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Best smartphone 2025: Tested and reviewed by our experts
The best smartphones to buy, as revealed by our experts’ in-depth testing
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Apple iPhone 17 Pro: Hello plateau The best of the 2025 iPhone bunch, combining three excellent cameras with stonking battery life – just ignore the ugly camera bump£1099 -
Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold review: Down with the thickness Making it dust-tight is a huge achievement, but Google is still behind the foldable curve with the Pixel 10 Pro Fold£1749 -
Sony Xperia 1 VII review: Oh how the mighty have fallen Between the high price and plateauing camera quality, the Sony Xperia 1 VII can’t keep up with this year’s best flagship phones£1399 -
Apple iPhone Air review: A new type of iPhone, but haven’t we seen it all before? A lovely phone with an ultra slim frame and pocket-friendly weight – but it has only one camera and that camera bump is massive£999 -
The best Android phones in 2025 Looking for a new Android phone? These are the best Google-powered handsets we've tested to date -
The best mid-range phones in 2025, as tested by us Forget the flagships and save some money with the best mid-range smartphones we’ve tested and reviewed -
The best budget smartphones to buy in 2025 Looking to save money on your next smartphone? These are the best budget phones to buy in the UK, fully tested by our team of experts -
Xiaomi 15T review: Bigger but not exactly better The Xiaomi 15T has a bigger display and longer battery life than its predecessor but is otherwise a disappointing update£549 -
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Xiaomi 15T Pro review: All the phone most people need The Xiaomi 15T Pro impresses with hardware that's well above its pay grade – but software still holds it back£649 -
Inside the new flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile SoC Qualcomm’s latest platform is deemed the fastest mobile chipset ever – and after seeing it in action, I believe that claim -
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Fairphone 6: Eco-friendly but not completely future-proof The Fairphone 6 is the ideal phone for eco-conscious users – but I worry that some of the specs don’t feel built to last£499 -
The iPhone 17 FINALLY makes this one big change The iPhone 17 brings 120Hz to the non-Pro models, and makes some interesting camera upgrades, too -
Apple iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max: Some upgrades, some downgrades Apple goes back to aluminium with its Pro series phones but boosts battery life and telephoto zoom camera quality