YugaTech’s Top 50 Gadget Reviews of 2014

Each year, we look back at all the hundreds of gadget reviews we’ve made and let the numbers decide. Our ranking of the top 50 devices in 2014 is based on their actual pageviews for the year.

For reference, here’s our 2013 top list and 2012 and 2011 list.

Though the rankings do not accurately reflect the sales of the devices, they still represent which ones are top of mind for a lot of consumers. It also gives us an idea which brands make it to the news.

1) Asus Zenfone 5 – 65,971
2) Cherry Mobile Flare HD – 61,913
3) Cherry Mobile Omega Infinity – 56,439
4) Cherry Mobile Omega XL – 43,577
5) Asus Zenfone 6 – 43,483
6) Starmobile Diamond X1 – 40,634
7) Xiaomi Mi3 – 40,192
8) Xiaomi Redmi 1s – 36,622
9) Cherry Mobile Omega Icon – 29,272
10) Cherry Mobile Emerald – 29,134
11) Cherry Mobile Cosmos Z2 – 25,723
12) Samsung Galaxy S5 – 25,617
13) Google Nexus 5 – 25,527
14) O+ Imagine – 25,478
15) Cherry Mobile Magnum S – 24,402
16) Cherry Mobile Cosmos One – 23,816
17) Cherry Mobile Flare S2 – 23,514
18) Xiaomi Redmi Note – 22,588
19) O+ Air – 22,341
20) Motorola Moto G – 22,320
21) Cherry Mobile Flare 3 – 19,798
22) Cherry Mobile G1 – 19,543
23) Asus Fonepad 7 ME175CG – 19,476
24) Asus Fonepad 7 2014 – 19,090
25) LG G3 – 18,767
26) Cherry Mobile Spectrum – 17,674
27) Lenovo S850 – 17,673
28) Cherry Mobile W900 LTE – 17,258
29) GoPro Hero 3+ – 16,985
30) Huawei Ascend G610 – 16,011
31) Cherry Mobile Ultra – 15,955
32) HTC One M8 – 15,641
33) Acer Liquid E700 – 14,914
34) LG G Pro Lite Dual – 14,423
35) Cherry Mobile Pulse – 14,248
36) Asus Zenfone 5 Lite – 13,497
37) Oppo Find 7a – 13,338
38) Kata M2 – 13,338
39) Sony Xperia Z2 – 13,091
40) Huawei Ascend P7 – 11,650
41) Oppo N1 – 11,3203
42) Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 – 11,197
43) Apple iPhone 6 – 9,915
44) Apple iPhone 6 Plus – 9,889
45) Asus Transformer Book T100 – 9,781
46) Kingcom Sigma Stone – 9,549
47) Cherry Mobile Sonic 2.0 – 9,441
48) Huawei Ascend Mate 7 – 9,380
49) Cherry Mobile Hyper – 9,111
50) Samsung Galaxy Note 4 – 8,888

Asus took the top spot with the Zenfone 5. Their blockbuster sales (estimated to be over 100,000 units) catapulted it as the most popular device this year. The Zenfone 6, Zenfone 5 Lite and two variants of the Fonepad 7 as well as the Transformer Book T100 were all included in the list.

Cherry Mobile took 17 out of the 50 listed above with 5 handsets in the top 10. Xiaomi also got a lot of attention with the Mi3, Redmi 1s and the Redmi Note.

The only non-smartphone that broke the top list are the GoPro Hero 3+, Galaxy Tab 8.4, the CM G1 watchphone, and Transformer Book T100.

Again, these numbers are based on internal rankings and only includes gadgets we’ve reviewed throughout 2014.