Best Smartphones of 2022: PhoneArena Awards

Alright 2022 is almost over and it's time for our Best Smartphones of 2022 Awards and of course we do it in PhoneArena's style. We have 11 categories and our team picked their favorited. Starting with Best Innovation, Best Design, Best Aging Phone, Best Gaming Phone, Best Budget Phone, Best Small Phone, Best "Affordable Flagship", Best Foldable Phone, Best Camera Phone, Most Improved Phone and of course Best Smartphone!
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00:00 Welcome to PhoneArena's 2022 Awards
00:25 The process
00:36 The best innovation of 2022
01:54 The best design of 2022
02:43 The best aging phone of 2022
03:19 The best gaming phone of 2022
04:16 The best budget phone of 2022
05:02 The best small phone of 2022
06:04 The best affordable flagship of 2022
07:12 The best foldable phone of 2022
08:06 The best camera phone of 2022
08:57 The most improved phone of 2022
09:39 Best smartphone of 2022
10:53 Best smartphone of 2022 Runner-up
11:50 Vote for yourself!
12:25 Thank you for being with us in 2022!

[shazsupreme]

For me, it's the S22 Ultra is phone of the year 2022. Pixel 7 Pro Runner-up.

[DrArnabSahoo]

Dynamic island best innovation?! Guess we know who pays for their meals

[tahatechyt]

For me, the Smartphone of the Year 2022 will be Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.
It might be not as powerful as 14 Pro Max but at least it gives us the choice to use all the power it has which matters the most!
For example, True Split Screen and Pop-Up window Multitasking, True File Explorer system, S-Pen, Samsung Dex, etc.
And for Cameras, I don't know why but I like S22 Ultra much better than 14 Pro Max, even in Video. I don't know why but I like its colors and dynamic range better than 14 Pro Max in Photos as well as Videos!

[i.am.mezbah]

A phone with bugs is best😵‍💫
Dynamic Island an innovation 🤣

[U_H]

Dynamic Island innovation of the year?!? - Well there used to be dynamic keys on a smartphone in ancient times - remember 🤔?!?

[braskabani]

Pixel 7 pro should of win phone of the year. For that price and what you get is awesome.

[bish_boss]

iPhone YouTube Channel. S22 Ultra hands down.

[harish]

Iphonearena what a fabulous attempt by you to mark notch as innovation 💡 👏

[smartphonefan]

I disagree, I think the Z Fold4 is the best phone of 2022.

[ferrydaddy]

S22 Ultra is the runner-up. Come on man. S22 Ultra beats iPhone 14 Pro Max in everything.

[S__]

1. S22 ULTRA
2. IPHONE 14 PRO ULTRA
3. GOOGLE PIXEL 7 PRO
4. ZENFONE 9
5. GOOGLE PIXEL 7

[randy]

You forgot to mention video sponsors bye 🍎

[Phoun]

This was a sad video to watch. It's like they already picked the iPhone to win and than tried to make reasons why it's the best. Maybe these reviewers don't really even know anymore what the majority of techies think is important.

[lukatore]

Ahh, remember the good old times, 13 years ago when we used to watch Phone Arena videos to decide which smartphone to buy 🙂

[kgzdelivery]

😂 Dynamite island trip is just in the way of the display

[trl]

you got me @ "categorii" awesome list though

[rahimjansha]

Am i dreaming or dynamic island just won the best innovation 😳????

[ryanaucoin]

I'd argue that for sheer value and experience you get from a phone the Pixel 7 is unbeatable, for $799CAD you are getting a seriously capable camera that gives the iPhone a run for the money great software with incredibly cool features, I couldn't imagine why anyone would spend $1099 on and s22 or iPhone 14.

[pratyaymajee]

This video is totally rigged. Samsung S22 Ultra was undoubtedly the best smartphone of this year, no other phone stood up there for the performance and camera.

[Desgeneratico]

How can you put the gimmicky "island" as an innovation???? Seriously? All it does can be done in other ways by 1-2 clicks. Innovation is something that changes the industry and a new tech in phone charging or a new camera sensor is WAY more important that this gimmick.