20 best mobile phones in the world today

Here are our rankings for the best mobile phones
around, currently available in all the world

Number 20: Nokia Lumia 620



The first batch of Windows Phone 8 handsets had a
lot going for them, including a pretty premium
price tag. Now, a few months later, Nokia has
delivered an affordable Windows handset to the
Australian market.

Number 19: Samsung Galaxy Nexus



The first 'Google phone' to come without the
search giant's branding, the Samsung Galaxy
Nexus is meant to be the device that preaches the
power of Ice Cream Sandwich to the awe-struck Android masses - and now it's now been updated
to Android Jelly Bean.

Number 18: Sony Xperia S



We used to love the Xperia Arc S - but we're a fickle
bunch, and now Ericsson has been cast aside,
we're all over the new brand like a cat on a fresh
set of curtains.

Number 17: Samsung Galaxy S2



It's frankly amazing that on the eve of the Galaxy S4's announcement, the S2 still manages to hold a place in the top 15 phones

Number 16: iPhone 4S

When Apple announced this phone, it's testament

to the power of the rumour mill that people were

angry it wasn't called the iPhone 5, which is now a real device.

Number 15: HTC One S

There are few phones we play with where we

think that we have the complete package and

would happily give five stars. The HTC One S would

have had five stars had it not been for the 16GB

memory cap and non-HD screen.

Number 14: BlackBerry Z10

The Z10 was meant to be the phone that brought

BlackBerry back from the brink of annihilation and

made the Canadian smartphone company relevant

in a world of iPhone 5s and Galaxy S3s

Number 13: Motorola Razr HD

Exclusive to Telstra as a way to showcase its 4G

network, the Razr HD is the bigger, higher-specced

version of the Razr M.

Number 12: Sony Xperia TX

Good enough for James Bond in Skyfall, the Xperia

TX was Sony's flagship before the superb Xperia Z arrived

Number 11: Nokia Lumia 920

What's better than a top Windows Phone 7

handset? A Windows Phone 8 one, and we've got

no qualms about telling you this is the best

Windows Phone out there.

Number 10: HTC One XL

Telstra went on the offensive for its 4G network last

year, taking the superb HTC One X and launching a 4G version in the shape of the One XL.

Number 9: HTC One X

The HTC One X is an odd handset - not in the design

(lovely) or the features (top-end) - but that it's seen

as a 'renaissance' phone for the firm, despite its

success in such a short time.

Number 8: LG Optimus G

LG spent the best part of 2012 focusing on

capturing the Aussie prepaid smartphone market

with cheap and cheerful smartphones for the

budget conscious.

Number 7: Samsung Galaxy S3

With the Samsung Galaxy

S4 now launched, the S3

has predictably fallen

down the rankings thanks

to there being a better

phone to recommend.

But don't worry: the S3 is

still a wondrous phone: it's

got every kind of feature

we could ask for and

more, and raised the bar

once again in terms of what consumers should be expecting in terms of battery life, processor speed

and media management.

Number 6: Samsung Galaxy Note 2

It hasn't even been a year since the original Samsung Galaxy Note launched. Many (including us, we admit) were not convinced. Who on earth

would want something so big to make their calls

and surf the internet, even with a glorified stylus?

Cue awkward silence.

Number 5: Google Nexus 4

Google and LG have worked together to bring to

market a fantastic offering. We showed it to two

friends who are both Apple fans. The kind of

people who shower in holy water if they're

exposed to Android. Both of them were smitten.

Number 4: iPhone 5

Did you see this one coming? The iPhone 5 in at

fourth place in our rankings? Some thought higher,

some thought lower - it depends on your level of

Apple bias.

Number 3: Sony Xperia Z

The Japanese technology giant needed to pull out

the big guns this year if it was seriously going to

compete in the smartphone race. While handsets like the Xperia S and Xperia TX were solid, they never really threatened the market

leaders thanks to irregular software updates and

an overbearing UI.

Number 2: Samsung Galaxy S4

All change at the top! Samsung managed to hold

off HTC at the top in 2012, but this year the

supreme stylings of the HTC One proved too strong

against a phone that's a slightly-better-version of

its predecessor. Well, that's not really fair - it's only in looks that it's

too similar, and sadly that was one of the biggest

issues most users had with the S3. It's not the

world's biggest smartphone crime, but it's enough

to keep it from the top spot.

Number 1: HTC One

With a less than stellar past couple of years, HTC has

pulled out all the stops with its latest flagship. While the name seems a little confusing given it has

dropped a letter from last year's One X, inside is an

all new phone packed full of awesome features

designed to give the user a much fuller mobile

experience.

Guys which one will you prefer to buy.....