The LG G3 smartphone from LG Electronics (LG) was named Best Smartphone of the Year by the GSMA at the Global Mobile Awards during Mobile World Congress 2015 for its quality, variety of useful features and ease of use. The GSMA judges lauded LG G3 by calling it “Affordable excellence with winning design – its edge-to-edge screen offers the best quality mobile viewing experience around today”.
 
“Since launch, the LG G3 has been critically acclaimed across the globe and its success has largely contributed to the 16 percent increase in annual global revenue,” said the GSMA in its award announcement. “It delivers an easy-to-use, intuitive user experience with its 5.5-inch Quad HD Display and 13-megapixel OIS+ Camera with Laser Auto Focus. It is also packed with innovations such as Smart Keyboard, Gesture for Selfie, Flash for Selfie and Knock Code™ to offer a simply convenient, simply clever and simply safer user experience.”
 
“We are extremely excited and honored to win this award. The LG G3 has received praises from industry experts for innovations in its Display, Camera, Design and User Experience (UX) features and has also been was very well accepted by consumers. Developed with the motto “Simple is the New Smart”, the G3 is empowered with the best of what current technology has to offer, providing consumers with a simpler and easier user experience with best of hardware of its time and design that still is talked as one of the best by many. With G3, LG set new standards in the smartphone industry and this award is only a testimony to that fact,” said Deepak Jasrotia Head Mobile Communication Division, India.