New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- In good news for Google, its Pixel 8 smartphone has won the 2023 Phone of the Year award at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. The award was presented by the GSMA, which hosts the Global Mobile Awards at MWC every year.

According to a report by 9to5Google, the Google Pixel 8 won the 2023 Phone of the Year award over many other competitors, including the iPhone 15 Pro series, OnePlus Open, Samsung Galaxy S23 series and Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5.

Notably, the best smartphone award was won by Apple's iPhone 14 Pro in 2023 and iPhone 13 Pro in 2022, while the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra won the award in 2021. This is the first time that Google has won this prestigious award.

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