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The best smartphones without AI features in 2025: Expert tested and recommended
Tired of AI being stuffed into every nook and cranny of every new device? I've put together a list of the best phones that eschew AI in favor of features people actually want.
And while it's tempting to snap up that ultra-cheap, pre-owned iPhone 13, it's important to consider if the cost is worth any potential headaches due to dropped device support, as well as any unsupported features like integrated voice controls. Show more ZDNET's review team spends upwards of a year testing the ins and outs of every smartphone release, evaluating the day-to-day performance, camera quality, battery life and endurance, and more. Phones aren't just devices we use to call and text anymore; they have 100,000 times the processing power of the IBM computer that got us to the moon and connect us to the entire breadth of human knowledge via the internet.
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