Competition on the market mobile devices incredibly tough. To attract the attention of buyers to manufacturers, it is necessary to release smartphones annually, which are impressive with an elegant design, excellent camera and have interesting options such as identification to face the user.

We present to you flagship of 2018 smartphones from the most famous manufacturers. We will not rank them from the worst model to the best, since each new product has both its "raisin" and weak sideswhich we will tell.

Sony Xperia XZ2.

Cost - 59,990 rubles.

5.7-inch smartphone-flagshipsSony2018 has the same square form as the previous models, but differs curved back and rounded edges. As a result, the design looks modern and concise.

This phone is able to record 4K HDR video thanks to Snapdragon 845 from Qualcomm, so you can create your own content that looks great on any screen supporting HDR.

4 GB of RAM is not an absolute maximum capacity for modern phones, but most of the users are no longer needed. But 64 GB of the built-in data warehouse - will be not enough. However, you can always increase the 400 GB data warehouse.

In Xperia XZ2 Sony updated the function of 3D modeling, allowing users to create models of people, food and other objects using the rear of 19 MP cameras in more high resolution. In addition, using the main chamber you can shoot video with a resolution of 960 frames per second.

Pros:

• You can play HDR content directly on your device.
• Excellent speakers that will certainly appreciate music lovers.
• Dynamic Vibration technology allows you to achieve the effect of presence by regulating the vibration intensity along with the volume. It works with any content that has sound.

Minuses:

• Extremely slippery.
• Not too much powerful battery 3180 mAh.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S9 Plus

Price - 74,990 rubles per version with 256 GB.

The S9 Plus is equipped with a double 12 megapixel chamber with autofocus, optical stabilization, as well as the support of two apertures - F / 1.5 and F / 2.4. The diaphragm size may vary automatically depending on the lighting conditions.

A pleasant change is the location of the fingerprint sensor. In Galaxy S8 and Note 8, he was in the worst place, which you can only imagine - to the right of the camera sensor. It was inconvenient and not at all thought out. The sensor in the Galaxy S9 Plus is exactly where it should be - right under the camera, in the middle.

Galaxy S9 Plus has a fantastic-beautiful frameless 6.2-inch display, 6 GB of RAM and from 64 to 256 GB for storing user data. The processor, which is installed in the smartphone - exynos 9810 or Snapdragon 845, makes the smartphone the most productive today.

Pros:

• One of the most beautiful smartphones on the market.
• The display is 15 percent brighter than the representatives of the Galaxy S8 line.
• There is a headphone jack.
• There is an extensible memory storage.
• Included headphones with support Dolby ATMOS.

Minuses:

• The phone is very fragile, the display easily appears scratches, and glass rear panel Makes all your fingerprints.
• Battery capacity - 3500 mAh. With intensive use (video calls, social networks, dispatch email, Viewing video from YouTube) Galaxy S9 Plus is enough for about six hours of operation.

According to unconfirmed information, in August 2018 samsung year Let's release a new flagship Galaxy Note. 9, with quick wireless charging Qi, and 4000 mAh battery. It used to go rumors that the Galaxy Note 9 dactylconus sensor will be built into the screen, but this assumption is not confirmed by real facts or insider information. However, Samsung can prepare a pleasant surprise for users.

Apple iPhone X.

Cost - 75,432 rubles per version with 256 GB.

In the 2018 smartphone flagship ranking, there are models that look very similar to 5.8-inch iPhone X. and not surprisingly, because the newest "apple" gadget is a radical change compared with the previous iPhone, and it seems to affect the industry of mobile devices so same, like the first iPhone.

Touch ID Touch ID has been removed from the iPhone X in favor of the new biometric security system Face ID. It uses two modules for projection 30,000 infrared points on the user's face, and then reads the data to unlock the phone.

Apple A11 Bionic Top Top Processor, 128 or 256 GB Flash Memory and one of the best cameras (12/12 MP) by rating Dxomark make Apple iPhone. X An excellent choice as a representative smartphone. If, of course, this year, the company from Cupertino will not present something more stunning.

The iPhone X (2716 mAh) battery may seem too small compared to other flagships, but Apple perfectly optimized its hardware and software.

Pros:

• Examine design.
• Convenient and fast interface.

Minuses:

• There is no expandable memory storage.
• Face ID can work with errors, although it ensures the recognition of the person in 99% of cases.

Xiaomi Mi 8.

Price - from $ 420.

The newest phone "Xiaomi" is produced in three versions.

1. "Normal" Xiaomi MI 8 with a dactyloscopic sensor on the rear panel.
2. Xiaomi Mi 8 Explorer Edition, which is very similar to MI 8, but comes with a transparent body, a subeter fingerprint scanner and 3D scanning to unlock the user.
3. MI 8 SE is a cheaper option with a 5.88-inch screen and SNAPDRAGON 710 processor against the screen of 6.21 inches and Snapdragon 845 at the "senior" versions of MI 8 and MI 8 Explorer.

On the "board" MI 8 has 6 GB random access memory and from 64 to 256 GB flash memory. A MI 8 Explorer Edition comes with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB ROM. The slot to expand memory in all three versions will not be.

The rear panel contains a camera with two 12 megapixel sensors. It has optical stabilization, bipolar autofocus and portrait mode. Among the Chinese flagships of the 2018 smartphones at MI 8 one of the best final results on Dxomark for photo and video recording - 99 points. The same scored Korean Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus.

The phone uses AI to determine scenes and application best settings, as well as for portrait photos. On the front panel there is a 20 megapixel front camera with a diaphragm F / 2.0, which makes very bright and clear selfie.

On the pros and cons of all three models MI 8 to speak early. They have not yet been on sale in Russia.

Huawei P20 Pro.

Averaged cost - 48,750 rubles.

This 6.1-inch beamless chinese smartphone - The killer of the flagships of 2018, both in its design and the capabilities of the camera. P20 Pro is available in several colors, including a unique "twilight" case with a glossy blue-purple gradient, which changes the color depending on the lighting conditions.

The model is equipped with three leica cameras on the back side: 40 mp + 20 mp + 8 megapixel.

• The main 40 megapixel color sensor provides saturated color Photo.
• An additional 20 megapixel monochrome sensor fixes additional parts.
• A third 8 megapixel telephoto lens is used for an additional focal length.

In 20- and 40 megapixel sensors there is no optical stabilization, but Huawei states that stabilization with AI (artificial intelligence) will compensate for the trembling hands of users. The smartphone also offers the first 5x Hybrid Zoom in the world, which combines a three-time optical zoom from 8 megapixel teleproductive with additional details from the main sensor.

The self-camera with a resolution of 24PM and a diaphragm F / 2.0 allows various light effects to the pictures. And also supports the technology of 3D-modeling individuals based on AI.

For photos and video filming Huawei P20 Pro scored 109 points in the Dxomark rating. So far, this is the best result of all.

P20 Pro comes with a "filling" that we expect from the flagship device Huawei. It is equipped with a fast and powerful eight-year Hisilicon Kirin 970 chipset with a neural network module, 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of flash memory, as well as the MALI-G72 MP12 video processor, which is perfectly coping with most tasks.

The novelty from Huawei supports both the fingerprint sensor and the function of unlocking the face.

Pros:

• A large and very bright screen is the maximum brightness of 600 yarns.
• Powerful 4000 mAh battery.

Minuses:

• No 3.5 mm headphone jack, but the kit includes an adapter.
• Does not have an expandable memory storage.

Honor 10.

Price - 29 990 in the maximum configuration.

This is one of the three inexpensive models in the top 10 flagship smartphones of 2018. Rating, alas, can not transfer all the beauty of the twinkling back panel Honor 10. The Phantom Blue version is overflowing with different shades of blue and purple color from different angles, while Phantom Green has been made to demonstrate blue and green shades resembling the Northern Lace . If bright colors do not like you, there are Midnight Black and Glacier Gray options.

Honor 10 is equipped with Full HD + 5.84-inch display with a resolution of 2280 × 1080 and aspect ratio 19: 9. It is produced with the same Honor View 10 chipset, which is equipped with Honor View 10. newest games, or intensive multitasking, Honor 10 will not let down. Partly this is due to 4 GB of RAM and graphics processor Mali-G72 MP12. Flash memory ranges from 64 to 128 GB.

The device has a primary 16-megapixel F / 1.8 RGB lens and monochrome sensor 24 MP F / 1.8 to provide additional definition and image details. The biggest change this year is the functionality of the chamber (artificial intelligence - AI). To switch the camera to AI mode, you need to press the appropriate button in the camera application. When it is activated, Honor 10 automatically changes the camera settings to make it best to capture the object in real time. However, you cannot control this process manually.

Pros:

• Dazzling design.
• The KIRIN 970 processor guarantees top performance.
• Excellent features for its price.
• Ai cameras really improve snapshots.

Minuses:

• Slipped back cover.
• No OIS from the main chamber.
• Battery 3400 mAh.
• No opportunity to expand memory.

Price - 51,990 rubles per version with 128 GB of memory.

The new flagship of the South Korean company is the union of the best damn V30IG6, plus a little from iPhone X. It is equipped with a high and narrow 6.1-inch screen with the aspect ratio of 19.5: 9 with thin frames and a notch in which there are: conversational speaker, anterior chamber, an approximation sensor and an illumination sensor.

LG G7 ThinQ comes with the most powerful specifications available for the best flagships of smartphones in 2018. It is equipped with a SnapDragon 845 processor with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of integrated memory or 6/128 GB, respectively.

LG phones have always differed in high-quality sound and G7 Thinq - no exception to this rule. It boasts 32-bit support for Hi-Fi Quad Dac of the Virtual Surround Sound Sound DTS Itechnology: X 3D Surround Sound. On the this moment It is rather a function for the future, since the content you are watching or listening requires support for DTS: X, which is still not available.

The novelty from LG now has an 8-megapixel front camera, which makes selfie with good color reproduction and natural skin tones. Also in the phone there is a portrait mode.

The main chamber consists of two 16/16 MP modules. The main sensor has a diaphragm F / 1.6 compared with F / 1.9 in the second, wide-angle sensor, as well as optical stabilization. Ai cameras can analyze the scene and items inside it, and automatically provide filters, with the result that the photo will look better.

Pros:

• The brightness of the screen can be enhanced up to 1000 threads, which is useful when you read the text with direct sunlight.
• Headphone jack 3.5 mm.
• Extensible memory storage.

Minuses:

• Battery with a capacity of only 3000 mAh. With him, the phone will work out from morning to evening, but recharging will be required for the night.

It costs 27,980 rubles per version from 128 GB.

In April 2018, Meizu announced her new smartphone, Meizu 15. This release is timed to the 15th anniversary of the manufacturer. The white version of the apparatus has a luxurious ceramic lid. The remaining versions are content with polished aluminum.

The smartphone is equipped with a 5.46-inch display with a resolution of 1920x1080. This means that it has retained the ratio of the parties 16: 9, but has a minimum framework, and the screen takes 79.8% of the case.

Fingerprint sensor is not the only way to unlock Meizu 15. The company also added unlocking the owner's face, although it works not as fast as the 10 version of "Iphona".

Inside the device are: a battery with a capacity of 3000 mAh, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset, 4 GB of RAM and from 64 to 128 GB of the built-in storage without expansion.

Meizu 15 is equipped with one of the best rear cameras in its price category. The main 12-megapixel sensor has a F / 1.8 diaphragm, and the secondary sensor is a 20 megapixel black and white matrix with a diaphragm F / 2.6. The camera has four-axis optical image stabilization, laser autofocus, three-time hybrid zoom, as well as a two-color flash with six LEDs.

About the smartphone is still not enough reviews. From explicit minuses you can select the absence of NFC. Of the advantages - the presence of a headphone jack.

You can buy for 35 990 rubles.

Soon to Russian stores will receive a version of the 6.2-inch ASUS flagship with 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of flash memory. So far, users will have to be content with 6/64 GB by option.

By appearance Zenfone 5z is strongly reminded by the iPhone X. Above the screen at the top it has a "bang", although not so big as a "apple" gadget.

The smartphone is equipped with a double rear chamber (12/8 MP, the main sensor with a diaphragm F / 1.8, the second is wide-angle, 120 degrees) with optical stabilization, macro shot and autofocus, a microSD memory slot, and has a headphone jack. The main camera can record the 4K UHD video at a speed of 60 frames per second.

Pros:

• Excellent performance thanks to Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor.
• Big, bright screen with juicy colors.
• Excellent sound quality.

Minuses:

• Not a very powerful battery capacity of 3300 mAh.
• No wireless charging.

Nokia 8.

Price - 29 990 rubles.

The current favorite of the company is Nokia 8, brilliant and durable. It is closed in a metal case, has a 5.3 inch screen with the traditional aspect ratio (16: 9), the SNAPDRAGON 835 processor, 4/64 GB of RAM and ROM, respectively.

The battery capacity is quite sufficient for a small screen and not too "voracious" processor - 3090 mAh. In addition, Nokia spent good work By optimizing power consumption.

Like most other flagships, Nokia 8 has a dual main chamber 13/13 Mp. And the rear and frontal (also 13 mp) cameras are licensed by Carl Zeiss. This means that by making the photo the user will be pleasantly surprised by the result.

Pros:

• It is possible to extend the memory storage.
• There is a 3.5 mm headphone jack.
• Clean and modern Android interface.

Minuses:

• The meager set of settings at the camera. For example, it is impossible to adjust the exposure.
• No wireless charging.

We advise a little bit by buying Nokia 8. The fact is that according to various foreign sites, in September this year flagship Nokia 9 will be released. It will be equipped with a 5.7-inch display, the latest Snapdragon 845 processor and a triple camera - 41 MP + 20 megapixel with RGB-sensor + 9.70 by a monochrome sensor that allows you to increase the sharpness of the snapshot. Front-camera Get a resolution of 21 megapixels. Nothing is known about the price of the novelty.

In the past two years or so, one word is becoming increasingly popular in the mobile industry: flagship.
New flagship from samsung. What best flagship 2015? Is this a new flagship company x?

It is used everywhere, and almost every new high-quality smartphone is called the flagship. But what is the flagship smartphone really? What really means this term? Do we use it right?

By Wikipedia The flagship is the best model at the moment, which is most importantly produced in a particular organization.
From this you can understand that specifications Never determine affiliation to flagships. Suppose we take the most good model From Explay (Explay Air) and with its meager characteristics, it still the flagship, although it was not standing near the same Samsung Galaxy S6.

The roots of this term go to the sea fleet. The flagship word arose as a naval term, is used to describe the most important vessel in the fleet - or ship carrying the commander. It also explains why, especially in the mobile industry, the term has become so popular and ... abused.
If the flagship is the most good and revered vessel of the fleet at the moment, then it is natural that the smartphone of the highest class in the company is considered to be its flagship, right? In most cases, absolutely. But the term loses its meaning, and not only because of the media.
About a month ago, everyone expected the release of Lumia 730 and Lumia 830. And none of them even claimed the title of the flagship. If Microsoft did not bust out the slogan: "830 The first available flagship."
What does it mean, sorry Bill, but the flagship is more like Lumia 935, and it costs not less than the flagships of other companies?


If we talk in terms mobile phonesor even more specifically from the point of view of Samsung, which model can be called the flagship?
Samsung launches dozens of phone models every year. Of course, only a few stand out in an infinite list SAMSUNG smartphones: Galaxy S5 and S6, Galaxy Note4, and Currently, the Galaxy Series Alpha Smartphones. From these Galaxy Alpha is definitely not a flagship brand.
Other two regularly call the flagships, but this can not be, right? There is only one flagship.

The flagship has become practically synonymous with a "high class" or "premium", it is not correct.

Since Identify such a smartphone - according to specifications, price, or sales. I consider the flagship even should not be absolute best phone in the company's lineup. I would say the flagship smartphone, this is the one that brings the best profit, sells better than others.

Most smartphone manufacturers highlight the top devices in the product line, which are subject to hopes. Such devices are customary to refer to the flagships. The flagship is a smartphone that is distinguished by advanced functionality and exceeds other manufacturer models by equipping. The term moved from the sea fleet, where the flagship is called the most powerful vessel in the squadron, on board whose command is located.

The flagship is not necessarily combines all the best of the mobile world. If the manufacturer is engaged in the release of budget tubes (as many Chinese companies), the flagship may correspond to the middle class. This state of affairs can be observed, for example, in Philips or Fly. Their tops can compete with Samsung or LG "samsung or lg. However, these are full flagships on the background of the most massive inexpensive smartphones For 100-300 dollars.

In their advanced smartphones, manufacturers seek to embody all the achievements and new technologies ready for practical use. If the company has its own powerful research base, then go newest Developments. Firms that use components from third-party developers do not have access to them. In this case, use the best details in free access. Processor suppliers are companies such as Qualcomm or MediaTek, the memory is bought from Samsung, Hynix or Elpida, ebbing displays is made from Sharp, Samsung, JDI or LG.

Flagship SAMSUNG series

Samsung is the main manufacturer of flagships in the world of smartphones. Top devices companies are such not only in model row The manufacturer, but also in the market. This is possible due to the concentration of huge resources, the availability of its own units for the development and production of components, as well as large-scale financing.

In their flagships, Samsung establish the fastest operational and constant memory, newest processors Exynos Octa, Super AMOLED screens of ultra-high (2.5K) permissions and high-quality cameras. All these details of smartphones are made samsung on their own and are not available to other firms until it is "Torn Kush" from new products.

Series samsung flagships from Galaxy S (2010) to Galaxy S6 (2015)

Samsung's flagship is a ruler smartphones Galaxy S. Top lights belong to the Galaxy Note series. It is in these smartphones that the main achievements are concentrated.

Apple flagships

Apple in terms of release flagship is characterized by an approach. Unlike the same Samsung, the company does not have its own production facilities. The supply of components carry out third-party contractors, they are engaged in assembly. As a result, the opportunity to put the most advanced details from Apple is not. And the model range, on the background of competitors, looks more modest. Therefore, there are no obvious flagships among the iPhone. Almost every iPhone (with the exception of models, positioned as budget, such as 5c or SE) can be called the flagship.

Without opportunities (and special desire) "In the forefront" to embody new technologies, Apple prefers to work on the quality of implementation. The company's policy is such that it is better thought out to introduce proven technology than experimenting with new and "catch" in it. Therefore, the iPhone is the flagship, despite the fact that "on paper" its characteristics can be attributed to the middle class.

Other smartphone flagships

LG produces smartphones-flagships in the G ru, where the advanced developments in the screens and cameras also embodies. Sony until 2016 promoted the Xperia Z series, which also installed best displays (up to 4k) and cameras (up to 22 mp) of own production. Now the flagship has become the Xperia X series.

Other companies do not have such a powerful manufacturing and research base, therefore are forced to apply third-party development. An exception is perhaps Huawei, which themselves make KIRIN processors. HTC until 2016 produced top smartphones in the One M series, but the last flagship of 2016 carries the name of HTC 10, without additional letters.

The most difficult with the definition of the flagships from the Chinese. If Xiaomi and Meizu have just just (MI and MX series, respectively), then Lenovo, ZTE, Huawei, OPPO do not produce special series in which only pronounced flagships. A wide range of model range does not remnably allocate the "most-most" smartphone of the company.

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Features of flagship devices

• The flagship smartphone is a kind of presentation of all innovative developments of a particular company.
• That is why the device becomes a kind of display of all the most fashionable innovations and the latest technologies, including a clear expressive design.
• However, it should be safely noted that the most favorable and necessary developments then be transferred to all other smartphones from the company's line.
• Each amateur modern gadgets With pleasure, it will be happy to open the so-called flagship smartphone. The current market offers several such models, of which Apple iPhone 5S attracts special attention.
• Exactly this device For the first time in the history of the development of this sphere, it was equipped with a processor, the power of which is equal to 64 bits.
• Samsung Galaxy S4 is a different flagship model of a smartphone, the advantages of which is an incredibly wide variety of games and programs, even compared to the same iPhone.
• In addition, this device is supplemented with a powerful chamber. However, it is worth fair to note that this smartphone is difficult to call ideal, even for its fabulous value.
• The plastic case of the model does not fit into the frame of the elite telephone device.

Examples of flagship models

• It is worth named as an example and another model. it Sony Xperia.. An excellent screen for sensitivity, and the decent parameters of RAM, reaching 3GB, make this smartphone In fact, not just fashionable, but still practical and convenient to operate.

  Perhaps the totality of such characteristics is not something definitely innovative in the mobile phone market, however this company For the first time released this kind of smartphone.

• Flags are offered in another version. They are all different, but claim the role of peculiar presentations of the advantages of a company, such as LG G2.
• Among the devices functioning on the basis of OS Window, it is worth highlighting Nokia Lumia. 925. However, despite the fact that the company itself presents it as a flagship phone, this can be doubted.

  Even the previous model 920 was calculated on 32 GB of memory. The novelty allows you to work with only 16 GB. That is why, having heard the sonorous advertising name, it is not necessary without analyzing the main characteristics immediately acquire a novelty.

In the model range of any manufacturer, a special place belongs to flagships - devices combining all the best that one or another company can offer. We made for you a selection of top flagships at the beginning of 2018, in which the coolest and uncompromising smartphones on the market will be presented.

New Flags 2018

SAMSUNG - Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus

Little release has recently done so much noise as Galaxy S8 from Koreans from Samsung. This flagship was waiting for everything, as the public understood that the company would need to submit something non-standard and 100% successful to rehabilitate for failure with Note 7. And the expectations were justified.

S8 came out in two versions - standard and plus, they differ in the screen diagonal: 5.8 and 6.2 inches, respectively, as well as the volume of the battery. And it is that the screen is the main trump card of the smartphone, the "endless" Superamoled display with a resolution of Quad HD + takes almost the entire front part of the S8, and it looks very cool.

Other characteristics are not supplied: on board S8 there is an Exynos 8895 top processor, 64/4 GB of memory with support for cards up to 256 GB, Cameras on 12/8 (F / 1.7) MP and AKB on 3000/3500 mAh (depending on Modifications). By the totality of the qualities of S8, surpasses any other flagship on the market - this smartphone is really the best that you can now buy.

Samsung - Galaxy S8

LG G6.

LG G6 is made in the same concept as S8, outwardly, these smartphones are even a bit similar. The LG flagship was presented earlier, it was he who became the first device on the market with a display ratio of 18: 9.