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It takes the best photos of any Android phone. Phones should use high-quality components such as aluminum, ceramic, and Gorilla Glass, and the devices shouldn’t bend or creak under stress. A phone that is poorly constructed or made with subpar materials could break before you even finish paying it off through a carrier. Build quality: Android smartphones can cost $1,000 or more.If the phone lasts until bedtime, its battery life is good enough. Some phones offer multi-day battery life, but that’s not a requirement for most people.

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Battery life: If a phone can’t last through a full day of heavy use, it’s not worth buying.

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The best smartphones have advanced image-processing technology that can adjust for lighting contrasts, low light, faces, and even skin tones.

Camera: When you have a good smartphone camera, you can take fantastic photos at a moment’s notice, and the difference between a top-tier phone camera and an average one can be huge.

Higher refresh rates can also make screens easier on the eyes by eliminating the jerkiness of fast scrolling.

Display: Most people spend several hours every day looking at their smartphone screen, so it should remain sharp and easy to read, even outdoors.

Your smartphone will also end up containing a lot of personal data, so security is important-a phone that ships with outdated software, doesn’t receive security patches, or has a documented history of security flaws is not a good purchase, no matter the price. We like phones that have fewer carrier modifications and apps preloaded by manufacturers, because phones without them tend to run better and are easier to use.

Software: A clunky version of Android can ruin your experience, and even the most powerful hardware doesn’t matter if the software runs poorly.

Most flagship Android phones use similar processors, so performance differences are largely due to software.

Performance: A great Android phone should feel snappy whether you’re playing a game or just swiping through the interface.

We measured the volume of our two Philips picks, and they both have approximately a 3-quart volume (the Premium measures 3.1 quarts, and the Airfryer L 2.9 quarts).

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The Premium Airfryer HD9741, our upgrade pick, is incorrectly listed as one quart larger than the Airfryer L.

The Philips Airfryer L with dials typically costs around $120, and the Philips Airfryer L with a touchscreen around $150, where other similarly performing air fryers cost roughly double that, or as much as one of our (more durable and versatile) convection toaster oven picks.Ī note on size: We’ve found the listed capacities of Philips air fryers to be inconsistent and inaccurate. These machines are slim, look inoffensive, and have small footprints for air fryers of this capacity. The dials, though refreshingly simple, are too close together, and the timer dial is hard to turn counterclockwise, which you have to do if you want to turn the air fryer off before time is up (better to just unplug the machine). The touchscreen is cluttered with unhelpful preset programs and can be hard to activate with greasy fingers.

The Philips 3000 Series Airfryer L HD9252/91 is the same air fryer as the HD9200/91, but has a touch screen instead of dials.

The air fryer basket is relatively easy to clean, with a nonstick coating and a less frustrating grate design than those of other air fryers we tested. It has a minimal display, with just a temperature dial and a timer. This air fryer crisped chicken nuggets, fries, and wings nearly as well as our upgrade pick, the Philips Premium Airfryer HD9741. The 3-quart (by our measurement) Philips 3000 Series Airfryer L HD9200/91 gets food crispy quickly, cooking faster and more evenly than any other machine we’ve tested in this price range.

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