Popular technology YouTuber Marques Brownleealso known as MKBHD, has just announced its pick for the best smartphone of 2024, and no, it’s not an iPhone.
In a new video shared with his 19.7 million followers on Thursday, Brownlee began by praising some of his top smartphone favorites, saving his top pick for last.
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“My philosophy is that I reward overall greatness,” the YouTuber said, sitting at a table littered with the latest smartphone releases from the past 12 months.
The finalists included Vivo X200 Pro for being in “I have everything” territory… It has an amazing, super bright screen, it has a great chipset, it has amazing cameras and such an experience, great battery life, super fast charging,” he said. . “What it doesn’t have at the moment is perhaps just a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, although it does have a pretty good MediaTek chip that can keep up.”
Brownlee also emphasized Pixel 9 Pro Foldable from Google “for a great comeback story for the Pixel Fold series and such a good phone.”
He iPhone 16 base, rather than the Pro version, also caught the YouTuber’s eye as “the most complete base version of the iPhone ever made,” adding that “it was a really good year for not spending $1,500 on an iPhone.”
Before announcing the winner, the company also highlighted its current daily driver, the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL. “I use the XL instead of the smaller one just to get better battery life,” Brownlee said.
So, with these phones out of the way, can you guess which device is declared as the best smartphone of 2024?
Drum roll please! The winner is Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra.
“This phone is good at everything, literally everything,” Brownlee said. He loves it for its “great screen, great chip, great battery, great cameras, great software, great support, great durability, even the anti-glare screen is well above average.” “Even the vibration motor is good, even the speakers are good.” Yes he likes it many Galaxy S24 Ultra.
The YouTuber added that over the past seven years of reviewing smartphones, this is the phone he has returned to more often than any other after reviewing a phone.
However, he added that this choice “might be the most boring option,” partly because the phone’s design hasn’t changed since the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
Source: Digital Trends
