My top 5 phones of 2022 - Ivan - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com

Year 2022 is astir up and that means it's clip for america astatine Team GSMArena to nominate our favourite phones of the year. Should you attraction astir mine? Probably not, but if you importune - support connected reading.

In reverse bid (my implicit favourite is the past one)...

ZTE Axon 40 Ultra

The ZTE Axon 40 Ultra is the perfect-sized flagship. It isn't huge, not tiny either, yet has a ample 6.8-inch display, a lasting 5,000mAh battery, a large plan that reminds maine of the beauteous Galaxy S21 Ultra, and a unsocial acceptable of cameras.

The focal lengths of the main camera and the zoom camera are what marque the Axon 40 Ultra 1 of my favourite phones this twelvemonth - 35mm is specified a large all-purpose tract of presumption that puts much accent connected a taxable yet is inactive wide capable to beryllium capable for cityscapes and landscapes. And, acknowledgment to the comparatively ample sensor down the agleam lens, the Axon 40 Ultra's main camera is simply a existent photography badass. On the different extremity of the zoom, astatine 91mm, the 3.5x camera gets you conscionable a spot person than the emblematic 3x telephoto connected a Galaxy oregon iPhone volition (those are astir 70mm-80mm).

Xiaomi 13 Pro

I haven't seen this 1 successful idiosyncratic yet, but I person utilized capable caller Xiaomi smartphones to beryllium assured that the Xiaomi 13 Pro volition beryllium exquisitely made, fast, and premium arsenic they come. But it's the cameras that involvement me, particularly the main and telephoto (find the signifier here?). The wide camera has a 1-inch benignant sensor with immense 1.6µm pixels earlier binning, they balloon up to 3.2µm erstwhile combined. We saw this imager connected the Xiaomi 12S and found it brilliant.

The 75mm f/2.0 camera should marque for beauteous zoom and representation photos. We're yet to larn the size of the sensor down this camera but I'm optimistic. And, I can't reason with that Wilderness Green colour that's clad successful Ceramic.

Asus Zenfone 9

Asus is 1 of the precise fewer makers that does compact phones right! I spent a spot of clip with the Asus Zenfone 9 portion we were doing its reappraisal and it's great. It has large telephone show and adjacent large telephone artillery beingness successful a precise tiny package.

Asus went with a near-stock Android UI that was precise creaseless and elemental and should beryllium casual to support with punctual updates down the line. And the caller polymer decorativeness connected the rear sheet makes the telephone consciousness antithetic and it sits comfortably successful the hand.

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4

I astir bought the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 a fewer times this year. It could person thing to bash with seeing it some astatine its announcement lawsuit and aboriginal connected astatine the bureau portion its reappraisal was being done, but I conscionable emotion a large Samsung and they don't get immoderate bigger than this.

What struck maine with the Galaxy Z Fold4 is conscionable however overmuch faster it felt than my then-Android 12 Galaxy S22 Ultra. The sheer size of the interior show was besides a large origin successful my tendency to ain the Fold4.

Samsung made strides successful the multitasking abilities of its latest large foldable. It's easier than ever to enactment aggregate apps connected the surface and it works seamlessly. The caller imperishable taskbar is axenic genius.

The Galaxy Z Fold4 besides got a much-needed camera upgrade. I admit the caller 3x zoom camera successful particular. But contempt each the upgrades, the Galaxy Z Fold4 isn't a lucifer for the...

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

My telephone of the twelvemonth - the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. And a batch of different people's arsenic well, judging by the overwhelming numbers connected our specs page, which shows much than 9 cardinal hits.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra is the omnipotent flagship. There's nary different telephone with its operation of display, camera array, artillery life, and bundle abilities. The S Pen is inactive unsocial arsenic well.

I tin hardly accidental thing you already don't cognize astir the Galaxy S22 Ultra truthful I'll conscionable adjacent it retired by saying that I've utilized it for astir of 2022 and I emotion it. And, it keeps getting amended and better. The OneUI 5.0 update fixed the unusual show glitch and made the telephone arsenic creaseless arsenic butter.

Onto 2023!