Best Phones of 2014

Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.

  1. Sony Xperia Z32014Sony's best Xperia of the Z era: a waterproof glass slab that ran two days on a charge and did everything else well enough.Read the review
  2. OnePlus One2014A $299 phone with the fastest chip of 2014 and a touchscreen that sometimes forgot you were there.
  3. Xiaomi Mi 42014A Snapdragon 801 flagship at half the price, wrapped in a steel frame that looked a lot like an iPhone 5s.
  4. LG G32014The first flagship to put a Quad HD screen in your pocket, and the first to show what that cost in heat, brightness and battery.