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5 best smartphones of the world

Honor View 10

AI-assisted selfies hit the mid-range in a handset with modern looks, slim screen, and a great price

It’s probably about time you added Honor and OnePlus to that list. Here are two companies that just can’t seem to stop butting heads over who has the best flagship-besting smartphone. It happened with the OnePlus 5 and Honor 9 last summer, and it’s happening again now.

The View10 is a top-spec handset that wouldn't look out of place alongside big-name rivals like Samsung's Galaxy S8, thanks to a frame-filling 18:9 aspect screen and skinny bezels - only here, you don't need to contemplate selling a kidney to afford one.

Think of it as a Mate 10 or Mate 10 Pro, only made of metal instead of glass. And a heck of a lot less expensive. It's even packing the same AI-boosted dual camera cleverness we saw in Huawei's most recent flagships. And with a OnePlus 5T-matching price, it’s never been harder to pick a winner.

LG G6

LG's screen-centric stunner of a smartphone was the first to bring super-skinny bezels to the mainstream - and has a cracking wide-angle camera to go with it.

The answer, apparently, is to ditch the upgrade-able antics and double down on everything you could want from a flagship phone.

That’s not to say this is just a by-the-numbers upgrade, though: take one look at that 18:9 display, with those barely-there bezels, and it’s clear that the G6 is something special.

After switching from our early production version of the G6 to a finished retail model, and giving it a thorough test, I'm finally ready to deliver a full verdict.

Yes, it might be overshadowed by a certain Samsung, but this is still a fantastic phone

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Finally, a cool-running Sony flagship that delivers on all its promises, including the camera and performance benchmarks

Having learnt many an important lessons from previous attempts, Sony has pulled out all stops on the path to innovation. The Xperia XZ Premium then, is finally upon us after being teased by it back at MWC. It comes all guns blazing with a price tag that is in line or lesser than other flagships, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset which also makes it the first phone in India to be launched with this cutting-edge processor (eat your heart out, OnePlus), 4K HDR 5.5in display and a headline-grabbing 960fps slow-mo mode!

Google Pixel 2

A super-fast software powerhouse with the best camera on any phone

This is a phone that looks almost identical to last year’s model, lacks the headline-grabbing screen of the bigger Pixel 2 XL and misses out on new iPhone tricks such as wireless charging.

In short, it seems a bit boring.

But don’t be deceived, because there’s actually a whole load of reasons to love this phone, from its superb camera to its raft of smart software features. Come on, looks aren’t everything you know.

Apple iPhone 8

The iPhone X looms large over it, but anyone not keen on the heft of the Plus is unlikely to be disappointed here

Apple has chosen a new kind of glass as its material of choice, for the front and back of the new iPhone 8. It has done this to enable two things.

One, to give the phone a bit of a refresh when it comes to the design (though it is still impossibly hard to tell the difference when compared to the iPhone 7 and the 6s). Secondly and more importantly it has used glass to enable wireless charging.

That ends up making the device a touch heavier (148 gm as compared to 138 gm for the iPhone 7) The glass back is reinforced with a laser‑welded steel foundation and an aerospace‑grade aluminum band. It is water resistant down to the micron level.

BEST SMARTPHONES OF THE WORLD

 

Samsung Galaxy S9  

Hands down, the best phone you can buy right now. It's powerful, takes fantastic photos, and is gorgeous. And there's a big one too, if you like that sort of thing.

It isn’t a huge leap forward from its predecessor. In fact, it looks pretty much identical to the S8. But when was there anything wrong with more of a good thing?

The S9 simply fixes the few things we didn’t like about the Galaxy S8, gives things a general spring clean, and upgrades the camera to ensure Samsung remains on tech’s cutting edge.

Already own our favorite phone from last year? Then the Galaxy S9 isn’t for you. It’s for people who didn’t make the same upgrade - and judged purely on that basis, it's a truly brilliant blower.

Google Pixel 2 XL

The Pixel 2 XL puts practicality before panache but delivers where it counts with an incredible camera and the definitive Android experience

It all started with the Nexus, and with the introduction of the Pixel, Google redefined what an Android experience should be. Seamless as it was, it still lacked the desirability of its iOS and even some Android competitors.

Enter 2017 aka the anti-bezel revolution. The Pixel’s put on a slick new suit for round 2, and this time it’s camped up everything we loved about the original Pixel. With added smarts and an even better camera, is this the Android we’ve been waiting for? OK Google, let’s see what you’ve got.

OnePlus 5T

The same great performance, same streamlined Android UI, and same funky twin cameras - only now with an 18:9 screen and skinny bezels. Without a price hike to go with it, too

It’s impossibly difficult to nitpick or find a fault here. Everything from the design and build to the features, performance and OS work together to offer the slickest Android experience ever. To top that off, the battery performance is simply mind-boggling. What’s even more mind-boggling is the way it charges from nought to 100 percent in about an hour. Dash charge has truly changed the way I charge my smartphone for good. However, the good bits do not end there.

Apple iPhone X

Face ID and a front-filling screen make this the best-looking iPhone ever - even if it'll take a little while to get used to the missing home button

Apple insiders are eager to claim that the team took more than five years to perfect the form, design and engineering bits that make up the all-screen superhero of a phone that will be unleashed upon the waiting world on November 3. While I can’t claim to have vetted that little piece of information, what is evident is that this really is the best iPhone you have held in your hand in the last five years. The 5.8in Super Retina screen has edged out the home button from the front fascia of the phone and this means, you guessed it - more screen space in less space! The resulting dimensions sit smack between the 8 and 8 Plus. Between the 7 and the 7 Plus. Between the 6 and....you get the point.

What this proves is that with the amalgamation of new technologies, the sweet spot has finally been achieved for one handed use, without squinting to read emails. The seamless nature of the iPhone X’s construction further amplifies the “hand feel”, which is beyond an iota of doubt, the best there is. The glass back fuses organically into the stainless-steel side band which relays on to the front glass and as a whole, it just feels as solid as any iPhone has ever felt in your hand. In fact, after the iPhone 5, this might be the sexiest iPhone to have made it out of Jony Ive’s secret toy shop.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Super massive, super-powered, and super niche - Samsung still has the best ph-Tablet, but it's marginal gains over the vanilla Galaxy S8

A big, supercharged handset with a jaw-dropping display, it’s every bit the kick-ass flagship phablet you’d expect. The headline change for 2017? This Note really, really shouldn’t go ‘boom’ anytime soon. That’s what Samsung promises, and it has thankfully proved true in my time with the phone so far.

What you’re left with, then, is a slightly bigger Galaxy S8, with a built-in stylus and a dual lens camera. Or your favorite old productivity powerhouse, now with a few new bells and whistles. That means most people are still gonna be best off with the standard S8, but for a select few, this is the ultimate Galaxy phone.

12 BEST TECHNOLOGY OF YEAR 2018

1. The Device Mesh to Be Used on Different Devices

The device mesh goes beyond the desktop computer and mobile devices to cover a wide range of devices, appliances, and interfaces with which humans interact with. As the device mesh increases in size, there will be more number of interactions among them. There will be a significant development in wearable technology and augmented reality, all of which will be connected with IoT devices in a seamless, interconnected mesh.

2. Ambient User Experience to Boom

All our device interactions can be easily synchronized into a continuous and ambient digital experience that stores all our experiences across different devices, time, and space. Such personalized experiences uses real-time information which are contextual and change when the surrounding environment changes.

3. Information of Everything to Be Available

Every technology around us is making, using, and communicating with virtually immeasurable amounts of data. Therefore, it is important that companies understand which information can be used strategically, how different types of data can be accessed from sources, and understand how various algorithms use information of everything.

4. Autonomous Machines to Rise

Robots, autonomous vehicles, smart advisors, virtual personal assistants, etc. are the results of some smart machine implementations which are on the rise due to advanced machine learning. Such autonomous agents will soon become the main user interface with which humans interact and feed into the ambient user experience.

5. Advanced and Improved System Architecture to Be Used

The smart machines and the vast digital mesh around us needs complex computing architecture to make them compatible and easy-to-use for organizations. This added boost will be possible only with highly efficient neuro-morphic architectures. Neural architectures are already powering super computers around the world, and the time is not far away before they become more commonplace.

6. IoT Architecture and Platforms to Flourish

The standards and technologies used in an IoT platform form the basis for communicating, managing, controlling, and securing endpoints in IoT. IoT platforms exist behind the service architecture and the mesh app, thereby allowing third-party apps to connect and communicate efficiently.

7. Advanced Machine Learning to Boom

Advanced machine learning is what makes smart devices appear to be intelligent in the real world. It makes the devices understand the concepts and also learn them. The behavior of a smart device can change in future with machine learning and this field is evolving very quickly and businesses need to take this into consideration to gain competitive advantage. Google Assistant launched just this year, aims to achieve this and much more.

8. Adaptive Security Architecture to be Used

With increasing developments in the hacking industry and the complexities of digital business, the threat of a security breach for any organization is also increasing at a rapid pace. The leaders in IT therefore must also pay attention to such threats and find new ways to block such attacks.

9. Mesh App and Service Architecture to be Introduced

The service architecture and mesh apps work together to deliver the app in a dynamic and flexible digital mesh environment. This architecture will serve the user's requirement as they change with time. This mesh also integrates various device elements to provide a smooth digital experience.

10. 3D Printing Materials to Increase

We will continue to see a rapid advancement in the field of 3D printing materials including carbon fiber, electronics, glass, nickel alloys, pharmaceuticals, and biological materials. The fields it will serve are also diverse which include aerospace, automotive, medical, military, energy, etc.

11. Cloud Migration to Increase

Cloud adoption will be moving towards cloud-first strategies. Investing in cloud-first technologies will prove to be beneficial for businesses by reducing the equipment and hosting costs, streamlining operations, increasing the capacity and productivity. Cloud-first solutions will help in keeping the company agile and flexible.

12. Augmented and Virtual Reality to Grow Exponentially

Augmented reality and virtual reality has already gained tremendous popularity in the past year and this trend will continue in 2018 as well. We will get to see some mainstream uses of AR and VR in the coming year. The AR and VR devices are in the final stage of development and will be soon up for mass production and use.

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