If you’re looking for the very best tech available today, you’ve definitely come to the right place.
Best of the Best is the most useful gadget-buying guide you will ever encounter. To create it, we’ve extensively tested the best tech the world has to offer, to bring you rock-solid recommendations for your home life, daily commute and the tech you use all the time.
In 54 different categories, we’ve chosen the top four products, so you can choose one that’s just the right mix of features and budget for what you need. These rankings come from real testing by our team of experts – they’re the products we’d choose for ourselves, and we can’t recommend any higher than that.
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SMARTPHONES
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APPLE IPHONE 14 PRO MAX
£1,199, apple.com
The iPhone 14 Pro removes the notch in favour of a ‘dynamic island’, adds an always-on display and top-notch features such as upgraded cameras. The 6.7-inch Max has better battery life too.
SAMSUNG GALAXY S22 ULTRA
From £1,149, samsung.com
Combining everything we loved about the Galaxy Note series with the specs from the Galaxy S series, the S22 Ultra has an S Pen, a 6.8-inch screen, a top-tier camera, and storage options up to 1TB.
ONEPLUS 10 PRO
From £799, oneplus.com
It’s OnePlus’ stunning 6.7-inch screen that we found to be the 10 Pro’s best feature – thanks to its 120Hz refresh rate and 10-bit colour. It’s fast, has a good camera, and only takes 30 minutes to charge up.
OPPO FIND X5 PRO
From £1,049, oppo.com
An ideal alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S22 series, delivering a gorgeous design finished in ceramic and a really impressive camera system with 50MP main/wide cameras and a 13MP tele lens.
CHEAP SMARTPHONES
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iPHONE SE (2022)
From £419, apple.com
A near-flagship iPhone for a fraction of the cost. The SE delivers cutting-edge innards, with a superb camera and a speedy A15 CPU, all wrapped in a nice small-scale design that’s easy to pocket.
ONEPLUS NORD CE 2
From £299, oneplus.com
Based on the Nord 2, but cheaper, OnePlus gets all the fundamentals right. Anyone on a budget who wants a small, light phone with decent battery life and a good display will be happy.
MOTO G31
From £169, motorola.co.uk
Offering long battery life and a bright 6.4-inch display, the G31’s lower-end processor may mean less-than-perfect performance at times, but you can still casually game and take successful snaps with the cameras.
SAMSUNG GALAXY A53 5G
From £399, samsung.com
The A53 looks like an S-series, and features an enormous 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, but skimps on performance a bit in order to slash the price tag.
SMARTWATCHES
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APPLE WATCH SERIES 7
From £369, apple.com
Apple is king when it comes to smartwatches. The Series 7 includes a bigger, better screen, and fast charging. It’s still the only device to straddle the line between tech and fashion.
SAMSUNG GALAXY WATCH 4
From £259, samsung.com
A modern, stylish take on a smartwatch – it’s slim, comfortable and able to withstand knocks and bumps. Plus it’s waterproof. The only downside here is battery life: at 40 hours it’s not the longest-lasting.
SAMSUNG GALAXY WATCH ACTIVE2
From £269, samsung.com
Sleek and powerful, this is the best smartwatch for Android users. The screen and design are on par with the Apple Watch, while a collection of new watch faces give it a modern edge.
APPLE WATCH SE
From £249, apple.com
Despite being the ‘affordable’ smart watch from Apple, the SE is a truly excellent smartwatch. You won’t notice if Apple has cut corners in general use, as it feels like the full Apple Watch experience.
HYBRID SMARTWATCHES
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WITHINGS STEEL HR SPORT
£170, withings.com
Featuring a heart-rate monitor and the ability to track 30 different exercises, this is ideal for fitness fanatics. It’s water resistant to 50 metres, and the battery lasts around 25 days.
GARMIN VIVOMOVE HR PREMIUM
£250, garmin.com
One of the most comprehensive hybrid watches you can buy, with a wide range of fitness- and health-tracking features, a subtle touchscreen digital display, and several different colours to pick from.
FOSSIL HYBRID SMARTWATCH HR
From £94, fossil.com
This timepiece features activity and sleep tracking, plus app and call alerts, time zones, and buttons to control smartphone music. Yet it mostly looks like a regular watch, aside from the e-ink display.
WITHINGS MOVE ECG
£129, withings.com
Think a pricey Apple Watch is needed to take an ECG reading of your heart? This can do that, plus activity tracking and sleep monitoring, with a 12-month battery life, for a really low price.
WATCHES
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AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK CHRONOGRAPH
£21,500, audemarspiguet.com
We love Audemars Piguet’s simple stainless steel model with a blue Grand Tapisserie pattern dial. It features a self-winding manufacture calibre 2385 movement with a 40-hour power reserve.
BAMFORD LONDON MAYFAIR DATE
£500, bamfordlondon.com
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