Best of IFA 2020 Awards - The best new tech - Android

Our Best of IFA 2020 Awards recognize the best new products, most innovative new technologies, and game-changing ideas.

Trade show attendance may have slowed, but innovation has not. IFA 2020 has wrapped for the year following three days of in-person, virtual, and satellite events. There’s no denying the reality of the show was peculiar but the announcements, products, and technologies presented were just as groundbreaking as ever. This is Android Authority‘s Best of IFA 2020 Awards.

Phones & Wearables

Best smartphone: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2

This year, Samsung unveiled a much improved Galaxy Fold, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2. With a $2,000 price tag, the Z Fold 2 aspires to get foldables right at any cost. With an improved external display, better-protected hinge mechanism, and notable camera upgrade, the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is one foldable everyone is betting on.

Best budget smartphone: ZTE Axon 20 5G

If you’re after something a little more affordable, there’s no going past the ZTE Axon 20 5G. Not only does it retail for much less, but it’s also packing some impressive technology of its own. The Axon 20 5G is the world’s first smartphone to feature an under-display front-facing camera, and it only costs around $320.

Best smartphone innovation: ZTE Axon 20 5G (world’s first under-display camera)

Speaking of the Axon 20 5G’s in-display camera, it’s the recipient of our award for the best new smartphone innovation. We’ve been waiting to see this tech hit a consumer product for years, so it’s a game-changer to have it finally land. The debate over notches, cutouts, and punch-holes is finally over!

Best mobile accessory: Samsung Wireless Charging Trio

Samsung also dropped the Wireless Charging Trio which can simultaneously charge three devices. It may seem like a simple enough problem to solve, but it’s, ah, caused issues for some other brands. Not so Samsung. Who wouldn’t want one wireless charging pad to handle your phone, true wireless earbuds, and smartwatch all at the same time?

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