Smartphones are essential technology which we’ve gotten so used to in this century. Aside from being our personal computer where we can do a bunch of quick stuffs on the go, it’s also an entertaining device with which we can always listen to music, take great pictures, watch videos and play games when bored.
Since the year 2019, there had been tons of smartphones launched most of which are Android-powered and selecting the best for an individual might be a daunting task in the first place.
We’ve tested and compared different devices to select which ones are the best among the best considering the fact that almost all smartphones made since 2017 have been great with high and premium qualities.
What makes a smartphone the best? We consider their performances, to see how fast they work and how quick they can handle multiple tasks thrown at them at ones, we also consider their battery life. No matter how great a smartphone is, if it lacks a good battery to keep up with its bunch of features, it’s not worth it.
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Another thing we determine are the features of the device which includes what it does and how it possibly do those things.
We also consider the camera, the design which includes the screen size, the availability of some hardware such as Headphone Jack port, USB Type-C and even 5G technology even though that is an entirely new thing altogether.
But here we are with a list of smartphones that we consider the very best among the best in 2020.
Considering our criterias we have selected the best smartphones based on subcategories right within the category Best Smartphones in 2020.
The subcategory includes
- Smartphone with the best Camera (Google Pixel 4XL)
- Smartphone with the best Battery (Huawei Mate 20 Pro)
- Smartphone with the best Price (OnePlus 7 Pro)
- Best Phablet (IPhone 11 Pro Max)
Smartphones with best camera 2020
What we examined with these devices includes the number of cameras and how they perform in different environments. Matching up the quality of each camera can be a really daunting task but we did that anyway.
This includes low-light, video recording, the highest resolutions of video recording and other technology such as optical image stabilization are some of the few things we consider before ranking these devices.
Winners
- Google Pixel 4XL
- Galaxy S10 Plus 5G
- Huawei P30 Pro
- iPhone Pro 11
- LG V50 ThinQ
Google Pixel 4XL
Google Pixels are known for one thing and one thing alone, great cameras. Google might not be able to make good looking devices like Huawei, Samsung or Apple but they have crafted a niche and they’re a master at it.
Announced last year’s October, the device went back from the ugly notched Pixel 3XL to the olden no notch design with the top bezels being larger than the bottom bezels. And then the rear camera panel is quite unusual too but who cares when the device performs at its best.
Measuring about 160.4 x 75.1 x 8.2 mm (6.31 x 2.96 x 0.32 in) and weighing around 193 g (6.81 oz), the device is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5 both at the front and back as well as aluminium frame around it. It uses both Nano-SIM and eSIM and its IP68 certified making it dust and water resistant for about 30 minutes it submerged in a water of about 1.5 meter.
As for the display, the Google Pixel 4XL sports a 6.3-inches P-OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16 Million colors. The entire dimension of the screen is about 98.0 cm2 (~81.3% screen-to-body ratio) and it has a resolution of 1440 x 3040 pixels, with 19:9 aspect ratio (~537 ppi density). It also feature an always-on display with a powerful 90Hz refresh rate.
Its the first Android device to run the latest Android 10 OS well, it’s a Google owned device so it’s a privilege. Powering it up is a Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7nm) chipset as well as an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) CPU while it’s GPU is an Adreno 640.
As for the storage, it has a massive 128GB storage space for the high end model while there is another 64GB storage space for a low-end model but both uses a 6GB RAM.
Also note the device doesn’t support external memory card which is a Big minus because of the small space. Moving on to the camera specs, it has a dual 12.2 MP main sensor with an f/1.7 aperture, 28mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF and an OIS.
The second sensor is a 16 MP camera, with f/2.4 aperture, 45mm (telephoto), 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, and 2x optical zoom Features a Dual-LED flash, Auto-HDR, and panorama. As for video, it can record a 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) resolution.
The front facing selfie camera is a dual 8 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1.22µm, no AF
TOF 3D camera and also features Auto-HDR and can record videos in 1080p@30fps. Such a massive device, it’s powered up by a 3700 mAh Li-Po battery that can work for hours upon harsh usage.
It also feature quick charge and USB Type-C but there is no 5G yet. We expect that to come with the Pixel 5 or maybe another special edition later on this year.
Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus 5G
The biggest in the family of the Galaxy S10 series that were introduced last year. The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus is big, bold and really premium. Its one of the early adopters of the hole punch display with the Galaxy S10 Plus adopting a dual front hole punch cameras which is still quite amazing.
Announced last year February, the Galaxy S10 Plus has a dimension of 157.6 x 74.1 x 7.8 mm (6.20 x 2.92 x 0.31 in) and it weighs around 175 g / 198 g (ceramic) (6.17 oz). There are two models.
There is the Galaxy S10 Plus with aluminum frame as well as the other with Ceramic body but both devices are protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 6 at the front and CGG 5 at the back. As for the build quality, its rated IP68 making it water (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) and dust resistant
Support Nano-SIM or hybrid dual SIM and also features the Samsung Pay which works great with Visa and Mastercard.
Speaking of the display, the Galaxy S10 Plus has a 6.4-inches Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen 2ith 16M colors. The dimension of the screen is about 103.8 cm2 (~88.9% screen-to-body ratio). The resolution is about 1440 x 3040 pixels, with 19:9 aspect ratio (~522 ppi density). And it features the Always-On display.
It runs the Android 9 Pie and Samsung’s One UI out of the box. Powering up the device is the Exynos 9820 (8nm) – EMEA/LATAM while the variants sold in the USA and China uses the Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm).
As for the CPU, it’s an Octa-core (2×2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2×2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) – EMEA/LATAM.
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Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) – USA/China.
While the GPU is Mali-G76 MP12 – EMEA/LATAM or Adreno 640 – USA/China.
The Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus takes external memory card and can be extended up to 1TB (uses shared SIM slot). But the internal storage ranges between 128GB with 8GB RAM, 512GB with 8GB RAM and 1TB with 12GB RAM which is definitely massive.
And now the cameras, here is a triple rear setup with the main being a 12 MP sensor, with f/1.5-2.4 aperture, and 26mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, and OIS.
The second sensor is 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6″, 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom. Then another 16 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), 1.0µm, Super Steady video
Features LED flash, auto-HDR and panorama. It can also record videos resolution of 2160p@60fps (no OIS/EIS), 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, dual-video rec., stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS.
As for the front facing selfie camera, it’s a dual 10 MP, f/1.9, 26mm (wide), 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 22mm (wide), 1.12µm, depth sensor.
It also feature a Dual video call, Auto-HD and can record 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps video resolution.
Powering up the Galaxy S10 Plus is a massive 4100 mAh Li-Ion battery. The Galaxy S10 Plus is also the most expensive among the Galaxy S10 Series released till date.
Huawei P30 Pro
Huawei is know for aléas making great camera phones and their last year’s release, the Huawei P30 Pro is no joke. It’s a massive smartphone that measures 158 x 73.4 x 8.4 mm (6.22 x 2.89 x 0.33 in) and weighs about 192 g (6.77 oz).
Protected with Glass both at the front and back, the device has an aluminium frame. It uses a single Nano-SIM but there is also a variant that support dual Nano-SIM. Rated IP68 making it dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins).
As for the display, it uses a 6.47-inches OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16 Million colors that measures 102.8 cm2 (~88.6% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~398 ppi density).
Before you wonder what OS it runs, it’s actually Android 9 Pie and can be upgraded to the Android 10 with the EMUI 10. It was lucky to have been released before the US ban. Powering up the Huawei P30 Pro is the company’s HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (2×2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)and the GPU is a Mali-G76 MP10.
As for memory card, it supports a nano-Memory slot while it’s internal storage ranges between 128GB with a 6GB RAM, 128GB with 8GB RAM, 256GB with 8GB Ram and lastly a 512GB with 8GB RAM.
Coming to the selling point of the Huawei P30 Pro, its main camera is a quad rear setup with the main sensor being 40 MP, with f/1.6 aperture, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7″, PDAF, and OIS.
The second sensor is an 8 MP, f/3.4, 125mm (telephoto), 1/4″, PDAF, OIS, 5x optical zoom.
The third is a bigger 20 MP sensor, with f/2.2 aperture, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.7″, PDAF.
And also a TOF 3D camera. It features Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, and HDR.
Video resolution is about 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps. As for the front facing selfie camera, it’s a single 32 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 0.8µm that features HDR Video 1080p@30fps.
IPhone 11 Pro
This is one Apple’s best smartphone till date. And since the company had decided to join the league of multi camera smartphones, it was a great move which is parts of what gives the device an elegant functionality.
The iPhone 11 Pro was announced last year September and its a midsized device with its dimension being 144 x 71.4 x 8.1 mm (5.67 x 2.81 x 0.32 in) while weighing just 188 g (6.63 oz).
Built with Glass both at the front and back of the device with stainless steel frame. It uses a single Nano-SIM as well as an eSIM. Parts of its build quality is that its certified IP68 which makes it dust and water resistant (up to 4m for 30 mins).
It also feature the Apple Pay as usual (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified).
As for the display, the iPhone 11 Pro comes with a 5.8-inches Super Retina XDR OLED Capacitive touch display with 16 Million colors. The dimension of the screen is 84.4 cm2 (~82.1% screen-to-body ratio) while it’s resolution being 1125 x 2436 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~458 ppi density).
As for the protection, its built solidly with a Scratch-resistant glass, and oleophobic coating with 800 nits max brightness.
It runs the Apples propertary iOS 13.2 out of the box with the Apple’s A23 Bionic (7nm+) chipset. Its CPU is an Hexa-core (2×2.65 GHz Lightning + 4×1.8 GHz Thunder). While it’s GPU is an Apple GPU (4-core graphics).
Apple devices never support external storage but the internal storage varies between 64GB with 4GB RAM or a 256GB with 4GB RAM and 512GB also with 4GB RAM.
Also its the first iPhone with triple rear camera setup with the main sensor being 12 MP, with f/1.8 aperture, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS. The second sensor is a 12 MP, f/2.0, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 2x optical zoom. The third camera is a 12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm (ultrawide).
It features a Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama). As for video, it can record 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. And it’s front facing selfie camera is a dual 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide) and a SL 3D camera that features HDR. The selfie camera can record 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps videos, with gyro-EIS.
Also its powered by a 3046 Li-Ion battery and can charge wirelessly. It doesn’t have 5G just like the Pixel 4XL seems to be what Apple is planning with its next release while we keep our fingers crossed.
LG V50 ThinQ 5G
Also known as the LG Dual screen, when we first saw it, it was like the folding screen phone except it came with another extra screen which can be attached or detached which is really cool. What’s even more cool is the fact that the device is a 5G device.
It was announced last February and had been a global phenomenon even though its not as popular as the aforementioned devices. At just 159.2 x 76.1 x 8.3 mm (6.27 x 3.00 x 0.33 in) in dimension, the LG V50 ThinQ 5G also weigh183 g (6.46 oz).
Solidly built with the Corning Gorilla Glass 6 both at the front and back, it also feature an aluminium frame and has support for dual Nano-SIM. Rated IP68 making it dust and water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
As for the display, it comes with a 6. 4-inches P-OLED capacitive touchscreen and 16 Million colors with a max dimension of 100.2 cm2 (~82.7% screen-to-body ratio) while it’s resolution is just 1440 x 3120 pixels, 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~538 ppi density). It also feature a 5 Dolby Visiona as well as HDR10, and Always-on display.
It runs the Android 9 Pie with LG UX 8.0 out of the box. It’s also powered by the Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) while it’s GPUAdreno 640.
Supports memory card slot, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot) while it’s Internal storage is 128GB with 6GB RAM.
The main camera is a triple setup with the main sensor being 12 MP, with 27mm (standard), f/1.5, 1/2.6″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, 3-axis OIS.
The second camera sensor is another 12 MP, 52mm (telephoto), f/2.4, 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom, PDAF, OIS.
And the third is a 16 MP, 16mm (ultrawide), f/1.9, 1/3.1″, 1.0µm, no AF
It features an LED flash, HDR, and panorama. As for the video recording, it can film a 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec., HDR10 video, gyro-EIS.
The front facing selfie camera is a dual 8 MP, 26mm (standard), f/1.9, 1/4″, 1.12µm and a 5 MP, 21mm (wide), f/2.2, 1/5″, 1.12µm that features HDR and can record 1080p@60fps video.
Smartphones with best Battery
Whats a good smartphone without powerful battery. There are some devices that have moderate power but some have so mighty power that they cna be used literally throughout the entire day. These devices can even share power with other devices through reverse wireless charging which is really awesome and that makes them both power banks as well as great smartphones at the same time.
Winners
- Huawei Mate 20 Pro
- Vivo Nex 3
- iPhone 11
- Moto G7 Power
Huawei Mate 20 Pro
2018 was a big year for Huawei and parts of what made Huawei great back then was their great smartphones that offered the best features which breaks limits unimaginable.
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro was one of the best Smartphones till date despite being released 2 years ago. Up till now it’s still one of the most power efficient premium smartphone you can get. Despite the big drawbacks that Huawei as a company had with the US government, the Mate 20 Pro is super safe from those rift.
The Huawei Mate 20 Pro is a very compact smartphone with its dimension being just 157.8 x 72.3 x 8.6 mm (6.21 x 2.85 x 0.34 in) and its weight is 189 g (6.67 oz).
As for build quality, this is also a toughened smartphone protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 both at its Front and back with aluminum frame.
SIM card support is between a single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM support (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by).
Certified IP68 making it dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins) which is another great news for such a beautiful device with loads of energy in it.
The display type is a 6.39-Inches OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors.
The screen dimension is 100.2 cm2 (~87.9% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1440 x 3120 pixels, and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~538 ppi density). it features DCI-P3 and HDR10.
It runs the Android 9.0 (Pie) with the EMUI 9.1 built on top of it out of the box.
Powering up the system is the HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (2×2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) and its GPU is a Mali-G76 MP10.
Proceeding to storage, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro has memory card slot but it’s a NM (Nano Memory) instead of MicroSD. But the amount of NM it can take is just 256GB (uses shared SIM slot).
Internal storage spans between 128GB with 6GB RAM, 128GB with 8GB RAM and 256GB with 8GB RAM.
Its primary sensor is a triple setup with the main camera being a 40 MP sensor, with f/1.8 aperture, and 27mm (wide), 1/1.7″, PDAF, and Laser AF.
The second camera is an 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4″, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS, 3x optical zoom.
And then another slightly bigger 20 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.7″, PDAF, Laser AF.
Features the Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama as well as HDR.
Video resolution ranges between 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps.
While it’s front facing selfie camera is a single 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide)
Features HDR. Video is 1080p@30fps.
Powering up the device is a big 4200mAh Li-Po battery which works for hours upon usage. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro also feature reverse charging meaning you can lend up your friend whose device support wireless charging some power by just placing their smart phone’s back against your Mate 20 Pro and bang the magic works.
VIVO Nex 3
In my humble opinion, this is one of the most beautiful smartphone announced in 2019 and since we don’t have the “Most beautiful category” on the list, the VIVO Nex 3 do3snt just stay in the good looks category it also occupy many categories among which is being a Power House.
Its the first smartphone at least mainstream device to feature the now popular “Waterfall” display which is a more massive curves around the device’s screen unlike the simple curve of the Galaxy Note 10 Plus or the Huawei P30 Pro. The other device with this elegant design is the Hauwei zmate 30 Pro. These devices are very beautiful.
Beauty aside the VIVO Nex 3 has a dimension of 167.4 x 76.1 x 9.4 mm (6.59 x 3.00 x 0.37 in) and it weighs around 218.5 g (7.72 oz). Built with glass around its front and back with an aluminum frame. It supports Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by).
Now onto the display type, it’s a massive 6.89-inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. Size of the display in centimetres is 119.3 cm2 (~93.6% screen-to-body ratio) and its resolution is 1080 x 2256 pixels (~363 ppi density) and features HDR10.
It runs the Android 9.0 (Pie) with the Funtouch 9.1 built on top of it. Powering it up is a high-end Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855+ (7 nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (1×2.96 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 485) and its GPU is an Adreno 640 (700 MHz).
As for storage, it has no support for external memory card slot but it’s internal storage is between 256GB with 8GB RAM and 256GB with 12GB RAM UFS3.0.
Its main camera is a triple setup with the primary sensor being a massive 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.7″, 0.8µm, PDAF. And then the second sensor is another 13 MP, f/2.5, (telephoto), PDAF. And then the third is also a 13 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), PDAF.
It Features LED flash, HDR, and panorama. Video resolution is between 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, and 720p@960fps, also feature gyro-EIS.
It’s front facing selfie camera is a single motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.1 that also features LED flash, and HDR with video resolution of 1080p@30fps.
Talking about the power, the VIVO Nex 3 has a massive 4500mAh Li-Po battery that works for hours upon hours. It’s a really great device with added features that makes it really unique and premium.
iPhone 11
The iPhone 11 is a quite polarizing device which you either like or hate. It’s of course the cheapest with the lowest specs among the three iPhone announced in 2019 but that doesn’t make it entirely useless as it’s quite an upgrade of the iPhone XR which wasn’t very lived by the masses.
The iPhone 11 too isn’t also enjoying much attention as its sisters are but there is something about the the device that makes it worth buying and that’s its battery.
With a dimension of just 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm (5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in) the device weighs just 194 g (6.84 oz). Built from its front to the back with glass with aluminum frame (7000 series).
Supports Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) – for China and its IP68 making it dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins). It also features the Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
As for the display type, it’s a 6.1-inches Liquid Retina IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. It’s size in centimetres is 90.3 cm2 (~79.0% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of just 828 x 1792 pixels, and 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~326 ppi density).
Its protection is a Scratch-resistant glass with oleophobic coating with 625 nits max brightness, True-tone, Wide color gamut and 120Hz touch-sensing
It runs the iOS 13 which is upgradable to iOS 13.2 and its powered by the Apple A13 Bionic (7 nm+) chipset while it’s CPU is an Hexa-core (2×2.65 GHz Lightning + 4×1.8 GHz Thunder) and the GPU is an Apple GPU (4-core graphics).
Memory Card slot had never been supported but the Internal storage is between 64GB with 4GB RAM, 128GB with 4GB RAM and 256GB with 4GB RAM.
Main camera is a dual 12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS. The second is also another 12 MP, f/2.4, 13mm (ultrawide). That also features Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama).
Video resolution is 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps as well as HDR, stereo sound rec. It’s selfie camera is a dual 12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
SL 3D camera and it features HDR. It’s Video resolution is between 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
As for the power, its a 3110mAh Li-Ion battery which works hours. Remember the iOS unlike Android is well built just for the device making it more power efficient and even Apple promised that the device lasts even much longer than the previous iPhone XR which was a power house last year.
Moto G7 Power
Now wee are on to the most important parts which is a must for every smartphones out there. Motorola might not be popular as they formerly were back in the early 2000s but they surely still make awesome smartphones and one of those is the new MOTO G7 Power which is ruled by its name making it a really powerful device.
Measuirng just 159.4 x 76 x 9.3 mm (6.28 x 2.99 x 0.37 in) the device weighs 193 g (6.81 oz). In terms of build quality, it’s toughened up with Front glass (Gorilla Glass 3) but the back isn’t so great as it’s made with plastic. As for how the number of SIM cards it can take there is the Single SIM (Nano-SIM) version and the Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) model.
Being plastic doesn’t mean its entirely fragile. It’s of course splash resistant (market dependent) even though its not IP68 water certified to water immersion resistant for 30 minutes.
Its display type isn’t a big deal. It uses an LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. Screen size totals 6.2 inches, or 94.0 cm2 (~77.6% screen-to-body ratio) while it’s resolution is resolution is just 720 x 1570 pixels quite disappointing. It has a 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~279 ppi density).
It also runs the Android 9.0 (Pie) and powered by the Qualcomm SDM632 Snapdragon 632 (14 nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (4×1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Gold & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 250 Silver) and its GPU is an Adreno 506.
As for storage, it supports memory Card microSD, up to 1 TB (dedicated slot). But it’s internal storage spans between a 32GB with 3GB RAM and 64GB with 4GB RAM.
As for the camera, it’s a single primary 12 MP sensor, with f2.0 aperture, and 1.25µm, PDAF.
Features LED flash, panorama and HDR.
Video resolution is 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps. Selfie camera is also a single 8 MP sensor, with f/2.2 aperture, 1.12µm and it features HDR. Video resolution is also 1080p@30fps.
But what makes this device special is nothing but the battery. It had a massive 5000mAh Li-Po battery that can last for days probably why it has limited features so as to have more power to save for later usage.
Smartphones with the best price
Even though they’re premium smartphones with the high-end specifications, these smartphones are still quite affordable and aren’t in the $1000 price point.
Winners
- Galaxy S10e
- OnePlus 7 Pro
- LG G8 ThinQ
Samsung Galaxy S10e
The Galaxy S10e is the smallest of the Galaxy S10 Series which was announced last year 2019. Its in fact the smallest in the family with its dimension being just 142.2 x 69.9 x 7.9 mm (5.60 x 2.75 x 0.31 in) and weighs 150 g (5.29 oz).
Its has Corning Gorilla Glass protection both at the front and its back with aluminium frame. It has support for a single SIM as well as the Samsung Pay which is MasterCard and Visa certified.
The Galaxy S10e is certified IP68 making it dust and water resistant and can withstand a submersion of up to 1.5M for about 30 minutes.
As for its display, it’s a smaller 5.8-inches Dynamic A OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. It’s dimension is 82.8 cm2 (~83.3% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~438 ppi density). It features HDR10+ and the Always-on display.
It runs on Android 9.0 (Pie); with the Samsung’s One UI built on top of it. It’s Chipset is either an Exynos 9820 (8 nm) (EMEA/LATAM) or a Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) (USA/China)
While its CPU is either an Octa-core (2×2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2×2.31 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) ( EMEA/LATAM) or an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) (USA/China).
while its GPU is either a Mali-G76 MP12 ( EMEA/LATAM) or an Adreno 640 ( USA/China).
As for storage, it can take a micros of up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) – dual SIM model only.
As for the Internal storage, its ranges between 128GB with 6GB RAM and 256GB with 8GB RAM.
Its main camera is a dual 12 MP sensor, with f/1.5-2.4 aperture, and 26mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, and OIS.
It’s second sensor is 16 MP, with f/2.2 aperture, and 12mm (ultrawide), 1.0µm, and Super Steady video.
It features LED flash, auto-HDR, and panorama. And it can record video resolution of 2160p@60fps (no EIS), 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, dual-video rec., stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS.
It’s selfie camera is a single 10 MP sensor, f/1.9 aperture, with 26mm (wide), 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF and it Features a Dual video call, Auto-HD and record video resolution of 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps.
As for its power source, its a 3100mAh Li-Ion battery which lasts hours upon rugged usage. Its a really tough device with tons of features and specs making it truly premium and affordable.
OnePlus 7 Pro
If there is a premium smartphone that balances up value for money and great looks, its the OnePlus 7 Pro. It’s one of the best Smartphones to be announced back in 2019 and its since been a top smartphone selling across the globe like water.
With a dimension of 162.6 x 75.9 x 8.8 mm (6.40 x 2.99 x 0.35 in) and a weight of 206 g (7.27 oz), the OnePlus 7 Pro is definitely lightweight.
Its build quality from the Front to back is glass (Gorilla Glass 5), with aluminum frame. It uses Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
As for the display, it’s a 6.7-Inches Fluid AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, with 16M colors and it’s dimension is 108.8 cm2 (~88.1% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1440 x 3120 pixels, and 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~516 ppi density). It also feature DCI-P3, HDR10+ and 90Hz refresh rate.
It runs on Android 9.0 (Pie) with the OxygenOS 9.5.11 built on top of it.
It’s powered by the Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) while it’s GPU is an Adreno 640.
As for storage, there is no support for memory card but it’s internal storage is between 128GB with 6GB RAM, 256GB with 8GB RAM and 256GB with 12GB RAM.
Now on to the camera, it has a Triple rear camera setup with its main sensor being 48 MP, f/1.6, (wide), 1/2″, 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, and OIS. And a second 8 MP, f/2.4, 78mm (telephoto), 3x optical zoom, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS. While the third is a 16 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), AF.
Features Dual-LED flash, panorama and HDR and can record videos with resolutions from 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@480fps, and features Auto HDR, gyro-EIS, no video rec. with ultrawide camera
Its front facing selfie camera is a Single Motorized pop-up 16 MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture, 25mm (wide), 1/3.0″, 1.0µm
Features Auto-HDR with Video resolution of 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS.
It’s power is drawn from a 4000mAh Li-Po battery that lasts for hours.
LG G8 ThinQ
LG had been underrated since the first LG G1 and that’s not every good but here we are still in that mode. The Newest LG G8 ThinQ is a very powerful and beautiful smartphone with tons of features.
Its dimension is just 151.9 x 71.8 x 8.4 mm (5.98 x 2.83 x 0.33 in) and it weighs just 167 g (5.89 oz).
Built with glass both at the front and back (Gorilla Glass 6) and aluminum frame.
It uses a single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by).
The LG G8 ThinQ is certified IP68 making it dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) with MIL-STD-810G compliant.
Its display type is a 6.1-Inches P-OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors with its size being 91.0 cm2 (~83.5% screen-to-body ratio). It has a resolution of just 1440 x 3120 pixels as well as 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~564 ppi density).
It also feature DCI-P3 100%, HDR10, Dolby Vision and the Always-on display.
It runs Android 9.0 (Pie); with LG UX 8.0 built on top of it.
Its powered by the Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) and its GPU Adreno 640.
As for memory card, it uses micros and can take up to 1 TB (dedicate/shared slot) for both single/dual-SIM model.
But its internal storage is a massive 128GB with 6GB RAM no exceptions.
As for the main camera setup, it’s either a Dual or Triple setup with the main being 12 MP, f/1.5, 27mm (standard), 1/2.6″, 1.4µm, Dual pixel PDAF, OIS
16 MP, f/1.9, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1″, 1.0µm, no AF
or
12 MP, f/1.5, 27mm (standard), 1/2.6″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
16 MP, f/1.9, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1″, 1.0µm, no AF
12 MP, 52mm (telephoto), f/2.4, 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom, dual pixel PDAF, OIS
Features LED flash, HDR and panorama.
Its video resolution is 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR10, 24-bit/192kHz stereo sound rec.
As for the front facing selfie camera, it’s a dual 8 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/3.6″, 1.22µm, AF, TOF 3D camera, f/1.4. Features HDR and can record video at 1080p@60fps.
Best Phablets 2020
It’s as if Phablets are dead because smartphones have been pushing the limits of sizes. Nearly all smartphones are Phablets and that had caused the demise of real tablets and as folding smartphones are now asking over, it’s like the end had finally come to tablets in general.
Since the advent of the Galaxy Note 1 which has a 5.5 inch display at that time, it felt super huge when held until Huawei came with the Mate 20X in 2018 which was the standard size of a mini tablet, 7.2-inch.
Thanks to the management of screen to body ratio nowadays, a gigantic device can fit very compact within a small body frame which showed how improved technology had gone in just few years. But let’s examine the top so-called Phablets so far in 2020.
Winners
- Galaxy Fold
- iPhone 11 Pro Max
- Huawei Mate 20X 5G
- Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Samsung Galaxy Fold
Back in 2018 when the rumors about a folding smartphone that can turn from a single screen into a mini tablet broke online, it was a serious phenomenon that most didn’t believe will ever be possible.
Some of us, the tech enthusiasts believed that and of course Samsung did the needful and gave us the Galaxy Fold back in 2019.
Even though the technology nearly entered its early grave due to engineering imperfections, it still made a great comeback and well, Samsung isn’t the only company making the folding phone.
Royole also made the FlexiPai which was the first and even LG added a second screen to the LG V50 ThinQ. So it’s like this is the new phenomenon with Microsoft even introducing its own Surface Duo which also fold aside Huawei’s own Mate X.
And speaking of the GALAXY Fold, its the smallest of these devices with a body dimension of just 160.9 x 62.9 x 15.5 mm when it’s folded and then 160.9 x 117.9 x 6.9 mm when unfolded. It also weighs around 263 g (9.28oz) and it uses a Nano-SIM as well as supports the Samsung Pay which is Visa and Mastercard certified.
As for the screen, it’s a Foldable Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors whose size is about 7.3-inches making it 162.6 cm2 (~85.7% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1536 x 2152 pixels (~362 ppi density) and it also has an HDR10+
Cover display which is 4.6″, Super AMOLED, 720 x 1680 pixels (21:9)
Runs the Android 9.0 Pie out of the box and powered with the Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) and GPU is an Adreno 640.
As for storage, it doesn’t have a support for external card slot but it’s internal storage is about 512GB with a 12GB RAM.
The Galaxy Fold 5G has a triple main camera setup which includes a 12 MP primary sensor, with f/1.5-2.4 aperture, and 27mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, with Dual Pixel PDAF, and OIS.
The second sensor is another 12 MP, with f/2.4 aperture, with 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6″, 1.0µm, AF, OIS, and 2x optical zoom.
And lastly is another 16 MP sensor with f/2.2 aperture, with 12mm (ultrawide), 1.0µm. Has a support for LED flash, HDR, as well as panorama. And as for the video, it can record 2160p@60fps, 1080p@60/240fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps (gyro-EIS) and HDR10.
Its selfies camera is a dual 10 MP, with f/2.2 aperture, and 26mm (wide), 1.22µm and 8 MP sensor, with f/1.9 aperture, and 24mm (wide), 1.22µm, and depth sensor.
And as for the cover camera, it’s a single 10 M camera, with f/2.2 aperture, and 26mm (wide), 1.22µm. It supports HDR and can record 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps and has gyro-EIS.
As for the power, it has a big 4235 Li-Po battery which lasts hours despite so many screens and cameras all around the device.
The Galaxy Fold 5G is loaded with tons of specifications that makes it a serious premium device with high end features. Even though its quite fragile and based on some mean and harsh state the device had been tested through, it still came out to work fine even though the protection of the AMOLED screen is plastic which mean it might attract scratches when tiny objects like sands falls through which can even damage the display permanently. But with a $2K smartphone, you’re definitely getting a high end technology.
iPhone 11 Pro Max
Another wonderful piece of tech launched in 2019 was the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max which is the largest sibling in the iPhone 11 family line if devices.
As for the size it’s not really different from its predecessor, the iPhone XS Max both sharing the same 6.5-inch display. The iPhone 11 Pro Max measures 158 x 77.8 x 8.1 mm (6.22 x 3.06 x 0.32 in) in dimension and weighs 226 g (7.87 oz).
Its build with glass to protect the device both from its to the back with a stainless steel frame. It has a single Nano-SIM support with the Chinese version having support for dual SIM. The iPhone 11 Pro Max is IP68 certified making it water and dust resistant for up to 4 meters for about 30 minutes making it one of the super few devices to go so deep under water without damage.
It of course has the Apple Pay built in which is Visa, MasterCard and Amex certified.
Speaking of the display, its a 6.5-inches Super RETINA Xdr OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. The screen dimension is about 102.9 cm2 (~83.7% screen-to-body ratio) and a resolution of 1242 x 2688 pixels, with 19.5:9 aspect ratio (~458 ppi density).
It also feature a Scratch-resistant glass due to its oleophobic coating and has an 800 nits max brightness, Dolby Vision, HDR10, Wide color gamut, True-tone as well as 120Hz touch-sensing which is a real big deal.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max runs the latest iOS 13 which can be upgraded to the most recent iOS 13.2. It’s chipset is the Apple A13 Bionic (7nm+) while it’s CPU is an Hexa-core (2×2.65 GHz Lightning + 4×1.8 GHz Thunder) while its GPU is an Apple GPU (4-core graphics).
As for the memory, it has no support for memory card slot but has a storages that spans between a 64GB with 4GB RAM, 256GB with 4GB RAM and 512GB with 4GB RAM.
The main camera is a triple setup with the primary sensor being 12 MP, with f/1.8 aperture, and 26mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, as well as OIS.
Then another 12 MP sensor, with f/2.0 aperture, and 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, and a 2x optical zoom
And finally is another 12 MP sensor with f/2.4 aperture, and 13mm (ultrawide).
Features Quad-LED dual-tone flash and HDR (photo/panorama) and it can record
videos of 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, HDR and has stereo sound rec.
While the front facing selfie camera is a dual 12 MP sensor, with f/2.2 aperture, and 23mm (wide). SL 3D camera.
It also features HDR and can record
video of 2160p@24/30/60fps, and 1080p@30/60/120fps, and support gyro-EIS.
Powering up the might device is a big 3969mAh Li-Ion battery which lasts several hours and thanks to the new iOS dark mode, you can save the battery life to make it last longer.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus
The list is incomplete if the pioneer of Phablets isn’t mentioned on the list. The original Galaxy Note 1 which was introduced back in 2011, it pushed the boundaries with its large body with a massive 5.5-Inch display back then. It looked as though you’re holding a small tablet back then because most smartphones only had 3.2-inch display maximum back then.
But now, 5.5-inch is like too small and thanks to the exclusions of large bezels around the top and bottoms of the screens of smartphones, even giant smartphones like the Huawei Mate 20x which has a whooping 7.2-inches looked compact enough.
The new Galaxy Note 10 Plus is a really great smartphone with beautiful design and tons of features. Still repping the size, it’s entire dimension totals 162.3 x 77.2 x 7.9 mm (6.39 x 3.04 x 0.31 in) and it weighs 196 g (6.91 oz).
As for the build quality, it’s very solid as it’s protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 6 both at the front and back while it has an aluminium frame.
Offer supports for a single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by).
It obviously has the Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) built in. Rated IP68 making it both dust and water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins).
It’s legendary Stylus pen now features Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, and gyro.
As for its display, it’s a 6.8-Inches Dynamic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. The screen dimension is 114.0 cm2 (~91.0% screen-to-body ratio) while it’s resolution is 1440 x 3040 pixels, and 19:9 aspect ratio (~498 ppi density). It also features HDR10+ and Always-on display
The new Galaxy Note 10 Plus runs on Android 9.0 (Pie); with the One UI built on top of it.
It’s chipset is either an Exynos 9825 (7 nm) (EMEA/LATAM) or the Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) (USA/China).
And as for the CPU, its either an Octa-core (2×2.73 GHz Mongoose M4 & 2×2.4 GHz Cortex-A75 & 4×1.9 GHz Cortex-A55) (EMEA/LATAM) or Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.78 GHz Kryo 485) (USA/China).
While its GPU is either a Mali-G76 MP12 (EMEA/LATAM) or an Adreno 640 (USA/China).
As for the storage, it has support for external storage which is micros, and can take up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot – dual SIM model only).
While it’s internal storage ranges between 256GB with 12GB Ram and 512GB with 12GB RAM.
And now the camera, its a quad rear setup with the primary sensor being a 12 MP sensor, with f/1.5-2.4 aperture, and 27mm (wide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, and OIS.
The second is another 12 MP sensor, with f/2.1 aperture, and 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.6″, 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, and a 2x optical zoom.
The third is a larger 16 MP sensor, with f/2.2 aperture, and 12mm (ultrawide), 1.0µm, Super Steady video and TOF 3D VGA camera. Features LED flash, auto-HDR and panorama.
The cameras can record videos of 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, dual-video rec., stereo sound rec., with gyro-EIS & OIS
And as for the selfie camera, it’s a single 10 MP sensor, with f/2.2 aperture, and 26mm (wide), 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
and features Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 2160p@30fps.
As for the battery, it has 4300mAh Li-Ion which lasts the device for hours upon continuous usage. Its one of the best Smartphones in 2019 and continues to be the best in 2020.
Huawei Mate 20x 5G
This is obviously largest smartphone in history with a massive 7.2-Inch display. The Huawei Mate 20X 5G was reintroduced in 2019 after the normal Mate 20X which was released earlier in 2018.
This 5G powered device comes with loads of features that makes it more superior even to the older devices. You get a massive 4200mAh Li-Po battery capacity.
So massive it measures 174.6 x 85.4 x 8.4 mm (6.87 x 3.36 x 0.33 in) and weighs about 233 g (8.22 oz). The build quality is a standard Corning Gorilla glass both at the front and back with aluminium frames. It support dual Nano-SIM card and its IP53 certified making it water and splash resistant.
Comes with a stylus because who wouldn’t want one and has an OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors. The Huawei Mate 20X 5G screen measures 7.2 inches, 130.7 cm2 (~87.6% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1080 x 2244 pixels, 18.7:9 ratio (~346 ppi density).
It runs the latest Android 9.0 Pie with the EMUI 9.1 out of the box. Powering it up is the company’s HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7nm) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (2×2.6 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×1.92 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) the GPU is a Mali-G76.
As for memort and storage, the Mate 20X 5Ga comes with a massive 256GB of internal storage as well as an 8GB of RAM. The memory can be expanded to another 26GB using an external card slot.
As for the camera, it has a triple rear camera setup with the primary sensor being a massive 40 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7″, PDAF, Laser AF. And then a second 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4″, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS, 3x optical zoom. While the last sensor is a 20 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.7″, PDAF, Laser AF.
It features Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, and HDR. The Mate 20X 5G can record a 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps video while it’s front facing selfie camera is a single 24 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide) that features HDR and can record a 1080p@30fps video.
Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G
Don’t count Hauwei out just yet. The new Mate 30 Pro 5G is a truly massive invention if you don’t care about Google play service. It’s definitely unfortunate for the device to have landed in the Waterloo of blacklisting but that doesn’t end its innovation.
Bright, bold and elegant, it would’ve easily surpassed the iPhone 11 Pro and Galaxy Note 10 Plus easily in design and its infact feature-rich making it an absolute top-tier device in 2020.
The fact that it has a 5G version is even more amazing but the absence of Google Play service is a big minus which had cut down the sales of the Hauwei Mate 30 Pro 5G only to China. But let’s examine what made the device so awesome despite its horrible fate.
It was announced back in September 2019 and it has a compact design with a massive “Waterfall display” which is a screen that curves nearly 80% of the sides of the device.
As for the dimension, its 158.1 x 73.1 x 8.8 mm (6.22 x 2.88 x 0.35 in) and weighs just 198 g (6.98 oz). Its front and back is made of Corning Gorilla Glass 6 with an aluminium frame. It has support for a dual nano-SIM and it’s rated IP68 making it dust and water resistant (up to 2m for 30 mins).
As for the display, it comes with a 6.53-Inch OLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors and measures 108.7 cm2 (~94.1% screen-to-body ratio) with a resolution of 1176 x 2400 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~409 ppi density).
It runs the Android 10 but not Google supported. It also has the EMUI 10 built on top of it. Powering it up is the HiSilicon Kirin 990 (7nm+) chipset while it’s CPU is an Octa-core (2×2.86 GHz Cortex-A76 & 2×2.36 GHz Cortex-A76 & 4×1.95 GHz Cortex-A55) and its GPU is a Mali-G76 MP16.
It uses a Bank-memory card up to 256GB which is shared with the dual nano SIM. And as for its internal storage it ranges between 128GB with an 8GB Ram up to 256GB with the same 8GB RAM UFS3.0.
It has a quad rear camera setup with the main sensor being 40 MP, f/1.6, 27mm (wide), 1/1.7″, PDAF, and OIS.
The second sensor is 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), 1/4″, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
And then another big 40 MP sensor, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), 1/1.54″, PDAF
3D TOF camera.
It features the Leica optics, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR. And it can record a 2160p@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 1080p@960fps, 720p@7680fps, gyro-EIS enabled video resolutions. As for the front facing selfie camera, it’s a dual 32 MP sensor, f/2.0, (wide)
3D TOF camera. It features HDR, panorama and cam record a Video of 1080p@30fps.
Which should you buy
There are tons of mobile phones and majority of those are loaded with features and functionalities that makes it really hard to find which device is worth your money.
As said earlier, deciding on what to buy should be according to your wish. The truth of the matter is that no smartphone device has everything you’d like. For example, let’s assume you’re the CEO of a fortune 500 company and since the nature of your job means that you’d be holding meetings every now and then, you might as well need a device that has projector. But none of the mainstream devices offers that.
As for majority of devices, you’ll have to let go of something for the other. In most cases, if a device has majority of the features and functionalities you want, it might be a good idea to settle with that device.
Let’s take the iPhone 11 Series for example, the device offers a variety of version with each having different storage which is the basic determinant of its pricing.
If you really love iPhones and don’t mind paying as high as $1000 for a smartphone, then you might never need to surf through the deep ocean of android smartphones which really deep and enormous.
But if on the other hand you want a device with powerful battery which still offers some premium features but less expensive then the LG G8 ThinQ might be your good choice.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 would be a good deal for those who wants a device they can use for creativity considering it’s stylus pen which now loads tons of features by default.
Another gigantic device to consider for the creatives would be the Huawei Mate 20x 5G which has a whooping 7.2 inch display. It’s camera is great but the Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL are the best camera smartphones at least for the mainstream smartphones.
Of course, Red, the company that makes professional movie cameras developed their own android phone, Hydrogen. You should know how powerful the camera of this device can be but Hydrogen isn’t mainstream yet. Most never even heard of Red unless you work in the movie industry.
Battery longevity is an essentiallity in smartphones. At least we’d want a smartphone that can take us through the day while we’re able to perform our daily activities without having to worry about the smartphones dying off at any crucial moment.
But then at the high end of the spectrum would be the Huawei Mate 30 Pro. This device can even wirelessly charge other smartphones (reverse charging) that has wireless charging capability such as the iPhone 11 Pro for example.
The problem with Huawei is their battles with the government of some countries especially the US which had landed them in hit waters lately. As powerful and ambitious as Huawei would be, the fact that you might not be able to get your network carrier to work on their devices because of your country might be a really hurtful thing but well, Huawei still needs to work things out with the US government.
Pocofone F1 came last year and was ravaging everywhere. Xiaomi owns Pocofone as a sub brand just as Huawei’s Honor.
The Pocofone F1 is a really great smartphone with powerful system on chip. Nice camera but budget price. Though it still lag in some areas but assuming you’d love a mid ranger which still boasts of some quality feature then the Pocofone F1 would be a great bet.
Another powerful mid range smartphone would be the Honor 20 Pro. It’s beautiful color shifting glass back is a big plus and it’s quad AI cameras are really wonderful for the price tag but remember, Honor is also part of Hauwei. Even though you’ll still get the Google play services on this device, you won’t get future Android security updates.
Another great smartphone would be the Galaxy S10e which is the lowest of the Galaxy S10 series announced in 2019. It has nearly the same feature as the standard Galaxy S10 device but slightly trimmed down for the budget. Still expensive though but comparing it with the iPhone 11, the Galaxy S10e would be a better alternative from my point of view much like the older iPhone XR.
The drawback on the iPhone XR is its not a real match for its price. I would recommend the iPhone 8 Plus over the iPhone XR. But that’s not the story here, the iPhone XR still offers high quality premium functionalities which makes it a nice smartphone to own.
At the end, the choice is yours to make but do consider the price, functionalities and durabikities before purchasing any of those devices.
