Best Smart phone in 2022

So just in case, you weren't keeping

track it's already bloody June, June we're almost halfway through 2022

which means it's time for the inevitable clickbait best phones of the year so far roundups hippie parade and oh boy do we have a lot of funds to choose from

I've personally fondled almost 40 new blowers since emerging for my new year

Stupa and they haven't all been completely bored and clones of each other

Honest some have been good some have been better some have been all right and some have been complete are but the big.

The question is which ones are worthy of that precious spot in your purse or pants well let's take a trip through memory lane and check out some of the best phones of 2022 so far and for more on the latest and greatest deck please do poke subscribe ending that notifications bell cheers so let's kick off with what is undoubtedly my most favorites phone of 2022 thus far the innovative and eminently enjoyable third generation iPhone se lol just josh and kiddies this phone is an enormous steam

and turd seriously this phone

it's right in its stupid lightning port

and then dump it in the sea moving

swiftly on and whenever Samsung launches

new flagship smartphones YouTube is

absolutely swamped with tech influencers

types gushing high praise from every

orifice whether it's deserved

or not so much and this year's s22

series was a bit of a mixed bag all

things considered the design didn't

exactly elicit gasps of joy and wonder

the specs were all too familiar but then

to be fair these are complaints that

could be leveled at most manufacturers

this year the regular s22 was the one i

really wanted to love it as it's one of

very few smartphones released in 2022.

you could actually just about getaway

with Colin compact unfortunately despite

Boston has strong media chops on the usual

enjoyable one UI experience the s22 was

somewhat crippled by dreadful battery

life rarely scraping through even a

a single day with a full charge however

this is the Samsung exodus version of

the s22 which you get here in polite

apparently, the snapdragon model which is

available in the us does fare a bit

better in that department so if you're

in the UK you're tempted by the s22 you

might want to look at importing it or

alternatively for a bit more cash you

can always upgrade to the s22 plus and i

would heartily recommend doing so sadly

it ain't as compact as the name kinda

gives away packing an enlarged 6.6 inch

the screen however you will enjoy all-day

battery life and faster charging which

is a more than worthy trade-off and the

plus sports that same flexible camera

tech which can capture great looking

horn movies and detail-packed picks and

even quite testing conditions of course

if your pockets are absolutely stuffed

with lovely cash and you want the best

possible camera experience on a Sami

the smartphone you could always upgrade

again to the Samsung galaxy s22 ultra i

got to say the s22 ultra isn't one of my

absolute favorite phones of 2022 but

those optics are impressive beyond the

somewhat gimmicky 100 times space zoom

the ultra is ideal for snapping picks of

your fam and it serves me well during a

surprisingly boozy trip to Disney world

proven particularly good for capturing

slick 4k video however it is also a

complete heifer one-handed use is

definitely right out still no other

smartphones this year boast that

excellent s pen stylus which might sway

creative users and serious business

e-types to make a purchase now one of

the smartphones that surprised me and

pleased me the most in 2022 is the

Xiaomi 12 is another flagship smartphone

costing a little less than the regular

Samsung s22 this

right here this is all I wanted from

Sami is just a compact smartphone with

dependable battery life hallelujah the

Xiaomi 12 is a premium smartphone

through and through from the crisp and

punchy AMOLED screen with hdr 10 plus

and Dolby Vision support to that

snapdragon 8 gen1 chipset running the

show ideal for a bit of gaming on the go

you don't get any kind of telephoto

options stuffed into the camera hardware

but this blower can capture fantastic

photos and respectable home movies in

almost any condition and it's all

wrapped up in a hardy colored shell that

feels great in the hand of course the

usual premium smartphone caveats do

apply no micro sd support for expanding

the storage no headphone jack yada yada

and of course, not everyone will get on

with Xiaomi's mini launcher which is

slapped on top of Android 12 even though

it does have more of a stock android

the vibe in these latest iterations it can

still, be a little bit janky and you

don't get the same level of so and

security update support that you do from

rivals like Samsung but all the same i

got to say the Xiaomi 12 is a proper

cracker I'd have to use it every day as

my full-time smartphone and that's why

it's one of my best picks for 2022 so far

now another magnificent flagship

the smartphone from 2022 is the OPPO find x5

pro which again is far from cheap but if

you want the best of the best right now

then you better start yanking out gran's

gold teeth because the fine x5 pro

really is worth it no it's definitely

not dinky like the Xiaomi 12 but it is

just as clever and the real highlight

here is that camera setup Sony's IMX 766sensor is paired beautifully with oppo on Mario silicon x nub or mazer as it's

known around these parts the resultant

the partnership is better than fish and

chips or beer and more beer we're

talking incredibly natural-looking picks

and video even in very test and light

and especially at night time yeah the

 

the telephoto shooter isn't as impressive as

 

the Samsung galaxy s22 ultras and it's

got all of the usual problems that

flagship smartphones have these days no

expandable storage etc. but that bright

white model of

just

oh and the factory in the excellent battery

life the tip-top performance and the

impressive overall user experience and

this is a proper gold star smartphone of

course the oppo find x5 pro does cost a

slightly ludicrous

1200 pounds

yeah but never fear if you happen to not

 

be completely minted to the point that

 

you line your cat's litter tree with

 

original money and masterpieces well

 

there's always the regular oppo find x5

 

instead, this still serves up some of the

 

best camera tech of the year including

 

that mart silicon chipset so once again

 

the optics are on point a few of the

 

specs have been cut back to save some

 

cash however such as the snapdragon 888

 

the chipset which runs the show instead of

 

that fresher 8 gen 1. is a bit of a bummer

 

considering the fine x5 still costs over

 

700 quid here in blighty and you could

 

definitely pick up cheaper handsets with

 

the hn1 stuffed inside but all the same

 

it is a very good handset indeed now

 

next to my greatest hits of 2022 list is

the Vivo x80 pro which once again boasts

some almighty camera tech this time it's

some Zeiss branded hardware gimbal

stabilization and yet another swanky

image and chipset to spruce up your

captured memories those specs aren't

particularly standout but they are

proper beefy you've once again got the

snapdragon earns one with dedicated

coolant tech to smash through even the

most memory guzzling games out there

plus a big old battery with 80 watts wide

and 50-watt wireless charging support

and yeah you'll happily get all-day

battery life from this beast no worries

at all the near 6.8 inch AMOLED to

the display makes everything look good

besides being bolder YouTube gets obviously

with a superfine why plus resolution

although to be fair most androids

costing around 300 pounds and upwards

come with a decent OLED display these

days so no biggie flip the Vivo x80 pro

around you got yourself a smart looking

finish that wouldn't look out a place in

a boardroom smoking a big fat cigar it's

just so alluring in so many ways and it

definitely gets a hearty uncle spurt

the recommendation now is if you've got less

cash to spunk on your next smartphone

well real me has got you covered with

the rather bloody good gt2 and gt2 pro

now I've done a full side-by-side in

depth comparison these two real me

blowers here on the channel and I've got

to say that regular gt2 even though it

isn't as well spec'd as the pro version

's stunning value for money got to say

I'm still not entirely sold on real me

an allegedly paper-like design that feels

an awful bloody lot like cheap plastic

to me but the AMOLED display is another

stunner with Dolby atoms stereo speakers

and into the media experience like

opposite phones you've got a snapdragon

88 or an agent one depending on your

model choice although things are a bit

cheaper here plus you've got a beefy

5000 milliamp-hour battery with 65 watt

charging support and both of these gt2

branded phones serve up the same sonny

image 766 camera sensor as the find x5

and the 5x5 pro albeit without those

Mara silicon smarts overall I got to say

great stuff although once

again you are hampered by limited so and

security update guarantees if you're a

the gamer then you've got some solid

smartphone choices this year too

including the Peko f4 get and the black

shark 5 pro which boasts poppy out

shoulder buttons and a wealth of

excellent gaming features and gamers can

expect plenty more to launch before the

end of the year as well including

Azusa's rogue 4 and 6 which are lingering

on the horizon should be one of the most

premium efforts of the year by far and

those right now are my favorite phones

that have launched so far in 2022 but

there are quite a few also runs that are

worth a mention the one plus 10 pro is a

perfectly decent handset but it doesn't

really do anything to stand out from the

crowd likewise the Xiaomi 12 pro was

perfectly fine but the battery life was

a little bit clack and then of course

there's the Huawei p50 pro a lovely bit

of hardware shame about the complete

lack of google services of course there

are lots more big smartphones set to

launch in 2022 the Xiaomi 12 ultra is

just around the corner, I did do a

preview of that in an episode of expert

weekly recently so check that out for

more info on that bad boy but in a

nutshell that'll be Xiaomi's first

the smartphone was launched since it cozied up

with optics expert Leica who previously

partnered with Huawei on all of their

excellent smartphone cameras so fingers

crossed it's a good your Google's pixel

7 and the 6a as well if you're a bit

more skinned and of course those which ones if if that's your bag and if

your budget is tighter than a guppy's

bum hole well no worries I have rounded

up my favorite smartphones under a

budget of 400 pounds 300 pounds and even

200 pounds so far in 2022 as well as go

cheers everyone loves you