPhone but for Android.
pure monolith, simple and designed. it has its premium effect. 5/5S doesnt
Apple never hide it, they based on Sony's know how.

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I agree with you. The Xperia Z is like iPhone 4/4S with a bigger screen. I would have gotten the Xperia Z if you could put iOS on it (full iOS not just the icons) :-D
 
What is this Samsung Galaxy? That's a whole line of phones not a single one.. And the Nexus 4 and 5 look nothing alike OP :confused:
 
Hrmm.

My favorite Nexus is the Nexus one. The others don't look that good, but even the N1 looks really old now because HTC did that design language to death.

The HTC One looked great. The One Mini/One Max thing going on is lame. I liked the clean lines of the Samsung Note 2, but the Note 3's back is so ugly it's funny. The touch buttons on the Samsung that manage to trip themselves anytime you pass the phone to someone else and the hypersensitive screen make me hate their phones.
 
Xiaomi Mi3

:confused::confused:
Never heard of the Xiaomi Mi3 is this phone only available in north america or something?
 
:confused::confused:
Never heard of the Xiaomi Mi3 is this phone only available in north america or something?

Nope.
Only in China.

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Hrmm.

My favorite Nexus is the Nexus one. The others don't look that good, but even the N1 looks really old now because HTC did that design language to death.

The HTC One looked great. The One Mini/One Max thing going on is lame. I liked the clean lines of the Samsung Note 2, but the Note 3's back is so ugly it's funny. The touch buttons on the Samsung that manage to trip themselves anytime you pass the phone to someone else and the hypersensitive screen make me hate their phones.

Ok, but speaking about aesthetic , what's beautiful In this phone ?!? :confused:

Google-Nexus-One.jpg
 
i dont get it why Apple switched glass material from 4/4S to the aluminium from 5/5S
glass looks more beautiful, it feels like real premium
imagine this
instead of lauching last year an iPhone 5 with alu, they released an iPhone 4S ''refresh''
iPhone 4/4S is the most beautiful Apple smartphone to me

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Nope.
Only in China.

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Ok, but speaking about aesthetic , what's beautiful In this phone ?!? :confused:

Image
wtf
uber ugly if you asked me
 
How many shattered iPhone 4/4s did you see around ? Many many for me ...
Aluminum could scratch, scuff and dent, but is definitely more durable.
 
I think specifically the white 4/4S was the best feeling and most aesthetically appealing smartphone ever made.
 
HTC One reminds me macbook form factor
i never paid attention but its obvious now
beautiful smartphone though
 
I'll vote for the HTC One. Followed by iPhone 4 probably. As said previously, they look like they're premium built products. And I guess you could say that for the 5/5s but personally they're the worst designed iPhone by far.
 
iPhone 5/5S and HTC One tie for first place

Second place is a tie for the Xiaomi Mi3, Xperia Z1, and iPhone 5C

Third place is Nexus 4/5

fourth is a tie between the z10 and Lumias

Last place is the original iPhone and the entire Galaxy line
 
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