Firstly, I used many smartphones this year, but of course I'm not used every single one. So there may be some smart phones that would make your list that hasn't made my list. That's absolutely fine. Also, this is my personal top five list. It may be slightly different to your list. That's also fine, we can still be friends. Please, do drop your toppicks in the comments below. Final disclaimer, this listis in no particular order. I'm just giving you my top five. With that all out of the way,let's get straight to it. So the first smart phone on my list in no particular order is the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus. Now the S20 line doeshave three smartphones, the S20, the S20 Plus,as well as the S20 Ultra. The S20 Ultra in my opinion ismore of an enthusiast phone. It's not something for everybody. Whereas the S20, as well asthe S20 Plus, are smartphones that are easilyrecommendable to most people.
The Samsung Galaxy S line has been known to have some great all-rounders, and this is definitely the case here with the Samsung GalaxyS20 and the S20 Plus. We've got some great displayswith 120 hertz refresh rates which make things look very, very smooth. Great all-around cameraswith very consistent results, especially for video. I would say that the S20sdo have the best video on the Android side withup to 8K video recording. One UI, which I personally do really like, and I think it's a very simple and clean with an emphasis on one-handed usage, which many of the manufacturers do not have into consideration. Great overall hardwarewith flatter displays than what we've had in previous years, which is something that I really do like. 25 watt fast-charging out of the box. Wireless-charging,reverse wireless-charging, and although the Galaxy S linethis year for the first time does not have a 3.5 millimeter jack, we still do get a micro SD card slot.
So you can expand the storage on here, something which youcan't do on pretty much any other device right now. Now we do have some different variants depending on your region. You can either get the Exynos variant or the Qualcomm Snapdragonvariant, and this is something that I've spoke aboutin many videos before. There is inconsistencyin terms of performance, and if you do get theQualcomm Snapdragon version, you will be getting asuperior device overall, and although we do havea 120 hertz display, this is only at full HD. We don't get the quad HD resolution if you do want 120 hertz. Well, despite that if youdo want a great all-rounder, then the S20, as well as theS20 Plus, are great options. Now one device that offersboth quad HD resolution at 120 hertz is the Oppo Find X2 Pro. Now this is a really good all-rounder.
Really bright display withminimal bezels as well. Ticks all the boxes whenit comes to specifications. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, 12 gigabytes of LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.0 storage with 512 gigabytes, and the fastest charging thatI've tested on any smartphone, 65 watt SuperVOOC 2.0, We've got some reallygood overall cameras, including periscope zoom technology which will allow you to get invery close to your subjects. Now, although you do have someof the fastest wire-charging that you will find out there, unfortunately there's no wireless-charging which I did find myself missing, and the cameras are really good, but the selfie camera Ithink can be improved.
You've got only up to 1080p, and the dynamic range isn't great when you're taking portrait shots. The device also starts at 1,100 pounds which might be a bit pricey,although that is in line with a lot of other flagships out there. the OnePlus 8 Pro which is the next device on my list. Now the OnePlus 8 Pro looksvery similar to the Find X2 Pro and that is because it'sgot almost the same display. Oppo and OnePlus are partner companies. So it's easy to see why this is. So you do have quad HD+ with 120 hertz which makes things super smooth, but what I like about OnePlus devices is that, yes, they tick all the boxes when it comes to the hardware,but it's really the software which makes things feel even faster. Oxygen OS is one of myfavorite skins on Android. It's very clean, and it doesn't reallyhave too much clutter, and on top of that, you do get very fast updatesfrom OnePlus as well. This year, the camerashave also been improved. We've got some really good cameras here on the OnePlus 8 Pro, very comparable to someof the competition, and we do get 30 wattswarp-charging out of the box, but what's more importantis that for the first time on a OnePlus device, wedo get wireless-charging. Not only that, it is up to30 watt wireless-charging.
Now although you do haveto get a separate charger for this, it's a reallynice option to have. It's obviously not perfect. I have experience some display issues my self, which other people have also reported on, and these are being improved with software updates as far as we know, and the cameras arereally good at the rear, but again the front-facing camera is locked off at 1080p. You cannot get 4K fromthe front-facing camera, and the price, although it'scheaper than other flagships starting at around 800 pounds, or $900, is quite a bit higher compared to what OnePlus have offered previously, but nevertheless, the OnePlus 8 Pro is a really good all-aroundsmartphone at this price point, and it's a device thatI can easily recommend.
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