The MKBHD Smartphone Awards 2023! (SPOILER) Thread
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Best Big Phone: Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
✅ Huge Flagship display
✅ Huge Quad camera array
✅ 5000mAh battery
Somehow still has room for a stylus
Software multitasking features you could ever need
Runner-ups: OnePlus Open
Honorable mentions: Oppo Find X6 Pro, Asus ROG Phone 7
✅ Huge Flagship display
✅ Huge Quad camera array
✅ 5000mAh battery
Somehow still has room for a stylus
Software multitasking features you could ever need
Runner-ups: OnePlus Open
Honorable mentions: Oppo Find X6 Pro, Asus ROG Phone 7
Best Compact Phone: Asus Zenfone 10
Not even close. This is the only true flagship with an under 6-inch display. Awesome performance. Physics-defying battery life. Surprisingly good cameras. Added wireless charging. A truly rare breed
Honorable mention: Samsung Z-Flip 5
Not even close. This is the only true flagship with an under 6-inch display. Awesome performance. Physics-defying battery life. Surprisingly good cameras. Added wireless charging. A truly rare breed
Honorable mention: Samsung Z-Flip 5
Best Camera: iPhone 15 Pro
Yes, there are others that can occasionally produce better photos or deeper zoom. But no other smartphone camera is as consistently high quality in photo AND VIDEO situations across the board as the flagship iPhone
Honorable mention: Galaxy S23 Ultra
Yes, there are others that can occasionally produce better photos or deeper zoom. But no other smartphone camera is as consistently high quality in photo AND VIDEO situations across the board as the flagship iPhone
Honorable mention: Galaxy S23 Ultra
Blind Smartphone Camera Test Winners from a few million votes
Standard 📸
🥇 Google Pixel 7A
🥈 Google Pixel Fold
🥉 OnePlus Open
Low light 📸
🥇 iPhone 15 Pro
🥈 Google Pixel 8 Pro
🥉 Google Pixel 7A
Portrait mode 📸
🥇 Google Pixel 8 Pro
🥈 Samsung Z Fold 5
🥉 iPhone 15 Pro
Standard 📸
🥇 Google Pixel 7A
🥈 Google Pixel Fold
🥉 OnePlus Open
Low light 📸
🥇 iPhone 15 Pro
🥈 Google Pixel 8 Pro
🥉 Google Pixel 7A
Portrait mode 📸
🥇 Google Pixel 8 Pro
🥈 Samsung Z Fold 5
🥉 iPhone 15 Pro
The Value Award: Samsung Galaxy A54
Everything you need. Nothing you don’t. I reviewed it at $400 and it’s near $300 now. Flat display, triple cameras, wireless charging & rock solid build. What more do you need?
Runner-up: Moto G Play ($169)
Honorable mention: Pixel 7A ($499)
Everything you need. Nothing you don’t. I reviewed it at $400 and it’s near $300 now. Flat display, triple cameras, wireless charging & rock solid build. What more do you need?
Runner-up: Moto G Play ($169)
Honorable mention: Pixel 7A ($499)
Battery Award: iPhone 15 Plus
Combine your own chip with software optimization and the biggest battery ever in an iPhone (4912mAh), and this is an actual 2-day phone. (And yeah, 60hz helped a lot too)
Runner-up: Asus ROG Phone 7
Honorable mention: Asus Zenfone 10
Combine your own chip with software optimization and the biggest battery ever in an iPhone (4912mAh), and this is an actual 2-day phone. (And yeah, 60hz helped a lot too)
Runner-up: Asus ROG Phone 7
Honorable mention: Asus Zenfone 10
Design Award: Honor Magic V2
This physics-defying foldable genuinely shifted the way I think about what’s possible in a folding phone. 9.9mm thin, but with a 5000mAh battery and TWO displays?! Others have settled a bit and played it safe, but not this one.
This physics-defying foldable genuinely shifted the way I think about what’s possible in a folding phone. 9.9mm thin, but with a 5000mAh battery and TWO displays?! Others have settled a bit and played it safe, but not this one.
Best Foldable: OnePlus Open
We knew a folding OnePlus foldable was coming... we did not know it would be this good. Killer specs, screens and multitasking. If you made me pick a foldable to daily, it would be this one.
Runner-up: Pixel Fold
Honorable mention: Samsung Z Flip 5
We knew a folding OnePlus foldable was coming... we did not know it would be this good. Killer specs, screens and multitasking. If you made me pick a foldable to daily, it would be this one.
Runner-up: Pixel Fold
Honorable mention: Samsung Z Flip 5
Most Improved: Nothing Phone 2
Yes, the LED pattern on the back improved. Yes, the edges of the glass are more rounded and feel better in the hand. But the the software was the real headliner, and Nothing OS shines in character and functionality
Runner-up: iPhone 15
Yes, the LED pattern on the back improved. Yes, the edges of the glass are more rounded and feel better in the hand. But the the software was the real headliner, and Nothing OS shines in character and functionality
Runner-up: iPhone 15
Bust of the Year: Solana Saga Crypto Phone
No amount of #BONK or Cryptosaurs could save this phone. It’s a shame this ceramic build was wasted on a weak camera, display and battery. You can find defenses of this phone, but you’re not already a $SOL holder, they’re meaningless
No amount of #BONK or Cryptosaurs could save this phone. It’s a shame this ceramic build was wasted on a weak camera, display and battery. You can find defenses of this phone, but you’re not already a $SOL holder, they’re meaningless
Phone of the Year: Google Pixel 8
Talk about a graduation
✅ Super bright 120Hz
✅ Upgraded cameras
✅ Tons of clever software (and SEVEN YEARS of updates)
Runner-up: Asus Zenfone 10
Honorable mentions: iPhone 15 Pro, S23 Ultra, OnePlus
Talk about a graduation
✅ Super bright 120Hz
✅ Upgraded cameras
✅ Tons of clever software (and SEVEN YEARS of updates)
Runner-up: Asus Zenfone 10
Honorable mentions: iPhone 15 Pro, S23 Ultra, OnePlus
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