Flagship

The other Android all-rounder winner: slightly weaker camera and screen than the S22 Ultra, but cheaper, with ceramic build and a charger i…

A thoughtful, media-focused flagship with a great 4K screen and speakers, but weaker camera processing, battery and software support than S…

Slow to charge with the bundled 5W charger, taking 3 hours 6 minutes, and fast charging does not rescue it.

Fourth in the test, but strong for a 120Hz phone and could top the table at 60Hz.

Excellent spec-heavy flagship with a standout display and very fast charging, with some camera software and battery questions still to sett…

Far better cameras than the Redmi Note 11 Pro+, though his first unit arrived dead.

Very powerful, well-designed flagship with a great screen and fun camera modes, held back by unpolished software and ordinary low-light pho…

Mentioned as the chip powering almost every 2021 flagship, used as the baseline for the new chip.

Hugely impressive specs and screen for the Chinese price of about $600, but worth it only if the global price stays at around $800 or less.

Not exciting, but a neat, practical and trustworthy phone with a camera that outperforms its hardware.

Excellent value phone that makes cuts in sensible places, and he would pick it over almost any other phone under £750.

A small phone with top-end performance, battery and features at a fair price, let down only by a dull design and weak front camera.

A sponsored first look at a very camera-focused flagship with excellent build and standout night photography, though he notes some features…

Standout design with an even, uninterrupted screen thanks to a decent in-display selfie camera.

A psychedelic, ridged back sits against a very vanilla unboxing and ordinary software.

Technically the most impressive camera phone he has used, but too niche and too expensive for most people.

Cited as an example of Honor moving into top-tier flagships.

His daily phone, with a phenomenal camera, though he wants sharper-edge changes, USB-C, bigger battery and more customisation.

Not the best on specs, but a phone that just works, with a superb camera and the most affordable way into iOS.

The Pro is a smaller jump over the standard model than last year, but the steel frame, matte back and LiDAR make it a nicer phone.

The first Vivo phone he loves: sophisticated, fun camera and near-best performance, with a mono speaker and average battery.

Joint best money-no-object phone, with the best screen, camera and battery life, refined almost to perfection.

An easy, tidy phone with great photos and the best compact pick at just under $400.

A big step up from the standard 9 with better display, 50W wireless charging and extra camera hardware, and far cheaper than the Find X3 Pr…