YouTuber Marques Brownlee, well-known as MKBHD, just dropped his Smartphone Awards for 2025. Like always, there were some pretty big surprises in this year’s awards, and they were not the ones everyone expected.

In the Smartphone Awards 2025 by MKBHD, Samsung flagged two major wins in crucial categories. Its Galaxy S25 Ultra wasn’t the Best of 2025, but the two victories are worth praising and align with user sentiments.

Award Winners – Samsung

In “Smartphone Awards 2025,” MKBHD reviews the year’s best and worst smartphones across various categories, highlighting key features and innovations.

Best Small Phone

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7

For Best Small Phone, MKBHD gave the crown to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7. A foldable won the “small phone” category because when it’s closed, that 4.1-inch cover screen is actually useful now, and it still opens up to a big 6.9-inch display.

Runners-up included the OnePlus 13S, iPhone 17/17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro.

Source – MKBHD / YouTube

Best Foldable

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7

Best Foldable was the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which finally feels like a mature daily driver with a much thinner design when closed and solid software support. Samsung’s upgrades paid off in sales, and the device is also getting praises from reviewers.

Pixel 10 Pro Fold and the Z Flip 7 rounded out the category.

Source – MKBHD / YouTube

Non-Samsung award winners

Best Big Phone went to the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max.

Camera of the year was a landslide for the Oppo Find X9 Pro.

Best Value shocked everyone: the CMF Phone 2 Pro at just $279.

Battery champ was the OnePlus 15 with its insane 7300 mAh silicon-carbon cell.

The Design award went to the iPhone Air, even though Apple is struggling with sales and considering dumping the segment.

Most improved was the iPhone 17 lineup, which finally got 120Hz screens across the board, a way better selfie camera, doubled base storage, and kept the same price.

Bust of the Year was savage; the Apple iPhone 16e got absolutely roasted.

Phone of the Year

The best of the best awards go to the iPhone 17, as per MKBHD. After years of playing catch-up on basics, Apple finally made a “complete” mainstream phone without jacking modern features while keeping the price unchanged.

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