“Faster, higher, stronger” - smartphone makers are trying hard to bring the Olympic maxim to life. Each year, new devices enter the market that are fiercely fighting for the title of the most powerful phone - right up to the year of the future, when a new king will ascend to the throne. What brought us the year 2018? Who is the king of the mountain and looks down on the remaining losers?
The rating of the most powerful phones in the world for 2018 is made taking into account the combined points of one of the most reputable benchmarks - AnTuTu and GeekBench.
10. Sony Xperia XZ Premium
Points - 202 844
Price - 32 990 rubles
Opens the ranking of the most powerful smartphones in the world Sony Xperia XZ Premium - the company's flagship, caressed by critics and the darling of the press. And no wonder: Sony Xperia XZ Premium boasts two new products at once, something that no one has done before - an HDR display with a resolution of 4K and the latest Motion Eye camera, equipped with an ultra-fast image processing processor. It is capable of not only recording video at a puzzling speed of 960 fps, but also playing it in slow motion several times.
And the rest of the smartphone stuffing at the level is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 quad-core processor, the latest Android 7.1.1 OS. The amount of internal storage is 64 GB, and RAM - 4 GB. And selfie lovers can enjoy a 13MP front camera with a 22mm wide-angle lens.
9. Samsung Galaxy Note 8
Points - 204 059
Cost - from 52 990 rubles in the top version
The stunning eight-core processor Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa, a giant screen with a diagonal of 6.3 inches and a resolution of 2960 × 1440, flash memory 64 GB, RAM 6 GB - everything in this smartphone shouts about the latest achievements in the field of smartphone manufacturing. Only the battery sags a bit - 3300 mAh is clearly not enough for such a huge screen.
Like other smartphones of the Note series, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has acquired an electronic pen, which has no analogues among other smartphones. And this allows the company to push up prices for Note series smartphones even higher. Series 8 is off (literally), unlike the previous "seven" - Samsung learns from its mistakes.
8. Google Pixel 2 XL
Points - 205 697
Price - from 50 000 rubles
Last fall, the company introduced two new products to the public at once - Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL. They have a Snapdragon 835 processor, ROM-memory from 64 to 128 GB, and RAM - 4 GB.
Fans of taking photos will undoubtedly appreciate the camera with a resolution of 12.3 MP and a special stabilization system, with which you can get clear pictures; Especially good at taking pictures of people thanks to the intelligent portrait mode. Very useful for users is the Google Assistant, who even learned to distinguish context, which will undoubtedly simplify the work with the search engine.
The proprietary “chip” is a glass insert on the back of the smartphone, which immediately sets it apart from other devices. It is only a pity that the company decided that the noble aluminum case of the smartphone should be masked with rubberized plastic coating. As a result, everyone can easily and easily scratch the image of their favorite Pokemon on the back panel. The second sore spot is the fragility of the body; Fortunately, the XL version is more bend-resistant than the “little brother”, which, incidentally, occupies the sixth place in this rating.
7. Xiaomi Mi Mix
Points - 206 169
Price - from 25 400 rubles
Soon, the word "China", in addition to a bunch of "cheap goods", will acquire a new associative meaning. Now it is the birthplace of super-powerful smartphones made in accordance with the latest achievements of science and technology. Here is the first Chinese smartphone rating, Xiaomi Mi Mix, only confirms the reputation of Chinese engineers.
Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 821, a solid ROM capacity of 128 or even 256 GB, 4/6 GB RAM, a large screen of 6.4 inches and a resolution of 2048 × 1080 (of course, almost frameless), a luxurious 16 MP camera with the ability to record video in 4K and 4400 mAh battery. And we will add a ceramic cover, fashionable, resistant to external influences (in the “for show-off” version, even finished with gold).
6. Google Pixel 2
Points - 206 630
Price - from 46 790 rubles
The second of the smartphones from Google presented at the autumn exhibition. It differs from the XL version by the width of the screen: the “second” pixel has a slightly smaller percentage. While in XL it occupied 76.4% of the smartphone’s body, in the case of the “little brother” - 67.9%. Otherwise, they are equipped equally - the same processor, the same amount of ROM / RAM, the same cameras, the same tiny battery.
The main disadvantage of a smartphone is its instability in relation to physical influences. However, like the XL version, it calmly transfers water - a smartphone can be drowned for 30 minutes at a depth of 1 meter, and it will work as before. Although why do we need water resistance if the smartphone can bend and crack at the seams in your pocket?
5. OnePlus 5
Points - 211 435
Price - from 34 990 rubles
In fifth place in the ranking of the most powerful smartphones in the world, another product of Chinese craftsmen is the OnePlus 5 smartphone, presented last year at the summer exhibition. Even the first model in this line was nicknamed the “flagship killer”. And the fifth version is even more stunning - even faster, more powerful, even thinner, even better in design.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor with a frequency of 1.9 / 2.4 GHz (while only Samsung Exynos 8895 processors are at the same power level), luxurious 6/8 GB RAM (built-in is a little less impressive - 64 or 128 GB), cameras with a resolution of 16 and 20 megapixels - and at the same time, the price is relatively moderate for such an abundance. Like other top-end devices, the smartphone is additionally equipped with all sorts of useful options like the NFC module, fingerprint scanner, gyroscope, etc. And even the autonomy of the device at a height - with a volume of 3300 mAh, the device can work in game mode for more than ten hours.
4. HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro
Points - 215 015
Price - 44 990 rubles
The most powerful device manufactured by the Chinese company HUAWEI. Equipped with the latest eight-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 processor (manufacturers claim that it supports artificial intelligence), built-in memory from 64 to 256 GB and 4 or 6 GB RAM, a main camera with a resolution of 20 megapixels (the second 8 megapixels) and a voluminous 4000 mAh battery .
If we add to this a screen with a fashionable aspect ratio of 18: 9, a diagonal of 6 inches, a resolution of 2160 × 1080 and a luxurious metal case, then the hands themselves reach for the Buy button.
The smartphone’s strengths are its excellent shooting quality (in the HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro benchmarks it occupies the top positions) and great sound - thick, clear and rich.
3. Samsung Galaxy S9 (G960F)
Points - 249 820
Price - from 53 551 rubles
Three winners in the ranking of the most powerful smartphones today are three devices from Samsung: just S9, S9 + (G965F) and S9 + (G965U). The latest new product from Samsung was released recently - in March 2018 and worthily continues the tradition of its predecessor, a smartphone of the S8 version, both in terms of effective design and power.
S9 smartphones are equipped with one of the most powerful processors in the world - Samsung Exynos 8895 (recall, this is the version for Europe, for other countries Exynos 8895 can be replaced with Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon, which will affect the performance and benchmark results). ROM from 64 to 256 GB, RAM 4 GB. It is also possible to expand the memory capacity of the smartphone with memory cards with a capacity of up to 400 GB. The battery volume, although not striking, is quite decent - 3000 mAh, there is the possibility of fast charging (the smartphone will fully charge in a little more than an hour).
With the new, improved 12 megapixel camera, the lucky owner of a top-end smartphone can record video in 960 frames per second. And AKG speakers provide deep, clear sound.
Of course, the most expensive and most technically advanced smartphone cannot but be equipped with all sorts of interesting things that the owner is unlikely to use every day, but which is nice to have. These include: a face scanner, a Hall sensor, an RGB-light sensor, and many other “chips”, not to mention a fingerprint scanner that has become commonplace.
The case of smartphones in this series is very durable and resistant to bending and shock. A tempered glass screen is 20% thicker than its predecessors.
2. Samsung Galaxy S9 + (G965F)
Points - 250 491
Price - from 74 990 rubles in the top version
The difference between S9 + (G965F) and S9 is primarily in the screen. It’s just 5.8 inches for just nine, and 6.2 inches for S9 + (of course, the case is also larger). At the same time, the resolution of both smartphones is the same - 2960x1440.
S9 + also differs in that it has a dual camera and there are new shooting modes like “live photography” when the background is visible. Well, the battery is bigger - 3500 mAh. Otherwise, both S9 and S9 + practically do not differ.
1. Samsung Galaxy S9 + (G965U)
Points - 268 163
Price - from 74 990 rubles
The most powerful smartphone in 2018, according to Antutu and Geektimes, is the Galaxy S9 + (G965U) from Samsung. The main difference between the G965U and the previous ranking place, G965F, is that the G965U is equipped with an eight-core Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 processor with a frequency of 2.8 and 1.7 GHz. In the top-end configuration, the amount of internal storage is 256 GB, and RAM - 6 GB.
Needless to say, the average user will not notice these differences - both the G965F and G965U versions have very high performance.
