This year, we have seen some amazing Android smartphones. On the other hand, it has been a very quiet year for Apple. The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus are very similar in design when compared to the iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus. If the rumors are true, we may not see much of innovation from Apple in phone division this year. In this post, I have mentioned handful of smartphones that are so well designed and so powerful that they will make an Apple iPhone user think about moving to Android. Take a look and do you agree with us? We also have a much bigger list of best smartphones available in India that covers all price points. Take a look.
Samsung Galaxy S7
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Samsung Store (43,900); Flipkart (43,400); Snapdeal (43,400);
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- 5.1” 1440×2560 pixel QHD display is the best among smartphone
- Gorgeous glass and metal material gives premium look and feel
- Snapdragon 820 is screaming fast
- 4GB of RAM, 32/64GB storage options
- 12mp rear camera takes stunning photos and videos
- 5mp front camera can do 1440p videos
- Dust and water resistance is back, so is microSD card slot
- Bigger 3000mAh battery, supports fast charging
- Fast Wireless Charging
- Better and lighter TouchWiz
- Amazing audio quality
- Fingerprint sensor, heart-rate sensor, barometer, SpO2
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- The rear glass panel is brittle, do not use the phone without back case
- Nothing else in particular
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Flipkart (39,990);
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In-House Review
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- Dual rear sensors, co-engineering with Leica delivers stunning photos
- 5.2″ FullHD display
- Huawei Kirin 955 chip is powerful
- Huawei EMUI 4.1 is better than other Chinese ROMs
- 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal memory, microSD card slot
- 3000mAh battery, great battery life, Fast charging enabled
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- Price
- Display is only 1080p
- No Wireless Charging
- Has to compete with Samsung Galaxy S7
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Flipkart (36,999); Amazon (38,999)
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- 5.7” 1440×2560 pixel QHD AMOLED display
- Snapdragon 810 v2.1 is screaming fast
- 3GB of RAM, 32GB storage
- 12.3mp rear camera, 8mp front facing camera
- Clean Android, comes with version 6 at launch
- regular updates
- super fast Fingerprint sensor
- Superb build quality, full aluminum unibody design
- New co-processor to handle sensors
- Dual front facing speakers
- USB 3.0 Type-C reversible connector
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- Huawei support/service is a ?
- Snapdragon 810 and full aluminum body may not be a good combination
- No dust/water resistance
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64GB : amazon (27,999);
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- 5.5” 1080p AMOLED display
- Metal unibody design looks premium
- screaming fast Snapdragon 820 chip
- 6Gb RAM onboard, you will never run out of RAM
- 8mp front facing camera
- 16mp rear camera has phase detect auto focus
- rear camera : optical and electronic image stabilization
- No flash sales, no invite circus.
- Dual nano-SIM card slots
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1
- 3000mAh battery
- Oxygen OS based has vastly improved
- Type-C reversible USB port and cable
- Price
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- No memory expansion
- no wireless charging
- No FM radio
- Battery should have been bigger
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Flipkart (22,999 onwards) ;
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In-House Review
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- Price, among the best VFM phones
- Dual SIM card slots, 4G LTE support
- top of the line audio output quality, thanks to CDLA
- 5.7″ 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution display
- Snapdragon 820 processor is screaming fast
- Full metal unibody, looks great
- 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage onboard
- Fingerprint reader
- 3100mAh battery
- 21mp rear camera with PDAF and OIS, 8mp front facing camera
- USB Type-C port
- InfraRed port to use the phone as remote control
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- No memory expansion
- Only on Flipkart, via flash sales from 29th June
- No 3.5mm audio port, headphones not included
- very limited number of Type-C headphones in the market, costly too
- battery should’ve been bigger
- Ugly camera bump
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Full Specification List
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The Bad |
- Dual Edge 5.7” 1440×2560 pixel curved display is breathtaking
- Gorgeous glass and metal material gives premium look and feel, best looking Note ever
- Snapdragon 820 is screaming fast
- 4GB of RAM, 64GB storage
- 12mp rear camera takes stunning photos and videos
- 5mp front camera can do 1440p videos
- IP68 Dust and water resistance is back, so is microSD card slot
- Bigger 3500mAh battery, supports fast charging
- Fast Wireless Charging
- Better and lighter TouchWiz
- Amazing audio quality
- Fingerprint sensor, Iris scanner, heart-rate sensor
- USB Type-C port
- The best smartphone that money can buy right now, period!
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- Brittle rear glass panel, use a back case from day one
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