Best Flagship Smartphone in 2024

Moderators at OzBargain are now running yearly polls to decide the best products in popular categories that get asked repeatedly in the forum. Our aim is to have a central thread where users can vote on the items, suggest options and also change their vote throughout the year. For more information on how these polls work, or if you want to suggest a new poll that isn't covered already, please refer to our announcement thread here.


Question

What is your favourite flagship smartphone in 2024?

The winner of Last year's poll was iPhone 14 Pro (206 votes), then Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra with 168 votes. The Google Pixel 7 Pro took 3rd place (73 votes).

Remember: You can change your votes at anytime, and suggest more than 1 product over the course of the poll.


Do try to make a sensible suggestion (e.g make sure the phone is still widely available to purchase, supports Aussie networks including VOLTE and VoWifi compatiblity) and include a brief argument as to why you would recommend the product. You can only suggest 1 product at a time.


How do I suggest products/providers to What Should I Buy polls?

If you have a product that you would like to suggest for the poll (that is currently not in the Poll Options), you'll need to make a top-level comment (i.e. not replying someone else's comment) and type in the “Suggestions” text box just above your comment:

Do try to make a sensible suggestion and include a brief argument as to why you made this recommendation.

Poll Options Wed, 01/01/2025 - 00:00

This is part of What Should I Buy poll for 2024. Check out other recommendations from the OzBargain community.

Comments

  • iPhone 16 Pro

  • +2
    Suggested iPhone 15 Pro

    iPhone 15 Pro for me. Resale is best when able to salary sacrifice and buy a new one in twelve months time. Ends up usually making me money.

  • Suggested Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

    Pretty good hardware upgrade and loving the flat screen and AI features

  • +2

    Love that the S23U has more votes than the S24U. I understand that there are some limitations due to the 64 bit architecture in the S24U, though I do miss a flat screen.

    • Didn't realise 24U had a flat screen until reading.. Hopefully it sticks around for the next couple gens… Hoping to skip two generations.

  • +3

    Think the best one is the Pay Phone up the road.
    Essentially impossible to track the calls and caller… Just saying! :) lol

    • You haven’t watched ‘the wire’ then. Still good viewing in 2024 :)

    • Payphone actually has a number displayed. It's not unknown caller confirmed with nearby Telstra phone box

  • +1
    Suggested iPhone 15 Pro Max

    iPhone 15 Pro Max by a long shot

  • +1

    Xiaomi 14 Ultra 5G

  • +1

    Used Samsung mostly for the past few years, and gave the iPhone 15 Pro a chance for my work phone. Maybe I've gotten too used to One UI, but don't see myself using an iPhone again in the near future. Probably just OS preference.

  • Suggested Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro

    Is there a reason why people choose Samsung over the Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro which has higher benchmark scores?

    • Usually because of generous discounts on EPP / trade in discounts and a long software update / security patch policy which is usually more important than raw gaming performance.

      They are also becoming less relevant nowadays since many non-gaming phones can already game, without the added active cooling, RGB embellishments or bulk that ROG phones usually come with.

      • Since when was ROG popular? It's only good for people dedicate their phones for games otherwise it's crap in general for everything else

  • Pixel 8 pro other than Ai and Camera features. Everything else is a let down. Gaming performance so poor.

    However price wise if you gotten the Optus deal then it's better than all flagships on value

    Performance = s23 ultra
    Camera = Pixel 8 pro

    If you are rich then iPhone 15 pro or S24 ultra (only if you like curve screen)

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