Our editors talk: Best phones, worst phones 2017
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- James
- YPa
- 29 Dec 2017
I dislike the tall skinny phones with the trending aspect ratio, finger print and facial recognition, as you have just sold your identity for nothing to the highest bidder.
Security is an issue. Machine learning is an issue, reporting your every movement and habits is an isue
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- Anonymous
- IsY
- 29 Dec 2017
TBH, I would say that all the flagships of 2017 were actually quite disappointing as every one of them had disadvantages that shouldn't have been there in the first place. In my opinion, I think that all flagships could have been way better this year. Basically all the phones that were released were literally "undercooked" or still in "beta version". And the sadness is that brands are asking us to pay such a big sum. I would like pay the 900$ only if a phone is worth it. I cannot see that all the 800$+ phones are actually worth it. They may be, but not in the way that they are released. I cannot understand the bezel-less craze and why brands are abandoning the headphone jack. I am ok with the dual camera but I would prefer to have a powerful traditional "single" camera. TBH, I am not too optimistic about 2018 if I base facts of what we have seen this year. Yes things like bezel-less phones will remain but I would like to see new features that are practical. I don't want to see (but we will all see anyways) new features that are actually gimmicks and totally unnecessary. My wish is that manufacturers could start actually crafting their phones with more attention and releasing them more complete as a model. Then we could probably see their value for the price. If one wants my opinion on the best phone of the year, I would say none really appealed to me.
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- harwey
- JbV
- 29 Dec 2017
Anonymous, 29 Dec 2017Phones above $ 500 come with issues. Guess what phones belo... moreHaha,well I had only one Sony,a Xperia Neo,it was great back then..Shortly tried Z,soon switched to Xiaomi Mi3-way superior to Sony,apart from camera..Well,when you spend 200euro on a phone you don`t expect much but you get a lot,usually..When you spend 1000euro you expect everything,end you end up with..choose your own word..cheers
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- HitX
- nD5
- 29 Dec 2017
X is indeed the worst phone of the year, absolutely nothing special except the price, only the back glass costs you $550, with this you can get oneplus 5T which is better than the entire X.
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 29 Dec 2017
Anonymous, 29 Dec 2017As my Samsung Galaxy Alpha starts to give up on me, I'm hop... moreApple is the only one left as the Alpha was an answer to the iPhone 6 with it‘s thin design and premium built.
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 29 Dec 2017
Dante Evans, 29 Dec 2017Jajaja, ok, i really enjoy this note 'cause like it says in... moreJajaja? What strange country do you come from lel
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- Anonymous
- 043
- 29 Dec 2017
harwey, 29 Dec 2017Best phones of 2017? - Xiaomi A1 because of the price,and X... morePhones above $ 500 come with issues. Guess what phones below that price do. They come with even more issues. You should have used the Xperia M4 Aqua. And when I said what sh*t this phone is, everybody said „you can‘t compare it to high end“. Sad thing is that almost every mid range and cheap phone has such low quality
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- harwey
- JbV
- 29 Dec 2017
Best phones of 2017? - Xiaomi A1 because of the price,and Xiaomi Mi6 because of the price/everything else.
Worst phones?Hard to say,almost all the phones that cost more than 500$,each and every one of them comes with issues...mostly hardware,so you cannot fix them by yourself..
2018?Surely we are all hoping for a 1500$,even two grand phone that will come with 7" screen with 21:9 aspect ratio,at least,"new" Qualcomm`s chipset that will be 1,07% faster than the old one,more RAM that will bring you no benefit whatsoever,new gen.of OLED screens with a dozen issues,2000-2500 mAh max. batteries,ultra fast charging that won`t come in the box,but separately for about 100$,new plastic back designs that will be cheaper to make but more profit for brands,new 6-pack cameras with no practical/ intelligent purpose at all, and finally 3,5mm jack...what`s that??I remember my Sony walkman from the Dark Age,it had one of those...
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- Anonymous
- JbI
- 29 Dec 2017
Oathbreaker, 27 Dec 2017GSMArena is superior to MacRumors Forums. I was banned from... moreiPhone X has by far the best hardware in any mobile device. How can you be so blinded by your fanboyism.
I am an android developer and seeing it die because of people blindly praising it without challenging its developers hurts me (and my job). Stop being so uncritical, android SoC are 2-3 generation behind apple's, the screens are far less accurate, active biometrics, thicker bezels.
Androids used to be the innovators. What happenes? Too much praise blonded us?
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- Ionix
- fqx
- 29 Dec 2017
The increased YouTube popularity? Thank Angie as she's simply perfect & makes reviews more enjoyable. She has a unique interesting personality.
Make more videos Angie! Much love!
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- KamAbdi
- 7{K
- 29 Dec 2017
xXENDER FREAKXx, 29 Dec 2017Nah, they don't despise, they say truthful reviews about ev... moreNo the don't. And I am not biased but they don't appreciate Sony. Though, sometimes they say good things about Sony but overall the don't respect it enough. Why? Because, when it comes to the other phones, the over react and make those phones the best ones regardless of their issues.
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- SidStar
- w4a
- 29 Dec 2017
Baudolino , 28 Dec 2017I liked your comment about picking a phone. You are describ... moreHi Baudolino, I have over the years used Sony Xperia, shifted to Nokia (symbian), came back to android, used Samsumg S3 (very good phone for its time), used the S5 (again a very good phone for its time). I briefly used the LeEco Le Max 2 but hated the UI as well the limitation on the storage (only 32 GB built in, no expansion slot available). The on board software managing the IR emitter was also very spotty.
My next phone was the Lenovo Vibe X3, which was okay in all respects (it had great stereo speakers) but the processor left a bit to be desired.
I am currently using the Honor 8 Pro and am loving it. It is the best phone I have used till now. My only complaint it is the audio quality of this phone. Dust/Water protection would have been a bonus. The onboard software managing the IR Emitter is wonderful. I have yet to come across a device it cannot detect and configure.
Which has been your favorite phone ?
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- Sam
- KF3
- 29 Dec 2017
opt, 28 Dec 2017"I find the G6 to be a snappier phone than the S8 because i... moreMaybe my words were a little unclear. But where I live, I get 4G+ signals on my G6 even when the S8 doesn't even pick up enough signals for 3G to work properly. And the S8 is not a defective unit. Also the S8 is not even a little bit faster than the LG G6 in day to day use, inspite of the newer SoC. If you don't know what 4G+ is, it's an incremental update to 4G and is found in certain areas.
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- Sam
- KF3
- 29 Dec 2017
opt, 28 Dec 2017"I find the G6 to be a snappier phone than the S8 because i... moreMaybe my words were a little unclear. But where I live, I get 4G+ signals on my G6 even when the S8 doesn't even pick up enough signals for 3G to work properly. And the S8 is not a defective unit. Also the S8 is not even a little bit faster than the LG G6 in day to day use, inspite of the newer SoC. If you don't know what 4G+ is, it's an incremental update to 4G and is found in certain areas.
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- Dante Evans
- LE}
- 29 Dec 2017
Jajaja, ok, i really enjoy this note 'cause like it says in the beginning it give us a point of view of how the editors think, there are a lot of opinions, some pretty interesting, but i really liked two of all, Angie's opinion about the 3.5mm headphone jack, and I absolutely enjoyed Prasad's opinion 'cause all that he said is true and he said it in a quite funny way, nice report.
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- Anonymous
- nyA
- 29 Dec 2017
As my Samsung Galaxy Alpha starts to give up on me, I'm hoping for another premium build 4.7 inch phone that's not got an Apple logo on the back. I might be the minority but I don't care for large screens or 1000$ price tags. Fingers crossed
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- xXENDER FREAKXx
- uJ5
- 29 Dec 2017
KamAbdi, 28 Dec 2017Your right bro and I said the same to some people I know an... moreNah, they don't despise, they say truthful reviews about every smartphone here. They could say bad things to Sony but if u read carefully it is true, there are some things that they don't like. They have a more in-depth review unlike other reviewers who just give a rough idea about the camera without talking much on noise, white balance etc
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- Anonymous
- pWQ
- 29 Dec 2017
Habib Briziek, 28 Dec 2017This is typical fanboy masses, ignoring audio quality. Nob... moreWell, about every flagship performs great when you pair it with an external, portable headphone amp/DAC and your choice of quality headphones. Or that's at least how I do it. Phone's built-in speakers are for notifications, ringtones and all that stuff that doesn't matter it is comes out from the tiny speaker(s) the phone happens to have.
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- 0xx
- 28 Dec 2017
I will wait for 7" screen phone next year.
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- Habib Briziek
- PBb
- 28 Dec 2017
This is typical fanboy masses, ignoring audio quality.
Nobody cares to demand best audio on phones...
Even the whole dumbmasses don't care, I do!!!