Flagship

A complicated phone with some great ideas, like the microscope camera and comfortable body, but outdone by the S21 Ultra and he is unsure w…

Grouped with the S21: a side-grade with nice quality of life improvements and a better design.

Top specs for around $800, but the cameras and software feel well behind the competition.

A very good phone with a great selfie camera, but only a slight spec bump on last year's model.

Shown only as last year's model, which had a more interesting design than the Zenfone 8.

A phone he wanted badly back then, but it now feels like it belongs in a museum.

Shown as part of the Xiaomi package; around 1,000 euros and not releasing globally.

Loves the matte, jazzy-but-not-excessive Phantom Red finish and the even bezels, though others he showed it to hated it.

The phone the Lamborghini Alpha One is spec-for-spec identical to.

The brown finish is unlike anything he has seen and feels surprisingly distinct, like a fan-made concept.

Lasted a lot longer than the iPhones, which is impressive given it ran at 120Hz throughout, though it drains on standby.

Pre-launch, he thinks LG has combined a notch with a big bezel and leaned on AI marketing, with no killer feature yet in sight.

Surprisingly capable and cheap flagship with solid build and a great headphone jack, but it shows LG's lack of identity.

The best phone of the haul, with a great camera and 120W charging, good enough for his best of 2020 list if it were global.

The Exynos version has improved on last year, especially for battery life, but overheats and throttles under sustained load and has a less…

The Snapdragon version is the better S21 Ultra, holding performance under sustained load and giving a more polished camera.

Refreshingly free of gimmicks, with record-breaking battery life, and the first year he can recommend a smaller iPhone.

Won the drain test with 7 hours 30 minutes of screen-on time, which he called unheard of and incredible.

Joint best value phone of 2020, nearly as good as the Pro and cheaper than the OnePlus 8.

Solid but unremarkable on charging: Samsung kept the old 10W tech, so it finished fourth and slower than the Note 8.

A fake 30x zoom test used only 2x zoom, which he mocks.

The original Galaxy S is a nostalgia trip with colourful manuals and a removable battery, but it is painfully slow.

Notable for the first 64-bit chip, Touch ID, dual LED flash and the iOS 7 redesign.

Had a great 12MP camera but little else, with resistive touch and Symbian; the Sony Ericsson era earns a 7/10 fail.