Phones

Bland unboxing and easy to overwhelm, but gets four years of Android upgrades and a proper warranty.

Best unboxing with a 120W charger, but its camera hardware is far behind the Mi 10 Pro.

By far the best spec phone for the money, though it needs some fiddling with ads and launcher.

An impressive budget phone with a great screen, battery and build, but he warns that the 5G, software and camera hide compromises.

A laser rangefinder phone with an underwater mode, but its underwater footage looked dreadful.

Its 15,600mAh battery beat the Galaxy S22 Ultra through sheer capacity despite likely poor efficiency.

Tiny rugged phone whose two-way radio mode gave clearer, free calls than a normal call over about a kilometre.

Absurdly loud speaker, thermal and infrared night vision and a built-in flashlight impressed him.

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

A sports-focused phone with a huge monthly fee that almost nobody signed up for, rated 5 out of 10.

A crowd-sourced eye-tracking phone with poor specs, which shows consumers don't always know what they want.

A phone that doubles as a vape appeals to hardly anyone, scoring 5 out of 10.

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.

Sky-high price and too many compromises, with an old chipset and a poor camera; rated 4/10 fail.

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.

Clunky, prototype-feeling design, but the camera and audio with the bundled earphones are impressive enough to forgive the name.

Highly recommended at 400 for its flagship feel.

Honourable mention for extreme price-to-performance.

A slim, affordable phone with a fun finish that plays tricks with light.

Best budget phone of 2021, shockingly well-rounded for about 250.

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