If you’re in the market for a mobile upgrade, this is the list you’re looking for.
From big-screen Androids to the latest iPhone flagship, we’ve reviewed the best smartphone options you can buy.
And to help you pick which is the right fit for your pocket, we’ve ranked our favourites below.
To test the best smartphone options, our team takes every model out into the real world.
That means binge-watching on the bus to measure battery life, snapping all day to bag an album of camera samples, and maxing out the graphics on Genshin Impact to assess processing power.
After putting each contender through its paces, we highlight the winning handsets in this guide.
If you’re shopping specifically for the best Android smartphone, we’ve got a separate feature covering exactly that.
We’ve also rounded up the best budget phones, the best mid-range mobiles, and our guide to the best small phones.
We think the best smartphone you can buy is the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max (buy now). It’s an evolutionary iteration, but is excellent across the board.
You get the pull-shaped Dynamic Island cutout, a trio of very capable cameras,
unflappable A17 Pro silicon, and USB-C (finally). If you’re willing to pay, this is the best smartphone you can buy right now.
Other best smartphone recommendations
Is the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max not right for you?
Here are four of the other best smartphones we’d recommend: