Phones

Best foldable of 2023 and the first to properly compete with Samsung, with better cameras, battery and software.

Excellent all-rounder at $799 with standout battery, screen, software and speed, held back only by an inconsistent camera.

Best Pixel yet, fixing most of his past complaints with better build, cooling, cameras and AI, though it is still slower than rivals and pr…

Smaller Pixel 9 Pro shares the XL's improvements, with slightly less battery life, but still trails rivals on speed.

Best compact phone of the year, with top-notch cameras and long battery life.

Little more than the old Open with a new chip-less refresh, hard to recommend at full price.

Feels lazy next to the Xiaomi 14T, with a weak zoom camera for the price.

Best foldable of 2024, thin and pretty with a bigger battery, faster charging and a periscope zoom.

Best gaming phone of 2024 thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite, toned-down design and better cameras.

Beautiful hardware for the money, but software and front camera need work.

A very similar and easier-to-buy alternative to the Vivo X200 Pro.

Light, small all-rounder with the best AI, but battery and cameras aren't great for a flagship.

Most improved phone of the year, a huge step up from the first Pixel Fold, though the name is awkward.

Prettier phone with a more impressive cover screen, but Samsung's flip wins on fundamentals.

Feels like a flagship at less than half the price, held back only by a soft ultrawide and no zoom.

He kept it in a cabinet until police borrowed it for an investigation and never returned it.

A phone that looked like a scam and turned out to be part of an enormous internet-wide scam.

Charming, lavish packaging and themed software, but it feels like a toy and works no better than a phone at half the price; he gave it 6/10.

A dark, cleverly themed limited edition with a real mirror back and great packaging, held back slightly by an impractical mirror selfie ide…

A luxurious, well thought out limited edition with matching bag and cases, only let down by badly placed icons; he gave it 9/10.

Well-detailed packaging and back design, but inconsistent icon theming leave it as a quarterfinals-level phone; he gave it 5/10.

A thoughtfully done Olympic edition with a lovely Berluti case, themed software and perks, though the yellow back looks poor; he gave it 8/…

Looks tacky and cheap, with possibly the worst user interface he has seen in five years; he gave it 2/10.

Great packaging and back design, but the phone itself is a stock experience made only to generate movie hype; he gave it 3/10.