HWM + HWZ Tech Awards 2021: Your guide to the best tech buying recommendations
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About The Tech Awards
This year marks the 12th annual HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards, where we recognize the best tech brands, products and services.
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.
For the 2021 edition, we have a total of 42 Readers' Choice categories spread across four major sectors: Computing, Consumer Electronics, Communications & Services, and Gaming. Meanwhile, 23 Editor’s Choice categories involving 99 products were tested to determine the best tech gadgets for every need across Home, Work, Mobile and Gaming sectors.
Tech Awards 2021 Video Highlights
With nearly 100 products tested by the editorial team to qualify for the Editor’s Choice segment and collating the results from thousands of voters from our Readers’ Choice segment, this year’s awards consist of a total of 65 categories. To present all this in a brand new format, the editors got together with radio personality, The Flying Dutchman, to discuss and share some of the interesting wins and highlights from the HWM+HardwareZone Tech Awards 2021.
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 23 Editor’s Choice categories spread out into these sections:
No. | Award Category | Winner |
1 | Best 65-inch TV | LG CX OLED 4K TV (OLED65CXPTA) |
2 | Best 75-inch TV | Samsung Q950T 8K QLED TV (QA75Q950TSKXXS) |
3 | Best Camera Smartphone | Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max |
4 | Best Gaming Console | Sony Playstation 5 |
5 | Best Gaming CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 5900X |
6 | Best Gaming Headset | Razer BlackShark V2 Pro |
7 | Best Graphics Card | ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming OC |
8 | Best Graphics Chip | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
9 | Best High-end Smartphone | Samsung Galaxy S20 FE |
10 | Best Home Entertainment Projector | BenQ TK800M |
11 | Best Home Printer | HP Smart Tank 615 Wireless All-in-One |
12 | Best Noise Cancelling Headphones | Sony WH-1000XM4 |
13 | Best Premium Smartphone | Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max |
14 | Best Smartwatch | Apple Watch Series 6 + Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 |
15 | Best True Wireless Earbuds | Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 |
16 | Best Ultraportable Notebook | Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Carbon |
17 | Best Value Smartphone | Realme 7 Pro |
18 | Best Wi-Fi 6 Mesh Networking System | ASUS ZenWiFi AX (XT8) |
19 | Best Wired Ultralight Gaming Mouse | Razer Viper Mini |
20 | Best Wireless Ultralight Gaming Mouse | Razer Viper Ultimate |
21 | Game of the Year | Final Fantasy VII Remake |
22 | Innovation Award | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold |
23 | Innovation Award | Apple M1 chip |
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 42 Readers’ Choice categories.
No. | Award Category | Winner |
1 | Best Motherboard Brand | ASUS |
2 | Best SSD Brand | Samsung |
3 | Best External Storage Brand | Seagate |
4 | Best NAS Brand | Seagate |
5 | Best Wireless Networking Brand | ASUS |
6 | Best IP Camera Brand | D-Link |
7 | Best Home Printer Brand | Canon |
8 | Best Office Printer Brand | Fuji Xerox / FUJIFILM Business Innovation |
9 | Best Ultraportable Notebook Brand | Apple |
10 | Best Convertible Notebook Brand | ASUS |
11 | Best Business Notebook Brand | Lenovo |
12 | Best PC Components Retailer (Singapore) | Dynacore Technologies |
13 | Best Smartwatch Brand | Apple |
14 | Best True Wireless Earbuds Brand | Apple |
15 | Best Noise Cancelling Headphones Brand | Sony |
16 | Best Smart Speaker Brand | Bose |
17 | Best Home Theater System Brand | Bose |
18 | Best Business Projector Brand | Epson |
19 | Best Home Theater Projector Brand | Sony |
20 | Best TV Brand | Samsung |
21 | Best Camera Brand | Canon |
22 | Best Electronics Chain Store (Singapore) | Challenge |
23 | Best Lifestyle Home Appliances Chain Store (Singapore) | Courts |
24 | Best Electronics Shopping Portal (Singapore) | Shopee |
25 | Best Shopping Rebate Service (Singapore) | Shopback |
26 | Best Smartphone Brand | Apple |
27 | Best Telco Service Provider (Singapore) | Singtel |
28 | Best MVNO Service Provider (Singapore) | MyRepublic |
29 | Best Fibre Broadband Service Provider (Singapore) | Singtel |
30 | Best Pay TV Service Provider (Singapore) | StarHub |
31 | Best Video Streaming Service Provider (Singapore) | Netflix |
32 | Best CPU Brand | Intel |
33 | Best Graphics Processor Brand | NVIDIA |
34 | Best Graphics Card Brand | ASUS |
35 | Best Gaming Monitor Brand | ASUS |
36 | Best Gaming Keyboard Brand | Razer |
37 | Best Gaming Mouse Brand | Razer |
38 | Best Gaming Headset Brand | Razer |
39 | Best Gaming Desktop PC Brand | Aftershock |
40 | Best Gaming Notebook Brand | ASUS |
41 | Best Gaming Console Brand | Sony |
42 | Best Gaming Publisher | Activision Blizzard |
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