Digit Zero1 Awards 2025 crowned over 70 top-performing gadgets after more than 100 scientific lab tests.
The 25th edition honoured winners across smartphones, laptops, TVs, audio gear, gaming hardware and more.
Awards were split into Zero1, Best Buy and Popular Choice segments, celebrating performance, value and community favourites.
The Digit Zero1 Awards 2025, India’s biggest night in technology, concluded in New Delhi with the announcement of this year’s most powerful and reliable gadgets. From flagship smartphones to creator laptops and gaming hardware, over 70 products were awarded after extensive testing in Digit’s labs before the winners were announced.
SurveyThe 25th edition of the awards, hosted by Times Network, recognised the best in consumer technology across a wide range of categories, including premium and budget smartphones, AI phones, foldables, tablets, gaming and creator laptops, thin and light notebooks, smartwatches, Bluetooth speakers, TWS earphones, desktop processors, SSDs, graphics cards, OLED and mini LED TVs, and gaming monitors.
Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, graced the occasion with his presence. He conferred the awards upon the deserving winners and, in a moment of honor, received a felicitation from Rohit Chadda, President and COO, Times Network.
This year, the awards were divided into three segments:
- Zero1 Awards: Honouring the best-performing products based on rigorous lab tests.
- Best Buy Awards: Recognising the strongest value-for-money products.
- Popular Choice Awards: Selected entirely through community voting by Digit readers.
Each product went through more than 100 scientific tests in Digit’s in-house facilities before final scores were calculated.
Digit Zero1 Awards 2025 Winners
| Premium / Flagship (Over 50k) Smartphone | Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra |
| High-end (35k – 50k) Smartphone | OnePlus 13R |
| Mid-range smartphone (20k -35k) | vivo T4 Ultra |
| Budget smartphone (under 20k) | CMF Phone 2 Pro |
| Camera smartphone (No budget) | vivo X200 Pro |
| Gaming smartphone (no budget) | iQOO 13 |
| Foldable Smartphone (Flip & Fold) | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 |
| AI Smartphone | Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra |
| Best Battery Smartphone (No Budget) | iQOO Z10 |
| Tablet | Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra |
| Gaming Laptop (250k+) | Dell Alienware 18 Area-51 |
| Gaming Laptop (151k – 250k) | Dell Alienware 16X Aurora (AC16251) |
| Gaming Laptop (60k – 150k) | Lenovo LOQ (15IRX10D3) |
| Mainstream Laptop | Dell 14 Plus 2-in1 |
| Creator Laptop | MSI Prestige 16 AI |
| Premium thin and light Laptop | ASUS Zenbook A14 |
| Bluetooth Speakers | Sonos Move 2 |
| Wireless Headphones | Sony WH-1000XM6 |
| Premium Truly Wireless Earphones | Apple AirPods Pro 3 |
| Mid-Range Truly Wireless Earphones | Sony WF-C710N |
| Budget Truly Wireless Earphones | OnePlus Buds 4 |
| Smartphone SoC | Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform |
| Desktop Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D |
| NVMe SSD | WD_BLACK SN8100 SSD |
| External SSD | Crucial X10 Portable SSD |
| Graphics Card | ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5090 ARCTICSTORM AIO |
| Smartwatch | Apple Watch Series 11 |
| OLED TV | Sony BRAVIA 8 II |
| Mini LED TV | Sony BRAVIA 5 |
| Gaming Monitor | ASUS ROG Strix XG248QSG Ace |
Best Buy Awards – Winners
| Premium / Flagship (Over 50k) Smartphone | Apple iPhone 17 |
| High-end (35k – 50k) Smartphone | iQOO Neo 10 |
| Mid-range smartphone (20k -35k) | OnePlus Nord 5 |
| Budget smartphone (under 20k) | vivo T4x |
| Camera smartphone (No budget) | Motorola Edge 60 PRO |
| Gaming smartphone (no budget) | OPPO K13 Turbo Pro |
| Foldable Smartphone (Flip & Fold) | vivo X Fold5 |
| AI Smartphone | realme 15 Pro 5G |
| Best Battery Smartphone (No Budget) | OnePlus Nord CE5 |
| Tablet | Xiaomi Pad 7 |
| Gaming Laptop (250k+) | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025) |
| Gaming Laptop (151k – 250k) | ASUS TUF F16 (2025) |
| Gaming Laptop (60k – 150k) | Lenovo LOQ (15IRX10D3) |
| Mainstream Laptop | ASUS Vivobook 16 |
| Creator Laptop | Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i Gen 10 Aura Edition |
| Premium thin and light Laptop | Acer Swift Lite 14 |
| Bluetooth Speakers | Sony ULT FIELD 5 |
| Wireless Headphones | JBL Tour One M3 Smart Tx |
| Premium Truly Wireless Earphones | Sony LinkBuds Fit |
| Mid-Range Truly Wireless Earphones | Google Pixel Buds 2a |
| Budget Truly Wireless Earphones | OnePlus Buds 4 |
| Smartphone SoC | MediaTek Dimensity 9400+ Mobile Platform |
| Desktop Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 9600 |
| NVMe SSD | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SSD |
| External SSD | Crucial X10 Portable SSD |
| Graphics Card | ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5050 Twin Edge |
| Smartwatch | Amazfit Balance 2 |
| OLED TV | Samsung S95F |
| Mini LED TV | Lumio Vision 9 |
| Gaming Monitor | LG Ultragear 27GS75Q-B |
Popular Choice Awards – Winners
| App excellence – Cybersecurity | CYBX |
| Breakthrough camera | Oppo Find X8 Pro |
| AI PC Disruptor | Snapdragon X Elite |
| Design Innovation | Nothing |
| Home entertainment | Lumio Arc 5 & 7 |
| Smart wearable | Meta Ray-Ban Glasses |
| Tablet | OnePlus Pad 3 |
| Connected Home Backbone | TP-Link |
| Mid-Range Gaming Phone | Poco F7 |
| OLED TV | LG G5 OLED TV |
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