Best Android Phones

by Basein Admin

We continually update our best smartphone guide to reflect recent launches and recognise price changes. All of these top phones have been fully reviewed by us - we don't just include stuff we think sounds good.

Oppo Find X2 Pro 

Oppo has been progressive improving its devices and adding appeal, with the Find X2 Pro being the most accomplished so far. There's loads of power and a really great display, topped off with a great camera experience. It's the zoom that really appeals, but supported by a strong showing in other areas too, although it's not the best in low light.

Pros

  • Eye-catching design
  • Beautiful display
  • Great, versatile cameras

Cons

  • No wireless charging
  • Not available in the US
  • Expensive

Huawei P30 Pro

Dimensions: 158 x 73.4 x 8.4 mm

Weight: 192 g

Screen: 6.47-inch, 19.5:9, 398 ppi (1,080 x 2,340)

CPU: Kirin 980

RAM: 6GB/8GB

Storage: 128GB/256GB/512GB

Battery: 4,200 mAh

Cameras: 40MP + 20MP + 8MP rear + ToF / 32MP  front

OS: Android 9.0 Pie, EMUI 9.1

With the P30 Pro, Huawei has taken the ideas that it introduced with the P20 Pro last year and run with them. The impressive 3x lossless optical zoom that helped the P20 Pro snatch a five-star review from us last year has been increased to 5x optical zoom. Not only that, but there's also a 10x lossless hybrid zoom feature that uses the AI built-into the Kirin 980 chipset to sharpen up your shots and remove any blur from hand movements. It's seriously impressive stuff.

All of this extra information is processed and crunched by Huawei's onboard AI to improve zoom and low-light images. However, as you might expect, ditching the RGB configuration seen everywhere else in the smartphone industry requires a pretty fundamental rethink on how to process information gathered by a camera.

To achieve all of this impressive zoomage, Huawei is using a quadruple-camera system that combines a 40-megapixel f/1.6 wide-angle camera with Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS), a 20-megapixel ultra-wide sensor, an 8-megapixel telephoto sensor, and a Time Of Flight (ToF) lens with a flood illuminator.

Samsung Galaxy S20+

Samsung has been making great phones for a long time and the Galaxy S20+ follows along where you expect it to go. The affordability of the Galaxy S20 might attract some, but for many, the S20+ is going to be a great flagship experience.
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Pros
  • Great display
  • Good battery life
  • Great cameras - and versatile
  • Lots of power
  • Good speaker quality
Cons
  • Fingerprint scanner isn't great
  • Price inflated by 5G-only option
  • Agressive blur and shallow depth of field from camera
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