Video Summary - Лучшие смартфоны 2025 по версии Rozetked

Product(s) Covered

This video isn’t a review of a single phone—it’s Rozetked’s “best smartphones of 2025” roundup across multiple categories. Below are the key product takeaways mentioned.

Key Unique Points (by Category / Phone) + Pros / Cons & Comparisons

Best “For the Money” (Inexpensive / Value): CMF Phone 2 Pro

Fixes prior flaw: adds NFC (contactless payments).
Design: “excellent, original… unlike anything else”.
Cameras: three cameras, described as average (still “enough for many”).
Display: AMOLED with 120Hz, thinner bezels, improved water resistance.
Controls: Essential Key button (similar to other current Nothing phones).
Software: Nothing OS is described as stable/fast with features that “Chinese phones won’t have”.
Con: updated modularity changed—instead of swapping the lid, you swap replaceable pads (though thickness is still “adequate”).
Positioning: “expensive Nine” feel—hardware value is good; you mostly pay for the software.
Verdict in-video: “safely… the best inexpensive smartphone.”

Alternative mentioned: CMF Phone 2 Pro vs Nothing Fone 3A Lite

Fone 3A Lite: more “premium” design, similar price.
Con: hardware is “almost a complete copy” but with downgrades; no telephoto lens.
Host implication: if you want CMF’s value, “a smartphone is pointless when there is CMF.”

Performance / Gaming Leaning (Best Android Flagship Experience): OnePlus 15

Touch/finish: matte, pleasant to touch, scratch-resistant.
Core performance: “best hardware available in Android flagships today”
- fastest chip, fastest memory, top screen
Gaming: framed as ideal for gaming.
Main con: camera quality is “so-so”.
Battery / charging (also highlighted later):
- 7,300 mAh
- 120W wired, 50W wireless
- lasts about 2 full days (possibly more)
Price context: global version previously mentioned for 50–55k, now up to ~65k—still recommended.
Comparison: could be “best gaming smartphone” except for Red Magic 11 Pro (liquid cooling).

Competitor: Red Magic 11 Pro

Noted for liquid cooling (exception to OnePlus 15’s gaming crown).

iPhone / Payment Workaround Focus: iPhone 17

Upside: “great iPhone”.
Main drawback (Russia): no Apple Pay in Russia.
Workaround: pay via Sber cards using a smartwatch with FlipUp app
- Requires: Android phone + smartwatch (supported models listed in appendix)
- Needs: updated Sberbank app v17.0 + Mir card
- Setup: connect card, assign to watch key, pay by turning wrist to terminal
- Offline mode: “Works without internet”
- Cashback/bonuses: host says “And there is cashback. Bonuses are awarded.”
Comparison: Android pays via NFC; iPhone uses Bluetooth smartwatch flow described.

Best “Camera-Focused” Phones (Photography & Video)

Top camera picks: the video lists several; no single universal winner except Huawei.

Vivo X200 Ultra
- still excellent despite being out for a long time.
Vivo X300 Pro (host’s preferred choice)
- “takes slightly worse photos” than X200 Ultra
- praised for global version support (SIIM Google services, Android Auto, etc.)
OPPO Find X9 Pro
- described by many as the “best smartphone this year”
- strong photo flagship performance
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
- has Chinese + global variants, but host says it’s inferior to Vivo
Huawei Pura 80 Ultra
- explicitly called “best photo flagship of 2025”
- Design con: glossy, gets dirty easily; camera bumps protrude
- OS/services con: Huawei nuances; Google services can be installed, but “then again, it’s Huawei”
- Photo pros:
  - 1-inch main sensor
  - spectral sensor for accurate color reproduction
  - unique zoom hardware: two telephoto lenses achieved via one sensor + two periscope lenses + a physically moving prism
  - yields “honest optical zooms” 3.7x and 9.4x (host notes possible discrepancy vs ~10x due to updates/specs)
- Video pros:
  - impressive footage; stable focusing and shake-handling algorithms at high zoom
- Comparison example: Huawei optical/digital handling vs Vivo X200 Ultra
  - Vivo telephoto can be 200MP, but digital 10x photos are noticeably worse than Huawei’s zoom approach

Video crown: iPhone 17 Pro Max

“still has no competitors in terms of video”
praised for better stabilization and image quality

Best Folding Phones / “Flip Phones”

Samsung dominates with two models described as the “best flip phones this year”.

Galaxy Z Fold7

Called best folding phone on all counts
Pros
- normal wide, comfortable form factor (not “narrow sausage”)
- “much thinner”
- cameras “normal”
- best software in class
- one-hand comfort
- multi-window performance: “if you want great multi-window performance, it’s Samsung”
Cons
- battery not the biggest
- no Stylus support (noted as a downside)
Positioning: introduced first as “best”, then the Z Fold/Flip lineup continues.

Galaxy Z Flip3old (subtitle spelling odd; clearly a Flip model)

Launched in December, initially only South Korea
Global release planned next year (US, possible Europe, maybe Russia)
More comfortable than Huawei Mate Xs / Mate XT
Cons: “downsides exist” in general (battery size not emphasized as much here)

Huawei Pura X (fold/flip style)

Highlighted as the first fold phone sold only in China
Pros: convenient aspect ratio/form factor
Con: no global version; firmware issues (Russian keyboard/app problems)

Best Battery Life (Battery / Charging “Battles”)

General trend

Charging speeds: 100–120W
Batteries reaching lower bound around 7,000 mAh

Best battery life pick: OnePlus 15

repeats as #1 battery performer:
- ~2 days reliably
- 120W wired / 50W wireless

Other battery mentions

Xiaomi 17 Pro Max (~7,500 mAh)
Oppo Find X9 Pro (“Tiger”)
iPhone 17 Pro Max: “works wonders” for ~2 days
Realme GT8 Pro, IQ 15, Honor Magic 8 Pro
Small Xiaomi 17 (6.3”) still gets ~7,000 mAh

Best Compact Smartphones

iPhone 17 (compact): described as best compact iPhone overall.
iPhone 17 Pro: also mentioned as fashionable.

Android compact pick (strongest praise): OnePlus 13S

“best compact smartphone of 2025”
Pros
- “Everything about it is good”
- mentions OxygenOS in the Indian version
- Battery: “hold the battery like crazy”
Host says it’s the “best shell for Android in 2025”

Other compacts mentioned

Vivo X300: “no spark” vs last year’s best claim
Pixel 10 lineup: improving software/neural nets, but “processor still sucks” (also discussed later as overhype)
Galaxy S25: someone likes it
Xiaomi 17 / 17 Pro: criticized for Chinese firmware / design, or a “useless” rear screen idea

Best Flagship (Overall) / Top-of-Line

iPhone 17 Pro / iPhone 17 Pro Max called best flagships of 2025.

Design / performance pros

camera block engineering solution
evaporation chamber: “doesn’t get hot” (still “needs testing in heat”)
performance step-up as usual
cameras: “all cameras are 48MP” (photos not best, but video best)
front camera praised as a “brilliant invention”

Host notes

titanium not used like before; host thinks hype is overblown
software fixes (A26.2) improving autonomy and addressing some “26” glitch behavior

Innovation of the Year: Huawei Pura 80 Ultra

physically movable prism + dual telephoto solution

Other innovation mentioned

iPhone innovation: “square front camera sensor”
Biggest “innovation gadget”: Rayban Meta smart glasses (banned in Russia referenced)
- smart lenses with hidden screen (not visible from the side)
- controlled by a bracelet reading muscle impulses
- potential is huge
- Con: limited usefulness now
  - AI not working properly (including in Russia)
  - no Russian language, limited apps, missing Meta app store
  - battery about 3 hours

“Overrated Trends” / Disappointments

Thin phones trend is overrated

“thin phones” shown: iPhone Air / Galaxy S25 Edge / Huawei Mate 70 Air / Motorola X70 Air
Con: often too impractical to hold (example: “seven inches… impossible to hold”)
Example criticisms:
- one speaker on Samsung; not great battery
- “uninteresting”—reviews not even done

Biggest disappointment: Nothing Phone 3

Promises delayed (“Two years of waiting…”), then:
Cons
- screen “useless” (similar complaint to Xiaomi 17 Pro)
- camera “not very good”
- hardware not top-notch
- “no point when OnePlus 15 exists”
Advice: if you want Nothing OS, buy Nothing Phone 3 because it “works exactly the same,” but skepticism remains.

Other Named “Best” Picks (Wearables / Audio / Accessories)

Wearable monitors: host’s new Xreal / XReal-type “glasses”
- prism changes and wider viewing angle
- “best wearable monitor on market”; cheaper version exists
Smart ring: Pebl 2.2
- company resurrected; looking forward to Time 2 next year
Fitness band: Xiaomi SmartBand 10
- ceramic global version (~4–5k rubles)
Best watch for iPhone: Apple Watch Series 11
Best for Android: OnePlus Watch 3 (43mm version preferred)
Best in-ear: AirPods Pro 3
Best full-size headphones: Sony WH1000XM6

Pros / Cons Summary (Across the Video’s Recommendations)

General pros repeatedly praised

Better charging speeds (100–120W)
High-end displays (AMOLED, 120Hz)
Camera innovation (Huawei zoom mechanism; Vivo/OPPO flagships; iPhone video leadership)
Strong software experiences (Nothing OS, Samsung Fold software, OnePlus OxygenOS)

Common cons / criticisms

Camera compromise on otherwise great devices (notably OnePlus 15 camera “so-so”)
Service/ecosystem limits by region (Huawei Google services nuance; Apple Pay absence; Android/iOS payment differences)
“Thin phone” impracticality
Disappointments due to overhype or underwhelming hardware (Nothing Phone 3, Pixel 10 VUP overhyped “bubble”, some foldables/phones called boring)

Comparisons Made

CMF Phone 2 Pro vs Nothing / other midrange alternatives (especially Fone 3A Lite: missing telephoto)
Vivo X200 Ultra vs Vivo X300 Pro (X200 better photos; X300 preferred for global services)
Huawei Pura 80 Ultra vs Vivo X200 Ultra (optical zoom quality vs weaker digital zoom)
OnePlus 15 vs Red Magic 11 Pro (gaming: OnePlus vs liquid cooling exception)
Samsung Fold7 vs Huawei Mate XT (comfort/software/protection)
iPhone 17 Pro Max vs competitors (video leadership claim)
Thin iPhones/flagships trend vs practicality (Air/Edge phones criticized as inferior to full flagships)

Overall Verdict / Recommendation

Best value (budget): CMF Phone 2 Pro (NFC fix + 120Hz AMOLED + strong software; minor modularity downgrade)
Best gaming + battery sweet spot: OnePlus 15 (fastest-class hardware + very strong autonomy/charging; accept weaker cameras)
Best camera (photo flagship): Huawei Pura 80 Ultra (excellent photography/video; unique dual telephoto optical zoom mechanism; design + Huawei software/services downsides)
Best video overall: iPhone 17 Pro Max
Best folding: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 (best overall fold experience; battery + Stylus are the tradeoffs)
Biggest letdown: Nothing Phone 3 (overhype vs mediocre camera/screen for its position)

Speakers / Viewpoints

Only one main speaker/host is present in the subtitles; no clear multiple reviewers with distinct opinions are separated. Mentions like “many are calling…” and “someone likes…” are attributed to general audience sentiment, not different individuals.

Лучшие смартфоны 2025 по версии Rozetked

Key takeaways