Best Phones of 2023
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Samsung Galaxy S23 UltraThe year the Exynos split ended and the Note's body carried the best all round Android phone Samsung had made.Read the review- Vivo X100 ProVivo X100 ProThe first phone to put a 1-inch sensor next to a periscope that could keep up with it, let down only by the software wrapped around them.
iPhone 15 ProTitanium, USB-C and a 3 nm chip that ran hot for three weeks: a fine phone whose best camera was kept for the Max.
Google Pixel 8A tidy $699 phone whose seven-year support promise did more to the industry than anything in its camera bar.
Huawei Mate 60 ProA very good phone that matters for the chip inside it, and one a buyer outside China should admire from a distance.
Sony Xperia 1 VThe Xperia that finally fixed the basics, a real low-light camera and a cool-running chip, still priced and supported like a niche product.
Fairphone 5A midrange phone at a flagship price that you can open with a screwdriver and keep until 2031, which is the entire argument.