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Nicer to use, with magnets and less flex, but it picked up marks and camera ring damage in the drop test and he was not convinced by it.

His foldable pick, ahead on software for the extra screen space and the only one globally available.

Named the worst phone: dated camera and chipset and no Google Play Store at £1,100, so it makes no sense to buy.

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…

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

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.

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

Sounds the same from any angle with decent bass, but he isn't blown away and wouldn't recommend paying £500.

Pleasant but overpriced for what it is, when £500 nearly buys a real flagship.

A better 4a, but not as good value; a solid option.

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…

A rebadged ZTE Axon 7 with leather, sold at luxury prices; he finds it disingenuous.

A well-built luxury charger that charges worse than the cheap one and is hard to justify at 10 times the price.

Overpriced rugged phone with poor specs that was no tougher than a cheap phone in a cheap case.

A $40 glass protector that performed no better than the $1 one, so it is not worth the money.

Overpriced $1,000 phone with weak specs that exists mainly to make the Note 20 Ultra look reasonable; rated 3/10 fail.

Impressive camera and powerful, but hard to justify over £700 given how good the alternatives are.

His favourite phone of the year on hardware, camera and battery, held back only by the US ban on Google services.

HTC's attempted comeback phone had OnePlus Nord specs at around $600 instead of $400, and he thinks the company can't catch up (6/10 fail).

Poor value for only $100 saving, with a plastic build, old chipset and worse camera, though it still sold well.

A decent official charger that looks overpriced for what it does, with charging capped at 12 watts.

A beautifully made and desirable limited edition, but poor value with unremarkable software tweaks.