Weekly poll: what will be the best feature of 2019 smartphones?

13 January 2019
5G, foldable phones, multiple cameras and screens, punch holes and so on - truly useful or all hype?

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Anonymous, 17 Jan 2019Radio waves do not have enough energy to become ionising ra... moreOkay you don't believed me? Talk to me again when you'e diagnose with cancer.

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    • Anonymous
    • gEm
    • 17 Jan 2019

    Redskitter, 16 Jan 2019Don't you know people that 5G is dangerous to your health? ... moreRadio waves do not have enough energy to become ionising radiation.
    Go to school to learn physics.

      Dual screens only if it's implemented like in Nubia X, not like in Nex DD.
      The second screen shouldn't be obscene, and it should only work as viewfinder., and No other gimmicks.

        Mine would be the 10GB RAM

          Don't you know people that 5G is dangerous to your health? It's radio frequency will cause cancer and fry your brain when you talk for longer time using 5G network. 5G uses more than 10ghz of radio frequency that bad to human health. 4G is enough!

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            • alca
            • A7E
            • 16 Jan 2019

            Larger screens, smaller/no notches, and longer battery life.

            I'm trying to find a fast cpu phone with a large screen (6.5inch+) that doesn't have an amoled screen. Can't find it. I like my whites to stay as white after 2 years as the day I bought it, and I like how sharp IPS looks even at lower resolutions. I'm still on my Xiaomi Max and trying to find an upgrade that doesn't exist.

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              • Anonymous
              • YUf
              • 15 Jan 2019

              Computational photography is the only true improvement written there. Sliders, punch hole or multiple cameras are all workarounds

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                • Anonymous
                • vry
                • 15 Jan 2019

                Bend over prices and planned obsolescence.

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                  • 5G_isthewaytogo
                  • F4m
                  • 15 Jan 2019

                  Many people thinks that 5G is the next big thing for 2019, and I tend to agree. Lets be honest, our mobile phones has not had anything hugely new for awhile. Larger camera sensors? smaller bezels? all these are small upgrades to say the least. We have reach a saturation point where buyers tend not to upgrade anymore, because the "upgrade" is so minimal. Althought this is good for buyers, it isnt good for sellers (manufacturers). So the only next big thing that can make buyers upgrade, would be 5G. It would great to have low-latency.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Ix1
                    • 15 Jan 2019

                    5G won't be anything more than a niche gimmick in 2019. It might be more relevant from 2021 onwards, but certainly not 2019.

                      I feel like 5g won't be a game changer in 2019 yet. 4g+ is already great. The hole is the best so far tbh. I like to have a cleaner display without sliding stuff happening or crazy disappearing cameras. Personally I think it would be too uncomfortable for me. I rather have no selfie cam at all means not even dual display. I love to just play games, chat and watch videos. I wanna see this year more pocof1-like phones. Aggressive pricing with great specs.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Y7u
                        • 15 Jan 2019

                        Galaxy Note 10, 13 Jan 2019Almost smart phone have all necessary features in a polishe... moreThis! I couldn't agree with you more, the smartphone industry has become as lackluster as all the other tech out there, not that it's a bad thing just don't expect anything new and exciting.

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                          • Ravikumar
                          • DkU
                          • 14 Jan 2019

                          All options are really useless, cuz phone utilization is not even 5% in a day life.

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                          5g lol, presently 4g is enough, if provider give complete service

                          Camera's single is enough, but software's have to give many options, cuz normal camera gives much out of it.

                          Computational Photography.., itz a great word, but without software feature & sensors, this word has no value.

                          Punch hole camera, itz better to learn from Nubia X, cuz front is complete display & rear has display with top of it camera for selfie or rear shots & also both screen got inscreen Finger Print scanner

                          Dual Screen, itz the best feature

                          Foldable phones, not great idea cuz, once screen goes bad, have to pay 45% to 70% price of the phone

                          Sliders is present trend, so flow on it.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • nRI
                            • 14 Jan 2019

                            I don't know why this craze for 5G in mobile devices, early adopters will face higher prices , less battery life for what? More speed to do what ? 5G it's the future i don't deny but nowdays for consumers and mobile contents the 4.5G speeds (i hit regularly 60-80MB/s) are more than sufficient.

                              a Mate 10 user, 14 Jan 2019The results of the poll won't reflect the reality... I seri... moreThis seems like a more realistic scenario if you ask me.

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                                • Marciano D.
                                • t7%
                                • 14 Jan 2019

                                Simple: Headphone jack. Should have never been removed in the first place.

                                  Easy pick, foldable phones. Nothing comes really close to factor that you can just fold your massive screen phone or unfold it when needed, anuthing else does not jabe any wow factor we havent seen in 2018 :)

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                                    • unic
                                    • K6w
                                    • 14 Jan 2019

                                    It would be good if Gsmarena team could combine similar features mentioned in the Other option, such as "better battery life" in the final results.

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                                      • Little Boy
                                      • LQu
                                      • 14 Jan 2019

                                      124C4+1, 14 Jan 201919:9 is the screen ratio, your TV is probably 16:9 and the ... moreNo... I ask if phones with 19:9 are usually notched.
                                      Most are 18:9 without notch..

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • LQu
                                        • 14 Jan 2019

                                        Anonymous, 14 Jan 2019Xz1's speakers are way.. way.. way.. inferior to galaxy S9 ... morePoor sammyboy ....