Best phone model. The best smartphones in terms of price-quality ratio

If in the description of other models it was a matter of a durable metal case, then this iPhone was also distinguished by its water resistance. Now it is protected not only from mechanical damage, but also from dust or moisture.

Apple iPhone 7 surpassed all other models in the lineup in terms of camera parameters. Optical stabilization, improved night mode and powerful flash are why photos taken with this device are difficult to distinguish from professional shots from DSLR cameras. By the way, the camera shoots HD video.

Pros:

• Brand quality unit.
• Great camera, lots of effects and shooting modes.
• Special applications are available.
• Waterproof case.
• Bright display with good color rendition.
• Fast reaction.
• 128 GB of internal memory.
• Equipped with the most powerful smartphone processor ever.
• Fast response.

Minuses:

• The high price of both a smartphone and accessories.

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We've spent an awful lot of time compiling this list, gathering information and taking into account: performance, design and value for money. We got a list of the best of the best, regardless of platform and manufacturer. Meet.

10. Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

Advantages:

• Compact design
• Impressive camera

Flaws:

• Screen resolution as low as 720
• No wireless charging

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact is another in the line of small mobile phones from the Japanese manufacturer, in whose relatively small body they crammed with maximum hardware filling.
It has similar specs to the Xperia Z5 and Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, but the bonus comes with better handling. This phone is just for those who want a compact yet powerful phone.

9. Nexus 6P

Pros:

• Large internal storage at a good price
• Front stereo speakers

Minuses:

• Rear chamber bulge
• No wireless charging

The Nexus 6P is a big phone (in terms of size and quality). Huawei has worked hard to make it as user-friendly as possible.

It has a very bright, high-resolution display with excellent viewing angles, something you won't find on any other Huawei smartphone. The rear-mounted fingerprint reader easily lets you unlock your phone with one hand and is much safer than a PIN.

Sure, it's not super cheap like other Nexus smartphones, but at this spec, it is one of the best candidates for phablets thanks to its improved camera and battery life.

It should be noted that the large amount of memory, the smallest configuration of 32 GB is an attempt to balance the lack of an SD slot. In my opinion, a very good attempt, you don't need to buy anything in addition, and 32 GB is enough for a lot

8. iPhone 6S Plus and iPhone 6S

Advantages:

• 3D Touch
• Great screen

Minuses:

• Big and heavy
• Very expensive

Apple is always trending. Any release immediately falls into the lists of the best of this year. These smartphones are similar in many ways, but there are slight differences. We examined them in more detail in this article.

6.Sony Xperia Z5

Advantages:

• Good fingerprint sensor
• Good battery life

Flaws:

• Heats up
• High cost

This is the best phone Sony has ever made. It happens that the new version differs little from the previous one, this is not the case.

The large 5.2 "screen looks great thanks to Bravia technology. Despite the presence of open connectors, the housing is waterproofed. At the very least, you shouldn't be afraid to take it with you to the bath.

Fast autofocus from a 23 megapixel camera coupled with a Snapdragon 810 processor and 3 GB of RAM will not keep you waiting long for a response. Photos can be taken very quickly.

5. LG G5

Advantages:

• Great performance
• Wide camera angle

Minuses:

• Battery is not the best for a top-end phone

LG with the G5 tried to revolutionize and create something completely new. In part, they succeeded.
G5 is modular in structure. This means that you can change certain functions. Of course, the number of modules and their functions are limited and not overwhelming in functionality. At the moment it is possible to connect:

• LG Cam Plus is a nozzle for more convenient control of the camera with additional power.
• LG Hi-Fi Plus is an audio module for connoisseurs of high quality sound.

4. OnePlus 3

Weight: 158g | Dimensions: 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.4mm | OS: Android Marshmallow | Screen size: 5.5-inch | Resolution: 1080 x 1920 | Processor: Snapdragon 820 | RAM: 6GB | Storage: 64GB | Battery: 3000mAh | rear cameras: 16MP | front camera: 8MP

Advantages:

• Premium design
• Affordable price

Minuses:

• No microSD slot
• Camera could be better

The Chinese firm, dubbed the flagship killer, holds the ground. It retains an excellent design and body materials, a powerful filling and a fairly low price. Here we also find an AMOLED screen, an improved fingerprint scanner.

The lack of a memory card and a battery that lasts no more than a day darkens the whole picture. But considering the prices it is fantastic value for money.

3. HTC 10

Weight: 161g | Dimensions: 145.9 x 71.9 x 9mm | OS: Android Marshmallow | Screen size: 5.2-inch | Resolution: 1440 x 2560 | Processor: Snapdragon 820 | RAM: 4 GB | Storage: 32GB | Battery: 3000mAh | rear cameras: 12MP | front camera: 5MP

Pros:

• High quality audio
• Great design

Minuses:

• The camera is not impressive
• Minor bugs are still in the system

The best model after the unsuccessful One M9 and One A9. The Taiwanese have done a good job: the HTC 10 has a new design, but don't worry if you're an HTC fan, it retains many of the same features as the older models.

• Optimized Android (or rather, your add-on).
• The battery life has been significantly increased, the 3x increase the company announced has failed, but the shifts are on the face.

One of the biggest issues with the M9 One is the camera. Here, the 12MP UltraPixel takes clear and high-quality photos, but still the competitors at this level are better.

2. Samsung Galaxy S7

Weight: 152g | Dimensions: 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9mm | OS: Android Marshmallow | Screen size: 5.1-inch | Resolution: 1440 x 2560 | Processor: Exynos 8890 | RAM: 4 GB | Memory: 32GB / 64GB | Battery: 3000mAh | Rear camera: 12MP | front camera: 5MP

Pros:

• Improved, waterproof design;
• Fantastic screen and power;

Minuses

• High price;

At first glance, the design looks like the S6 until you pick it up.

• it is much more pleasant in the hands, thanks to the curved back;
• now water resistant;
• Sd card support;

The camera is amazing. There are fewer megapixels, but the quality has improved.

Weight: 157g | Dimensions: 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7mm | OS: Android Marshmallow | Screen size: 5.5-inch | Resolution: 1440 x 2560 | Processor: Exynos 8890 | RAM: 4 GB | Memory capacity: 32GB / 64GB | Battery: 3600mAh | Rear camera: 12MP | front camera: 5MP

Advantages:

• Fantastic screen
• Excellent camera

• High price

Everything you can expect from a Samsung flagship is the S7 Edge.
The camera is simply gorgeous, the combination of metal and glass is very good, it fits nicely in the hand. Almost every feature can be said to be superlative, as well as the price.

Other decent phones

There are a lot of phone models and it is not correct to cut only to the top 10, a lot of decent smartphones are left without deserved attention. Sure, the first 10 do all the others, but take a look at some decent phones that can suit your needs.

Huawei Mate 8

This phablet is equipped with a fast fingerprint scanner on the back, the display is of good quality, although it is inferior in resolution to the tops, but Full HD is still not so bad, even at 6 inches. The battery life deserves special attention, it will overcome most of our list in this.

However, Huawei's Emotion UI (Huawei's front-end add-on for Android) is difficult to manage and understand.

Nexus 5X

The main plus is that the Nexus 5X (like any other Nexus, however) will always be updated to the latest Android. With an excellent camera and hardware, it will be especially appreciated if you are not a fan of bulky phones.

Bored with iPhone and Android, or just curious to try something different? Windows 10 on the Lumia 950 will intrigue you. On a smartphone, you can run the same thing as on a computer. Plus you can connect a mouse, keyboard and monitor and use it like a regular computer.
One drawback still exists - a small number of applications for Windows Phone.

BlackBerry Priv

BlackBerry + Android = more impressive than expected. BlackBerry is holding its own line by continuing. But this time they decided to ride Android, abandoning their OS. It turned out really interesting, besides, a very good screen and powerful filling.

The HTC One M9 didn't find a place on our main phone list, but that doesn't mean it's a bad smartphone:

• On the one hand, it is still one of the best in the case: jewelry assembly and beautiful design. It is difficult to disagree with this. The screen is bright and crisp.
• On the other hand, the rear camera is clearly inferior to the competition. At such a high price, you will not find anything here that cannot be found among competitors in the class.

After the release of the 6S, everyone forgot about this model, as if it did not exist. But it is largely identical to the 6S. It can be an ideal smartphone for Apple lovers and not bulky smartphones.

It is impossible to compile an objective list of the best smartphones of our time, taking into account the personal preferences of everyone, even the most authoritative and independent reviewer. Nevertheless, some publications nevertheless undertake this task, dooming themselves in advance to a flurry of criticism from readers who are outraged by this or that decision.

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The reported ranking is presented by the reputable Business Insider publication. Its TOP-20 includes almost all eminent vendors and brands (except, perhaps, Sony), it is also noteworthy that all 5 latest models from Apple, including the iPhone SE, were in the top ten.

TOP 20 best smartphones of 2016

Very controversial in terms of design and ergonomics, the gadget, nevertheless, fell in love with the fans of the "blackberry" brand. One of the main criteria for getting into the rating is rather low cost. The QWERTY keyboard familiar to all BlackBerry smartphones, good performance and reliability of the device will not break a serious hole in the budget - you will have to pay about $ 300 for a "passport".

Ever since mid-to-top managers in Western companies have switched en masse from BlackBerry to iPhone, the Canadian vendor's only hope has been ardent fans of its products and physical keyboards. It was for them that the BlackBerry Classic model was released, made in the traditional style for the company, but with wider functionality. The price is $ 280.

However, Canadians still tried to move away from templates and enter a more mass market. The original Priv smartphone with a sliding keyboard has become the black sheep in the BlackBerry lineup. Its main difference from its brothers is the Android operating system instead of the usual proprietary firmware. The cost is about $ 370.

One of the most affordable smartphones on the market in its category. It is produced in three variations (G4, G4 Plus and G4 Play), has good technical characteristics and an unassuming design, the price is from 200 to 250 dollars.

Last year's South Korean phablet is still quite popular, despite the release of the new Note 7. The device is powered by an 8-core Exynos chip, 4 GB of RAM, 16-megapixel main and 5-megapixel front cameras and, of course, the proprietary S-Pen stylus. ... At the moment, the gadget can be purchased for about $ 550.

This rating did not do without B-brands. Yesterday's "noname" ZTE made it clear in May this year that it is quite capable of competing with premium sharks such as LG, HTC and even Samsung. The new flagship received a full ammunition for this - a top-end Snapdragon 820 chip, Adreno 530 graphics, 4/6 GB of RAM, a fingerprint scanner, a Force Touch sensitive touch panel (analogous to Apple's 3D Touch), an excellent 5.5-inch display. For such a set now you have to pay about $ 400.

14. LG G5

The date of the presentation of the new flagship, which replaced the above-described G5, was chosen by LG marketers very strangely - September 7 (on that day, the iPhone 7 / Plus was shown). Naturally, the apple novelties overshadowed the event of the Koreans, and the latter's smartphone came out pretty good. Outwardly, it differs little from its predecessor, but it is equipped with more powerful hardware, the cost is just over $ 600.

12.HTC 10

After receiving a lot of criticism from reviewers and users, Taiwanese designers finally decided to radically redesign the appearance of the new flagship. The cut edges of the case look just fine, as does the refusal to place the logo on the bezel. As for the technical characteristics, there is full compliance with the trends of spring 2016 - Snapdragon 820, 4 GB of RAM, USB Type-C, etc. Price - $ 550.

11. Moto Z

Another modular smartphone in the ranking, this time made in China. Unlike its Korean counterpart, an additional battery, a proprietary Lenovo projector or speaker is not connected to the bottom, but to the back of the smartphone. Otherwise, the Moto Z is a fairly thin, compact and lightweight device with top-of-the-line specs for 2016. The price is $ 600-700.

It is difficult to understand what the author of the rating was guided by, placing the OnePlus 3 in 10th position. A world-wide design (especially many threads were borrowed from HTC), the most popular Snapdragon 820 processor + Adreno 530 video accelerator this year, a 5.5-inch display with a pixel density of just over 400 per inch, etc. The only thing that catches your eye is 6 GB of RAM, but there is no memory card slot, which is not typical for Chinese smartphones. The cost is about $ 400.

9. iPhone SE

The "apple" rating page is opened by the iPhone SE released this spring. The device is a kind of hybrid of iPhone 6 and iPhone 5s. From the first, the smartphone inherited the technical characteristics, from the second - the design. The gadget can be purchased for $ 400.

Last year's flagship Apple did not become a sensation, but as expected, it justified the letter "s" in the name. The main features, apart from the traditional upgrades of the processor and peripheral modules, are 3D Touch technology and the "Live Photos" function. The iPhone 6s costs $ 539.

The 5.5-inch sibling of the iPhone 6s is also not too different from its predecessor, the iPhone 6 Plus - similar design, several new features, better performance and battery life, and an improved camera. The cost is $ 650.

6. Google Pixel XL

After the rebranding and abandonment of the Nexus line, Google decided to increase control over the production of its own smartphones, and at the same time significantly raise prices. The 5.5-inch Google Pixel XL is a direct competitor to the iPhone 7 Plus, while the good corporation claims the world's best camera (which, of course, is compared to the Apple phablet's dual cameras), a more effective virtual assistant Google Assistant (hello, Siri) and incredible performance powered by the tandem Snapdragon 821 processor and the latest Android Nougat OS. You will have to pay as much as $ 769 for the new Google Phone.

And you are wrong if you think that any little-known brands in the extra budget category look better. Because alternatives to mediocre mobile phones from a technical point of view are also presented by the "horsemen of the Apocalypse", but with other jokes - with a good "on paper" filling, but unpredictable build quality. It is very sad to state this, but even without looking at the brand cheaper than 6 thousand rubles in Russian cellular stores, you can only buy phones of the level "Lord, even if it does not fall apart by itself" or obsolete rubbish. Therefore, excuse me, the concept of "budget" today for us will extend at a price of 5.5 thousand rubles in Chinese retail and from 8-9 thousand in Russian retailers. Anything that is cheaper - options from the category "Serves you right!", To our great regret.

Superbudget class - models cheaper than 6 thousand rubles

Which dish is prettier to you - a dish made from rotten food, but beautifully decorated in a restaurant, or a fresh shawarma / burger that a dirty kid makes in a tent? Because it is precisely between this that you will have to choose when you compare the structurally failed “thoroughbred” budget models and the cooler, from a technical point of view, but fucking blunders designed “china phones”.

And we, perhaps, will be optimists - there is always a chance not to get poisoned with fresh "shawarma" in a dubious kiosk, but the reception of deliberately rotten food certainly does not bring anything good. In a word, here is a little Chinese for you, which, there are chances, will work well for its 4-6 thousand rubles.

HomTom HT17

Perhaps this is the first time you see such a brand and wonder how “this here” can get into the lists of the best? For those who are not in the know, HomTom is a “junior janitor’s senior assistant,” that is, a subsidiary brand of Doogee, a Chinese phone manufacturer. The cameras in this model are of very sad quality, the performance is average (only 1 GB of RAM), the speaker is not very loud. But for 4000-5000 rubles, which the Chinese ask for such a smartphone, in Russia you will buy only something cruelly wretched with an old quad-core processor and a dull grainy display. But HomTom HT17 is a budget phone, which is not cheap from a constructive point of view.