Google's Pixel and Nexus handsets will get the update first, likely followed by Samsung Galaxy smartphones and
other flagship devices later in the year.
Not exact matches
But it's hundreds of dollars cheaper than
other top - of - the - line
devices — many of the
latest flagship smartphones, including Apple's iPhone X and Samsung's Galaxy Note 8, cost more than $ 900.
Apple and Samsung and
others have stepped up their camera game, so much so our recent blind test comparing the Lumia 950 with a number of rivals confirmed that the Lumia 950 failed to keep up with the
latest flagship devices released from this year.
HTC is slightly out of phase in terms of its
flagship phone launches, revealing the HTC U11 alongside a number of
other flagship devices in 2017, but then launching the HTC U11 +
late in the year.
Pei was interviewed after OnePlus launched the OnePlus 2 last Tuesday and since then, the company has received somewhat mixed feedback; on the one hand, its
latest smartphone delivers an impressive feature set at a reasonable price but on the
other, it left out some features that many users associate with a
flagship device.
But majority of geeks are still waiting for the
other flagship device that the Korean giant is expected to launch sometime
later this year: the Galaxy Note 4.
As far as availability is concerned, rumors suggest that the Xiaomi Mi 7 won't be introduced earlier than June on account that the Chinese OEM only recently unveiled its
latest flagship under the name of Mi MIX 2S, and Xiaomi will likely want to avoid releasing two top - tier
devices from different series too close to each
other.
But it's hundreds of dollars cheaper than
other top - of - the - line
devices — many of the
latest flagship smartphones, including Apple's iPhone X and Samsung's Galaxy Note 8, cost more than $ 900.
Another thing that is unclear regarding the update to the
latest Android software is that the status of
other older
flagship devices is also not known.
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.
Two
other flagships, equally worthy of attention, are expected launch
later in the year — Samsung's foldable
device, the Samsung Galaxy X, and Google's Pixel successor, the Pixel 2.
The models sold in Canada are powered by the Snapdragon 845, Qualcomm's
latest and most capable mobile chip to date which is also found inside the units that were released in the United States and will be featured in the
devices set to hit China, as was the case with
other Samsung - made
flagships launched in recent years.
Unlike the
latest flagship devices from
other manufacturers, the Nokia 8 still looks similar to the
other candy - bar shaped smartphones.
While we've gotten some hints of what Apple might look to do with the technology given its acquisition of LinX Imaging last year, we're still not entirely clear on Apple's plans and so we can look to
other vendors to get a taste of what we might expect.The Huawei P9 is the
latest flagship from the Chinese company, and on the rear of the
device Huawei in partnership with Leica implemented two 12 - megapixel cameras.
Windows Central had previously quoted Ifi Majid, head of Global Sell - In and Experiences Product Marketing at Microsoft, as saying a
flagship and updates for
other devices would come sometime
late in summer.
But, the highlight this year isn't Motorola's
latest flagship or
other devices, it's a simple wearable that managed to take the world by storm when it was teased six months earlier.
In this particular case, the company used its
latest flagship phone — the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 — as an example but a similar user experience should be provided by all
other Samsung
devices that are compatible with the two products.
While the
latest flagship device is more expensive that previous generations used to be, not only are you getting a more premium product this time around, but the Moto X Pure Edition is still cheaper than most
other competing high - end
flagship smartphones out there.
Calling its
latest phablet the Galaxy Note 7 would allow Samsung to line up the numbers of its
flagship phones while snuffing out the impression that the Note is a step behind Samsung's
other devices.
The lens have an aperture of f / 2.0 which is found in
other flagship devices, specifically the Huawei phones that offer the best in class camera in all their
latest models.
Samsung is still busy preparing for the launch of the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus at this year's Mobile World Congress 2018, but this didn't stop industry sources from leaking information about the
other flagship device that's coming out
later this year.
The new Samsung
flagship devices have beaten all the
other incredible smartphones by taking first two spots on the list, according to the
latest Consumer Reports.
The update is scheduled to start hitting the company's 2017 pair of
flagships in
late January or early February and should make its way to the Galaxy Note 8 shortly after that debut, whereas all of the firm's
other devices will receive it at a
later date.
It comes equipped with the
latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset and 4 GB of RAM, so it's entirely competitive against
other flagship devices.
In his
latest video, popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee squares off the two
flagship devices against each
other to find out which phone has the better voice assistant by asking them the same question at the same time.