Our Phone of the Year doesn’t score high on benchmark tests. It doesn’t have the best camera (though it’s pretty close). It doesn’t last the longest on a single charge. It doesn’t come with a pen. And yet the Google Pixel 9 Pro is still my favorite phone for many reasons, and it takes our big phone award in the TechRadar Choice Awards 2024.
The first reason is pure instinct. I have a stack of all of the best phones on my desk. All of them. I have the iPhone 16 Pro, the Galaxy S24 Ultra, and even the coolest lesser-known phones like the OnePlus Open Apex Edition. When I review a phone, that’s the only phone I use, but then I can put it away. Since I finished reviewing the Pixel 9 Pro, I haven’t stopped using it, not for a single day.
