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The best Android phones of 2016, according to you
July 08, 2025
As you’re probably already aware, we’ve been keeping ourbest Android phones listupdated throughout the year, adding new devices each month as we see fit. Since April 2016, we’ve been including a poll in our list, asking our readers what they this is the best Android phone out there. Of course, the list changes every month as devices are added and removed, which makes things interesting. So we thought it’d be a good idea to look back and see what you, our readers, thought were the best Android phones of the year.
Below you’ll find a list of the top five Android phones of each month, according to our readers. We’ve only been holding our “best Android phones” poll since April, which is why data from January through March is missing.
Do note that the numbers next to each smartphone represents the number of votes each phone received that month. There are normally around ten phones included in the poll every month, but to save space, we’ve rounded up the data on the top five phones with the most votes for each month. Also, December’s poll is still open, so those numbers may fluctuate a bit depending on when you look at the table.
As you can see from the chart above, one Android smartphone certainly stands out above the rest, reaching the top one or two spots every month since we’ve held these polls. That phone, of course, is theSamsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Keep in mind that the S7 Edge has been available since the beginning of the year, while others like theGoogle Pixel,Pixel XLandLG V20have only just recently become available.
Lately, though, the Google Pixel XL has taken the top spot for the months of November and December, raking in a steady 4,100 votes each month. The Google Pixel also managed to achieve a top spot in recent months, receiving between 2,000 – 2,500 votes in November and December.
What about the other guys?
It’s clear that the Galaxy S7 Edge, Google Pixel XL and Note 7 (for a brief time) were the very best Android phones according to the majority of our readers, but what about the other guys? TheHTC 10,LG G5,ZTE Axon 7and a few others were good enough to make the list this year.
Up until the Pixel and Pixel XL made the list, Google’sNexus 6Pwas floating around the #2 and #3 spots from April through September, which is quite impressive considering it was released back in 2015.
Throughout the April-September timeframe, we also saw the HTC10, LG G5,Moto Z Forceand even theMoto X Pure Editiontake up the third, fourth and fifth place spots.
So there you have it, the best Android phones of 2016, according to you. Do you agree that the Galaxy S7 Edge should have made the top of the list for the majority of 2016? Also, how long do you think the Pixel XL will remain at the top? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, and be sure to check out ourbest Android phoneslist to vote on your favorite device.
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