 In late @-@ September 2012 TechRadar ranked it as the No. 1 handset in its constantly updated list of the 20 best mobile phones ; Stuff magazine also ranked it at No. 1 in its list of 10 best smartphones in May 2012 . The S III won an award from the European Imaging and Sound Association under the category of " European Mobile Phone " of 2012 – 2013 . In 2012 , the S III won T3 's " Phone of the Year " award , beating the iPhone 4S , the Nokia Lumia 900 , the Sony Xperia S and others and was voted Phone of the Year by readers of tech website S21 . In February 2013 , the S III won the " Best Smartphone " award from the <unk> at Mobile World Congress . 
