The Best SmartPhone on The Market on 2015
With so many different (yet similar) smartphones from so many brands from across the globe, one may start feeling a bit lost. Which one of those many is the best phone on the market on 2015.
THERE IS NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL DEVICE October is a great month if you want to buy a new phone: a bunch of brand new devices have just arrived on the market including the new iPhone 6s series and Galaxy Notes, and many older devices are getting hugely discounted. This applies not just to high-end phones: affordable phones with the latest hardware and new features have also arrived in heaps recently, giving you plenty of choice. This is truly the best time to buy a new smartphone - you get the newest, most powerful hardware that will be relevant and up-to-date for the longest period of time.
There is no definite one-size-fits-all devce, though, and that's why we explore all the options, trying to help you narrow down the choice to some outstanding devices that we think won't disappoint you. We're also breaking them down by categories: after all some people prefer a large, phablet-sized device, while others may want a more conventionally-sized pocket sidekick. We don't go into all that much detail (for those details, make sure to read our in-depth reviews), but we do focus on the most important highlights for each phone. With no further ado, here are the best phones you can buy right now.
Apple iPhone 6s Phone
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The Apple iPhone 6s is the world's fastest-selling smartphone at the moment, and it will certainly break quite a few records in sales.
It's an 's' upgrade meaning that it looks almost exactly like last year's iPhone 6, but looks are deceiving: the new iPhone brings two extremely cool and useful new features, 3D Touch and Live Photos. It also comes with a massively improved Apple A9 system chip and recent findings praise Apple for making the best of this new chip and squeezing even more battery life with the 6s. We have also learned that Apple uses a brand new type of storage that is not eMMC or UFS, but a much faster kind of storage that has a lot in common with the super-fast SSD used in full-fledged Macbooks. Put in simple words, the new iPhone has a much faster processor and memory. It also comes with a new, 12-megapixel camera that now is able to capture a more detailed images than before and records video in the trendy 4K resolution, plus it supports new slo-mo options. Add to this the rich iOS ecosystem that continues to secure the best apps and games first, and one starts to understand the huge appeal of the iPhone 6s.
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Phone
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 has finally arrived: a 5.1-inch beauty, it is made of two pieces of Gorilla Glass 4 on the back and front, and a sturdy metal frame in the middle. Gone are the times of disappointing, plastic top-level smartphones from Samsung. Some changes have been made: the Galaxy S6 does not support a microSD card slot, a replaceable battery, or water-protection, but as strong as feeling are about some of these changes, they are likely not going to be a deal-breaker for most. In exchange for those compromises, you get a very slim and good looking phone, an extremely powerful Exynos 7420 system chip, an excellent 16-megapixel main camera, and probably the best AMOLED screen so far. We also love the wireless charging option available right out of the box on the Galaxy S6.
Nexus 5X Phone
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After a lackluster year for the Nexus series with the overwhelmingly gigantic Nexus 6 that even Google admits failed the modest sales expectations, this year Google brings the successor to one of the most demanded Nexus phones of all times: the LG Nexus 5. The new Nexus 5X is also made by LG and it shows the way forward for Android: it runs on the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow, finally has a native fingerprint scanner and charges via the fast and reversible USB Type C connector. Those all pale in comparison with its biggest promise, though: a hugely improved camera. The Nexus 5X is the first phone to ship with the 12.3-megapixel Sony IMX377 image sensor, a 1/2.3" sensor, one of the largest ever on an Android phone. It has large pixel and aspirations to be among the very best smartphone cameras. If that wasn't enough, Google has priced the Nexus 5X at a very alluring price: just $380 for the 16GB model and $430 for the 32GB version.
Sony Xperia Z5 Phone
The new Sony Xperia Z5 is a gradual step in a series of improvement for the flagship Sony Z series: it now has slightly refreshed looks, the most powerful system chip available on Android currently - the Snapdragon 810, and a huge, 23-megapixel 1/2.3" canera sensor.
Sony might not make radical steps with its Xperia Z series, but it keeps on polishing the experience and this is the fastest and most pleasant Xperia to date. It has the stylish looks, the typical for Sony long battery life, and the useful option of expanding the storage via a microSD card slot.
Keep in mind that while this phone is not officially sold in the US, it is sold in most parts of the world. Stateside, you can import it for a slight premium over already a tipsy price.
Huawei P8 Phone
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The Huawei P8 features an impressive, sleek design in a 5.2-inch form factor that will please a large crowd - the phone is middle-grounds between being too big, or too small. It's the overall polish of the sleek-running EMUI skin on top of Android 5.0 Lollipop that makes the Huawei P8 experience actually enjoyable and different. The phone runs smoothly (despite not having the most benchmark-crunching processor), it has a 1080p display with good-looking colors and a consistently well-performing camera. The biggest downside is its limited availability - the Huawei P8 is the company's flagship, yet it's not sold officially in the United States (you can import it for a slight premium).
Apple iPhone 6s Plus Phone
The iPhone 6s Plus is practically a larger iPhone with all the great novelty that comes in the iPhone 6s: the same impressive new 3D Touch functionality, the improved Apple A9 system chip and the much faster, SSD laptop-grade memory speeds, and finally, the new 12-megapixel front camera that takes more detailed images and captures 4K video.
Yes, it is slightly better: we like that you can use the interface in landscape mode, we love the presence of optical stabilization that contributes to even better images, and we love the larger battery and rock solid, nearly two-day battery life that you can get on Apple's phablet.
It is not just about the specs (even though this is one wicked fast iPhone), it's also about the ecosystem and Apple has got it locked: it is the first and most prolific company to support effortless payments with your phone with Apple Pay, it is the first to have a truly cohesive ecosystem with accent on fitness and well-being with the Health app and Apple Watch, and it is still the platform developers choose to release apps and games first and often exclusively. All of this together makes the iPhone 6s Plus one of the best large phones you can buy today.
Nexus 6P Phone
The Nexus 6P was not a surprise: what was a surprise was just how good it seems to be.
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The phone is already available for purchase at the Google Store (shipping times are currently for November), and its biggest advantage is its pure, unaltered version of Android that runs buttery smooth. In 2015, performance is still an issue for many top-tier Android phones that do stutter occasionally (much less than before, but still), and the Nexus 6P seems to be as close to not having those issues as possible.
Then, it's got the guarantee for quick updates and in the notoriously slow Android ecosystem, this is a huge plus for both those who care about security, and those who just want the latest features.
And the Nexus 6P is just rock solid when it comes to the spec sheet: a properly calibrated 5.7" Quad HD (1440 x 2560-pixel) Super AMOLED display, the most powerful chip on Android in the form of the Snapdragon 810, a new, super powerful 12.3-megapixel camera with large pixel and a promise for great shots in low light, a super svelte all-aluminum body and a very gentle hump on its back. Also, a larger than average battery and support for all the goodies: a native for Android fingerprint scanner, USB Type C, and dual front-firing speakers. What's more to want?