According to Marques Brownlee, the smartphone of the year is…

With more than half a dozen iPhones available in stores and nearly four released this year alone, Apple has something to seduce. Butrecent sales figures communicated for Francesuggest that the competition is selling more devices there,Samsungat the top of the list. Then would come the Chinese Xiaomi, then Oppo installed in the same country.

MKBHDhas chosen to carry out a quick comparison of the different premium mobiles from these brands, in order to know which one is best suited to this or that use. To begin with, if we consider the characteristics of each item as a whole, then it would be theGalaxy S21 Ultrawho would win the palme d'or. However, it would be closely followed by the iPhone 13 Pro and the Pixel 6, the latter being designed by Google.

Depending on size

Samsung also wins the title of best “large smartphone” here, with itsZ Fold 3which unfolded still reaches 7.4 inches diagonally. Suffice to say that it is a real tablet. For comparison, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is limited to 6.7 inches, which is already not so bad.

And for the little one, then? Without hesitation, this time it is Apple which offers the best value proposition with itsiPhone 13 mini. It is indeed a compact device, but which benefits from all the high-end performance of its more imposing versions. A15 Bionic processor, 4 GB of RAM, Neural Engine, two cameras… nothing is missing.

Battery

For autonomy, it isiPhone 13 Pro Maxwhich wins with its particularly well-optimized operating system based on energy consumption. The Asus ROG Phone 5 and its 6,000 mAh (compared to 4,352 mAh for the iPhone 13 Pro Max) is even just behind, despite a better capacity on paper.

Imaging

In a previous test,Marques Brownlee assured that the Google Pixel 5a did better than all the others at taking photos. Certainly, but the photo sensors are not there just for that: they also allow you to film. However, theiPhone 13 Prois capable of shooting with its famous Cinematic mode. In addition, it is the only one to have the ProRes format. It is therefore to him that the title of best photophone is awarded.