On a fan community page on Chinese social media platform Weibo, hundreds of users have posted comments and pictures, some covered in little red hearts, to express their admiration for a star they affectionately call Kun Kun. “Kun Kun flies bravely, iKun will always follow him; Kun Kun never gets old, and will remain a blue-chip till the end,” some users wrote alongside the picture. “Kun Kun,” whose full name is Zhang Kun, is neither a pop star nor actor. Instead, he is one of China’s most prominent fund managers who oversees around 120 billion yuan ($18.6 billion) in assets at E Fund Management, an established Chinese asset management firm. Zhang’s followers, who label themselves “iKun,” (“i” is a homophone for the Chinese word love), have also created accounts on Weibo posing as his “global fan clubs.” “Kun Kun, I would like to accompany you for many, many years,” a follower wrote. “Let’s witness both the bull and bear markets, but still return with young hearts.”
Here are the winners - the best phones of 2019 in three major categories - Flagship, Midrange, Entry-level, have been selected by you, our readers, throughout the last two weeks.
We started with a preliminary public vote where over 20 devices per category were competing to enter the final round. The Top 5 devices were sent to another vote where over 70,000 readers picked what they think the best phone is. Without further ado, here are the winners:
Best flagship of 2019 - Samsung Galaxy Note10+
The latest flagship by the Korean manufacturer collected a third of the votes in the final round, leaving the OnePlus 7T Pro with its 20% of the votes far behind. The Note lineup wins the public prize for best flagship a second year in a row, after the Note9 snatched the win 12 months ago.
 Samsung Galaxy Note10+ |  OnePlus 7T Pro |
| Winner | Runner-up |
Best midranger of 2019 - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro
The Redmi Note 8 Pro's win in the mid-range category was the most dominant of all. The phone got over half the votes in the final round - 51% of you chose the device by the Xiaomi sub-brand.
The Galaxy A70 was a very distant second, gathering only 16% of the vote.
 Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro |  Samsung Galaxy A70 |
| Winner | Runner-up |
Best entry-level smartphone of 2019 - Samsung Galaxy M20
Samsung launched the Galaxy M series to replace the J lineup and fans immediately loved the new phones, particularly the Galaxy M20, which snatched 30% of the total votes. The second place is for Huawei Y9 Prime (2019), which is quite a surprise - it was only fourth during the preliminary round, but now managed to gather 23% of your votes.
 Samsung Galaxy M20 |  Huawei Y9 Prime (2019) |
| Winner | Runner-up |
The past 12 months were filled with intriguing smartphones. We are hopeful that 2020 will be fruitful as well with announcements and new technologies in the mobile industry.
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