The GadgetMatch Team’s Favourite Picks of 2025

As the yr involves an in depth, we take a second to look again on the gadgets that stood out in our on a regular basis use.

This roundup of devices are what genuinely impressed the staff behind our critiques and tales. These are the gadgets we relied on and stored speaking about, lengthy after the embargoes lifted and the hype settled.

Each decide displays private experiences formed by completely different priorities and preferences, however collectively, they kind a snapshot of what mattered most in client know-how this yr.

“The phone I couldn’t put down”

Rodneil Quiteles: This is such a troublesome decide. Three devices actually spoke to me in 2025. So, I’m shouting out two honorable mentions: The ROG Flow Z13 (2025) and the ROG Xbox Ally X. But the one I simply couldn’t put down is the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7.

The Galaxy Z Fold7 simply actually feels good to carry. The thinness, weight distribution, button placements… they’re all, dare I say, excellent. I used to be initially afraid to place a case on it as it would disrupt this sense. Thankfully, PITAKA got here by means of with simply the proper match.

This is the perfect a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold has ever appeared and felt. Of all of the foldables I’ve touched to this point – and I’ve touched fairly a number of – this has been my favourite to carry. I wouldn’t be mad in the event that they stored this manner issue for a number of years… as long as they improve the cameras.

It’s nice for informal searching, incredible for my productiveness, and the inside display is ideal for watching 4×3 facet ratio content material. It’s simply flat-out a pleasure to make use of.

“Earned a place in my life”

MJ Jucutan: For an athlete, a tool that accompanies me by means of sweat and lengthy days simply turns into a high decide for essential gear in my arsenal.

The Shokz OpenFit 2+ earned a spot in my life longer than another open-ear earbuds I’ve owned. Long sufficient that once I misplaced one pair, I bought one other. That alone tells the total story.

After all, it looks like a steal particularly when you think about how a lot increased different open-ear wearables value for comparable high quality.

“One thing I couldn’t really live without this year”

Luigi Leonardo: Before this yr, I didn’t care about tablets. I’m too previous to have been an iPad child, and I’m too younger to rely solely on a easy pill. All of that modified once I met the Xiaomi Pad 7.

The Xiaomi Pad 7 is the one factor that I couldn’t actually dwell with out this yr. More than only a huge display, the pill was the perfect all-around system for virtually something.

It was a journey buddy, a conveyable workstation, and a secondary display for my dwelling workplace.

On the surface, it’s so elegant in its minimalist design. It doesn’t try and wow with pointless options or gimmicks. Inside, it’s able to every part I want in a pill: hours of writing, streaming motion pictures, and taking part in video games. Oh, and the huge ecosystem of equipment, particularly the Focus Keyboard, turns the Pad 7 from nice to indispensable.

“A godsend daily driver”

Vincenz Lee: Despite being a hardcore digital camera man, I by no means bought to attempt any new mirrorless cameras this 2025. But that’s to not say I’m disenchanted as camera-centric flagship smartphones maintain getting higher.

Even if I’ve used its older brother for six.5+ months, the refinements made on the vivo X300 Pro merely makes it an irresistible, extra full package deal of an already superior smartphone to start with.

And by that, a good quicker chipset, newer digital camera bells and whistles, extra Pro-grade enhancements in video taking pictures, digital camera package assist (which I don’t have), and several other extra not current in its predecessor.

Although I’m considerably lacking the previous’s curvaceous physique, refined show curves PLUS the longer battery endurance, OriginOS 6 is a large godsend for making me day by day drive an Android telephone not only for its overhauled telephone look, extra so with plethora of features that wasn’t even there throughout its Funtouch disaster *coughs* vivo’s Office Kit addition for a long-time MacBook consumer like yours really.

“Confidence in the air”

Deric Claveria: Some devices impress on paper. But this one impressed me when it got here time to create.

The Antigravity A1 earns my confidence within the air. Movement is easy, predictable, and simple to regulate, which lets me concentrate on flying as an alternative of preventing the drone.

In good lighting, the digital camera delivers clear, detailed footage with sufficient flexibility for reframing and storytelling in put up. It’s not about cinematic gimmicks, it’s about getting usable pictures persistently.

“Sneaky good tool that doesn’t even cost a fortune”

Levi Verora Jr.,: As of the second, the BOYA Mini 2 is my favourite gadget to make use of. Given how I do varied slice-of-life content material for my private vlog, Manila Connoisseur, together with voice-overs and speaking head movies, it’s a sneaky good software that doesn’t even break the bank.

I wouldn’t go so far as saying it produces studio high quality sound nevertheless it does enhance my general audiovisual output. It’s a breeze to make use of it, and you’ll customise settings additional through BOYA’s app.

Noise cancelling additionally works wonders in varied situations. Be it meals critiques, fast interviews, and every part in between for emphasis, it delivers what it mainly guarantees.

“The flexibility that matters in daily use”

Jeanne Penelope: I’ll admit, I used to be uncertain about open-ear sound high quality, however the QCY Crossky C50 modified my thoughts. With a stable bass, it sounds higher than some costlier in-ear buds I’ve tried. And it stays put. Most of the time, I neglect they’re even on.

What actually bought it for me is the interchangeable left-and-right design. No fussing over which earbud goes the place. And if one runs out of battery as a result of I left it exterior of the case (AGAIN), I can nonetheless use the charged one in whichever ear I need whereas sustaining stereo sound.

I often go for the left as I hear extra clearly on that aspect, in order that flexibility truly issues in my day by day use.

I’ve my Sony ULT noise-cancelling headset that has spoiled me with bass high quality. But at any time when I don’t want full ANC or simply getting headset fatigue, the Crossky C50 is my go-to and day by day driver.

An enormous thanks from the GadgetMatch Team

Taken individually, every favourite tells a private story of how know-how suits into our lives this yr.

Viewed collectively, they reveal broader patterns in what labored and what really delivered worth past first impressions.

This assortment is much less about declaring common winners and extra about sharing trustworthy views from a staff that lives with these merchandise day in and time out.

As we transfer into a brand new yr of launches and evolving wants, these picks function a reminder that the perfect devices are those that meaningfully enhance how we work, create, and unwind.

From all of us at GadgetMatch, thanks for spending one other yr exploring know-how with us, and we stay up for what’s subsequent.