said that:
It's remarkably tough to rank smartphones, especially when you have to
consider hundreds of different preferences and opinions about what makes
a smartphone truly great.
For the latest list of the top 20 smartphones you can buy, I've made
a controversial choice for the top smartphone you can buy at the
moment.
Nope, it's not from Apple or Samsung.
Check out our list of the top 20 smartphones you can buy:
20. BlackBerry KeyOne
Jeff Dunn/Business Insider
The KeyOne is BlackBerry's successor to the Priv. Both
run Android and feature physical keyboards. But while the Priv's
keyboard slid out from behind its screen, the KeyOne's is permanently
located just below its display.
The KeyOne is a great device for
those who want both a physical keyboard and access to Google's apps and
services, which aren't available on other BlackBerry devices. Price: $450 Read the BlackBerry KeyOne review »
19. Motorola Moto Z2 Force
Motorola/Lenovo
The Moto Z2 Force comes with everything you'd expect
from a premium smartphone. As Dunn noted in his review, it's "very fast,
its screen looks good, its cameras are capable of taking nice photos,
and it has a razor-thin frame." And its 5.5-inch AMOLED display is more
resistant to cracking than most other smartphones' screens.
However, the Z2 Force is a little too reliant on Motorola's Mods. Those
are the company's line of snap-on accessories, including external
speakers and bigger batteries, that are designed for its Z-series
phones. Without such Mods, the Z2 Force doesn't really measure up to the
devices that rank higher on this list. Price: $720 Check out the Moto Z2 Force review »
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18. Moto G6 Plus
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider
Every time I check out a new Moto G smartphone, I
question why I pay so much for the high-end flagships. There was no
exception when I checked out the Moto G6. When it boils down to it,
Motorola's "G" series smartphones do everything I need a smartphone to
do for a fraction of the price I usually pay for a new smartphone. Price: $250
17. Apple iPhone SE/6S/6S Plus
Apple
I grouped all these together because they are all two
years old, have similar specs, and are still available from Apple.
They're also still amazing smartphones.
Last fall, Apple
released iOS 11, the latest version of its mobile operating system, and
my iPhone 6S Plus still runs great with it.
The SE, 6S, and 6S
Plus all feature great cameras and Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor,
which allows you to quickly unlock your phone. Another bonus: These are
the last iPhones that still have headphone jacks. iPhone SE price: $350 iPhone 6S price: $450 iPhone 6S Plus price: $550 Read the iPhone SE review » Read the iPhone 6S review »
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16. Essential Phone
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider
The Essential Phone is a gorgeous device. It has a
nearly edge-to-edge display and a case made of ultrapremium materials —
ceramic on the back and titanium on the sides. It also runs a nearly
stock version of Android, which I prefer over the heavily modified
versions that Samsung and LG phones tend to use.
Overall, the
Phone is a great first effort from Essential. It's speedy and takes
great photos. It also has two magnetic pins on its back that serve as a
connection point for peripherals, including a 360-degree camera and a
wireless-charging dock.
Essential recently dropped the price of the Phone to $500 from $700. That's a great deal for a great phone. Price: $500 Read the Essential Phone review »
15. Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus are now more than a year old,
but for $550 and $670, respectively, they're still worthy of your
attention.
Apple phones generally offer better apps and a better
owner experience than their Android rivals, and the iPhone 7 is no
different. The support you get from Apple if something goes wrong is
superior to what you get from Android device makers. And unlike on most
Android phones, with iPhones you can always get the latest software
updates straight from Apple as soon as it releases them.
The
iPhone 7 and 7 Plus offer some compelling features, including
water-resistant cases, great cameras that perform well in low light, and
a powerful processor. The phones also work well with other Apple
products, including the company's wireless AirPods headphones.
The iPhone 7 Plus' dual-lens camera system is its distinguishing
feature. It allows you to take pictures with a professional-looking
"bokeh" effect, which blurs the background behind your subject.
Additionally, the system allows you to zoom in on your subjects; its
second camera offers a 2x optical zoom.
Unlike the digital zoom
feature found in other cameras, an optical zoom allows you to enlarge an
image of your subject without sacrificing picture quality. iPhone 7 price: $550 iPhone 7 Plus price: $670 Check out the iPhone 7 review »
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14. Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus.
Business Insider
The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are "old" phones now that the
S9 is released, but Samsung is still selling them for a nice little
discount. They're great phones, but despite the discount, I'd still go
for the Galaxy S9 or S9 Plus. The S9 has much better facial/iris
recognition, and the fingerprint scanner under the camera is much easier
to reach. Galaxy S8 price: $600 Galaxy S8 Plus price: $690 Read the Samsung Galaxy S8 review »
13. Razer Phone
Razer/Amazon
The Phone is marketed as a "gaming" phone, mostly
because of its unique display. The Phone can refresh its screen 120
times a second; most phones, by comparison only refresh their screens 60
times a second. The Phone's faster refresh rate allows it to offer
super smooth gameplay.
But the Phone doesn't just use the
feature to make games look good. The refresh rate also affects the way
it displays apps and its Android interface. It works beautifully;
everything you do on the phone is ultra smooth in a way never seen
before on a smartphone. In fact, Razer may have set the standard for how
all phone displays should work — not just those on gaming devices.
But there's more to the Phone than just its screen. It's also got an
eye-catching industrial design that stands out when compared with the
sleek and svelte designs of most other Android phones.
The large
borders above and below the Phone's screen may look out of step with
the borderless designs of other recent phones. But hiding beneath those
borders are the loudest and best speakers we've heard on any smartphone.
Price: $700 Check out the Razer Phone review »
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12. Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Huawei
The Mate 10 Pro is the most enticing one to date that
the Chinese company has offered in the US market. It features a nice, if
somewhat generic, design; water resistance; a large, 4,000mAh battery;
and a dual-lens camera system.
It also runs on a Kirin 970
processor that comes with something called a neural-network processing
unit, or NPU. The NPU lets the phone adapt and respond to how you use
it. It can adjust the device's power consumption to offer both the best
performance and efficiency.
Combined with the Mate 10 Pro's jumbo-sized battery, the NPU allows the device to have insane battery life. Price: $670
11. Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Sarah Jacobs/Business Insider
With its gorgeous design, ultra-thin borders around its
screen, a beautiful display, fast performance, a dual-lens camera
system, and fancy stylus-based features, the Note 8 takes the best
attributes of Samsung's Galaxy S and Note smartphone lines and smashes
them together into a phone that's hard to beat. Price: $750 Check out the Galaxy Note 8 review »
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10. HTC U12+
Avery Hartmans/Business Insider
The HTC U12+ sports a unique design for those who are
tired of more traditional smartphone color options. It comes in three
glossy colors that can shift to a different color when you hold it in a
certain light.
With a dual-camera system on the front and back,
the HTC U12+ is a high-end performer, and it features HTC's signature
squeezable edges that can be set to do different things, like bring up
apps or smart assistants like Google Assistant and even Amazon's Alexa.
Just note that it doesn't work on Verizon's network. Price: $800
9. LG G7
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider
The LG G7 is a great smartphone that should certainly
have a place on your short list. It features everything you could
possibly want in a smartphone, including performance, a great camera,
and other features like wireless charging and water resistance.
It even has a headphone jack and one of the loudest speakers I've heard
on a smartphone. As an LG phone, it also comes with a high quality audio
amplifier for the best quality music through headphones compared to
most other smartphones. Price: $750
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8. Google Pixel 2
Google
The Pixel 2 might not be the most beautiful Android
phone you can buy, but it has a secret weapon that vaults it above most
of the competition — it runs the latest and purest version of the
operating system at all times. Because it's unadulterated, that version
looks and runs better than any of the tweaked takes on Android other
phone makers include with their devices.
Better yet, because the
Pixel 2's Android is unmodified, you'll be able to install the latest
updates as soon as Google rolls them out. That's not something you can
usually do with other Android phones. But it's important and, hey, who
doesn't want to get the latest version of Android as soon as it's
available?
But the Pixel 2 has other features that help put it
ahead of other Android devices, including an amazing camera, great
performance, and outstanding battery life. And unlike its predecessor,
the original Pixel, the Pixel 2 is water-resistant. All told, it's like a
smarter —if less attractive — Galaxy phone. Price: $650 Check out the Pixel 2 review »
7. Apple iPhone 8
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
The iPhone 8 comes with a refined glass-and-metal case,
a superb camera, and strong performance. With it, Apple is finally
supporting both wireless and fast charging — features that Android
phones have long offered but had been missing from previous iPhones. Price: $700 Check out the iPhone 8 review »
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6. Samsung Galaxy S9
Samsung
The Galaxy S9 is a superb smartphone with almost every
feature under the sun. It sports the latest specs, best display, one of
the best cameras you can get on a smartphone, a gorgeous design,
wireless charging, water resistance, and several other features that
make the Galaxy S9 a fool-proof buy.
So why doesn't it get the
top spot on the list? Other smartphones, including its bigger sibling
the Galaxy S9 Plus, come with dual-camera systems. On top of that,
Samsung's own version of Android isn't for everyone. Price: $720 Check out the Galaxy S9 review »
5. Google Pixel 2 XL
Google
The Pixel 2 XL has nearly the same components and
features that make the Pixel 2 great, but it comes in a bigger package
with a larger display and a fresher-looking design. The Pixel 2 XL isn't
the best-looking Android phone, but with the narrow borders around its
screen, it looks sleeker and more refined than its smaller sibling or
its predecessors from last year.
And the unadulterated Android experience it offers is unbeatable.
Users and reviewers initially reported encountering several problems
with the Pixel 2 XL, mostly with its screen. Some reported the colors it
displayed weren't as vibrant as those on other top Android phones.
Google later issued an update that made colors appear more vibrant. Price: $850 Check out the Pixel 2 XL review »
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4. Apple iPhone X
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
The iPhone X is Apple's biggest leap in design and
features in years, but it's held back by a massive $1,000 price tag,
questionable Face ID performance for unlocking, and the lack of a backup
fingerprint scanner.
Face ID might actually work perfectly well
for some people, but a minimum of $1,000 for this smartphone doesn't
work well for many others. Price: $1,000 Check out the iPhone X review »
3. Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider
Starting at $800, the iPhone 8 Plus is essentially the
same smartphone as the $1,000 iPhone X. You get the same dual-lens
camera and performance. You're only missing out on Face ID, a new
design, and the iPhone X's beautiful OLED display. But that still
doesn't warrant the iPhone X's price tag. Android devices have had OLED
displays for years without going into quadruple digits for the price.
The iPhone 8 Plus has a fingerprint scanner instead of the iPhone X's
Face ID, and it's a better phone for it. You don't get the Animoji
feature that only works with Face ID, but Animoji aren't exactly an
amazing reason to go for the iPhone X over the iPhone 8 Plus. Price: $800 Check out the iPhone 8 review »
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2. Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus
A concept of the Galaxy S9's design.
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider
The Galaxy S9 Plus is largely just a bigger version of
the regular Galaxy S9, but it has a dual-lens camera system where the
secondary lens serves as a 2x optical zoom lens. The Plus model also
comes with more RAM than the regular S9, which helps with overall
performance speed.
It's my top smartphone pick because it's a
clear example that you don't need to spend $1,000 - the price of an
iPhone X - to get a top, premium, full-fat smartphone experience. The
Galaxy S9 Plus checks off all the boxes and I'd easily recommend it to
anyone looking for a new smartphone. Price: $840 Check out the Galaxy S9 review »
1. OnePlus 6
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider
The OnePlus 6 doesn't have wireless charging, an
official water resistance rating, the sharpest screen, or the absolute
best camera on a smartphone. But for what it offers at its $530 price
tag, the OnePlus 6 is the best smartphone value you can buy at the
moment. I'd recommend the OnePlus 6 to anyone looking for a new
smartphone.
It's the fastest performer of any Android
smartphone, it has a beautiful design, it has a great camera, and the
company's Dash Charger is the fastest and best charger you can find on
any smartphone.
The OnePlus 6 also runs a near-stock version of
Android with the company's Oxygen OS. I'll always prefer the clean,
stock look of Android rather than the Android operating system you'll
see on phones from Samsung, HTC, or LG.
The biggest caveat is that it doesn't support Verizon and Sprint. Price: $530-570
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