The GSMA (Mobile World Congress) today has already announced the nominees for the 19th annual Global Mobile Awards. The winners will be presented in a couple of hours from now in a ceremony hosted by British actor, writer, presenter and comedian James Corden at the Mobile World Congress 2014 event which is taking place in Barcelona.
In total, 160 nominees have been shortlisted for this year's Global Mobile Awards which fall in 6 different categories.
"The GSMA warmly congratulates all those nominated in the 2014 Global Mobile Awards," said Michael O'Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. "We saw a record level of interest in the Global Mobile Awards this year, with more than 680 quality submissions, making it a very challenging task for our judges to select the short list. We very much look forward to recognizing the winners at Mobile World Congress next month."
The award for the ‘Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2014′ will be identified and selected from those on show at the event. The shortlist for this award will be announced on both Mobile World Live TV and the Global Mobile Awards website tomorrow (February 26th), with the winner being honored in a live presentation on Mobile World Live TV the following day.
This particular award category holds a great meaning for the smartphone lovers across the world, thus we have only mentioned the nominations of the (Category 5) Best Mobile Handsets and Devices award in the sliders below.
Best Smartphone
- Apple iPhone 5S
- HTC One
- LG G2
- Nokia Lumia 1020
- Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Best Low Cost Smartphone
- Lenovo A390T
- Nokia Lumia 520
- Samsung Galaxy Young
- Sony Xperia E
- Xiaomi Hongmi
Best Entry Level or Feature phone
- Nokia 105
- Nokia 208
- Nokia 515
- Nokia Asha 210
- Nokia Asha 503
Best Mobile Tablet
- Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9
- Apple iPad Air
- Apple iPad Mini with Retina
- Google Nexus 7
- Sony Xperia Tablet Z
Most Innovative Device Manufacturer of the Year
The panel of judges who are designated to bring out the names of the most innovative device manufacturer of the year, has yet not disclosed the winner and the nominees are also not highlighted so far.
