The 40 Best Smartphones in the World Right Now

Portrait photography that consistently embarrasses more famous names.

The sensible Ultra: same brains, smaller bill, better in the hand.

Design with a point of view, and software that stays out of the way.

Absurd battery life packed into a genuinely slim body.

The gaming phone that also happens to be a superb everyday device.

The clamshell that finally fixed the cover screen and the crease.

Google's budget hero, still shooting above its class.

Apple's value entry, with flagship silicon and years of updates.

Flagship internals without the Ultra's price or its camera bump.

Clean software, curved glass, and a battery that genuinely lasts.

Made for people who understand shutter speed, and unapologetic about it.

Everything that made the Pro great, for meaningfully less money.

The mid-ranger that quietly sells more units than most flagships.

An uninterrupted display with no notch, no punch-hole, no compromise.

Benchmark-topping silicon at a price that makes no obvious sense.

The only phone you can genuinely repair yourself, and it is finally quick.

The thinnest big-screen foldable, and it barely gives anything up.

The enthusiast bargain that has defined that category for years.

A foldable that closes completely flat and weighs almost nothing.

Foldable technology at a price that opens it to a whole new market.

The default recommendation across half the planet, and deservedly so.

Cooling and sustained frame rates that outclass phones twice the price.

A compact with a headphone jack, expandable storage, and real battery life.

Genuinely rugged, genuinely serviceable, genuinely boring — which is the point.

Modular, playful, and startlingly capable for the money.

Mid-range photography with real portrait lighting hardware.

Charging speed that borders on the theatrical, at an entry price.

Five-year support and a case-free drop record nobody else advertises.

Three days of battery on a budget, which is the whole pitch and it works.

A deliberate retreat — the anti-smartphone that people keep actually keeping.