It’s that time of the year again, the smell of baked aluminum and glass with a sprinkle of Android goodies on top ( Okay I’m
horrible at coming up with catchy lines) in short there’s going to be all sorts
of new tech coming from every corner and a large part of that will be
smartphones with the tech giants like Samsung, HTC and Huawei battling it out
for the best smartphone of 2015, so here’s our list of upcoming smartphones
which we absolutely can’t wait for as well as a bunch of rumors for each of
them.
So let’s get down to it, starting with the…
1 | Samsung Galaxy S7
Let’s begin with the design, the galaxy S7 will most likely
boast a glass back and metal body like the S6 as Sammy looks to shed all the
complaints about cheap plastic designs or we should say already has with the
likes of S6 and Note 5. This point is further strengthened with the latest
leaks of Galaxy S7 press renders a few days’ back. Galaxy S7 will come with the
latest Exynos 8890 Samsung’s homemade chip set and Snapdragon 820, rumors are
the Exynos version will be much faster, but I would never buy a Exynos phone
ever since my Note 3 cause of almost nil developer support but if you’re not
into flashing custom ROMs etc. than go for Exynos but take it with a grain of
salt whether it’s faster or not. The S7 will also come with 12 MP f/1.7 aperture
camera for faster snapping and better low light photography, a finger print
sensor, it will come with 3GB RAM if not 4GB, the battery size will be between
2550Mah to 3000Mah for long battery life, the screen resolution will most
likely be 2k with size 5.5 for S7 and 5.6 or 5.7 for S7 edge respectively.
Galaxy S7 will most likely come in 128GB and 64GB models there might be a 32GB
model as well.
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| Leaked Press Render, Image Source |
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| Leaked Press Render, Image Source |
Release Date: 21st Feb 2016 (According to latest Leaks)
2 | HTC One M10
Tell you what this is my all-time favorite line of phone
the HTC One M series, I’ve always found HTC phones to be the only credible comparison
to iPhone, BB, Windows from the Android block yea sure Samsung might have upped
their design game, but Sammy’s phone’s never looked flagship material before,
had absolutely horrible software that lagged way too much, still does but is
getting better, the issue of design still existed with majority of other
android handset makers as well the software issues, but I never found HTC
phones to compromise either of those two things. I have a HTC Desire HD from
2011 (I just can’t let go if it) and the phone had a decent design for back in
the day and it still doesn’t lag or stutter. So my M7 doesn’t even need to be
mentioned here. Most of the people complained about the camera in the One M
series. M7 and M8 both took great photos in my opinion with the UltraPixel
technology. We also tried the M9 and it didn’t produce the best snaps in the
industry but they weren’t that bad either (*Hint* go back to UltraPixel HTC, to
2013). If HTC want the One M series to return to its place at the top and if
HTC wants to survive it will have to make new leaps in innovation like it used
to.
The new upcoming M10 is rumored to include the snapdragon
820 processor, a 2k 5.1-inch display, a 12 UltraPixel (Yay!) camera with
optical image stabilization and laser focus, a fingerprint sensor, 4GB RAM, 128GB,
64GB and 32GB storage options. SD slot and a 3000Mah Battery. As of these specs
if HTC can make the 12 MP UltraPixel camera as good as the original M7 one if
not better with higher resolution and change the design but keep it beautiful
and all aluminum than I see this as a worthy contender for the best of 2016
prize.
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| Concept Image, Image Source |
Release Date: March 2016 (Rumored)
3 | LG G5
Now LG is one of those company’s which are pretty hard to
predict they are always trying to be innovative sometimes making it appear
weird i.e. volume rockers on the back, tiny secondary screen up top and with
the G5 it’s not going to be an exception and if the rumors are correct we
already know what that’s going to be.
The LG G5 will most likely come with a snapdragon 820, 4GB
RAM, 16MP f/0.8 aperture camera, rumors are it will boast a dual camera system
for 135 degree pictures, might also work for 3D, it will boast a 2k display and
a mini 1040x160 display for settings and notifications, it might also have eye
ball tracking and we might finally see the backside volume buttons gone which some
people like and some hated, a finger print scanner will be included and here’s
the big one it might have a secret compartment at the bottom holding the
battery which will allow for a Uni-body with a removable battery. Rumors
suggest the secret compartment might be able to do more than just hold the
battery but we aren’t quite sure about what.
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| Leaked Render, Image Source |
Release Date: 22nd or 21st Feb 2016 (Rumored)
4 | OnePlus 3
We simply could not let the OnePlus 3 off the list even
though at this point we know almost nothing about the new handset which might
drop by at the end of 2016. OnePlus has proven to be a worthy competitor even
though they don’t sell many phones but that doesn’t mean they don’t make good
phones if you want a pure Nexus like feel than OnePlus might be one of your closest
options, they tend to have smooth speedy software coupled with great hardware
and design and all for a reasonable price no wonder their invites get sold off
in minutes. Though we don’t know much about the upcoming OnePlus 3 here’s what
specs it might have according to rumors or Alpha Phase rumors should I say in
a tech savvy way.
OnePlus 3 would most like run on a Snapdragon 820, 4 to 5 GB
of RAM (could even go with 3GB), 20 MP camera, 5MP or more front camera,
4000Mah battery or more, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB storage options and will run on
Oxygen OS and Android M. Remember all these are very early rumors you might
want to take them with a whole spoon of salt rather than a pinch.
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| Leaked Image, Image Source |
Release date: 4th Quarter of 2016
5 | Xperia Z6
Sony would probably be my second pick if I had to pick a favorite company in terms of software speed, design, hardware and for just
over all good phones but I’m still putting the Z6 on number 5 not cause I think
it’ll be a bad phone but simply because the competition is doing much better,
Sony’s main problem is too many phones in too little time which doesn’t let the
previous one properly shine I mean I remember writing a post about the Z5 just
a little while back and well now we here, I am writing about the Z6 but never
the less Sony makes great phones which not only look good but perform good and
with its projects like Concept for Android you can expect even better and
faster software in the future and tremendous amount of mods and developer support
because of how well Sony treats the developers.
The Xperia Z6 will also most likely run on snapdragon 820,
include 4GB or 5GB RAM, 128GB storage, 5 inch 2k if not 4k screen, fingerprint
scanner 27MP camera and would be waterproof as always in a beautiful glass and
metal Uni-body, Sony you better change the Design before you become HTC.
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| Image Source |
Release Date: End of September to Early October 2016
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