Best smartphones of 2025 - buyer’s guide Comments
- nishi
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It would be nice to have a subcategory for the best videos.
- vanguard478
- 7t}
Why is there no link whatsoever for the buyer's guide on the Home page for the website? Something similar for full battery test results. Atleast earlier there used to be some link for the buyer's guide but now that's also gone
- Anonymous
- MiQ
update??
- Jekeb
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Bobertt, 25 Aug 2025Weird that they gave the best Camera Phone to Xiaomi when almost every camera comparison on Yo... morethey are professional reviewers so you can trust them, xiaomi is the best camera phone
- chetan khatri
- Dke
The “Best Smartphones of 2025” buyer’s guides are really becoming more useful than ever — not just a specs-comparison but a way for people to pick what actually matters for them. Here are some things I think stand out, plus what buyers should keep an eye on:
- davidtb
- kAX
It's nice having a good camera, but old school, it ain't the camera, it's the composition. Good adequate cameras are fine. Better cameras don't take better pictures, and you should be suspect of AI helping you.
- Bobertt
- YcE
Weird that they gave the best Camera Phone to Xiaomi when almost every camera comparison on Youtube between the Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo has the Xiaomi as the worse of the 3.
- WirelessWonkFL
- 8pf
Banepain, 19 Jan 2025I thought this is a site where people understand, and although this is already 2025, the poco ... moreYou obviously have not read reviews of XA-1 and likely never owned one. Most of them died within 20 months. Sony mobile was losing so much money that they went to cheaper suppliers to cut costs and the result was the XA-1 self-destructing screen digitizer. Mine became a total brick. Lights out. If you want to say "best ever" you need to name a model, not a brand.
- WirelessWonkFL
- 8pf
Android by Google, 04 Jun 2025All Xiaomi smartphones, without exception, are extremely insecure and untrustworthy. And no me... moreso we just take your word for it? First, provide evidence that any Pixel outcompetes any of the selected winners and then we can talk.
- WirelessWonkFL
- 8pf
Jay, 09 Jul 2025What a shock... The same phones/manufacturers every time. Nothing different. Same phones... moreThe "best for" categories are completely useless for finding a phone most compatible across the atlantic region, or pacific region, or globally. I'm sure there are more folks than just me who would love to carry a single handset when they travel and just pop in the new SIM. (Dual SIM models with one being physical would be optimal, as E-sims are not offered by every carrier.) The iPhones would have most of the needed frequencies, but guess what... Samsung flagships would never make that list unless they stop the region-locking nonsense. Anyway, if you need a phone for this purpose then you likely don't give a frog's fart about having the latest and greatest camera. Wake up, GSMArena!
- shrik
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Jay, 09 Jul 2025What a shock... The same phones/manufacturers every time. Nothing different. Same phones... moreand yet, you keep visiting this site.
- Jay
- gq0
What a shock...
The same phones/manufacturers every time.
Nothing different. Same phones the last 10 years.
Nothing new, nothing innovative.
- Anonymous
- 3hg
Folding flip phones are NOT compact phones. They are just normal sized phones with the gimmick of having the extra step to open them before they can be properly used , with that screen being less durable as well. Stop the 🧢
- NM
- LcG
Delighted to see that you have started updating the buyer’s guide post my below request. Your team rocks! :)
- NM
- LcG
Hi GSMArena team,
The "always-up-to-date" list hasn’t been updated since February — it's now about four months old. Could you please update it or let us know when the next refresh is expected? 🙂
Thanks for all the great work!
- NM
- LcG
Hi GSMArena team,
I noticed the "always-up-to-date" list hasn't been updated since February, and several users have pointed out that it's now around four months out of date. Could you please review and refresh the list to reflect the latest smartphone releases? Or at least post a quick reply letting us know when the update can be expected? 🙂
Thanks for your great work!
Cheers!
- Anonymous
- n2v
Azlaanariyan00, 18 Jun 2025Hi GSMARENA, the list needs to be updated, it's been almost half yearNow 4months
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