Best Phones of 2021
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
iPhone 13Nothing about it was new in 2021 and it is still running the current iOS in 2026; the battery and the A15 are why.Read the review
Samsung Galaxy S21 UltraSamsung fixed the S20 Ultra's flaws and built the most complete Android flagship of early 2021, at a hefty price- Google Pixel 6 ProGoogle Pixel 6 ProGoogle's first Tensor phone had the best Pixel camera in years and a first year of bugs its modem never quite grew out of.
Samsung Galaxy A52 5GThe phone Samsung actually sells by the million, and for $499 it gave up remarkably little.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3The phone that made foldables sell, bought by people who then learned what a folding screen costs to own.