Google Pixel supplants iPhone 7 Plus as world’s top smartphone, making it the ’Droid to look for
Google’s foray into making smartphones has yielded a debut model with impressive specs that offers welcome variety in a market dominated by Apple and Samsung
Google Pixel is the world’s best smartphone. That’s according to Business Insider, anyway. The website compiled its list after a host of new models were announced at last month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, including the LG G6 and Huawei P10.
Samsung, which kept a low profile at this year's trade event, is rumoured to be announcing its new Galaxy S8 near the end of this month.
The Business Insider list is full of the usual suspects; it’s almost more interesting to see what didn’t make the top 10: Huawei Mate 9 (No. 11), ZTE Axon 7 (No. 15), LG V20 (No. 14), and even two BlackBerrys (the Priv and Classic, in spots 19 and 20, respectively).
But there is a point to the exercise, as prices of some of these “best” smartphones are likely to drop just before the new models hit the market in the coming months. Here are the top 10 in reverse order:
10. OnePlus 3T
OnePlus pulled an unusual move by announcing the OnePlus 3T five months after the OnePlus 3’s release. The good news is that OnePlus 3 owners need not feel left out, as the OnePlus 3T isn’t much of an upgrade.
The changes include a slightly faster processor (Snapdragon 820 versus the 821), a slightly larger battery, a 16-megapixel front camera (versus 8 megapixels), better stabilisation for video, and a darker colour option. However, the new front camera, despite twice as many megapixels, seems to do the opposite of what it was intended by taking blurrier selfies than its predecessor.