Best Phones of 2019
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Apple iPhone 11The iPhone most people should have bought in 2019, with a superb camera, a class leading chip and stamina to spareRead the review- OnePlus 7 ProOnePlus 7 ProThe 90Hz curved screen made every other 2019 flagship feel slow, and the pop-up camera made it all screen for $669.
- Huawei P30 ProHuawei P30 ProThe first periscope zoom on a mainstream phone, and the last Huawei a buyer outside China could use without thinking about it.
Asus ROG Phone IIThe first 120Hz OLED and a 6000 mAh battery in 2019, a gaming phone that was accidentally the best value flagship of the year.
Samsung Galaxy S10A tenth anniversary phone that got the screen exactly right and the fingerprint reader, the battery and the Exynos wrong.
Redmi Note 7The first phone of Redmi as its own brand, and the moment a $145 phone stopped feeling like a compromise.
Sony Xperia 1A beautiful 4K, 21:9 screen wrapped around a phone whose camera and battery did not justify 949 dollars.
Google Pixel 4Radar, face unlock, astrophotography and 90Hz on a phone whose 2800mAh battery could not carry any of them through a day.
Samsung Galaxy FoldThe first folding phone that mattered, and the first one that broke in reviewers' hands before it reached a shop.