“Faster, higher, stronger” - smartphone manufacturers are trying with all their might to bring the Olympic maxim to life. Every year, new devices enter the market that fiercely compete for the title of the most powerful phone - until the next year, when a new king will ascend the throne. What has 2018 brought us? Who is the king of the hill now and looks down on the rest of the losers?
The ranking of the most powerful phones in the world for 2018 is compiled using the combined scores of some of the most reputable benchmarks - AnTuTu and GeekBench.
10. Sony Xperia XZ Premium
Points - 202 844
Price - 32,990 rubles
The list of the most powerful smartphones in the world opens with the Sony Xperia XZ Premium - the company's flagship, critically acclaimed and a favorite of the press. And no wonder: the Sony Xperia XZ Premium boasts two new products at once, something that no one else has done before - an HDR display with 4K resolution and the latest Motion Eye camera equipped with a super-fast image processor. It is capable of not only recording video at a mind-blowing speed of 960 fps, but also playing it in slow motion several times.
And the rest of the smartphone is on the same level as a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 quad-core processor, the latest Android 7.1.1 OS. The built-in storage is 64 GB and the RAM is 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 Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa processor, a giant 6.3-inch screen with a resolution of 2960x1440, 64GB flash memory, 6GB RAM - everything in this smartphone screams about the latest achievements in the field of smartphone construction. Only the battery sags a little - for such a huge screen, 3300 mAh is clearly not enough.
Like other smartphones in the Note series, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has got an electronic pen, which has no analogues among other smartphones. And this allows the company to raise the prices of Note series smartphones even higher. Series 8 does not burn (literally), unlike the previous "seven" - Samsung is learning from its mistakes.
8. Google Pixel 2 XL
Points - 205 697
Price - from 50,000 rubles
Last fall, the company presented two new products to the public at once - Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL. Their processor is Snapdragon 835, ROM-memory - from 64 to 128 GB, and RAM - 4 GB.
Photo enthusiasts will undoubtedly appreciate the 12.3 MP camera and a special stabilization system, with which you can get clear pictures; taking pictures of people especially well with Intelligent Portrait Mode. Very user-friendly Google Assistant, which even learned to distinguish between context, which will undoubtedly simplify the work with the search engine.
The proprietary "trick" is a glass insert on the back of the smartphone, which immediately sets it apart from other devices. It's a pity that the company decided that the noble aluminum body of the smartphone should be masked with a rubberized plastic coating. As a result, everyone can easily and naturally scratch the image of their favorite Pokemon on the back panel. The second sore spot is the fragility of the case; Fortunately, the XL version is more bending-resistant than the "smaller 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 the bundle "cheap goods", will acquire a new associative meaning. It is now home to super-powerful smartphones made in accordance with the latest advances in science and technology.This is the first Chinese smartphone in the ranking, Xiaomi Mi Mix, which only confirms the reputation of Chinese engineers.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 processor, a solid amount of ROM of 128 or even 256 GB, 4/6 GB of RAM, a large 6.4-inch screen and a resolution of 2048x1080 (of course, almost frameless), a luxurious 16 MP camera with 4K video recording and battery with a capacity of 4400 mAh. And we will add also a fashionable, resistant to external influences ceramic cover (in the version "for show-off" even trimmed with gold).
6. Google Pixel 2
Points - 206 630
Price - from 46 790 rubles
The second smartphone from Google presented at the autumn exhibition. It differs from the XL version in the width of the screen: the “second” pixel has a slightly smaller percentage. If in XL it occupied 76.4% of the body of a smartphone, then in the “smaller brother” - 67.9%. Otherwise, they are equipped in the same way - 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 easily tolerates water - the smartphone can be drowned for 30 minutes at a depth of up to 1 meter, and it will still work. Although, why do you need water resistance if your smartphone can bend and crack at the seams in your pocket?
5. OnePlus 5
Points - 211 435
Price - from 34 990 rubles
In the 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 from this line was dubbed the "flagship killer". And the fifth version is even more stunning - even faster, even more powerful, even thinner, even better in design.
An eight-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor with a frequency of 1.9 / 2.4 GHz (so far only Samsung Exynos 8895 processors are at the same power level), luxurious 6/8 GB RAM (the built-in one is slightly less impressive - 64 or 128 GB), cameras with a resolution of 16 and 20 Mp - and at the same time a relatively moderate price for such an abundance. Like other top-end devices, the smartphone is additionally equipped with all sorts of useful options like NFC module, fingerprint scanner, gyroscope, etc. And even the autonomy of the device is at its best - with a volume of 3300 mAh, the device can work in gaming 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 HiSilicon Kirin 970 octa-core processor (manufacturers claim that it supports artificial intelligence), internal memory from 64 to 256 GB and RAM 4 or 6 GB, a main camera with a resolution of 20 megapixels (the second has 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 2160x1080 and a luxurious metal case, then the hands themselves reach for the Buy button.
The strong points of the smartphone are excellent shooting quality (in the benchmarks HUAWEI Mate 10 Pro takes the top positions) and great sound - thick, clear and rich.
3. Samsung Galaxy S9 (G960F)
Points - 249 820
Price - from 53 551 rubles
The top 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 novelty from Samsung came out quite recently - in March 2018 and worthily continues the tradition of its predecessor, the S8 smartphone, both in terms of spectacular 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 by Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon, which will affect performance and benchmarks). ROM from 64 to 256 GB, RAM 4 GB. It is also possible to expand the storage capacity of your smartphone using memory cards with a capacity of up to 400 GB. The volume of the battery, although not amazing, is quite decent - 3000 mAh, there is the possibility of fast charging (the smartphone will be fully charged in a little over an hour).
With the help of a new, improved 12 megapixel camera, the lucky owner of a top-end smartphone will be able to record video at 960 frames per second.And AKG speakers deliver 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 are nice to have. These include: a face scanner, a Hall sensor, an RGB light sensor and many other "chips", not to mention the now commonplace fingerprint scanner.
The body of smartphones in this series is very durable and resistant to bending and shock. And the tempered glass of the 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. Just a nine has 5.8 inches, while the S9 + has 6.2 inches (of course, the body is also larger). At the same time, the resolution of both smartphones is the same - 2960x1440.
The S9 + also differs in that it has a dual camera and there are new shooting modes like “live photography” when the background is blurred. Well, the battery is larger - 3500 mAh. Otherwise, both S9 and S9 + are practically the same.
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 place in the ranking, G965F, is that the G965U is equipped with an eight-core Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 2.8 and 1.7 GHz processor. In the top-end configuration, the volume of built-in storage is 256 GB, and RAM is 6 GB.
Needless to say, the average user will not notice these differences - both the G965F and G965U versions have very high performance.