Best Phones of 2024
Ranked by our critic's grades, best first.
Samsung Galaxy S24 UltraTitanium, a flat anti glare screen and seven years of updates: the year Samsung out built Apple and called it AI.Read the review
Oppo Find X8 ProTwo periscopes, a 5910mAh battery and IP69 in a 215-gram phone: the most complete Android flagship of late 2024.
Honor Magic6 ProClass leading camera, battery and screen in one phone, with MagicOS the only thing between it and the best of 2024.- Xiaomi 14 UltraXiaomi 14 UltraA 1-inch sensor with a real variable aperture on the back and a hump to match: the best camera phone of 2024 and it knows it.
OnePlus 12The flagship killer came back as a flagship: a 5400 mAh battery, a 4500-nit LTPO screen and a periscope camera for $799.
Google Pixel 9 ProThe full Pro camera in the small body, an ultrasonic reader and a modem that holds signal: the first Pixel with only its chip to apologise for.
iPhone 16 ProSuperb hardware, the best battery in a 6.3-inch phone in 2024, a fiddly camera button and a headline feature that had not shipped.- Realme GT 7 ProRealme GT 7 ProA Snapdragon 8 Elite, a 6500 mAh battery and IP69 sealing for mid-range money, with a camera that stops short of flagship.
Honor Magic V3The foldable that made the Galaxy Z Fold6 look fat, sold at 1,999 euros with software that never matched the engineering.
HMD SkylineA Lumia-shaped mid-ranger you can fix yourself, with the first Qi2 magnets on Android, let down by a weak chip and a weaker battery at $499.