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What are the best smartphones to buy in 2022?

An unpronounceable jungle, fortunately there is an iPhone

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What are the best smartphones to buy in 2022?

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I dedicate this article to you friends, relatives, cousins and users who ask me daily: What phone can I buy in 2022?

The smartphone market is currently a jungle, I am well aware of that.

We are full of pans all the same and similar to each other, with absurd and unpronounceable initials and a stagnation of design and features that has been going on for 3 years now.

In the perennial race at Who has a bigger one among processors, cameras, batteries and operating systems, only one will win the prize of your ideal pocket partner and it is here, on this list, that can't wait to be configured.

Let's see together in this definitive guide What are the best smartphones to buy in 2022, divided by price range.

iPhone 13 Pro: the best iPhone

I admit, I'm definitely biased here, but the best phone in the world, the best smartphone of 2022 and obviously the best iPhone ever is theiPhone 13 Pro.

By:

  • 120Hz display
  • 13mm, 26mm and 77mm super cameras
  • High-level performance
  • Excellent battery life

Cons:

  • Prix

List price: 1189€

✅ Available in 5 installments on Amazon

THEiPhone 13 Pro, despite the already super-performing iPhone 12, is a jewel of power enclosed in Super Retina XDR display 6.1-inch, finally equipped with Pro Motion at 120hz which makes navigation crazy fluent.

The cameras are the strong piece of this iPhone 13 Pro which mounts larger sensors and faster apertures which, translated for non-technicians, mean super low light performance and crazy file quality thanks to Apple ProRaw.

  • The standard 26 mm ƒ/1.5 camera allows for maximum performance, especially in low light conditions
  • The 16mm ƒ1.8 ultrawide offers the possibility of photos and macro shooting
  • The 3x 77mm ƒ/2.8 telephoto lens allows you to take photos from afar or portraits with a professional look

In addition, staying on the subject of cameras, theiPhone 13 Pro allows you to acquire ProRes 4K video and to take advantage of the new Cinema mode which allows, like the now tried and tested Portrait mode, to Put subjects in the foreground and blur the background on video.

Everything is supported by the excellent and powerful A15 Bionic chip and a battery that allows:

  • Video playback up to 22 hours
  • Video playback (streaming) up to 20 hours
  • Up to 75 hours of audio playback
  • Video playback up to 28 hours
  • Video playback (streaming) up to 25 hours
  • Up to 95 hours of audio playback
  • 50% fast charge in 30 minutes

In short, the battery of iPhone 13 Pro It allows you to do it quietly two days on a single charge.

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I'll be honest, the article could close here.

There will be a thousand thousand Android smartphones on the market but Nothing beats the reliability of the iPhone, let's move forward only because there is iPhone 13 to talk about.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra: The Best Android Phone

When we talk about Android, there is only one company that over the years has managed to keep the standard of its smartphones high and that has really surpassed itself by creating the best Android smartphone as always: the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

By:

  • Excellent camera
  • Phenomenal display
  • Stylus holder (Galaxy Note feels)
  • Software support and long-term updates

Cons:

  • Padellone
  • Prix
  • Slow charging

List price: 1279€

✅ Available in 5 installments on Amazon

As a former owner of Samsung Galaxy S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6 and S7 (then I moved on to the dark side of the bitten apple) I can say hands down that I am S22 Ultra It's a bomb and worthy successor to the Note 20 Ultra.

The beautiful S22 Ultra It looks decidedly different from the other models in the S22 range, integrating, to a great surprise, a S Pen stylus like the Note, expanding the already high productivity possibilities thanks to Samsung Dex and super powered by the new Exynos 2200 4nm SoC.

The strong piece of S22 Ultra, of course, it is the camera that makes it officially The phone with the best camera on the market:

  • 108 MP main camera, 24 mm f/1.8 (madness, you can take pictures for the big screens in New York) stabilized
  • 13mm f/2.2 ultra wide
  • Two 70 mm f/2.4 and 230 mm telephoto lenses respectively (you have to explain to me what the hell are you doing, are you spying on the old ones from the balcony?) f/4.9
  • 13mm f/2.2 wide front

The fantastic LTPO AMOLED display (means you can see well) 6.8-inch offers a WQHD+ resolution with adaptive refresh rate (Eats iPhone 13 Pro) up to 120hz.

And the battery? Pain point for so much power and beauty, in short It lasts a maximum of 6 hours of active display thus lasting a maximum of one day.

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But it's the best Android, think how disgusting the others hahahah.

Just kidding, the best comes with the mid-range for Android, the high-end is iPhone-centric lucky for us.

Let's continue.

iPhone 13: the best compromise

If you are looking for a powerful, stable, long-lasting phone with excellent cameras and batteries, the The best compromise on the smartphone market is theiPhone 13.

By:

  • Excellent performance
  • Superb cameras
  • Two-day battery life

Cons:

  • No ProMotion (nothing changes)
  • No telephoto lens between the cameras (it's of little use)
  • Slow charging

List price: 839€

✅ Available in 5 installments on Amazon

We could do a little comparison with his big brother iPhone 13 Pro but iPhone 13 There is nothing to envy as it is still equipped with Apple's brand new 5nm A15 Bionic chip and even the brand new Cinema mode in the camera app.

The rear camera system of theiPhone 13 It houses the impressive optical image stabilizer like on the 2020 iPhone 12 Pro — a bomb then - and it boasts a beautiful 6.1-inch OLED display with reduced notch.

how iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Carry one with you mind-blowing battery life which promises, and actually comes to us, two days of use.

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In short, a super smartphone that for those who love iPhone - but also for everyone else - iPhone 13 is the best compromise between performance and price considering the 839€ list and the 700€ street price.

Redmi Super Pro XYZ something: the best Chinese woman

The Xiaomi, Redmi, Honor, Huawei and beautiful company They are all the same, take 5 models in the same price range with a thousand thousand megapixels and choose the most beautiful one.

You pay for it a little and after 1 year, you probably throw it away.

In Madmantech. We take technology seriously, these various Xiaomi only know how to copy and sell off poor technology, avoid them.

If you really are a fan, consider only Xiaomi 11T Pro 5G.

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Do you want to save money and get some gems? Let's move on with the mid-range.

OnePlus Nord 2 5G: the amazing mid-range

The The undisputed king of the mid-range is hands down OnePlus Nord 2 5G thanks to the reliability and experience that OnePlus has built over the years.

When I recommend it, the initial reaction after unboxing is always WOW, just put it on charge to be amazed at the absurd battery charging speed.

By:

  • Performance
  • Photographic quality
  • Sound and vibration
  • Extremely fast charging

Cons:

  • Slightly already seen design
  • Standard display

Promotional price: 399€

✅ Available in 5 installments on Amazon

 

The OnePlus Nord 2 5g, released on 11 May 2022, looks like best smartphone to satisfy everyone's needs, at a great price, like its predecessor, which was the best-selling 5G smartphone in the last 12 months after iPhone (that's why we're talking about it).

Obviously OnePlus is Chinese, the previous paragraph was a free blasting, forgive me.

The North 2 shows up with:

  • one modern design but not amazing and not original at all, getting very close to the design of its predecessor
  • a 6.43 inch Fluid AMOLED FullHD display at 90hz, really smooth to navigate but with a resolution that is not great
  • a really smart key layout, with the classic and mega-comfortable slider for the silent What we've learned to love on OnePlus
  • great but great audio thanks to the stereo speakers
  • 5G support

The autonomy of OnePlus Nord 2 It is perhaps the first thing you can immediately fall in love with, Battery easily exceeds 6 hours of active display - unlike the S22 Ultra Coff Coff - and it supports warp fast charging, which with the 65 Watt charger reaches 100% in no time at all.

The photographic sector may seem limited but, in reality, it hides the great intelligence of OnePlus, which has decided to mount as main sensor the Sony IMX766 with 50MP optical stabilization which, thanks to a mix of improvements through AI, produces images that have nothing to envy with much higher-end models.

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In short, OnePlus Nord 2 It is an excellent smartphone, balanced, well built and with a high-level camera that will never make you weigh the choice of a “normal” phone.

The best low-end smartphones

Get out the money, don't be stingy and at the most Take the OnePlus Nord 2 5G used about 250€ or check the offers, it has also arrived for 253€ new!

Conclusions

In short, the smartphone market is really a big mess and I'm a bit biased with iPhones but the great thing about technology is that it goes on like a train and In a few years the beautiful smartphones from which we now read this article will be mega-obsolete.

I always focus on the iPhone for a matter of reliability and integration with the ecosystem but the various Samsung and OnePlus are phenomenal, a pity on Android.

Constantly updated guide, if I fall in love with any smartphone I'll add it here.

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