Who was the best newcomer to the smartphone bold this year? [Poll of the Week]

In your opinion, which new phone architect had the best year? Essential, Razer, or addition company?

The year 2017 saw a scattering of new smartphone manufacturers access the Android arena.

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HMD Global, the appreciative owners of the Nokia name, had a abundant year. The aggregation brought its aboriginal Android phone, the Nokia 6, to bazaar aback in January. Following that, HMD launched the Nokia 3 and 5, followed by the company’s very aboriginal high-end Android smartphone, the Nokia 8. Somewhat surprisingly, the Nokia 8 captivated its own throughout our Best of Android 2017 competition.

In case that wasn’t enough, HMD again launched the Nokia 7 and affordable Nokia 2 in backward October. They absolutely started out with a blast this year.

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Then, amid through the year, a cast new phone architect came to be. Andy Rubin’s Essential apparent its aboriginal phone, the PH-1 (or Phone), in May 2017. While the Essential Phone may not accept garnered the best absolute reviews about the web, the aggregation has been alive adamantine to accompany appearance and improvements to its aboriginal smartphone.

Last but not least, Razer apparent its aboriginal phone in November. With its 120 Hz display, top-of-the-line specs, and absorbing access to software, everyone—not aloof gamers—had aerial hopes for the Razer Phone. Unfortunately the camera acquaintance is appealing bad, admitting Razer says it will advance in the future.

Last week’s poll summary: Out of over 3,900 absolute votes, 33.9% of our readers voted for Samsung as the best architect of the year, with OnePlus advancing in at a abroad additional with 17.4% of the votes. 13.1% of our readers voted for Huawei, 8.1% voted for BlackBerry, while 7.3% of the votes went to Google.