We can’t agree on the BEST PHONE of 2024

We’ve run through all the data, done all the tests, and had all the internal discussions, and we’ve concluded that the Google Pixel 9 Pro is the best phone of 2024 and the winner of our annual Editor’s Choice Award. However, we’ve also tallied all the votes and found that our viewers and readers disagree. They say the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is the best of the year and their pick for the annual Reader’s Choice Award. Let’s talk about each phone, the data, and more!

00:00 - We DON'T agree on the best phone!
00:42 - How we pick the Editor's Choice winner
01:43 - EC First Place: Google Pixel 9 Pro
03:15 - EC Second Place: Galaxy S24 Ultra
03:30 - EC Third Place: iPhone 16 Pro
04:22 - EC Fourth Place: Google Pixel 9 Pro XL
05:05 - EC Fifth Place: OnePlus 12
05:41 - RC Elimination Round
06:31 - RC Final Four (and surprise fifth-place winner)
07:22 - RC Finals: Galaxy S24 Ultra wins it all
08:42 - Two AMAZING phones for different types of buyers
09:11 - What do you think?

#google #samsung #pixel9pro #galaxys24ultra #mobile #tech #bestof2024

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[AndroidAuthority]

What was YOUR personal phone of the year? 👀

[ooizhenwei]

This is best phone of the year in America. Not global

[msnirajagrawal]

I am from India and a Samsung s23ultra user. I have a theory for S24ULTRA win. We know pixel lineup is a very good phone but in hotter climate like that if India and similar regions, they run quite hot. That's the reason these tensor phones aren't quite popular here. You from android authority and website voters are mainly from colder countries and therefore dont face the pixel phone issues we have, here samsung beats all. And you can see the trend as youtube has highest Samsung votes and i am pretty sure Indian voters have mostly voted for Samsung.

[gutwallst]

I was going to make a joke about AA picking an iPhone as an Android phone of the year, but to No One surprise, AA is a big fat joke

[Pomacat]

I have the s24 Ultra + the Pixel 9 pro XL. I find myself using the Pixel more than the Samsung. I think it's the form factor pixel's just easier to handle.

[TnoBambino]

Stop making this about just phones you can get in America. Literally Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi all destroy everyone in your list and there's no debate. The fact you are only Including phones that are mainly in the American market share is so biased it makes it feel like you are being paid to make this list.

[jorn]

Oneplus 12 is so underrated. Hope people will appreciate the 13 more because it is going to be a killer phone with 6000mah battery and snaldragon elite.

[superior]

Vivo X200 Pro since it's already out and it's 2024.

[JustJohnny]

You keep saying "if we combine the 2 google pixel phones" but never "if we combined all s24 phones"

[GuessWhat]

Pixel 9 Pro it is for me this year, hands down.

[himanshurajput]

Everyone is fighting for s24 ultra or 16 pro or 9 pro. And here i appreciate s24 for being small and bearer of compact form factor alive in the flagship.

[RedstoneinventeArmoredGuy]

Tbh, i still find the Xperia 1 VI to be one of the best phone this year. Afterall the pixel and Samsung this year is mostly just ai and ai upgrades over last year

[jeromegold]

Great content. I'm still rocking the s23 ultra. With all the upgrades, it's gotten no reason to upgrade unless the s25 ultra knocks my socks off.

[carlwheezer]

you dont even have to watch the video you just its samsung, google and apple. almost as if those are the only phone companies in existence

[trevorbloomfield]

With all the Samsung shills I thought it would be the s24 ultra

[MahmudShuvo-wu]

They are not best phones of the year...they are best phone in the USA this year

[baldy]

....There are many other, vastly superior options other than the "big 3" (Samsung, Google, iPhone) that keep getting rammed down our throats in North America.

What about the Xiaomi 14 Ultra? Sony Xperia 1 VI? Vivo X100 Ultra? Honor Magic 6 Pro? Huawei Pura 70 Ultra?

Or next year, the Oppo X8, Xiaomi 15, Vivo X200 will all have Global and European releases.

[Halljand]

I'm interested to see if Google designing and goung to TSMC for its SOC next year makes any difference in its rankings.

I don't think you should combine the pro and pro XL variants. My reason being is its clear when given a large phone people choose S series Ultra most of the time.

[dotunmakun]

Combining the votes of 2 pixel phones would be unfair to the GU phone because the pixels are 2 distinctively different phones because their sizes matter to customers. It's a major factor and the Galaxy Ultra numbers are it's own despite it's size/form factor.

[nathanielcooper]

Personally I would go with the Vivo x100 Ultra but it's not really available outside of Asian markets. Same with the Huawei pura 70 Ultra. Vivo has hands down the best camera out there. Then after Vivo the Pixel 9 Pro XL, the s24 ultra, and last the OnePlus 12.