Google Nexus 5 and 7 are Your Top Smartphone and Tablet Picks for 2013

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Back when we launched our Best of 2013 Holiday Gift Guide, we asked you to cast your vote and pick the best smartphones and tablets of 2013. Well folks, the votes are in, and you’ve made your voices clear!

Starting off with your top tablet picks, the winner by a mile was the Google Nexus 7 (2013) with 53% of your votes. Then in second place, we have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014) with 15% of the votes. Next up is the LG G Pad 8.3 with 10% of the votes. The remainder of the votes was split up between the Surface Pro 2 (6%), Asus Transformer Book T100 (4%), Dell Venue 8 Pro (3%), and other (10%). And for those of you wondering which was the most popular write-in, it was none other than the Sony Xperia Tablet Z.

As for your favorite smartphones, there was still a decisive winner, but the race was much closer than with the tablets. Your pick for the best smartphone of 2013 is the Google Nexus 5, with 29% of your votes. Next up, we have the HTC One, with 15% of your votes. Then, we have essentially a three-way tie between the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (10.49%), Sony Xperia Z1 (10.29%), LG G2 (10.07%). The remainder of the votes went to the Moto G (7.69%), Samsung Galaxy S 4 (6.99%), Moto X (3.63%), Oppo Find 5 (1%), and other (5.94%). For smartphones, the “other” category was essentially split between the Google Nexus 4, Sony Xperia Z, and Sony Xperia SP.

From these results, it’s clear that Google scored a home run with its most recent Nexus devices. Do you agree with these results? Let us know in the comments below, and of course, Happy New Year!