Last week we asked you to vote for your favorite flagship of 2024. The results are in and it looks like Samsung had a pretty good year.
Let’s start with the first poll, which is for the Classic Bar smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra dominated this category and received over a third of the votes – it was the most popular device on the list. Xiaomi 14 Ultra and vivo X200 Pro were also close to dead with 9% and 8.9% votes respectively. The Google Pixel 9 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max deserve honorable mentions with 8% and 7.8% of the vote respectively. Close to Xiaomi and vivo, but no match for Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
The horizontal foldable pole was hotly contested, much more so than the other two. Here, Samsung takes the top spot again with the Galaxy Z Fold6, beating the Honor Magic V3 by a percentage. The first-ever tri-fold device, the Huawei Mate XT Ultimate came in third with 12.4%. The Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold deserves an honorable mention with 11.6% of the vote. Interestingly, the Galaxy Z Fold Special only got 8.4% of the vote – both it and the XT Ultimate have very limited availability, but one is far more ambitious than the other.
Finally, in the flip foldable category, Samsung scored another decisive victory – the Galaxy Z Flip6 took first place with a few votes from third place. The Z Fold doesn’t have the same lead over what it competes with, but there’s still a big gap between it and second place – the Motorola Razr 50 Ultra/razr+ 2024 with 22.9%. Third place went to Xiaomi Mix Flip.
Naturally, there was a large contingent of “I don’t like foldable” voters, but it was more influential in the horizontal foldable poll (where it got the most votes) than in the flip foldable poll (where it had less support than the foldable poll). Z Flip6 and Razr).
We are heading into a new year which is already bringing new phones. Will cameras be the main driving factor for flagships? Will flip foldables outlast rigid designs? What will happen with horizontal foldables? These questions will be answered over the next twelve months – but if you have any predictions, leave them in the comments.
