Smartphone Awards 2025!

MKBHD names iPhone 17 Phone of the Year and CMF Phone 2 Pro best value in his 2025 Smartphone Awards.

• iPhone Air wins Design Award but flopped commercially; MKBHD calls it impossibly thin jewelry he couldn’t daily-drive due to single camera and weak battery.
• iPhone 16e (budget iPhone) wins Bust of the Year: stripped Wi-Fi 7, MagSafe, ultrawide, and color options yet launched at $599–$900.
• Silicon carbon batteries created a bimodal split: OnePlus/Xiaomi hitting 7,000–7,500 mAh while Apple/Samsung remain capped near 5,500 mAh.
• OnePlus 15 wins Best Battery with 7,300 mAh delivering three full days of mixed use, 120W wired and 50W wireless charging.
• Oppo Find X9 Pro wins Best Camera: 200MP periscope telephoto, native 50MP shots in good light, 4K/120fps Dolby Vision, plus a Hasselblad attachment lens.
• CMF Phone 2 Pro wins Best Value at $279 with a 6.8-inch 120Hz display, triple cameras, and smooth software MKBHD called budget phone of the year in May.
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 wins Best Small Phone; its 4.1-inch cover screen enabled real notification management without doom-scroll temptation.

2025-12-08 · Watch on YouTube