Best smartphone 2022

1. amSsung Galaxy S22 Ultra – Best overall phone

 

Pros

·         Excellent camera

·         Phenomenal display

·         Stylus support

Cons

·         Bulky

·         Expensive

·         Slower charging

 

While the S21 Ultra dabbled with Note-like features, the Galaxy S22 Ultra is unquestionably a full-blown successor to 2020’s Note 20 Ultra in everything but name. It’s expensive, but the best overall phone you can currently buy thanks to incredible performance and balanced features.

The design is distinctly different from the other entries in the Galaxy S22 range (which is to say very ‘Note-like’) and features an integrated S Pen stylus that expands functionality beyond most rivals, especially in terms of productivity.

Despite familiar-looking camera hardware, the upgrades made by Samsung render it one of the best systems in any phone, with a 108Mp main shooter backed up by an ultrawide and two telephoto lenses at different zoom levels – with the zoom performance particularly improved on previous models.

The expansive 6.8in LTPO AMOLED display delivers both high WQHD+ resolution and an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz. At the same time, long-term software support that surpasses even Google’s Pixels rounds out an impressive list of pros. If you can handle its colossal size, it’s a real winner, with five years of software support the best in Android land.

Read our full Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra review