We publish an update to our smartphone best buy guide once every two months. In this edition, we tested no less than 22 new devices, since many new smartphones were released in the fall. September saw the usual introduction of new Apple iPhones, with the iPhone 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max this year. Google released the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro a few weeks later, and OnePlus gave us its own foldable phone. Meanwhile, Xiaomi launched its 13T and 13T Pro, and Sony introduced the Xperia 5 V compact.

In addition to high-end phones that sometimes cost more than a thousand euros, we have also received more affordable devices in recent months. For example, Motorola sent us the G84 5G, Edge 40 Neo and G54, while OPPO gave us the A78 and Xiaomi gave us the POCO F5 Pro. The latter duo has been out for a while, but we were finally able to test it out as well.

For this release, we were also able to include other devices that have been on our wish list for a few months, but have not yet been delivered to us by the manufacturers. Online stores Technical point And Belsimple They were able to help us, thank you. We have received Xiaomi 13T Pro, Redmi A2, Redmi 12C And Redmi Note 12 In the 4G version. Send us Belsimple Poco F5, Redmi 12 And Honor Magic 5 Pro, the top model of the Chinese smartphone manufacturer. Now that Honor is no longer owned by Huawei, it is once again active in Europe with devices containing Google services.

We evaluated all the devices again and took the price evolution into account to determine the most recommended smartphones at the moment for each category. Some recommendations from previous Best Buy guides are included in this BBG, but there are also some newcomers who have turned them into recommendations.