The results for our first Readers’ Choice Awards are in. We asked you guys to vote for your favorite tech, and you delivered. The winners are both surprising and not so surprising. Over 1,100 people cast their votes in 18 product categories to crown the best of the very best gadgets released in 2025.
Scroll down to see all the winners—chosen by you all. To see how the Readers’ Choice winners compared to the Consumer Tech team’s top picks, check out our Best Tech of 2025 Awards.
If you didn’t get a chance to vote, you can still tell us what your favorite phone, laptop, gaming gear, smart home device—or any gadget, software, or service, actually—was in 2025 in the comments section. The whole point of a Readers’ Choice Awards is to see what our readers like the most. Try to keep it civil down there! Everyone is entitled to their own tech preferences.
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Best Phones
iPhone 17 Pro / 17 Pro Max
You guys have spoken and the best iPhone this year is the one that maxes out every feature. The iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max have the longest battery life, best cameras, brightest screens, and the most powerful performance that Apple offers. It might even be overkill for most people.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7
It didn’t get thinner, but Samsung did stretch the cover screen on the Galaxy Z Flip 7 to wrap around the dual cameras. The result is flip-style foldable that lets you see more at a glance without having to open it up.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7
Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 rightfully took the top spot for the best foldable of the year for good reason: It’s a massive leap from the Z Fold 6 in terms of slimming down its footprint and feeling like a regular phone when folded up.
Google Pixel 10 Pro
Google’s Pixel 10 Pro (and 10 Pro XL) offers the cleanest, most stock version of Android available. Not to mention, Google’s pushed forward by adding Gemini in more places with “agentic” features like Magic Cue to help surface information from your apps at the right time and place, and generative actions like enhancing 100x zoom photos.
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