We’re in January 2026 and the flagship game is wild right now. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is still the king if you live in the Apple ecosystem (smooth, stupidly good video, that new chip is a beast). But Android? Oh man — Google Pixel 10 Pro / XL is snatching souls with unreal photos and clean AI magic, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra keeps flexing that crazy zoom + S Pen life, OnePlus 15 is the value savage everyone’s sleeping on, and Chinese beasts like Oppo Find X9 Pro and Vivo are out here dropping 7500mAh monsters with cameras that make you question reality. If you want “best overall” vibes, it’s honestly a three-horse race between iPhone 17 Pro Max, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Galaxy S25 Ultra depending on what ecosystem you’re married to.