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Smartphone Awards

Every winner, every category, every year — from 2014 to 2025. The definitive archive of Marques Brownlee's annual smartphone awards.

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⭐ Featured Winner 2025

🏆 Phone of the Year

iPhone 17

Apple · 2025

Apple finally delivers ProMotion 120Hz to the base iPhone 17, along with improved cameras and Apple Intelligence features — making it the most complete standard iPhone ever.

Display 6.1-inch OLED, 120Hz ProMotion

Camera 48MP main + 12MP ultrawide + 12MP front

Battery 3,279 mAh

Launch Price $799

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📸 Best Camera

OPPO Find X9 Pro

OPPO · 2025

Consistent quality across main, ultrawide, and telephoto. The first non-Apple/Google camera champion in years.

Runner-up: iPhone 17 Pro

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✨ Best Design

iPhone Air

Apple · 2025

At 5.5mm, the thinnest mainstream smartphone ever made. Elegant and pocketable.

Runner-up: Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge

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Phone of the Year, Every Year

12 years of MKBHD's most prestigious award.

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Every award category, with all-time winner history.

🏆 Phone of the Year The ultimate award — MKBHD's pick for the best overall smartphone of the year across all price points and platforms. 📸 Best Camera Awarded to the smartphone with the best overall camera system — considering photo quality, video, night mode, and versatility. 🔋 Best Battery Recognizes the phone that goes the longest on a single charge, factoring in both battery size and charging speed. ✨ Best Design Celebrates the most beautiful, innovative, or distinctive physical design in the smartphone industry that year. 💰 Best Value Awarded to the phone that delivers the most performance, features, and quality for its price. 📱 Best Big Phone The best large-screen smartphone of the year — for users who want maximum screen real estate. 🤏 Best Small Phone The best compact smartphone — for users who prefer pocketable devices without sacrificing performance. 📈 Most Improved Awarded to the brand or phone that made the biggest leap forward year-over-year — whether that's fixing past mistakes or innovating boldly. 🔄 Best Foldable The best folding smartphone — recognizing the most refined, practical, and well-executed foldable design. 💀 Bust of the Year The most disappointing phone launch of the year — overpriced, underdelivering, or failing to live up to its promise. 🏅 Best Budget Phone The best smartphone under the mid-range price threshold — proof that you don't need to spend a fortune.

About MKBHD's Smartphone Awards

Marques Brownlee (MKBHD) has been publishing his annual Smartphone Awards on YouTube since 2014. Each December, he reviews the year's most notable phones across key categories — from Best Camera to Phone of the Year — drawing on months of hands-on testing.

With over 19 million subscribers, MKBHD's picks carry significant weight in the tech community. This site is an unofficial fan-made archive that tracks every winner and helps you find buying links for the phones he recommends.

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