#best smartphone of 2012

Here is YugaTech's Top 10 Smartphones of 2012: When considering the top 10 handsets, we looked at popularity, performance, design, marketability, price and unique value proposition of each candidate. The Galaxy S3 is Samsung's flagship for 2012 and its first smartphone to be equipped with a quad-core chipset. This spot was originally for the HTC One X - the first HTC smartphone to carry a quad-core processor which was launched in early 2012. The HTC One X+ can be considered a little late in the game but it's still one of the best smartphones around and deserves the number 4 spot on our list. In addition, the camera utilizes Nokia's PureView technology which helps the 808 produce some of the best images out there taken by a smartphone. LG's Optimus 4X HD is one of the first few Tegra 3 quad-core-powered smartphones to be released in 2012. And there you have it, our list of the top 10 smartphones of 2012. Brands such as Xiaomi, vivo, OPPO, and HONOR dominated the segment, occupying all spots in the top 10 best-selling smartphones with large batteries. Read more in our articles including "YugaTech's Top 10 Smartphones of 2012" and "Here are the best-selling smartphones with 6000mAh+ batteries".