Best Smartphones Of 2017

2017 has been great year for smartphones. A ton of new features came to the smartphones like bezels devices, Type-C acceptance, Dual camera became trend this year. But which smartphones are the best smartphones of 2017??  So here we are categorise the best smartphones of this year according to their price, performance, camera performance and gaming performance.

Best Flagship Device

Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung Galaxy S8 is the the best flagship device of this year. Smasung galaxy S8 Beat iphoneX in the performance. Samsung Galaxy S8 Smartphone was launched in march 2017. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is powered by 1.9 GHz Octa-core Samsung Exynos 8895  processor and to satisfy your multitasking need it comes with 4 GB Of RAM. Galaxy S8 Packs 64 GB Of internal storage that can be expandable up to 256 GB via a micro SD Card.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 comes with 5.80 inch touchscreen display with a resolution (1440 x 2960) pixels at a ppi of 570 pixels. Now let's move to camera section The Samsung galaxy S8 packs a 12-megapixel (f/1.7) primary camera on the rear and 8 megapixel (f/1.7) auto-focus front camera for your selfies.

Samsung galaxy S8 packs 3000 mAh non removal battery, it supports quick charging 3.0 and runs on android 7.1.1. The most hyped features of the S8 has to be bixby. The Samsung also include iris scanner and face recognition in galaxy S8. Samsung galaxy S8 is available at price of $724.99 

Pros : 

• Best Display
• Beautiful Design
• Great performance
• Great Camera
• Best Speakers
• AKG earphones       

cons :

• weird placement of fingerprint scanner
• Average battery performance
• slippery build                   

Best Camera Phone

Google Pixel 2 

Google's pixel 2 is the best camera phone of 2017. Pixel 2 beat every other Smartphones in camera section in 2017. Google pixel 2 features 12.2 megapixel primary camera (f/1.8 aperture) OIS, phase detection, laser focus, with dual LED flash along with 8 megapixels front facing camera (f/2.4 aperture). pixels 2 camera is also good for video recording. It can shoot 4k at 30 fps and slow motions video at 120 fps at 1080p or 240 fps at 720p.

Google pixel 2 is powered by Qualcomm snapdragon 835 octa core (4x2.35 GHz and 4x1.9 GHz) processor and it comes with 4 GB of RAM. Google Pixel 2 available in two variant 64 GB of internal storage and 128 GB of internal storage. Pixel phones are IP-67 water and dust resistance. 

Google pixel 2 features 5.0 inches (1080 x 1920 pixels) OLED Display. The Display is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 which is as tough as they come. pixel 2 comes with 2700 mAh battery and supports Qualcomm's Quick charging. pixel 2 runs on android 8.0 (Oreo). sensors : GPS, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer. pixel 2 is available at price of $649 (Rs. 49,999).          

pros :

• The Best Camera 
• Pure Android Experience
• Fast Charing OLED Display
• IP 67 Water and Dust Resistance    

cons :

• No wireless charging
• No headphone jack             

Best Affordable Flagship

OnePlus 5T

OnePuls 5T is the great flagship device at affordable price. OnePuls 5T comes with Beautiful 6-inch Full HD AMOLED display with 18:9 aspect ratio (1080 x 2160) pixels at ppi of 401 pixels per inch. OnePuls 5T's Design is pretty good. This time they put fingerprint sensor at right place at the back of the device.

OnePuls 5T is powered by 2.45 GHz octa core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor and comes with 6 GB/ 8 GB of RAM to power your multitasking. The OnePuls 5T packs 64 GB / 128  GB of internal storage that cannot be expanded.

Now let's jump to camera section, OnePuls 5T comes with Dual 20 MP + 16 MP ,f/1.7, 27mm, EIS(gyro), Phase Detection autofocus, Dual LED flash camera. 16 MP main camera, But instead of another Telephoto lens its another normal range camera with same focal length 20 MP Both f/1.7 lens focus on low light photography. OnePlus 5T in a low light switch automatically to that second camera and Intelligent pixel technology comes into the action that merges four Pixels into one which enhance clarity in low light. So this camera is Optimized for Low light photography and portrait Photography. Secondary camera of OnePuls 5T is of 16 MP.

OnePuls 5T packs 3,300 mAh non-removable battery, It supports Dash Charging . OnePuls 5T runs on android 7.1.1 nougat, upgradable to Oreo in December. OnePuls 5T is available at starting price of $449(Rs. 32,999). One of most beautiful thing about OnePuls 5T is the stuff they kept they kept the low price, they kept headphone jack , they kept oxygen OS.

OnePuls 5T also came up with all new face recognition, But OnePuls not using any extra sensor for that it is only dependent on the front camera. 

Sensors : Fingerprint, Accelerometer, G-sensor, Proximity, Ambient light sensor, Electronic compass

pros : 

• Great Low Light Photography
• Smooth and Fluid user experience
• Good Battery Performance 
• Dash Charging                             

cons :

• Secondary rear camera is not always activated  

Best Mid-range phone

Mi A1

Mi A1 is Best Mid range phone in 2017. Mi A1 Comes with 5.5 inch Full HD IPS display that offers great viewing angels. Mi Ai is powered by Qualcomm snapdragon 625 64 bit Octa core 2 GHz processor and comes with 4 GB of RAM Along Adreno 506 GPU. 

Moving on to the camera Xiaomi Mi A1 offers Dual 12 MP + 12 MP camera setup with an f/2.2 aperture for primary lens and f/2.6 aperture for secondary telephoto lens. The front camera is of 5 MP and do decent job when it comes to selfies. Mi A1 packs 64 GB of internal storage which can be expandable up to 128 GB via MicroSD card.

The Mi A1 runs on android nougat 7.1.2 but it is upgrade-able to android Oreo (8.0). The device also has fingerprint scanner for security and pack 3080 mAh battery. Mi A1 is available at price of $333.31 (Rs. 13,999)

pros:

• The Stock Android Experience
• Great rear camera 
• presence of 3.5mm headphone jack
• Best mid-rang phone         

cons :

• Slippery in the hand 
• average Low light photography

Best Entry-level Smartphone

10.or D

10.or D is best Entry level smartphone manufactured by amazon. 10.or D available in two variant one is 2 GB ram and 16 GB of internal storage at price of 4,999 another one is 4 GB ram and 32 GB of internal storage at price of 5,999. Excursively available on amazon.

10.or D packed with 5.2 inch HD Display with fingerprint sensor at back. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 quad-core 1.4 GHz processor along with Qualcomm adreno 308 GPU enables smooth, fluid visuals to give you best user experience at this price range. 

Moving on to camera, 10.or D offers 13 MP rear camera, with LED flash and auto-focus (AF), and a 5 MP front camera for your selfies. It also boast of speedy rear placed fingerprint sensor, which unlocks device in 0.2 seconds when device is on and it took 0.7 seconds to unlock when the device is off. 

10.or D runs on android 7.1.2 nougat and offers 3,500 mAh battery. Sensors : Rear Mounted Fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

pros:

• Good battery life
• Fingerprint sensor 
• 3.5 mm Headphone jack              

cons :

• New brand 

Gamers Phone

Razer Phone

Razer phone is the best gaming phone i have ever seen so far. Razer is highly reputed brand, especially it develops product that is mainly focus on Pc gaming. But Razer now unveil their first smartphone that is mainly focus on gaming. They design this phone with gamers in their mind but it is quite good for regular use also. The company deliverer best hardware for gaming with Razer phone.

Razer offers phone offers 5.7 inch QHD (1440 x 2560) IGZO display protected by gorilla glass 3. It has the screen refresh rate 120 Hz which razer terms as ultra motion, this means zero percentage lag while playing games or scrolling through facebook feeds or Instagram. As a result it has 120 fps (frames per second), it means silky smooth display. The Razer phone display is perfect for gaming.

The razer phone is powered by the Qualcomm snapdragon 835 Octa core processor which is we have seen in almost every flagship devices launched 2017. The adreno 540 GPU which is integrated graphic chip found on this processor which is good Enough to handle any graphical intensive task without hanging for a microsecond. 

The razer phone also gives you 8 GB of ram for all your multitasking and gaming. razer phone packs 64 GB of internal storage which can be expandable up to 2 TB with microSD card.

Now let's jump to camera section, razer has made no compromise when it comes to camera department. it offers 12 MP + 13 MP dual camera setup. which is allowing you to take a perfect group shot or zooming in on action and it is also provides smoothly transition from the f/1.7 wide angel to 2x telephoto to frame the perfect shot and also come with dual ton flash. while the front camera is of 8 MP.

The Razer phone is lacking of bezel-less display. But Razer phone offers you Dolby atmos Certified front facing speakers with a dual amplifier. with Dolby atmos you can enjoy cinematic experience around you.

The razer phone comes with the massive 4000 mAh battery to make sure that user do not run out while playing games or surfing Internet. it also supports Qualcomm's quick charge 4+ technology. The razer phone is available at price $699.

pros:       

• Best Gaming Performance
• 120fps
• massive battery-life
• quick charging 4+ technology
• Good Camera 
• Expandable storage up to 2 TB
• Dolby atmos front facing speakers 
• 8 GB RAM

cons :

• Lack of bezel-less display 

So This is all the best smartphones of 2017 in various categories. if you are looking to buy new smartphone then this list will be useful for you.