Samsung Galaxy S8 is recognized as the most perfect smartphone
All year 4PDA is closely watching the mobile market. We are tracking news about current events, understand the trends in articles, researched interesting news. Of the nearly 150 tested in this year’s smartphones, we chose the winners in 11 categories and collected the final annual rating. Who pulls ahead — hyped flagship or “popular” model? All the answers below.
So, our final rating is represented by three technologies and 27 smartphones. All of them released in 2017 and tested version 4PDA. Each of them has a great set of features and deserves to be the winner, but only one device in each category will receive a medal quality 4PDA.
Reference flagship
iPhone X
LG V30+
Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+
Sony XZ1
This category of top model of the A-brands. To compare the characteristics of the flagships uninteresting: all — premium materials and top components. Plus or minus a few parrots in the benchmark or millimeters in the case play no role. The overarching objective of the flagship is to show the best engineering solutions, which are able to give And brand. It proprietary technology we evaluated in the first place when choosing the winner.
Galaxy S8 all the innovations honed and perfected. Twin brother or Vietnamese craftsman will not disappoint iris scanner (as is the case with Face ID). Payment smartphone works even on older terminals without NFC. Intelligent assistant Bixby combines the benefits of all the competing assistants, translates to other languages, recognize objects in the photo, looking for answers on the Internet. Or screen: “limitless” with a 2.5 D glass format 18:9. All this is in other smart phones, but Samsung has managed to combine the trends so that the design of the Galaxy S8 has been the subject of countless imitations and “replicas”.
Best smartphone middle class
Honor 9
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
Xiaomi Mi6
For the best in the middle class claimed tested smartphones in the price range up to 25,000 rubles. Of these, we selected the three models with the actual hardware platform (not older than one year), premium materials (glass and metal) and some of the flagship technology and features.
The selection of the winner from three nominees took place gradually. After comparing the performance of distance off the Samsung A7. In this price segment, the Korean manufacturer was able to offer the processor of the middle class. The other members are working on a powerful top-end platforms. Xiaomi Mi6 were 18% more productive than Honor 9 (according to AnTuTu). But this excess advantage: in our test Honor 9 without problems pulled even the most demanding games. But the second flagship “chip” — an advanced dual camera — 9 in Honor implemented better. Greater the range of shutter speed, ISO and other manual settings, there is support for RAW. Differences are seen when shooting in a variety of settings and genres, from fashion to night side frames.
Best budget smartphone
Bluboo S1
UMIDIGI S2
Xiaomi Mi A1
Xiaomi Redmi Note Snapdragon 4X 3/32
Contenders for the first place in this category have performance at the level of the Snapdragon 625, capacious battery, two slots for the SIM and the module LTE. The price of each unit does not exceed 12,000 rubles.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X has received the beloved of the people Qualcomm Snapdragon 625, and the rest of the “filling” did not fail: IPS-display with a diagonal of 5.5 inches resolution Full HD, camera 13 MP with hybrid autofocus, battery 4100 mAh. If the price on the Russian market in 9590 rubles, the smartphone is considered to be the best option. In the Arsenal of competitors is interesting for this price range solution: screen 18:9 UMIDIGI S2, metal case and high quality, the camera is the Xiaomi Mi A1. Only they are more expensive than our winner.
The most powerful Android smartphone
Samsung Galaxy Note8
OnePlus 5
Xiaomi Mi6
Numbers will not argue. An impartial judge in this category — “people” benchmark AnTuTu.
The largest number of points, 181837, the AnTuTu got 5 OnePlus. Competitors breathe him in the back and not too inferior: 175628 points from the flagship Samsung and 178980 — Xiaomi Mi6. The advantage of OnePlus provided a quick prompt and built-in memory the most modern standards, LPDDR4X and UFS 2.1 a 2-LANE. In Note8 memory of the last generation, and the built-in drive — past. Mi6 have all exactly the opposite — only permanent memory refers to the last generation. It seems that this fact influenced the difference in results.
Smartphone with best camera
Huawei Mate 10 Pro
iPhone X
Samsung Galaxy Note8
All applicants for the title of best photomarathon 2017 have a bright lens (larger than f/2.0) with optical stabilization, modern systems focus, optical zoom. Two of the three have advanced computer vision systems based on neural networks.
All nominees in this category make great pictures, but the first place and the award for fotosmoralo gets Huawei Mate 10 Pro. Thanks to a record maximum aperture of f/1,6 both the main camera this smartphone is better than the competition shoots in low light. Available to all participants of phase detection autofocus in the Mate 10 Pro augmented laser. Hardware-assisted computer vision on the neural networks have chosen two smartphones — the iPhone Mate and X 10 Pro. Both employ neural networks to separate the boundaries of the objects from the background, and the flagship of Huawei for more accurate scene recognition.
The best rugged smartphone
AGM X2
Blackview Pro BV8000
Doogee S60
Ulefone Armor 2
Contender for the title of most secure smartphone must be protected by standard IP68. Even better, if it is certified in accordance with military standard MIL-STD-810. Capacious battery — required characteristics for the apparatus, which for a long time to be away from an outlet. Performance products for extreme conditions today must not yield to the “civil” models. Therefore, another requirement is the chipset, not more than a year ago, showing in AnTuTu not less than 60000 points (one third of the maximum performance for Android-based smartphones).
AGM X2 unequivocally protected is the best smartphone of 2017. He is the only one of the members of the nomination and meets the standard IP68 and MIL-STD-810G. Also speaks in his favor is awesome for this type of devices performance — 90233 points in AnTuTu. All nominees have high-quality housings made of metal and resistant plastic. In AGM X2 also used these materials, but in addition it has an edging made of aluminium, and its display covered by Gorilla glass 5. Secures the victory AGM X2 has a battery capacity of 6000 mAh.
Best smartphone for selfie
ASUS ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro
OPPO F5
Vivo V7
In 2017 have released a few interesting smartphones, imprisoned for shooting a loved one (often myself, ahem, favorite). Criteria of selecting the best of them is very clear: excellent features of the front camera, the maximum processing capabilities of the finished images — primarily portraits. And the price to 25,000 rubles — any flagman makes a good selfie, but why pay for photos for social networks?
And OPPO F5, and Vivo V7 is perfect for fans to do self-portraits. First to offer algorithms based on artificial intelligence to improve the images. the Second has the “frontalka” with a resolution of 24 megapixels and with flash. But the pictures speak for themselves: the best selfie makes our third contender, the ASUS ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro. It helps a 12-megapixel front camera with high-aperture (f/1,8) lens, supported by the wide angle camera 5 MP. The camera app offers more than the competition, a number of settings. Both in automatic and manual modes selfie on your ASUS ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro work just great.
Best music smartphone
LG V30+
In the music flagship should be a dedicated DAC, highly customizable sound and high quality headphones included. Marketers of all the major smartphone manufacturers focus on anything besides music options. But there is an exception. Member and part-time winner is one — a decent alternative to it this year, no.
LG should almost all current trends: a display with an aspect ratio of 18:9, dual camera, powerful processor — all model V30+ is. But one “fashion” trend, the company went against that and did the right thing. Yes, we’re talking about everyone’s favorite 3.5 mm connector. Only one “failure to withdraw” from the audio Jack was not limited — the unit is equipped with a pumped ES9218 Sabre DAC. The number of audio settings to please any audiophile with digital filters, DAC, equalizer, balance and others. LG V30+ is probably the best complete headset from Bang & Olufsen. Fans of Bluetooth acoustics were also granted: Protocol is supported aptX HD for “haresnape” sound.
The best compact smartphone
Micromax Sliver 5
Lenovo S30 mini
Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact
Compact smartphones this year appeared quite small. From a hundred tested 4PDA innovations, three of them have a screen with a diagonal of less than five inches. And the selection of the winner in this category was simple.
Despite the screen with a diagonal of 4.6 inches, Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact in no way limits its owner. This kid is the flagship chipset the Snapdragon 835, which provides a smooth operation for the most demanding applications. Other competitors in this “weight class” of state employees. And characteristics, and by design they can’t compete with Sony XZ1 Compact. Although it is worth noting the striking ease Micromax Sliver 5 is only 97 grams.
Innovative mobile technology 2017
Moto Mods
Apple Face ID
Screen frequency of 120 Hz
In the last nomination, we’ve collected three interesting and useful technological solutions that in 2017 was implemented in serial devices.
To buy a smartphone with good basic picking and “pump” the desired function is a great idea. Want to put thin gadget a second battery on 3490 mAh, want Hasselblad camera with zoom, a music column or a portable projector. Any module is securely held in magnetic fixtures. For 2017 came out a few Moto Mods. Two other technologies can boast such elegance. Face ID is a great idea, but implemented with serious flaws: needs to make unnecessary movements during simple operations, rasplachivaetsya with a mask. Apple have some work to do. Another promising technology — the screen is 120 Hz in the smartphone Razer. In the future, these displays promise a smooth picture in fast-paced games, and there may analog freesync will be added to reduce input lag. In General, a technology with potential. Waiting for content, keep watching.
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