62 brands and products honoured at HardwareZone & HWM Tech Awards 2023

The 14th edition of Singapore's definitive tech lifestyle awards packed 10 new categories such as Best Gaming CPU, Best Value Printer, Best Video Conferencing Software/Hardware, Best Home Entertainment Projector, Best Android Camera Smartphone and more.

HardwareZone.com (HWZ), Singapore’s leading tech lifestyle and gaming media hub, has completed publishing all 62 winners of the HardwareZone.com + HWM Tech Awards 2023 (HWZ + HWM Tech Awards 2023) today.

The 14th edition of the Awards, which comprises 16 Editor’s Choice awards, and 46 Readers’ Choice awards, recognises outstanding brands and products launched over the last 12 months (March 2022 to February 2023) since the previous Tech Awards concluded. The core sectors that the awards cover include a variety of brands and tech gear in computing, gaming, consumer electronics, mobile and services.

Among the Editor’s Choice category, there were also two Innovation Awards dedicated to products and technologies that are making inroads to enable new consumer experiences.

10 new categories were introduced across both Readers’ and Editor’s Choice awards this year. For the first time in many years, all brands launched new processors simultaneously, enabling a massive refresh of desktops and laptops across the board for everyday users, creators and gamers alike. The wealth of options allowed the team to expand our Editor's Choice testing to deliver results for the best processors for those with demanding needs and the ideal option for gamers.

To better reflect the entrenched nature of hybrid work, categories such as Best Video Conferencing Software and Hardware brands were added to track audience preferences. The evolving content consumption habits have also spurred the team to focus on new categories to address entertainment needs, such as Mini Projectors and Best Home Entertainment Projector awards to fulfil upsized video streaming and gaming needs. Lastly, phone seekers would be delighted to know the best phones for photo and videography have been rounded up to present a new Best Android Camera Smartphone award.

This year's biggest winners are Apple, ASUS and Samsung, while the brands with the most exciting outcomes and significant gains year-on-year are AMD, Google, MyRepublic and Samsung.

Dennis Jang, President of Samsung Electronics Singapore said: "We are honoured to have been recognised by HardwareZone’s readers and editorial team for our innovation in delivering smart, connected experiences for everyday consumers. We will continue to innovate and bring to market products and experiences that can best meet our customers’ digital and lifestyle needs, as well as lead the market with cutting-edge offerings. For example, our Galaxy Z series foldable smartphones, and the ultra-portable The Freestyle, have redefined how we are using and interacting with technology today.”

The biggest winner, ASUS, widened its win with a grand total of 9 awards. Desmond Soh, Senior Country Director of Open Platform Business Group at ASUS said: "We are deeply honoured and ecstatic to be a recipient of the prestigious HardwareZone Tech Awards 2023. It's an incredible feeling to be recognized by both the readers, and HardwareZone’s editorial team! The 9 awards across multiple categories are a testament to our commitment in creating innovative products that make a difference in people's lives. We believe that our dedication to creating top-quality gaming products, coupled with our commitment to meeting the needs of gamers around the world, is what sets us apart from the competition."

With thousands of readers participating in the annual HWZ + HWM Tech Awards polls, it is Singapore's trusted source and voice of authority in the consumer tech space.

HardwareZone reader Ms Cassandra Tan, a 38-year-old sales director, said: “Reading HWZ has changed me from a tech illiterate to a techie, and the branding instils confidence that recommendations made to my friends are backed by good and sound testing methods. It has also raised my personal bar on expectations of a sound product review with the relevance of local context.” 

Every year, our team dedicates months to the purpose of putting out the best comparisons to determine the top tech gear, as well as honing in on consumer sentiments to refresh and update the award segments to keep them relevant and valuable to anyone interested in knowing which brand or product they should spend their hard-earned money on. 14 years on, I'm proud to say the HWZ+HWM Tech Awards is still the most coveted media recognition to highlight the most influential tech brands, and the best-performing products and services in Singapore.



I would like to congratulate all the winners again and hope we can work together to bring consumers greater value and new differentiated offerings. -- Mr Vijay Anand, Editor-in-Chief of HW
Z.

The complete list of winners is listed on the following two pages for Readers' Choice and Editor's Choice, respectively. For full details of Readers’ Choice voting results and how the editorial team assessed and ranked the contenders of the Editor’s Choice categories, visit the HardwareZone Tech Awards 2023 content hub or in these links below:-

 

About the Tech Awards

The HardwareZone + HWM Tech Awards consists of two segments - the Readers' Choice awards and the Editor's Choice awards. It has been conducted annually since 2010 and is the industry's most recognized and comprehensive tech lifestyle awards in Singapore.

The Readers' Choice awards segment lets readers of HardwareZone and HWM vote for their favourite brands in their respective categories, while the Editor's Choice segment identifies the best tech products as tested by our review team.

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. To find out more about how we tested and how these award winners came out on top of their respective categories, click on any of the award winners to find out.

Award Segment: Best of Computing

No.

Award Category

Winner

1

Best Desktop CPU

2

Best Value SOHO Printer

3

Best SMB Office Printer

4

Best Ultraportable Laptop

Award Segment: Best of Consumer Electronics

5

Best Smartwatch

6

Best Noise Cancelling Headphones

7

Best True Wireless Earbuds

8

Best Home Entertainment Projector

Award Segment: Best of Mobile & Services

9

Best Premium Smartphone

10

Best High-end Smartphone

11
Best Android Camera Smartphone

Award Segment: Best of Gaming

12

Best Gaming CPU

13

Best Graphics Chip

14

Game of the Year

Award Segment: Innovation Awards

15

Innovation Award

16

Innovation Award

Here are the detailed results for each of the 16 Editor’s Choice categories compiled on this link.

On the next page, we list the Reader's Choice winners.

The Readers’ Choice Awards are given to products and services with the highest number of votes cast by thousands of our readers. To find out more about how each of these categories performed and how each brand stacked up against its rivals, click on any of the main award segments we've hyperlinked or simply head over here.

No.

Award Category

Winner

1

Best CPU Brand

Intel

2

Best Motherboard Brand

ASUS

3

Best SSD Brand

Samsung

4

Best External Storage Brand

Seagate

5

Best NAS Storage Brand

Seagate

6

Best NAS Brand

WD

7

Best Wireless Networking Brand

ASUS

8

Best IP Camera Brand

D-Link

9

Best Webcam Brand

Logitech

10

Best Home Printer Brand

Canon

11

Best Office Printer Brand

Fujifilm Business Innovation

12

Best Computer Chair Brand

Secretlab

13

Best Ultraportable Laptop Brand

Apple

14

Best Convertible Laptop Brand

ASUS

15

Best Business Laptop Brand

Lenovo

16

Best Speciality Laptop Brand

ASUS

17

Best Video Conference Hardware Solutions Brand

Logitech

18

Best Video Conference Software

Zoom

19

Best Smartwatch Brand

Apple

20

Best True Wireless Earbuds Brand

Apple

21

Best Active Noise Cancelling Headphones Brand

Sony

22

Best Smart Speaker Brand

JBL

23

Best Soundbar Brand

Bose

24

Best Home Theater System Brand

Bose

25

Best Mini Projector Brand

Samsung

26

Best Home Theater Projector Brand

Samsung

27

Best TV Brand

Samsung

28

Best Camera Brand

Canon

29

Best Electronics Shopping Portal (Singapore)

Shopee

30

Best Smartphone Brand

Apple

31

Best Tablet Brand

Apple

32

Best Telco Service Provider (Singapore)

Singtel

33

Best MVNO Service Provider (Singapore)

MyRepublic

34

Best Fibre Broadband Service Provider (Singapore)

MyRepublic

35

Best Pay TV Service Provider (Singapore)

StarHub TV

36

Best Video Streaming Service Provider (Singapore)

Netflix

37

Best Audio Streaming Service Provider (Singapore)

Spotify

38

Best Graphics Processor Brand

NVIDIA

39

Best Graphics Card Brand

ASUS

40

Best Gaming Monitor Brand

ASUS

41

Best Gaming Keyboard & Mouse Brand

Logitech

42

Best Gaming Headset Brand

Razer

43

Best Gaming Desktop PC Brand

Aftershock

44

Best Gaming Notebook Brand

ASUS

45

Best Gaming Console Brand

Sony

46

Best Gaming Publisher

Nintendo



For more details on how they won, here is the detailed results breakdown for each of the 46 Readers’ Choice categories.

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