At the time, the G4 was a great phone, be it in terms of design, style, camera quality and even pricing when compared to
other flagship devices released at the time.
Not exact matches
This Korea - based tech giant has
released a number of smartphones, including their Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
flagships, and also some
other devices, like the Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016) tablet.
Essential is, of course, not the first OEM to
release an Oreo beta as
other OEMs like OnePlus, Nokia, Huawei, and Samsung also have similar beta programs going on for their respective
flagship devices.
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.
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.
Since then HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony, and
others have
released new
flagship and mid-range
devices running Lollipop.
LG G5 was unveiled at the MWC 2016 tech show in Barcelona and even though
other devices released on the same date as this
flagship have already hit the market, for instance, Samsung Galaxy S7, the Life's Good crew seems to be taking things a little slow.
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.
As you'd expect with any China - made smartphone, the Le Max2 is a very affordable
device that packs 2016
flagship specs, much more like what you will find in the likes of Samsung Galaxy S7, LG G5 and
other top models
released this year.
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.
There was some speculation that
other manufacturers may also
release a «Google Edition» variant of their
flagship devices.
Considering that the iPhone X
flagship device comes with features not found in any
other iPhone
released to date, predicting this super cycle is not at all a stretch.
Although, Samsung keeps
releasing other Galaxy line up of
devices ranging from entry - level to high - end
devices all throughout the year, the next
flagship can only be expected in the first quarter of 2017.
Samsung has just introduced their newest
flagship devices — the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9 Plus — to compete with the newest iPhones, and the soon to be
released models from LG, Motorola, and
other competitors.
The good news is that after the launch of two
flagship smartwatches,
other companies will
release new
devices with Android Wear 2.0 throughout the entire year.
If you consider yourself a Samsung fanatic, then you already know that Samsung
releases two CPU variants for its
flagship devices, one being the Qualcomm Snapdragon and the
other its homegrown Exynos processor.
The dual - firmware strategy indicates the Galaxy Note 9 will be launched in two main variants which will likely mimic the product
release strategy of Samsung's
other Android
flagships introduced in recent years, wherein the model meant to be sold in the United States, Canada, and China will sport a Snapdragon chip, whereas the international version of the
device will have an Exynos - branded silicon.
While the
device is equipped with a broad range of premium hardware, so are its many competitors like the Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S8 series, HTC U11, and
other Android
flagships released in recent times, which is why the South Korean original equipment manufacturer (OEM) went on to implement a number of unique features into the LG V30 in an effort to differentiate its offering from those of its many competitors.
LG had introduced its LG V30
flagship phablet during today's event in Berlin, and along with details regarding the
device's design, features and specs, the company also announced that the LG V30 will go on sale starting on September 21 in Korea, while
other «key markets» will follow soon after that, including North America, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, thought he company did not mention any countries specifically, nor did LG
release any pricing info regarding this smartphone.
The Moto Z2 Force Edition is finally official and Motorola Mobility now has a true 2017
flagship that can directly compete with the likes of the Galaxy S8, HTC U11, and
other high - end
devices released in recent months.