Tech Awards 2020: Your guide to the best tech buying recommendations
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About The Tech Awards
In its 11th year running, the annual HWM + HardwareZone.com Tech Awards is back to honour all the outstanding tech brands and revolutionary products launched last year! From gadgets and services to communication and gaming, we get ready to give props to the best in the industry last year.
Tech Awards consists of two segments, Readers’ Choice voting to determine the best brands from readers of HWM and HardawareZone, while the Editor’s Choice segment identifies best tech products as tested by the review team.
Editor’s Choice
Our Editors have put your favourite tech gadgets through rigorous tests and bestowed our coveted Editor’s Choice award to those with outstanding features, performance and value.
Here are the detailed results for each of the 19 Editor’s Choice categories spread out into these sections:
Home | Mobile | Work | Gaming
No. | Award Category | Winner |
1 | Best Desktop CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 3900X |
2 | Best Motherboard | Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme |
3 | Best Graphics Card | ASUS ROG Strix RTX2080S A8G Gaming |
4 | Best Wi-Fi 6 Router | ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000 |
5 | Best Ultraportable Notebook | HP Spectre x360 13 |
6 | Best SOHO Printer | Canon PIXMA Ink Efficient G7070 |
7 | Best Workgroup Office Printer | HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M479fdw |
8 | Best Smartwatch | Apple Watch Series 5 |
9 | Best Noise Cancelling Headphones | Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700 |
10 | Best True Wireless Earbuds | Sony WF-1000XM3 |
11 | Best 4K TV | LG C9 OLED TV (OLED65C9PTA) |
12 | Best 8K TV | Samsung Q900R 8K QLED TV (QA75Q900RBKXXS) |
13 | Best Smartphone | Samsung Galaxy Note10+ |
14 | Best Gaming Notebook | Aftershock Vapor 15 Pro |
15 | Game of the Year | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |
16 | Innovation Award | Samsung Galaxy Fold |
17 | Innovation Award | Samsung micro-LED display technology |
18 | Innovation Award | Samsung ISOCELL Bright HMX mobile image sensor |
19 | Innovation Award | ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo |
Readers’ Choice
The Readers’ Choice Awards are given to products and services with the highest number of votes cast by our readers of HWM and HardwareZone.com.
Here's the detailed results breakdown for each of the 40 Readers’ Choice categories.
No. | Award Category | Winner |
1 | Best Motherboard Brand | ASUS |
2 | Best Graphics Card Brand | ASUS |
3 | Best SSD Brand | Samsung |
4 | Best External Storage Brand | Seagate |
5 | Best Removable Flash Storage Brand | SanDisk |
6 | Best NAS Brand | Synology |
7 | Best Wireless Networking Brand | ASUS |
8 | Best IP Camera Brand | D-Link |
9 | Best Home Printer Brand | Canon |
10 | Best Office Printer Brand | Fuji Xerox |
11 | Best Ultraportable Notebook Brand | Apple |
12 | Best Convertible Notebook Brand | ASUS |
13 | Best Business Notebook Brand | Lenovo |
14 | Best PC Components Retailer (Singapore) | Fuwell |
15 | Best Smartwatch Brand | Apple |
16 | Best True Wireless Earbuds Brand | Apple |
17 | Best Active Noise Cancelling Headphones Brand | Sony |
18 | Best Smart Speaker Brand | Sonos |
19 | Best Home Theater System Brand | Bose |
20 | Best Business Projector Brand | Epson |
21 | Best Home Theater Projector Brand | Sony |
22 | Best TV Brand | Samsung |
23 | Best Camera Brand | Canon |
24 | Best Consumer Electronics Chain Store (Singapore) | Challenger |
25 | Best Electronics Shopping Portal (Singapore) | Lazada |
26 | Best Shopping Rebate Service (Singapore) | Shopback |
27 | Best Smartphone Brand | Apple |
28 | Best Telco Service Provider (Singapore) | Singtel |
29 | Best MVNO Service Provider (Singapore) | MyRepublic |
30 | Best Mobile Data Roaming Service Provider (Singapore) | Singtel |
31 | Best Fibre Broadband Service Provider (Singapore) | Singtel |
32 | Best Pay TV Service Provider (Singapore) | StarHub |
33 | Best Video Streaming Service Provider (Singapore) | Netflix |
34 | Best Gaming Monitor Brand | ASUS |
35 | Best Gaming Keyboard Brand | Razer |
36 | Best Gaming Mouse Brand | Logitech |
37 | Best Gaming Desktop PC Brand | ASUS |
38 | Best Gaming Notebook Brand | ASUS |
39 | Best PC Games Digital Storefront | Steam |
40 | Best Gaming Publisher | Activision Blizzard |
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