Tech website Gizmodo has selected the Nokia Lumia 920 as the 2nd most important phone of 2012.
Its year-end round-up puts the Samsung Galaxy S3 in top slot, Nokia second and Apple's iPhone 5 in third place.
That's not bad going for a handset that was only released in November and is running the youngest operating system of the lot.
1. Samsung Galaxy S III
The Galaxy S III was the most anticipated spec-beast of the year. And it certainly delivered. It improved on last year's Galaxy S II in every way, with a new processor, a whopping 2GB of RAM, an HD screen, LTE, NFC, and more software bells and whistles than you could ever possibly use. Samsung slapped a lot of tricks and tweaks on top of Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0), and the resulting phone felt a bit overwhelming. But despite that, this was Android's first "it" phone—and at the end of 2012, it remains a worthy rival to the popularity of the iPhone.
2. Nokia Lumia 920The Lumia 920 arrived with a much-hyped PureView camera and a big, luxurious screen. It runs incredible software—Windows Phone 8, the best version of a graceful, beautiful, and outright daring phone OS. It's also, incidentally, Nokia's best possible Windows Phone. While it had its issues—heft, chief among them—it proved that Nokia and Microsoft were ready to keep up with—and in some ways surpass—the big game they're hunting.
3. iPhone 5The iPhone is a mature brand, and historically already arguably the best phone you can buy. So while it's easy to take for granted the myriad ways Apple was able to improve an already spectacular phone, you shouldn't. It won't dazzle you with a breathtaking new design. Even if it isn't the harbinger of a tech revolution, the iPhone 5 was one of the very best gadgets of the year.(Gizmodo)
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