{"id":236774,"date":"2025-07-04T07:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/236774\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:00:09","slug":"the-best-phone-of-the-year-confirmed-but-has-android-or-iphone-come-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/236774\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘best’ phone of the year confirmed but has Android or iPhone come top?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first batch of tech awards 2025 have just been handed out and it’s good news for Samsung<\/a>. The Korean technology giant has just been handed “Best Phone” by the expert team at T3, with the Galaxy S25 Ultra<\/a> grabbing this coveted trophy. That’s probably no surprise with this latest Android phone featuring a an improved design, bigger screen, impressive camera, fast performance and an S Pen which tucks neatly inside its titanium shell.<\/p>\n

The S25 Ultra has beaten some stiff competition this year including the top-rated iPhone 16 from Apple<\/a> and brilliant Pixel 9 from Google.<\/p>\n

Along with “Best Phone”, T3’s top panel of judges also handed out a further 82 awards including Product Of The Year (Nintendo Switch 2), Best Electric Car (Maserati GranTurismo Folgore), Best Headphones (Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3) and Best TV (Samsung S95F).<\/p>\n

Samsung also grabbed the gong for Brand Of The Year.<\/p>\n

Other winners this year include devices from Apple, Nothing, Sonos, Google and Amazon.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the awards, T3\u2019s Editor-in-Chief, Mat Gallagher, said: \u201cEach T3 award represents a stamp of authority,both for the brand in recognition of its product\u2019s performance, but also for those looking to make a purchase.<\/p>\n

“Our winners have been thoroughly tested by our experts and stand out in an often highly competitive market.”You know that if you buy one of these products, you are getting the very best.”<\/p>\n

You can find the full list of winners at T3 here<\/a> but here’s a pick of the top ten gongs handed out in 2025.<\/p>\n

Brand Of The Year<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Samsung<\/p>\n

Product Of The Year<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Nintendo Switch 2<\/p>\n

Best Smartwatch<\/strong> \u2022 Oneplus Watch 3<\/p>\n

Best Smart Video Doorbell<\/strong> \u2022 Ring Battery Video Doorbell (2024)<\/p>\n

Best Soundbar<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Sonos Arc Ultra<\/p>\n

Best Travel Headphones<\/strong> \u2022 Sony WH-1000XM6<\/p>\n

Best Earbuds<\/strong> \u2022 Technics EAH-AZ100<\/p>\n

Best Laptop<\/strong> \u2022 Apple MacBook Air<\/p>\n

Best Mid-range Phone<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Nothing Phone (3a) Pro<\/p>\n

Best Folding Phone<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold<\/p>\n

Best Smart Speaker<\/strong> \u2022 Amazon Echo Show 21<\/p>\n

Best Robot Vacuum Cleaner<\/strong> \u2022 iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max<\/p>\n

Best Electric Bike<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Brompton G Line<\/p>\n

Best Video Streaming<\/strong> \u2022 Service Apple TV+<\/p>\n

Best Monitor<\/strong> \u2022 Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 (G80SD)<\/p>\n

Best Wireless Speaker<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Pro Edition<\/p>\n

Best Hair Styling Tool<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0Dyson AirWrap<\/p>\n

Best Air Fryer \/ Multicooker<\/strong> \u2022\u00a0 Philips 5000 Series Dual Basket Airfryer with Steam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first batch of tech awards 2025 have just been handed out and it’s good news for Samsung.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[542,3190,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-236774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-samsung","9":"tag-tech-section","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114793678599571912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}