Best Phones of 2022

Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.

  1. iPhone 14 Pro2022The 48-megapixel sensor, the always-on 120 Hz screen and the Dynamic Island landed in one year: the biggest Pro step since the X.Read the review
  2. Google Pixel 7 Pro2022The best Android camera of 2022 at a fair price, held back by a middling chip, uneven battery life and reports of cracking camera glass
  3. Asus Zenfone 92022The small Android flagship people kept asking for, delivered by Asus with a two-year update policy as the catch.
  4. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 42022The first Fold that behaved like a normal phone when closed, still sold with a screen protector that peels itself off.
  5. Nothing Phone (1)2022A mid-ranger with a light show on the back and the cleanest Android skin outside a Pixel, sold everywhere but America.
  6. OnePlus 10 ProOnePlus 10 Pro2022The OnePlus that shipped with Oppo's software, no water rating unless T-Mobile sold it to you, and a frame that snapped in a bend test.