Samsung’s Galaxy S II named best smartphone in the world, and Samsung is just getting started

By on Mar 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM
mobile March 2, 2012

This year’s Mobile World Congress is now behind us. And it was quite a show. Android phones got a bump to four cores, camera phones got a bump to 41 megapixels, and reporters and bloggers were run ragged as the wireless industry gave us a glimpse at the stars of their respective portfolios for the first half of 2012. The highlight of the show for us was definitely Microsoft taking the wraps off its Windows 8 Consumer Preview, and our favorite smartphones introduced at the show were HTC’s ultra-sleek One X and its ultra-slim One S. But Mobile World Congress isn’t all about looking forward, it’s also about looking back at some of the mobile technology that has changed our lives in recent history. With that in mind, the GSMA handed out its Global Mobile Awards for 2012 earlier this week. Read on for more.

A number of top companies received honors at this year’s awards. Nokia’s C3-00 won best feature phone of the year, Apple’s iPad 2 won best mobile tablet, Google Maps for Android was named best consumer mobile service, WhatsApp was named best overall mobile app of the year and Rovio’s Angry Birds Rio was named best mobile app for consumers.

Top honors, however, went to Samsung this year as the South Korea-based consumer electronics giant took home awards for best device manufacturer of the year and for best smartphone thanks to its wildly popular Galaxy S II series of handsets.

“We are pleased to receive this honor from GSMA and believe that it’s a testament to Samsung’s innovation, quality products, and attention to consumer preferences,” Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin said in response to the awards. “We sold over 97 million smartphones in 2011, demonstrating that this is the right approach.”

The Galaxy S II was undoubtedly an iconic smartphone that sent Samsung’s smartphone business soaring in 2011, but the company is hardly done leading the pack. The world’s top Android vendor is expected to launch its next-generation Galaxy S III smartphone in April and according to an exclusive report from BGR earlier this week, Samsung has no plans to slow down in 2012.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1512362371 Rafa Belinky

    That GS2 is much worse looking than the international version (gt9100).

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=687065652 Tucker Peterson

    Must have hurt having to write this article :-)

    I love my GS2.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1661894182 Sammie Camacho

    I believe so , I like the SAMSUNG G2 I FEEL IS better the any HTC , MOTOROLA , LG , NOKIA , BUT FALL SHORT OF BEATING OUT THE IPHONE 4 OR 4S THE REASON I SAY THAT IS IPHONE ARE MADE GREAT STYLE. SAMSUNG FEEL CHEAP AND PLASTIC IN YOUR HAND…

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706011352 Mark Thomas

    Phil Onyschuk Well, yes, I like something that looks classy and not made of plastic that will be supported still in a few years and still running the latest version of the software. Makes sense. ;)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=53800933 Michael Hilmer

    Wayne Williams I don’t remember bringing Android or iOS into this at all. In fact, I can see where I stated clearly that of course metal will ultimately be a stronger build, just not noticeably in any application that you’d use a phone for. I owned an OG Droid on release day as well as a Droid X, and all the metal body was good for was attracting scratches and dents, so no, I’ve never been a fan of metallic Android phones either. Remind me how often I’m going to be using a phone that I’m babying because I paid 300 dollars for it like a mountain bike?

    Perhaps you didn’t spend enough time in the military shaping yourself into a man if your idea of “man” is being a middle-aged guy throwing around accusations of “fanboy!” on a website comment section because you dislike reasoned discussion. I’ll afford you the courtesy of not responding anymore. You clearly aren’t worth my valuable time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=53800933 Michael Hilmer

    Wayne Williams I don’t remember bringing Android or iOS into this at all. In fact, I can see where I stated clearly that of course metal will ultimately be a stronger build, just not noticeably in any application that you’d use a phone for. I owned an OG Droid on release day as well as a Droid X, and all the metal body was good for was attracting scratches and dents, so no, I’ve never been a fan of metallic Android phones either. Remind me how often I’m going to be using a phone that I’m babying because I paid 300 dollars for it like a mountain bike?

    Perhaps you didn’t spend enough time in the military shaping yourself into a man if your idea of “man” is being a middle-aged guy throwing around accusations of “fanboy!” on a website comment section because you dislike reasoned discussion. I’ll afford you the courtesy of not responding anymore. You clearly aren’t worth my valuable time.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1575618578 Jonah What-up Olmedo

    Michael Hilmer Wayne is just a crotchity old man who likes to stir the pot. Nobody was talking trash when the Iphone 3g and 3gs was made plastic.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1575618578 Jonah What-up Olmedo

    Michael Hilmer Wayne is just a crotchity old man who likes to stir the pot. Nobody was talking trash when the Iphone 3g and 3gs was made plastic.

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