STUFF AWARDS 2020
PHONE OF THE YEAR
SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 5G
Smartphone of the year: cause of more arguments at Stuff HQ than “No, of course this isn’t Tottenham’s season”. While the Galaxy S20 has been perched in the No1 position of our Top Ten since launch, the late arrival of Apple’s most powerful ever iPhones threatened to topple it at the last moment.
Alright, the lack of a hulking Huawei packed with Google goodness eased Samsung’s path to the top; but for bringing us 5G, hugely capable cameras, a 120Hz display and a battery big enough to cope with all of the above, the S20 was way ahead of the game. You might even be able to pick up a pink one… and promptly hide it in a nice black case.
The S20 also offers DeX, a way to put all that power to extra use as a dockable desktop-like computer – something we sorely wish Apple had included on the iPhone 12 series. But like Spurs, it just wasn’t their time.
£899 / samsung.com
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Apple iPhone 12
NOMINEES
• Realme X50 Pro 5G • OnePlus 8 • Sony Xperia 5 II
AFFORDABLE PHONE OF THE YEAR
ONEPLUS NORD
After flirting with the flagship crowd and watching countless challenger brands muscle in on its mid-range turf, OnePlus set about regaining the middle ground in 2020. To be brutally honest, the competition appeared so fierce we weren’t so sure they had it in them; but the cool and colourful Nord, with its 5G-savvy top-end CPU, silky OLED screen, rock-solid camera and reliable performance, made it a classier pocket-protruder than a Moto and more enjoyable than a Realme. We suspect OnePlus knew it was onto a winner long before we broke the news, because the Nord line-up has since spawned two even cheaper models. So if £379 is still more than you want to pay, see the £329 N10 or the budget £179 N100 instead.
from £379 / oneplus.com
NOMINEES
• Realme X2 Pro • Oppo A72 • Google Pixel 4a • Moto G8
READERS’ PHONE OF THE YEAR
SAMSUNG GALAXY S20 5G
You came, you clicked and you voted in your droves. In fact, in the closest readers’ vote we’ve had in a long time, we’re delighted to announce – mainly because it vindicates our own decision – that the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G is
