Best Phones of 2016
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Samsung Galaxy S7 edgeThe best Android phone of 2016: a camera that beat the iPhone in the dark, a battery that lasted, and glass on both sides waiting to crack.Read the review- Google PixelGoogle PixelThe smoothest Android of 2016 with the best phone camera anyone had measured, in a body that skipped waterproofing and charged iPhone money.
OnePlus 3TSix gigabytes of RAM, a Snapdragon 821 and Dash Charge for $439, in a phone that went on to get three Android versions.- Xiaomi Mi MixXiaomi Mi MixThe concept phone that shipped, and the reason every phone after 2017 lost its bezels.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7The best phone of 2016 for seven weeks, then a fire hazard banned from every aircraft on earth.