Phones

A full flagship experience with an impressive 10x hybrid zoom, though he considers anything beyond 10x optional.

Night Mode gives far better detail, dynamic range and colour in the dark than rivals, and its auto mode also has the least noise.

A year-old flagship that is now a sweet-spot buy at around $330 refurbished, with better software and premium build.

Not the prettiest, but has some of the most powerful camera software ever and slick Google software.

Offers a flagship Kirin chip, triple camera and premium design at a lower price.

Great photos and videos plus very fluid, fast OxygenOS software and new stereo speakers.

Distinguished, powerful with a 48 megapixel camera and priced below most flagships, though the time of flight camera is a questionable choi…

Amazing value with a flagship chip in a compact one-hand-friendly body, and he prefers it to the Pro.

Still good at performance, camera and battery a year on, and now cheaper.

A bold, well-priced gaming phone with active cooling, a great display and experimental 8K video, held back by a few rough edges.

A budget phone with very little to complain about, offering upper mid-range performance and a 48 megapixel camera.

A well-specced mid-range phone whose main complaint is its mid-range chip, placed 15th.

A well-rounded and well-built phone for the price.

A smaller, trimmed-down Mi 9 that keeps the ultra-wide and telephoto cameras at a lower price.

Rumoured to have a very strong camera setup and a possible Radeon-powered GPU, but it is still speculation and the price is expected to be…

Best for zoom, macro and extreme low light thanks to its quad camera, but front low-light selfies and portrait edges are weaker.

A neat little budget phone with a triple camera setup and a good selfie camera for the price.

A bold, vibrant red version of the OnePlus 6 that keeps the same price and is still good value, though colour choice is down to taste.

Night mode is much better than expected for a £329 phone, with some softness and heavy lens flare.

Impressed by how much phone you get for £49, with lightweight software suited to poor data connections.

Specs and price look like a bargain, but he thinks Lenovo's misleading hype around a 100MP camera makes the whole launch feel off.

A slick, fast phone with a great camera and battery that he will keep using, despite the GlueGate screen fault, delicate build and software…

A slick, clean, bloat-free experience for half the price of a top-end phone.

Still a beast in 2019, a budget phone with shockingly little compromise.