Best phones: July 2017

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What are your views to make you say it is not bezeless? Care to share?

It's got a giant bezel at the bottom.

Thank you for your reply. I understand where you are coming from and have the rights to your own view, They are both definitely worthy to be called bezeless devices though, in my humble opinion, AQUOS crystal has a much thinner bezel(not the chin, but left, top & right) is slightly thinner than the one's on Mi MIX, making it a more tasteful and immersive bezeless device. Oh, Sharp was the supplier for MI Mix screen in case anyone wonders how did XiaoMi manage to create such a device.

But bezel-less has 2 definitions. Bezel-less as in having no bezel at all. Bezel-less in that is has less bezel than the models normally have. So as long as the phone fits one of those definitions, then its bezel-less. No matter what our personal opinions may be. If a phone for example has a 70% screen to body ratio, and now has a 85% screen to body ratio and is of similar size. Then that means the phone has "less" bezel and thus meets the criteria for a "bezel-less" design, There is no "not really". It's either it is or it isn't. According to GSMARENA, both of these Sharp models, had a 77% screen to body ratio and thus would qualify as a "bezel-less" design because it had less bezel vs many other phones in the same year or period as a matter of fact. http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7251&idPhone2=6590 We don't did to play on words to fit personal vendettas. The Sharp Aquos qualifies as a bezel-less design, even if it was not marketed as such. You answer should have been fair and accurate as -"UHM, yes really". Because, yes ummmmm it really is a bezel-less design.

No, bezel-less has one definition and it's "without a bezel". Everything else is fairy tale stories.

True on that. I nearly forgot how lucky I am to have all access to Japanese phones, including the AQUOS Crystal X :) Still, it is worth mentioning that Sharp has 120Hz phone from 2015 & bezeless devices since 2014

Right. PA's news is getting more and more unreliable these days.

Stop spreading propaganda Maybe 4 years ago that used to be the case, there are many apps on android that iPhone don't have including launchers,file managers etc There are very few apps that iPhone has that android hasn't. Stop spreading this agenda you have to try to boost the iPhone against the competition with lies,this is not 2013 Android actually has more apps than iOS now.you keep mentioning this 'iphone has the best apps' name them...and I mean apps that actually make a difference,apps that a person cannot live without or stop spreading this propaganda that you keep trying to mention into this false existence Face it that advantage of better and more apps of 3-4 years ago has well and truly been eradicated You just try to make the uninformed believe this nonsense

I agree with you 100%. FACT - IOS apps use a better quality code. Adjective C is a better code platform vs Java. But its up to the dev to provide the quality of the app itself. Because there are plenty of crappy iOS app. In fact just as many as there are on Android But facts are when you compare 2 exact apps on iOS vs Android, an I mean apps that are highly downloaded and used, iOS apps do not have more features, they have different features. Some yes have some better features, but that is true on both sides. For all the apps I use on my Galaxy and the same app where available on IOS, the quality of both is very identical. Several I use, especially my banking apps on Android, off extra thinks not offered on IOS. Even games. For example, my kid loves Pokemon Trading Card Online. But Apple has blocked the ability to add cards you buy at the store. Example, I buy him cards from Target. Inside the pack is a card that allows you to add the items online. Apple blocked this so he cant add cards through the iOS app. Apple did this because Apple doesnt get a cut of the buy. But they are bought at a retailer. But on Android we can add and even use the camera to scan the car to add them. Other than this feature, the apps are 99.9% identical. Victor's claim is simply untrue as you stated and complete BS. I dont care what platform you prefer. I have no issue with anyone choice. But when you lie and make claims that are purely false for some agenda or a paycheck, then I have no respect for you. The biggest difference in apps that both platforms share, is what Apple allows and what they don't. Android apps in general offer more because Google has less restrictions. Another example is the Samsung Gear Manager. Apple blocked several of the Gear Manager features so that the Gear S series, can do less with the iPhone vs the Galaxy. Example, even though app allows the devices to update certain things like the weather, it will to this day not show the weather on my Gear S3, when I have it BT'd to my iPhone. I contacted Samsung about it more than once and the issue resides with Apple.

I guess being the best selling phone makes it the best phone. Just like being the singer of the best selling song makes you the best singer in the world. That is why Justin Bieber is one of the most talented singer of all time, ahead of Aretha Franklin by a huge margin.

That is exactly why we avoid speaking in terms of 'best phone ever, end of discussion'. There is no one-size-fits-all phone, of course, and the Galaxy S8 is a great phone. Personally I find its design stunning, but its stuttery performance pretty annoying. With the iPhone, it's the other way around: performance is top-notch, but other areas are less innovative. *I'd personally go with Aretha Franklin :)

I have the s8 plus g955fd, sony xperia xz permium, pixel xl and a 7plus. I personally find the xz to be the fastest phone (times faster than the iphone watch for the speed test on youtube).. pixel has the best camera, iphone has the largest storage but s8plus is the best coz it's the most complete package, along with having the best display - and hence my primary daily driver.