WHAT ARE THE BEST SMARTPHONES IN 2018?

Smartphones.............

One of the strongest weapons in the modern world, I would say. Just think about this for a minute. What can we do without a smartphone? There are many, but overall, a smartphone single handedly does 95% of our day-to-day works. Not just calling or texting someone, but everything we do using a large number of other equipment can be done with a single smartphone, capturing photos, videos and editing them, capturing sound clips, e-banking, paying bills through internet, use social media like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, play games etc. We just can't live without a smartphone nowadays. So what my topic for today, my very first topic in my blog, is going to be "What are the best smartphones in 2018".

2018 was a remarkably huge changing year for all the smartphone brands around the world. Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei, Xiaomi, LG, Asus, Oppo and every other smartphone brand. There were a number of changes and improvements in every field and sections in a smartphone, throughout the year of 2018. Major campanies launched their most powerfull and brand new smartphones in 2018 in the categories of flagship phones, mid-range phones and low-budget phones. First of all when we are selecting a smartphone, we do consider many factors before we purchase one. Brand, hardware, software, camera quality, ram and memory are few of them. So when I was ranking the best smartphones of the year, I had to go through all the requirments of each phone.

These are the best smartphones of 2018, in my opinion.

Flagship Category

1 Samsung Galaxy Note 9

OS - Android 8.1 (Upgradable to Android 9.0)
Chipset - Exynos 9810 Octa. Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
Memory - 512GB and 8GB ram or 128GB and 6GB ram
Main camera - 12MP/12MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 8MP
Battery - 4000mAh

2 Samsung Galaxy S9+

OS - Android 8.0
Chipset - Exynos 9810 Octa. Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
Memory - 64/128/256GB and 6GB ram
Main camera - 12MP/12MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 8MP
Battery - 3500mAh

3 Apple iPhone XS Max

OS - iOS 12, (Upgradable to iOS 12.1)
Chipset - Apple A12 Bionic
Memory - 64/256/512 GB, 4 GB ram
Main camera - 12MP/12MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 7MP
Battery - 3174mAh

4 OnePlus 6T

OS - Android 9.0
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
Memory - 256GB and 8GB ram or 128GB and 6/8GB ram
Main camera - 16MP/20MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 16MP
Battery - 3700mAh

5 Google Pixel 3 XL

OS - Android 9.0
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
Memory - 64/128GB and 4GB ram
Main camera - 12.2MP
Selfie camera - 8MP/8MP (Dual)
Battery - 2915mAh

Mid-Range Category

1 Xiaomi Pocophone F1

OS - Android 8.1 (Upgradable to Android 9.0)
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
Memory - 256GB and 8GB ram or 64/128GB and 6GB
Main camera - 12MP/5MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 20MP
Battery - 4000mAh

2 Samsung Galaxy A7

OS - Android 8.0
Chipset - Exynos 7885 Octa
Memory - 128GB and 4/6GB ram or 64GB and 4GB ram
Main camera - 24MP/8MP/5MP (Triple)
Selfie camera - 24MP
Battery - 3300mAh

3 Nokia 8.1 Plus

OS - Android 9.0 - Android One
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710
Memory - 64/128GB and 4/6GB ram
Main camera - 12MP/13MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 20MP
Battery - 3500mAh

4 Oppo F9

OS - Android 8.1
Chipset - Mediatek MT6771 Helio P60
Memory - 64GB and 6GB ram
Main camera - 16MP/2MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 25MP
Battery - 3500mAh

5 Huawei Nova 3

OS - Android 8.1 (Upgradable to Android 9.0)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6771 Helio P60
Memory - 128GB and 4/6GB ram
Main camera - 16MP/24MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 24MP/2MP
Battery - 3750mAh

Low Budget Category

1 Samsung J6 Plus
 
OS - Android 8.1
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
Memory - 64GB and 4GB ram or 32GB and 3GB ram
Main camera - 13MP/5MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 8MP
Battery - 3300mAh

2 Xiaomi MI A2 Lite

OS - Android 8.1 (Upgradable to Android 9.0) - Android One
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450
Memory - 32GB and 3GB or 16GB and 2GB
Main camera - 12MP/5MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 5MP
Battery - 4000mAh

3 OppoA3S

OS - Android 8.1
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625
Memory - 64GB and 4GB ram or 32GB and 3GB ram
Main camera - 13MP/2MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 8MP
Battery - 4230mAh

4 Samsung J4 Plus

OS - Android 8.1
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
Memory - 32GB and 2/3GB ram or 16GB and 2GB ram
Main camera - 13MP
Selfie camera - 5MP
Battery - 3300mAh

5 Nokia 5.1 Plus

OS - Android 8.1 (Upgradable to Android 9.0) - Android One
Chipset - Mediatek MT6771 Helio P60
Memory - 64GB and 4GB ram or 32GB and 3GB ram
Main camera - 13MP/5MP (Dual)
Selfie camera - 8MP
Battery - 3060mAh

I have personally used and reviewed most of these smartphones and some details were taken by some Youtube articles. At last I would like to say that if you are willing to by a smartphone, this article will be very useful for you. And 2019 will be another very interesting year in the smartphone field with some companies have been hinted that there will be some smartphones in 2019 which will turn the smartphone world up side down in 2019.

Article written by Ashain Sudeepa
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