Apple Wins Three 'Brand Of The Year' Awards For 2013

Harris Interactive is out with its annual list of the best brands, according to American consumers. For 2013, Apple was awarded three “Brand of the Year” awards including those for phones, tablets, and computers. Here are the rankings:

Mobile Phone brands ranked above category average: 

Apple iPhone - 2013 Mobile Phone Brand of the Year

HTC Phone

Samsung Phone

LG Phone

Tablet brands ranked above category average:

Apple iPad Series - 2013 Tablet Brand of the Year

Kindle Fire Series

Google Nexus Series

Samsung Galaxy Series

HP Slate Series

Computer brands ranked above category average:

Apple Computers - 2013 Computer Brand of the Year

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Computers

Dell Computers

Sony Computers

According to Manny Flores, senior vice president at Harris Interactive:

Americans continue to give Apple brands strong ratings. And while their Consumer Connection scores are strong within their respective categories, what really stands out is that in all three of the categories Apple brands are measured - Computer, Tablet and Mobile Phone - its Brand Momentum scores are in the top 30 of all 1,500 brands evaluated in the study, showing that consumers see this as a brand of the future."

For its survey, Harris Interactive interviewed more than 38,500 American consumers on more than 1,500 lifestyle, product, and service brands across over 155 categories. See also:  Apple Bests South Korea's Samsung In New Customer Satisfaction Survey, Apple's iPad Once Again Grabs Top Spot In J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study, and Apple Grabs Top Spot In J.D. Power Customer Satisfaction Study ... Again.