GSMArena smartphone buyer's guide: 2017 July edition

28 July 2017
It's the middle of the summer, which is traditionally a time in the year when the smartphone market settles down a bit. Manufacturers have already brought all their H1 flagships to the market and are focusing their efforts on their Fall and holiday quarter lineups. And without the turbulence of significant launches and announcements every week this looks like a perfect time for a new buyer's guide.

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Yeah thanks for this, after a long while really. But I suppose you guys could have added the Moto E4 Plus in the 100-200 segment.

Obviously the top tier segment ruled by U11 and Pixels. Proud owner of a Pixel here.

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    • Anonymous
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    AnonD-458877, 28 Jul 2017I bought Huawei P10+(128GB/6GB) about a week ago and I'm so... moreYeah it's really beautiful, just like the iPhone 5 where it got its design from

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      Anonymous, 28 Jul 2017They left out , cause they aren't recommending 4 inch scree... moreBut it doesn't care. Similar case: You are being offered a high end OLED LG TV with best picture quality on any TV for € 400. only resstrictipn: It's a 40" one. Would you still pick it?
      Or: you are being offered a new Mercedes E class at the price of a VW Golf, downside: it's got 80HP. Would you pick it?

        Where is LG V20?

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          • AnonD-458877
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          • 28 Jul 2017

          I bought Huawei P10+(128GB/6GB) about a week ago and I'm so impressed by everything about this beauty!!!definitely worth the money

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            • Anonymous
            • J5M
            • 28 Jul 2017

            Moto G4 Plus, and Moto G4, are both cheaper and far better than Moto G5!

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              • Anonymous
              • 3C0
              • 28 Jul 2017

              Anonymous, 28 Jul 2017The undisputed king in the 200€ to 300€ has been left out, ... moreThey left out , cause they aren't recommending 4 inch screen in 2017.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 28 Jul 2017

                Another questionable choice is to not include the iPhone 7 in the 600+ (its slightly above that, like 620€) with the longest software support and fastest chipset (it only lost to OP 5 in second round because of slow animations, but it was technically faster), but then on the other hand you recommend the KeyOne which is the worst value phone I‘ve ever seen. You can also say for the iPhone „yeah if you want iOS you have no other choice“ which is the reason for keyone and the keyboard. Recommending that phone at that price is like just giving up all of your reliability and say „you can stay if you still want, and if you go we don‘t care“. You should take an example from rtings.com which is much cleaner in their opinions and recommendations. For example, they don‘t recommend Samsung TVs because they underperformed this year, even though last year they were good and present in many categories. And the reason for that is not because rtings changed their mind and didn‘t like them anymore, it‘s because Samsung just f*cked up.

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 28 Jul 2017

                  The undisputed king in the 200€ to 300€ has been left out, the high end iPhone SE. It‘s A9 chipset easily reks all the competition. The only serious options here are iPhone SE, Honor 8 and chinese-only like Mi 5.

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