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This infographic was submitted to us by SinglePoint.

There’s plenty of data viz here, which is great to see. The color palette and aesthetic stay consistent throughout, and the organization is easy to follow. A solid black background is a little aggressive, so I might suggest toning it to a dark grey or patterned background. All-white backgrounds are typically discouraged because they may just run into the background of many websites — it’s also a possibility for black backgrounds, too.

The only exception I see to the organization thing is the number of wireless devices to US residents placed in the Blending Work and Play section. It doesn’t seem quite at home there. Maybe it would work best in an intro section about device use, showing how many people also have tablets, laptops, etc.

I’d love to see some illustrations introduced beyond the basic iconography — though I do like the styles of some of the charts shown, as an alternative to the basic bar graphs and pie charts.

In all I’d give this infographic a B. It’s got a good amount of data and data viz, but there’s nothing particularly outstanding about the design: a bit of a facelift would help it stand out.

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This infographic comes to us from the good people at Cash Generator.co.uk. Here is what they had to say upon submitting their infographic to us:

Are you addicted to your mobile phone? This infographic created by Cash Generator (the UK discount retailer), it illustrates how the use of smartphones takes over our lives nowadays. It begins by highlighting background information and common use characteristics to establish why we use them in the first place. Then the infographics goes on to explore common scenarios leading to mobile phone addiction. In conclusion, for some people turning off your mobile phones to avoid addiction might not be the best idea, since the stress from not being able to communicate could just make things worse.
The data used to create the infographic was originated from Europe, US and Worldwide. Are you ready to switch off?

This infographic certainly highlights the prevalence of mobile phone addictions. There are a ton of interesting statistics regarding smartphone use, but unfortunately none of them are visualized! Typography and icons are used in every instance where a data point is called out. Although the subject of the infographic was interesting enough that I read through the entire thing, it does feel a bit like a blog post or article rather than an infographic.

Overall, the design is pretty good. The colors are a bit dull, the the graphics used are clean and simple, which work really well since the subject is already pretty engaging. However in spite of the accessible design, I have to give this infographic a C because of the lack of data visualization. Remember to visualize data wherever you can, especially on an infographic whose content is as shareable as this one!

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This infographic was submitted to us by Sell My Old Mobile Phone.co.uk

There’s a lot of surprising and saddening information in this infographic. Some of it is nicely visualized, all of it is relevant, and the design and layout are really nice. I also like the color palette–it’s dark, but not prohibitively so, and it avoids the tendency for dark backgrounds to be contrasted by bright or neon colors. It’s also easy to navigate this infographic. Everything is well balanced, so it doesn’t look too cluttered or too empty anywhere. The design elements are all pretty creative. I really like the number 515 composed of phones, and the cow is an entertaining note to end on.

Data viz is only employed a few times here, right at the top of the infographic. Though there are so many numerical facts and statistics contained here, only the world population, population with mobile phones, and weight of dumped mobile phones are successfully visualized. All the other facts are simply illustrated: the cow by the greenhouse gasses fact is cute and related, but it’s not doing anything to show the 35 million pounds of greenhouse gasses. Same thing with the number 515. I suppose if it was actually composed of 515 phone images, that would be data viz, but as of now it’s simply a clever design element.

Just adding some more charts, graphs, and other forms of visualization will really help boost this infographic to its greatest potential. As is, I’ll give it a B!

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This infographic comes to us from MyPhoneDeals.co.uk and shows a side by side comparison chart of the best smartphones in the UK. Upon submitting the infographic, the folks at MyPhoneDeals.co.uk had the following to say:

If you’re looking for a new smartphone, it’s an exciting time to for you, but you’re also likely to be overwhelmed by the choices on offer. It’s an important decision – you’re likely to be using the phone for the next 18 to 24 months – and once you get one you’ll find that it becomes a prized and indispensable possession.

There are thousands of combinations of handset, operating system, and contract to consider, and who has the time to do all that research? We’re here to ease your headache, and we’ve put together this big but easy to browse infographic to help you decide on the phone for you.

When it comes to the design as a whole, this infographic uses some good imagery and a great color scheme. My main concern is that it isn’t REALLY a graphical representation of data as much as it’s a well designed comparison chart. Don’t get me wrong, some may view comparison charts as infographics, but for me, the data is still a little too hard to take in with a long comparison chart like this. Also, I feel like if it’s something that can be easily coded in HTML, it’s not much of an infographic. What I would prefer to see is more than just a chart, I want to see graphs that show some of these numbers side by side so that I can quickly take in the information in a visual way. It’s far easier to compare cost, for instance, if I see a bar graph. Similarly, screen size can be shown as a drawing or in comparison to a deck of cards… something that displays the screen size so that one could really understand it rather than just seeing arbitrary numbers. Right now, this is a lot of great data laid out in a clean table, but for me that’s the research end of an infographic (seriously, we often send tables like this to our designers just as research and ask them to take it to the next level)… I’d like to see this data graphically represented rather than listed out.