The curtains are about to close for 2025, and we wil enter a new year full of big surprises in the market of smartphones. Some of the changes are coming for the best, while others may hurt at first.

Camera phones in 2025 show big gains in sensor power, zoom, and video. Some phones focus on large sensors for low-light shots, others on long zoom, while a few focus on video. As the year comes to an ...

I've said it several times this year, but I'm thoroughly impressed by what Vivo is doing in 2025. The X200 Pro, X200 Ultra, X Fold 5, and X300 Pro have all been fantastic, and Vivo's camera tuning is ...

Consumer Reports ranks smartphones based on performance, camera quality, battery life, and more than a dozen other factors, making their list a go-to place for finding the best Android phones released ...

Apple, Samsung, Google, and OnePlus brought their A-games with new phone releases in 2025. Not every aspect of every new device that those companies released was great. Some of the devices themselves ...

Qualcomm unveils two new Snapdragon chips — the Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 and Snapdragon 4 Gen 4. These will target the mid-range and entry-level phones. The Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2 gets a Kryo CPU, up to ...

The wait is finally over. While we usually wrap up our annual rankings in December, we made the strategic decision to hold off until the final days of the year. The reason? Several heavyweight ...

We’re probably the reviewer who’s done the most phone reviews across all of YouTube this new phones season, and we’ve purchased every single unit ourselves as soon as they are available. So if you ask ...