Results of 2019: all the best according to the edition of Lifehacker

Gadgets, games, services, films and TV shows that did not leave you indifferent.

We are summing up the results of the outgoing year and have selected the best, in our opinion, devices and content. You, too, can vote for the most worthy contenders in the nomination and bring your favorites to the top according to the readers' version.

Best Smartphone - iPhone 11 Pro

There were many worthy candidates, but the iPhone 11 Pro outperformed everyone. The smartphone from Apple, as usual, combines top-end hardware and a well-thought-out operating system. The highlight of the model was a camera with an unusual design, which spawned a wave of memes and jokes. And it works great: DxOMark experts named its best for video shooting. The camera is also praised for its accurate color reproduction, auto exposure and white balance.

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Best Android Smartphone - Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro

Although the iPhone snatched victory in the Best Smartphone nomination, it would be unfair to ignore the Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro. It became the best among Android devices.

Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro has great hardware, large amounts of memory, a capacious battery, incredibly fast wired and wireless charging, good cameras. The most balanced flagship of 2019.

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Best budget smartphone - Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T

The editors chose up to 12 thousand rubles among smartphones, and Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T became the winner of the nomination. The device has everything you need: a powerful processor, a large battery, an NFC module, a fingerprint scanner and good cameras. The case is protected on both sides by durable Gorilla Glass 5.

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Best Gadget - Nintendo Switch Lite

The Nintendo Switch Lite has won the race for that title, beating a host of competitors from smartwatches to VR headsets. The console lost its joycons and the ability to connect to a TV, but it became cheaper and more autonomous - it can last up to seven hours on a single charge.

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Best iOS App - Flow by Moleskine

Moleskine's Flow turns your iPhone or iPad into a digital version of the famous notebook popular with creative people. The app is an endless canvas with dozens of paper combinations. On it you can capture ideas, draw, write notes, and a large set of tools will facilitate the task.

Flow won the Apple Design Award and was named Lifehacker's Best iOS App.

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Flow by Moleskine

Developer: Moleskine Srl

Price: Free

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Best Android App - Digitox

The desire to overcome phone addiction is a trend in recent years. Therefore, applications are popular that collect statistics on the use of a gadget: how much time a person spends on it, what exactly he does.

Newer versions of iOS have a built-in Screen Time program, and some Android smartphones have Digital Wellbeing. This year's winner, the Digitox app, brings a similar capability to devices that lack such a tool. It collects statistics for the day and week, and also allows you to set a daily limit for working with a smartphone.

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Digitox: Digital Wellbeing - Digital Wellbeing

Developer: Phosphorus

Price: Free

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Best Web Service - Google Travel

Service «Google Travel»Has replaced its closed predecessor Google Trips and became our favorite. It can be used to search for suitable hotels and inns, places of interest and attractions, view information on reservations and search for flights.

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Best Film - "Joker"

«Joker»- a film about Arthur Fleck, who moonlights as a clown, dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian and suffers from manifestations of mental illness. This story is inscribed in the DC comics universe, but also remarkable out of context, because it tells about a lonely hunted person and problems that no one wants to notice.

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Best TV series - "Chernobyl"

Mini-series "Chernobyl”Showed that real events can be worse than any horror movie. The plot recreates the events associated with the disaster itself and the elimination of its consequences. The script is based on stories of real people and eyewitness memories. The series received critical acclaim, was nominated for numerous awards and received the title of best in the opinion of the editors.

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Best Game - Death Stranding

Kojima managed to do something incredible: to build interest in the game for a long time and at the same time not to disappoint fans when it finally came out. Death Stranding is an open-world action movie with a cool concept, storyline and graphics. Anyone can play it: no need to be a hard-core gamer or spend several days on endless replaying of one mission.

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Best Book - "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari

21 Lessons for the 21st Century is the third book by the Israeli medieval historian Yuval Noah Harari, in which he tries to deal with the challenges facing humanity today. The author asks questions, but the reader will have to think about the answers.

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