My Top 5 phones of 2022 - Yordan

The year finally comes to an end, and we look back and reflect on what was served to us in these eventful 12 months. In the world of smartphones, we saw over 500 new models, many of them great in one way or another. As my colleagues share their top five choices for 2022 we can normally identify some trends - some love the foldables, others went for cameraphones. I just like premium devices in general. I have been writing about mobile technology for over ten years, the last six being part of GSMArena. I have seen plenty of innovation and evolution, but I genuinely believe 2022 was the...

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Winners and Losers: Motorola

This year has been particularly eventful for Motorola, the company released more than 30 smartphones covering pretty much all price segments. It even updated the iconic Motorola Razr, so it's got its hand in the foldable market as well. But as it's always the case with big tech companies, we see some good and some bad decisions. We've gathered the best and the worst from Motorola in 2022. Winner: Motorola Razr 2022 Motorola's first two attempts in the foldable market had some great ideas but came up somewhat short of expectations at the end. The first Razr in 2019 and the refreshed...

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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra will reportedly feature a new telephoto sensor

The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is expected to be unveiled at a special event on February 1, along with the rest of the Galaxy S23 family. So at this point that's not even official, but today we have a new rumor... about the Galaxy S24 Ultra. The S23 Ultra's successor, which will land in early 2024. According to prolific leakster Ice Universe, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will replace the telephoto sensor used in its predecessors, and "adopt a new solution". While Ice Universe doesn't mention which telephoto sensor this concerns, we assume it's the periscope zoom one. Then again, the renewal could...

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OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G gets Android 13 update

The latest smartphone to be graced with an update to Android 13 is OnePlus' entry-level Nord CE 2 Lite, which launched back in May. The handset is now seemingly receiving the stable update to OxygenOS 13, based on Android 13, in India. The update arrives over-the-air as a 4.5GB download, so it might be best to grab it from a reliable (and uncapped) data connection. After installation, you'll be on software version CPH2381_11_C.25, and you'll have the December 2022 security patch level. OnePlus updates are all staged, with a small percentage of units receiving the new build in the...

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My top 5 phones of 2022 - Victor

Another year has gone by, and with it, a slew of devices. One of the best parts of our job here at GSMArena is getting to experience new tech all of the time. This past twelve months, I got to spend a lot of quality with the best smartphones out there. Yet the list you are about to read is about phones that made a lasting impression on me, personally. That doesn't mean the phones are the best from the past year, nor should it serve as buying advice for anyone in particular. I personally like a phone with a clear purpose and I believe that will be evident from the justification of each...

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