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What is the best phone? Announcing Best of Android 2015!
June 14, 2025
If you’re a tech aficionado, this is probably a question that you’re asked quite often. We know we are. Because we’re often asked for advice on what the best phone to buy is, we thought we’d help answer this question for you with the ultimate smartphone comparison.
Welcome to Best of Android 2015.
This year has seen OEMs launch an abundance of smartphones into the market place, ranging from the entry level to the ultra high-end, that remain on many people’s wishlists. If there’s one thing that’s clear from this year, it’s that you don’t always have to pay the ultimate price for the ultimate smartphone. But if you do have a larger budget, which handset should you splash your hard earned cash on?
To answer this, we’re looking at several key areas where the best flagship smartphones need to perform, and ranking six of the finest smartphones in the ultimate shootout. From the quality and clarity of the display and the audio, to the performance, battery, camera, and the overall user experience, we’re conducting the ultimate smartphone comparison and crowning our Flagship of the Year 2015.
With so many devices released this year and the lines between flagship and midrange becoming ever blurred, we’ve picked the flagship handset from six OEMs to find out which is truly the must have smartphone this year. Which devices have made the cut, we hear you ask? Let’s find out:
Why these 6? Each is the flagship for that particular OEM and the handset that tops many people’s Christmas shopping lists. Google’s Nexus 6P is the ultimate Pure Android experience, Motorola’s Moto X Force boasts the ultimate in smartphone protection and the Galaxy Note 5 remains Samsung’s finest, even if it’s elusive for users in Europe. BlackBerry’s Priv brings back the cool factor of old, the LG V10’s second screen is unique, and the Xperia Z5 Premium is the world’s first 4K smartphone.
Each handset has a feature that makes it stand out from the rest, but now it’s time to find out which is the handset that rules them all.
Over the next week, we’ll be bringing the ultimate smartphone comparison in a bid to crown the ultimate smartphone. We know that some phones look great on paper when tested in laboratories, only to fail in real world conditions. So we’ve conducted a test of both. To win this crown, the best smartphone has to be great in both subjective and objective tests.
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Here’s what we’ve got in-store:
This week we’ll dive into smartphones like never before and deliver our definitive verdict on which truly is the smartphone of the year 2015. We hope you’ll join us here on the website and over on ourYouTube channel. It promises to be a fantastic journey and we’d love to have you along for the ride.
Go in-depth:
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium ReviewGoogle Nexus 6P reviewBlackBerry Priv reviewLG V10 reviewNexus 6P reviewDroid Turbo 2 review
We’re going to be running Best of Android 2015 over the next seven days with a new installment every day at 10am EST. We’re kicking things off with the ultimate display comparison, so join us at this time tomorrow to find out if you should be looking at Quad HD or 4K for your next smartphone.
Check out all the comparisons on the Best of Android page
In the meantime let us know which smartphone you think is going to win in the comments below, and cast your vote in the poll, which closes at 11:59 am PST tomorrow. You can influence the winner of ourreaders choice award. We’ll compare the results of the poll and our own testing in the roundup, where we’ll crown the crème de la crème of mobile technology.
Series Contributors:Rob Triggs,Gary Sims,Lanh Nguyen,Joe Hindy,Krystal LoraSeries Editors:Nirave Gondhia,Bogdan Petrovan,Andrew Grush
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