Marques Brownlee

"My take is the Ultra feels like a little bit of a refresh and it's a cool place to try this privacy screen thing. I'm very excited to see it in person and try it out, looks pretty sick!"

"That's genuinely really sick! This is a hardware-level control over the pixels on the display that can be turned on or off whenever."

"Quick Share works natively like with AirDrop. If you have Apple devices and Google Pixels, they can file share between them and it's kind of sweet."

"I think my favorite OnePlus phone of all time would be the OnePlus 7T Pro. That thing I genuinely believe I could still use today and be totally happy with."

"I think Gemini on Android phones is already really good. They've looped in now a lot of the old Google Assistant features. So Gemini as a product is really good."

"Circle to Search is one of the absolute most useful AI features to me of the entire last 5 plus years where you can circle whatever's on your screen."

"this is Epic Spaceman, one of my favorite creators and of course a massive help with this video"

"In trying to make my point that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 was really, really good"

"This is a device that's actually starting to make foldables make sense to me. For the right person who knows what they're getting into, this can be worth it."

"This is a 6.8 inch screen size and packs in a huge triple camera system on the back, including a 200 megapixel telephoto sensor. There's a ton of RAM and storage. There's a custom button. They put the camera control in there from the iPhone. And there's a giant 7500 mAh silicon carbon battery, which is ridiculous. It's an awesome phone."

"This is a really big phone that is really loaded with features. First of all, it's a 6.9 inch phone, so basically as big as a phone gets before as a tablet, but it also feels like the most phone you can get if you're trying to maximize everything. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which is shaken out to be the most powerful chip of the year."

"This phone is now a 6.9 inch full-size smartphone when it's unfolded, which is massive. But now more than ever, you can use this phone when it's folded in half, which doesn't just make it easier to pocket, but it also lets you use the full 4.1 inch corner to corner cover screen a lot more."

"The iPhone 17 Pro which also leveled up again this year both in the photo and video departments. The larger main sensor looks really good. They also bumped to a 4x telephoto which I think is the right move. And these iPhones are still the undisputed king of video."

"For $279, this phone is modular, cheap, and fun. They built a phone that feels like it's literally double the price. This is a 6.8 inch 120 Hz screen that's actually good-looking and bright. There's a 5,000 mAh battery, so the life is actually pretty good."

"This phone feels as good as anything they've made, and that's a good thing. Like, it's got a huge screen. And it's got a really, really big battery, decent cameras, decent software, headphone jack. This is one of the best phones under $200."

"Pixel 9a has got to be on anybody's list who's after a more compact option. This is a 6.3 inch screen and they did a lot of things. Still great software from being a Pixel. Really good cameras on the back."

"Shout out to the base iPhone 17 for finally stepping up to the plate and doing all the things that the base iPhone should. Flagship chip, really good cameras, great software obviously, but also the new promotion display, a massively upgraded selfie camera, some kind of sweet new colors. It's actually a good deal this time around."

"What they've ended up with is a phone that feels crazy. It feels impossibly light. It looks impossibly thin. It kind of resembles a piece of jewelry in many ways, but also really appeals to the minimalist in me. It's just one of those phones that feels so good in the hand and is so impressive."

"This is the Fairphone 6, a phone that looks relatively normal, but that's the point because this just so happens to be the most repairable, the most sustainable, and most modular phone basically of all time. And that is no small feat."

"If you deleted all the slab phones in the world somehow and made me daily drive something that folds, it would be this one. Not because it's the thinnest or has the best specs or the best cameras. It doesn't. But it's just it's the most rock solid across the board and usable as a daily in every way."

"If you have a Pixel 10 or 10 Pro, update your phone. It just works now."

"The main thing to call out is that unlike pretty much every other clear case, the Ghost case is guaranteed to never turn yellow. And dbrand really means guaranteed; they'll literally replace your Ghost for free for life if it ever turns yellow."

"Rocket Money has been the perfect tool to help me do that. It automatically tracks all my transactions in one place."

"Another personal favorite though is Ridge's tracker card. Instead of having an AirTag everywhere, it's a slim card that fits right into your Ridge wallet."

"There's the new Ridge 2.0 wallet. It's lighter, more modular, comes in MagSafe versions and includes Ridge's industry-leading built for life warranty."

"After 12 years of selling their wallets, they've made their biggest updates, they're 10% lighter, more modular, come with a matching plated cash strap, and feature Ridge's new built for life warranty"

"I've been using compact wallets for years now. In fact, I helped Ridge design this one, the Biflex. So, if you're still using a huge bulky wallet like this, it is a great time to upgrade."

"That's their find my card, which you can track anywhere, put it in your wallet, and you can see your wallet's location on a map anywhere that it is, and if you're close enough to it, play a sound. Super handy."

"Also, their 5-in1 battery bank is also super popular as they've sold out multiple times this year. But it's MagSafe compatible. It has two built-in cables, a kickstand for watching videos while you charge, and you can even charge your Apple Watch with it."