The yearly Pocket-lint awards have just taken place at a glitzy event in London with the gadget website crowning its favourite gizmos of the year.
It’s been a hugely competitive year in the world of tech with the rise of more impressive budget smartphones, improvements to wearable technology and more smart devices arriving in our homes.
A panel of top judges and experts spent hours deliberating over which products deserved a coveted gong and place on your Christmas wishlist.
And the device that has impressed the most in 2018 is Huawei’s P20 Pro.
This smartphone impressed the panel with its incredible triple camera, huge battery and glorious screen making it the best smartphone of the year and also Pocket-lint’s gadget of the year.
Speaking about the rise of the P20 Pro, Stuart Miles, founder of Pocket-lint said: “The awards this year really show the huge ground Huawei has made over the last years from being a brand that was virtually unheard of in the UK to a company that is winning this year’s EE Pocket-lint Gadget Awards Product of the Year.
Prizes also went to went to the Apple Watch Series 4, Sky Q and Sony’s brilliant WH-1000XM3 which are officially the world’s best headphones.
Other products that took the top spots included the Sonos Beam, Apple iPad, Google Home and the FitBit Versa.
HERE ARE ALL THE WINNERS OF TONIGHT’S AWARDS
Best Game – God of War
Runner-up – Super Mario Odyssey
Best Camera – Sony A7R III
Runner-up – Panasonic Lumix G9
Best Soundbar – Sonos Beam
Runner-up – Sony HT-ST5000
Best Smartphone – Huawei P20 Pro
Runner-up – Samsung Galaxy S9+
Best Mid-Range Phone – Honor Play
Runner-up – Nokia 7 Plus
Best Tablet / 2-in-1 – Apple iPad
Runner-up – Microsoft Surface Go
Best Laptop – Dell XPS 13
Runner-up – Apple MacBook Pro
Best On-Ear Headphones – Sony WH-1000XM3
Runner-up – Bose QuietComfort 35II
Best In-Ear Headphones – Libratone Track+
Runner-up – Sony W1-1000X
Best TV – Philips OLED 803
Runner-up – LG C8 OLED
Best Home Entertainment Device – Sky Q
Runner-up – Roku Streaming Stick+
Best Streaming Service – BBC iPlayer
Runner-up – Netflix
Best Smart Home Device – Google Home
Runner-up – Amazon Echo
Best Speaker – Sonos One
Runner-up – Ruark MRx
Best Gaming / VR device – Sony PS4 Pro
Runner-up – Nintendo Switch
Best Fitness Device – Fitbit Versa
Runner-up – Garmin Fenix 5 Plus
Best Smartwatch – Apple Watch Series 4
Runner-up – Samsung Galaxy Watch
Best Car – Jaguar i-Pace
Runner-up – Audi Q8
EE Superfast Tech Award – Joint winners (2 awards) to the Apple A12 Bionic and the Huawei Kirin 980
Gadget of the Year – Huawei P20 Pro