My top 5 phones of 2021 - Sagar

09 January 2022
I revisit the smartphones that impressed me in 2021.

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  • 10 Jan 2022

Hello Life, 10 Jan 2022whatever I am saying is getting over your head.. you just r... moreAll phones do the same thing. Is there a phone that does anything different, like fly?

    Anonymous, 10 Jan 2022Your logic is just d*mb and showed your myopic view. Can yo... moreSamsung started producing better phones after Huawei threat. look at Samsung phones 2 generations ago, A10 had cortex A72 or A73, and became best selling Android phone and second only to iPhone 11.

    Then After Huawei Ban both A11 and A12 downgrade to crappy Cortex A53 only soc, even in India Those M1x and M2X I don't think they are better than 2 Generations Ago.

    Xiaomi is not Threat yet to Samsung, they are doing good but not to Samsung level.

      Anonymous, 10 Jan 2022That's your opinion. I quite like these phones especia... morewhatever I am saying is getting over your head.. you just repeated what I told.. in a different way.. I have never said these are poor performing phones.. or looks bad.. My point is .. when you have 5 phones as favorite and all of them does the same thing.. your choice/editor's is definitely boring and generic.

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        • Anonymous
        • TRR
        • 10 Jan 2022

        Hello Life, 10 Jan 2022I know that very well.. and I am just saying he has a very ... moreThat's your opinion. I quite like these phones especially the one with the BMW styling. And most of these are priced reasonably. These are all flagship killers except for the Vivo and maybe the Oppo so the focus is on performance and hitting a certain price point rather than great cameras. The Vivo however has great cameras.

          Anonymous, 10 Jan 2022It's not an in-depth review and I don't know why ... moreI know that very well.. and I am just saying he has a very poor choice. All these might have flagship specs.. but everything else is generic.. only thing unique about these phones are false high hope marketing.. and back glass colors.. which nobody will be able to see when you put on a case.. i mean bmw colors for design lol.. even that is a borrowed sense of style

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            • Anonymous
            • Dkb
            • 10 Jan 2022

            Looks like people here commenting did not read second paragraph. That person says they are "GSMArena.com's India-based Editor" and selected smartphones "from the ones I got to use myself for extended periods" so obviously the list was going to be about phones available in India and the ones they got to use themselves long enough. Yes it looks like all BBK but there's Motorola and the person must not have received phones from other brands or did not get to use them long enough. There is also X70 Pro+ so the list is not just about affordable phones.

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              • Anonymous
              • TRR
              • 10 Jan 2022

              Hello Life, 10 Jan 2022Seriously this? Lol.. no creativity nothing.. just same old... moreIt's not an in-depth review and I don't know why you expect it to be. He likes these phones and he's just telling you why.

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                • Anonymous
                • TRR
                • 10 Jan 2022

                Anonymous, 10 Jan 2022Should be "everyone keeps talking about the expensive ... moreThese are not phones he bought. These are phones made available to him for review through GSMARENA and of which he has spent extended time with. Whether he could afford them or not is irrelevant.

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                  • PEZ
                  • 10 Jan 2022

                  Should be "everyone keeps talking about the expensive phones and no one wants to talk about the phones I can afford, so here's a list of the phones I can afford in 2021, I want the others to know and talk about them so I can validate my purchase and don't feel sad about it"

                    Seriously this? Lol.. no creativity nothing.. just same old.. if it’s bang for buck go and buy it.. dude user experience, software updates, optimisation, cameras, and above all security matters.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • CbD
                      • 10 Jan 2022

                      My Top phones in 2021...

                        title should be "my top 5 phones of 2021 in India"

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tZ4
                          • 10 Jan 2022

                          Anonymous, 10 Jan 2022Person asked for list of phones for poor people. Your sug... moreYour logic is just d*mb and showed your myopic view. Can you explain why Samsung would produce budget phones if it is not a significant demographic of buyers? Samsung actually started concentrating on making better budget models after it got beaten in India by Xiaomi a few years ago.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • TRR
                            • 10 Jan 2022

                            Oppo, Vivo and Realme have been making impressive phones.

                              Ok, so that's a lot of BBK phones.
                              I can only agree with X70 Pro+ and (sort of ) Reno 6 Pro 5G, though.

                                Street Puppy, 09 Jan 202270pro+ is best hardware ever from bbk. But worst UI of all... moreHow is Funtouch/Origin OS bad?

                                  Anonymous, 10 Jan 2022Person asked for list of phones for poor people. Your sug... moreOr maybe people are smart enough not to spend this much money on useless sh*ts

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                                    • 8Kf
                                    • 10 Jan 2022

                                    Kev, 09 Jan 2022That's a no-brainer, GSMArena's already got us co... morePerson asked for list of phones for poor people.
                                    Your suggestions are all xiaomi.

                                    This just proves my point that people have xiaomi only for not being able to afford the phone they want, not because they want xiaomi.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tZ0
                                      • 10 Jan 2022

                                      Anonymous, 09 Jan 2022whats bbkBBK is a group of electronics companies that consist of Oppo, Vivo, Oneplus, Realme and Iqoo. Whenever commenters here refer to BBK, they are also talking about those brands.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • tZ0
                                        • 10 Jan 2022

                                        Wow, we got a BBK fest here! I think the GT Neo2 is overall better than the GT. Even the SD888 that should have advantage on paper over 870 is actually worse in real world use due to throttling, battery drain and games limited to 60fps.