PC World 2018 Editor's Choice Awards Nominees Announced

With the bulk of this year’s pre-holiday season of product announcements behind us (and the hype for next year’s CES beginning to peek over the horizon, it’s a great time to look back and take stock of all that the last twelve months in consumer tech have brought.

As is tradition, PC World Australia will be issuing our yearly Editor's Choice Awards. There are a few small changes compared to last year’s awards but things will still be broken out across five major categories - Computers, Mobile, Home Entertainment, Gaming and Gadgets - with multiple awards on offer for each.

We’ll announce the winners of each category over the course of next week. One each day.

In the meantime, here are the nominees. Feel free to drop your picks for who should win in the comments.

Computers

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Best Gaming PC

• ASUS Zephyrus M (our review here)

• HP OMEN 15 (our review here)

• Alienware R17 (our review here)

• Gigabyte AERO 15 (our review here)

• Intel Hades Canyon NUC (our review here)

• MSI Vortex G25 (our review here)

• HP Spectre Folio (our impressions here)

Best Professional PC

• ASUS Zenbook Pro (our review here)

• Huawei Matebook X Pro (our review here)

• HP Spectre Folio (our impressions here)

• Dell XPS 13 (our review here)

• Macbook Air (our review here)

Best Networking Product

• Norton Core (our review here)

• D-Link Covr (our review here)

• Linksys Velop Dual-Band Mesh Wi-Fi (our review here)

Best Storage Product

• Samsung X5 (our review here)

• Seagate Fast SSD (our review here)

• LaCie Rugged Secure (our review here)

• Seagate DJI Copilot (our review here)

Mobile

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Best Smartphone

• Huawei Mate 20 Pro (our review here)

• Google Pixel 3 (our review here)

• Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (our review here)

• Oppo Find X (our review here)

Best Smartphone Under $900

• Oppo R17 Pro (our review here)

• Samsung A8

• Nokia 7 Plus (our review here)

• Moto Z3 Play (our review here)

Best Smartphone Under $600

• Nokia 7.1 (our review here)

• Moto G6 (our review here)

• Huawei Nova 3i (our review here)

Home Entertainment

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Best TV

• Samsung Q9F (our review here)
  

• LG E8 OLED TV (our review here)

• Sony A8F OLED (our review here)

• Panasonic FZ1000U (our review here)

Best Mid-Range TV

• Hisense Series 7 LCD LED TV (our review here)

• LG SK85 LCD LED TV (our review here)

• Samsung Q6
  

• Panasonic FX800
  

Best Home Entertainment Accessory

• Nvidia Shield TV (our review here)

• Sonos Beam (our review here)

• Amazon Fire Stick (our review here)

Gaming

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Best Game of the Year

• Dead Cells (our review here)

• Monster Hunter: World (our review here)

• Frostpunk (our review here)

• Thronebreaker (our review here)

Best Single Player

• Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire (our review here)
  

• BattleTech (our review here)
  

• Frostpunk (our review here)

• Thronebreaker (our review here)

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance (our review here)

Best Multiplayer

• World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (our review here)
  

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (our review here)
  

• Sea of Thieves (our review here)

Best Sequel

• Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (our review here)

• Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire (our review here)

• Life Is Strange 2 (our review here)

• Far Cry 5 (our review here)

Best Gaming Mouse

• HP OMEN Reactor (our review here)

• Logitech Pro G Gaming Mouse (our review here)

• Razer Mamba Wireless (our review here)

Best Gaming Keyboard

• Xbows Gaming Keyboard (our review here)

• Razer Huntsman Elite (our review here)

• HyperX Elite FPS RGB (our review here)

Best Gaming Headphones

• Logitech Pro G Gaming Headset (our review here)

• Plantronics RIG 500 Esports Edition (our review here)

• Sennheiser GSP-600 (our review here)

Gadgets

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Best Smart Home Product

• Google Home Hub (our review here)

• Google Home Max (our review here)

• LG WK7 Smart Speaker (our review here)

• Lenovo Smart Display (our review here)

Best Smartwatch

• Apple Watch Series 4 (our review here)

• Fitbit Versa (our review here)

• Samsung Galaxy Watch (our review here)

Best True Wireless Earbuds

• Zolo Liberty+ (our review here)

• Jabre Elite 65t (our review here)

• Sony WF-SP700N (our review here)

• Samsung Gear IconX (our review here)

Best Headphones

• Plantronics BackBeat Go 810
  

• Sony WH1000X M3 (our review here)

• Nuraphones (our review here)

Be sure to visit the site next week to find out who the winners are.