Best Smart Phones 2021|| Top android Phones

Best Smart Phones 2021

We are well into the smartphone launch season of early 2021 and that means it's time to refresh our picks for the best android phones you can buy we'll see how some of the 2020s flagships stand up to the latest competition as well as how you can get the best android experience without breaking the bank, take a sec to review all details we'll jump right in the Samsung galaxy s20 fan edition retains its spot at the top of this list as our pick for the best android phone for most people. The s20 fe launched a competitive price in the fall of 2020 and it's only become a more attractive offering with the help of recent discounts effectively what you have. Here is a phone very much in the same vein as the galaxy s21. Only with slightly lower specs and much more bang for your buck it's powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset still plenty powerful in 2021 with six gigs of ram and 128 gigs of storage plus the added bonus of MicroSD expansion more importantly though there's a gorgeous 120hz display that's bright and smooth and looks almost as good as phones that are twice the price. 

The same goes for the triple camera array providing ultra-wide and three times telephoto that's pretty close in performance compared to high priced competitors battery life actually beats the base model galaxy s21 thanks to a large 4500 milliamp-hour cell along with value adds like fast charging and qi wireless charging and if you thought you'd have to skimp on durability to get a cheaper android flagship then fear not because the s20 fe also comes with ip68 water and dust resistance so you get the picture it's really hard to beat the s20 fe unless you want to spend a good deal more money and when affordable phones are this good then you really don't need to that said as great as the s20 fe is you will be compromising somewhat to get an android flagship at such a great price point so if you're the no compromises kind of phone buyer you'll instead want to check out the galaxy s21 ultra which is by far the most technically advanced android flagship out there.

If you can imagine a high-end phone feature chances are this thing has it the main selling point for this one is the excellent camera setup which right now is pretty much unmatched in the market your main camera is a second gen 108-megapixel sensor that's nearly magical in low light there's a capable ultra wide too and most importantly a twin telephoto array combining three times and 10 times optical zoom levels that means basically however near or far your subject is you'll get the best photos possible on the s21 ultra of course, being a samsung flagship you also get a display so great it'll melt your eyeballs with 120hz smoothness quad hd plus sharpness and exceptional brightness other samsung bugbears like the issue with the s10 and s20 fingerprint scanners have been consigned to history too which is great because that was a huge irritation for the past couple of years of samsung phones essentially if you want an android phone with everything cranked up to 11 that's exactly what you'll get with the galaxy s21 ultra at the exact opposite end of the smartphone spectrum is google's pixel 4a a phone that costs a fraction of what you'll pay for the s21 ultra and only tries to do the basics of what you actually need in a phone biggest compromises are as follows the camera as good as it is just has a single lens and you'll also miss out on 5g connectivity and a faster screen because the 4a is limited to just a 60hz refresh rate.

 But the core experience here is really fantastic what you're getting is most of what makes google's flagship pixel 5 so great only paired back a bit to hit a more competitive price but despite its humble specs the pixel 4a is performant capable and really enjoyable to use because it's a pixel you benefit from unique google features like the new faster assistant and a laundry list of pixel only perks that's too long to list here most importantly from a value perspective though are the fast monthly security updates and quarterly feature drops plus android platform updates guaranteed until at least 2023 so small caveat with this one is that we're expecting new oneplus phones to drop in a month or so at the time of cutting this video nevertheless the oneplus 8 pro remains a great premium alternative and after the oneplus 9 arrives it's only going to get more affordable with the 8 pro you get pretty much all the benefits of a top-end android phone the super fast hi-res screen dependable in-screen fingerprint and blazing fast performance that's partly down to the oxygen os software which although not as close to vanilla android as in the past still absolutely flies and for the first time in an oneplus phone there's fast wireless charging in addition to the dash charge that oneplus fans will be familiar with the a pro is also the first oneplus device to have a really competitive camera system.

The main sensor from the oneplus 7 pro and 8t is used here as the ultra wide camera and an upgraded 48-megapixel shooter is your primary camera matching the performance of phones like the smaller two galaxy s21s even with three new oneplus phones on the horizon the 8 pro is still a great buy almost a year on the pixel 5 is the best phone overall that google has ever made and a fantastic choice for fans of small handsets in typical google style the pixel 5 doesn't go all out with high-end hardware but it is unquestionably greater than the sum of its parts there's the same phenomenal pixel software experience and advanced google features from the 4a but contained in a more premium chassis with more color options and a more powerful chipset running the show qualcomm's snapdragon 765g that speedier silicon helps to power a quicken 90-hertz screen and thanks to the unique bio resin coating of the pixel's metal enclosure it's also able to support wireless charging the legendary pixel camera returns with new video stabilization capabilities adding to pixel staples like night sight and portrait mode which by the way can now both be used at the same time.

Google no longer has a monopoly on great computational photography but the pixel 5's camera is still among the best plus one of my most appreciated pixel 5 features phenomenal battery life the 4 000 milliamps hour battery combined with a small size and power sipping processor means it's absolutely possible to get seven or eight hours of screen on time out of this device seriously it's one of the best android phones available right now in terms of longevity we're sure to see more foldables of varying kinds launching later in 2021.

But right now if you've got the money to spend there's really only one brand worth paying attention to and that Samsung the galaxy z fold 2 builds on what was great about the first generation galaxy fold with a larger outer display and a faster 120hz refresh rate for the internal panel like its predecessor you get the best of both worlds a pocketable phone that folds out into a small tablet when closed you're treated to a slim 6.23-inch amoled display that you can use for just about anything you do on a regular sized phone when you want a larger canvas all you need to do is open it up and while app compatibility still isn't perfect it has improved a lot over the past year even at the fall two's high price point though there are some trade-offs it's more fragile than a typical phone with no water resistance capabilities so you'll definitely need to be more careful with the foldable like this compared to the average shaped smartphone nevertheless if you're after a foldable in early 2021 then the z-fold 2 is definitely the one to buy that's it for now, stay tuned for upcoming 2021 flagships like the oneplus 9 pro and oppo find x3, thanks for your time and i'll see you soon.