Powered by Samsung's latest
big flagship device, the Galaxy Note 4, the Gear VR provides a more immersive (albeit low - resolution)...
It can't compete directly with
the big flagship devices, but within the realm of budget phones it's well worth the asking price.
Sure, it's easy to ignore these phones for not being
big flagship devices, but not everyone can afford to buy phones like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S5.
With an almost bezel - free display, this 18:9 ratio phone does similar tricks as a lot of
the big flagship devices, but for less.
Not exact matches
Wireless charging is quickly becoming a
big deal these days, with many
flagship devices now offering built - in wireless charging capabilities.
In 2015, Samsung decided to do away with two features in their
flagships (the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge and Note 5) that have been staples for Samsung, and a
big reason why so many users were buying their
devices.
An increasing number of
flagship handsets have gone waterproof, including
big names like Apple and Samsung, but if you want the added insurance when bringing the
device to the pool, reading in the bath, or just factoring in the possibility of getting caught in a downpour, there's really only one choice at the moment.
What will you do when buying your next phone will you grab one of the current
flagship devices or will you hold onto your
device for another three to six agonizing months and wait for «the next
big thing» to come our way?
But Qualcomm wants to see its new
flagship in
bigger and better
devices, such as high - end Chromebooks.
LG decided to try something new with this year's
flagship and include the ability to swap out different hardware modules, opening up a
big world of possibilities as to what this
device can accomplish.
Just as an Android vendor is gearing up to unveil its next
flagship phone, for example, some
big report will spill new details on an unannounced Apple
device and steal away some thunder.
As cheap as smartphones have gotten,
big - screen
devices with
flagship specs still command high price tags.
Over the course of this week, we've been taking a look at Samsung's new
flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9 +, as these two
devices are the iPhone X's
biggest competition.In our latest video, available on the MacRumors YouTube channel, we compared the Samsung Galaxy S9 +'s dual - lens camera with variable aperture to the vertical dual - lens camera in the iPhone X.Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.Samsung decided to focus heavily on image quality in its latest
devices, and the S9 + has a 12 - megapixel f / 1.5 to f / 2.4 variable aperture lens as its main camera, which is paired with a 12 - megapixel f / 2.4 telephoto lens, similar to what's available in the iPhone X.A variable aperture is unique to Samsung's new
devices, and it offers some benefits
Considering this will be Apple's
flagship device, it will have 3 GB RAM like the
bigger iPhone Plus model of 2017 (previously known as iPhone 7s Plus).
Both
devices certainly have some
big differences, however, we will say that both Korean giants seem to be pretty neck and neck this time around, and we looking forward to fully pitting the two
flagships against one another in an even more detailed versus in the weeks to come.
All other «
big»
flagship devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus, Galaxy Note 8, LG V30, and the Google Pixel 2 XL feature a smaller battery.
These problems may not be as much of a
big deal for a lot of users out there, and the Nexus 5X is definitely a good choice in the affordable segment, but the
flagship experience you may be looking for might not be available with this
device.
But over the last two years HTC has lost significant ground, releasing a collection of uninspiring mid-range
devices and
flagships that failed to compete with the
big guns of Samsung, Apple and LG.
This would mark a
big change for the Galaxy S
flagship series — the home button has been there since the first Galaxy
device debuted in 2009.
The
big letdown is that the design is lacklustre compared to other
flagship devices, despite the lovely glossy coloured glass finish.
This update will bring the latest Android 8.0 Oreo to the phablet - sized
device that was Huawei's great
big flagship of last year.
Like all the Samsung
flagship devices, this one is too
big for comfortable single - handed usage.
Pending the
big OEMs announcing implementation, the Axon 9 should be the first
flagship device with this technology.
The phablet - sized
device was Huawei's great
big flagship of last year.
The
device will also be faster than the ongoing models, which is a given for a brand new
flagship phone set to succeed its predecessors, however, the Galaxy S9 will reportedly attempt to combat one of its
biggest rivals — the iPhone X — by adopting new features similar to Apple's own
flagship.
This was a special variant of the Mi 2 and not a
flagship, and the Mi 2S was released in April 2013 and it had a couple of differences, first with the camera (while 16 GB internal storage variant had 8MP camera, the 32 GB internal storage variant came with a 13MP camera), and other with the clock speed of the Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, which had clock speeds of 1.7 GHz, compared to the 1.5 GHz clock speed in the Mi 2, though Xiaomi didn't stop here and later came up with another variant of this
device, having a
bigger display.
Mi 3 was the
biggest device so far from Xiaomi, and as the company wanted to keep the
flagship to a particular size, it launched the Redmi Note as a new smartphone starting a phablet series in March 2014.
OnePlus is a small Chinese smartphone brand that has made a
big impact by offering high - end specs for low prices, but it has become the first smartphone manufacturer to say it could raise the price of its
flagship device as a result of the U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union.
This goes against Google's
biggest competitors — Samsung and Apple — which both opted to include rear dual - camera systems on their
flagship devices.
Out of the
big manufacturer recent releases, the only
flagship device still stuck on a 720p display is the Moto G, which costs about a third of the price of the Xperia Z5 Compact.
When Apple unveiled Face ID, they billed the software as the next
big step for
device security, doing what they could to sell it as a better alternative to Touch ID — which it was replacing on this year's
flagship iPhone.
This will not come as a surprise if true because the
big players in the smartphone industry are migrating to this type of display for their
flagship devices.
A report published by the folks over at NokiaPowerUser recently claimed that HMD Global is working on another
flagship device bigger than the Nokia 8.
This is a behemoth of a
device that eclipses most of the
bigger flagships like the LG V20, Pixel XL, and iPhone 7 Plus.
Considering their
big push for 4G with the launch of Redmi Note, it's a bummer to get the non-LTE version of their
flagship device.
Even thought it's no longer the
flagship, the Apple Watch Series 2 is still a high - end
device — and now that it's water - resistant, and has GPS and a
bigger battery, it's hard to believe it's not thicker.
LG is the first
big - name smartphone vendor to debut a new
flagship device in 2017, and its new LG G6 is pretty spectacular.
HTC (2498) obviously wants to make a
big splash with its Windows Phone 8 smartphones this fall, and the company is planning on launching three Windows Phone 8
devices: the entry - level Rio, the mid-range Accord and
flagship Zenith.
Priced competitively — available for as little as # 350 off - contract in the UK — and offering many of the perks of its
big brother, the Compact is the only real option for Android fans looking for a
device to rival the iPhone 6 — a sub-five-inch
device with
flagship credentials.
«From a change in how you set a homescreen wallpaper to redesigned settings, dialer or messaging apps, Android 5.0 is set to infuse more life into Samsung's yesteryear Galaxy S
flagship, making it the
biggest update Samsung has given to any of its
devices,» SamMobile said.
The S8 is a
flagship device from the
biggest smartphone maker in the world; the phone's speakers should be better.
It's also likely that Google will make Google Lens a
big focus of these
devices to help differentiate them from an impressive lineup of 2017
flagship competition.
Three of the
biggest players in the smartphone game are in the final stages of readying new
flagship devices to be released in the next few months.
The display comes in at 5.72 inches, but it's not a
big edge - to - edge display that you might find on other 2017
flagship phones — instead the
device follows a rather conventional look.
With the Nokia 8 being the brand's first
flagship for a few years, a
big emphasis is being put on its camera, which was a highlight feature of the last Windows Phone Nokia
devices from 2014.
There is still no waterproofing, arguably one of the
biggest things that separates OnePlus from its more expensive
flagship rivals, but the 3.5 mm headphone socket is still present on the OnePlus 5T, something that was confirmed by OnePlus on Twitter before the
device's official announcement.
While LG is expected to unveil its G5 successor at this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the South Korea company could be keeping a
big secret from us — something to do with its
flagship device.
Xiaomi able to put 4400mah battery at their 6,4 ″ Mi Mix
flagship, and 4000mah at many other cheaper
device, maybe it's a specialty of several Chinese manufacturers to be able to design their phones by putting a much more
bigger battery at a descent size and slimmer
device like Lenovo and Xiaomi, a things that South Korean manufacturer can't do perhaps.
It has released quite a number of software updates for its
flagship device, addressing some of its users»
biggest issues.
While the
big phones tend to be the
flagship devices...