Best smartphones of 2024: YouTube awards ceremony full of surprises
Up to now, we've been used to seeing award shows like this on Marques Brownlee's MKBHD channel. In recent years, however, the well-known tech YouTuber has been facing increasing competition from other YouTube tech aficionados and in 2024 Arun Maini, better known as MrWhosetheBoss, has beaten the currently somewhat controversial YouTuber from the USA to the punch.
Which is fine for us as the Brit offers a somewhat more European perspective of the smartphone market, which certainly makes for surprises in his awards video. Although many of the candidates are not available on the US market, they are certainly available in Europe, albeit sometimes a little late. All categories and winners of the YouTube awards ceremony are listed at the end of the article, but those wanting to first see the video without spoilers can click on the video below.
Two 2025 smartphones among the winners
Such rankings usually only include smartphones that were launched on the European or US market. Arun breaks with this tradition and awards four categories to fairly new smartphones that were only launched a few weeks ago and some of which are not even available in Europe yet. Thanks to its Snapdragon 8 Elite, the ROG Phone 9 Pro blows all other competing models out of the water.
However, the surprise of this award ceremony is the Vivo X200 Pro, which is currently only available in China and several Asian countries. Not only does it steal the title of "Best Smartphone 2024" from Samsung and Apple, it is also the only candidate to win in several categories. It is also striking that Apple's iPhone 16 Pro does not get a mention in any category, but these awards are of course always somewhat subjective.
The best smartphones of 2024 (according to MrWhosetheboss)
- Best AI smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Most improved smartphone: Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
- Best foldable: Honor Magic V3
- Best flip phone: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6
- Best compact smartphone: Xiaomi 14
- Best battery life: Vivo X200 Pro
- Best gaming phone: ROG Phone 9 Pro
- Best camera phone: Vivo X200 Pro
- Best budget phone: CMF Phone 1
- Best mid-range phone: Xiaomi 14T
- Biggest loser of 2024: HMD Skyline
- Best smartphone of 2024: Vivo X200 Pro
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