The decisive reason why iPhone 13 was not selected as "2021 Best Smartphone"

"IPhone 13" which was out of nominated selection

　In the "Smartphone of the Year 2021" held in ITmedia Mobile in December 2021, "Pixel 6 Pro" was selected in the high -end section and "Mi 11 Lite 5G" in the mid -range category.These two models have become smartphones that symbolize 2021, but this time surprising results were born.That is, "No iPhone was selected as a candidate."[Image] Android smartphone selected instead of iPhone 13

IPhone that was a regular of smartphone -by -the -ear

　The iPhone is a regular on the smartphone of the year, which can be said to be a regular. In the high -end section, "iPhone 12 mini" has won the "iPhone SE (2nd generation)" in the mid -range section. Five awards are the most record of Dantotsu. The year of missed the award was nominated every year until 2020. Looking at the ranking after scoring, "iPhone 4S" in 2011 is second, "iPhone 5" in 2012, "iPhone 6s" in 2015, and 5 in 2018 "iPhone XR". "IPhone XS MAX" is 9th, and "iPhone 11" is 6th in 2019. In other words, since the launch of the smartphone of the Year in 2011, it is the first time that the iPhone has not been nominated in 2021. The honest impression is that it has been nominated for the 10 years from 2011 to 2020 and has left the great results of five awards. First, let's look back on the features of the iPhone that won the smartphone of the Year. In 2013, the iPhone 5s in 2013 started handling DOCOMO and equipped with fingerprint authentication, the iPhone 6 in 2014 is the existence of the iPhone 6 Plus, the first large model (6 Plus is the 2nd place evaluation). ) In 2017, the iPhone X is abolished, Face ID, OLED installation, 2020 iPhone 12 mini is 5G compatible and small model introduction, iPhone SE (second generation) is cheap in the 40,000 yen range. There was a feature such as a huge hit. Unfortunately, the second -place model that missed the award also had a topic that the iPhone 4S started handling it in au and the iPhone 5 was compatible with LTE. Although the iPhone 6s was highly evaluated as having little change, the degree of perfection was highly evaluated compared to Android at the time, which was second. In 2018 and 2019, it was a lower -ranked evaluation, but the XS / XR in 2018 appeared in dual SIM compatible and popularization model (XR), and the 2019 iPhone 11 has an impressive with ultra -wide -angle cameras and night mode. I am.