Although thecurrent lineup of Android phonesavailable at your local Best Buy mightfeela little boring, the truth is it was a fantastic year for new hardware. Whether you wanted a reliable slab phone — Samsung, Google, and even Motorola have you covered — or wanted to finally dip your toes into theworld of foldables, there was something this year that likely tempted you to finally upgrade. Whether you really slapped your credit card down, or you’ve beenholding out for a future device, it’s time to pick what your favorite smartphone of the year was.
Yes, Android Police’s Readers' Choice Awards is back for another year, but as this goes live, there’s less than 48 hours to go before we close the vote and tally everything up. We’ve already selected our winner — you cancheck out our staff pick for Phone of the Year here— but you still have time to make your voice count. So if you aren’t happy with a certain phonemaker winning for another year in a row, get you and your friends involved by voting in the poll below.
It’s always a challenge to narrow down candidates — no matter how they’re selected, a few usually go without any meaningful votes — but we’ve done our best to split options between candidates this year. So, for this year’s group, you’ll find I’ve selected options based on both their review scores at AP, as well as their overall popularity in the mobile world. That’s not to say you can’t include a write-in candidate, of course. If you want to have a go at getting your dark horse selection into the first-place slot, select the write-in option in this year’s poll, then scroll down to the comments section to place your bid. If someone has already submitted your choice as a candidate, upvote it to make your voice heard.
Since voting began nearly two weeks ago, we’ve seen flagships like thePixel 8 ProandGalaxy S23 Ultratake early options, but there’s still plenty of time for the winds to change. For four years now, aPixeldevicehas wonReaders' Choice; you have to go back to2018’s OnePlus 6T to find a non-Google devicein the top spot. With some pretty strong competition — and some new motivation from non-Pixel fans — we could be in for something new this year. TheOnePlus Openhas plenty of hype behind it, after all, and maybe myconstant screaming about Motorola’s 2023 lineupwill move the needle (it won’t). Hell, the Galaxy S22 Ultra came closest to beating the Pixel 7 Pro last year; maybe those vote counts will flip twelve months later.
No matter why you’re selecting a specific device, you only have one vote, so make it count. This year’s poll remains open until Sunday, December 17th at 11:59 PT (you’re welcome, West Coasters), and on Monday, December 19th, we’ll announce the winner.
