Best phone for every need: November 2018 edition

We’ve decided to provide a master list today to make the process of selecting your new phone easy. In this one, we’ll be listing the finest phones you can buy in various categories, covering segments like the best camera phone, the best affordable phone, the best value for money phone and many others. So without wasting any more time, let us get started with the list. 

Best big phone: Apple iPhone XS Max 

Yes, the new iPhone is truly the king in the big phone league, having beaten the Samsung Galaxy Note9 fair and square. The XS Max’s large 6.5-inch Super AMOLED display offers a resolution of 1,242 x 2,688 pixels. This Super Retina panel is HDR10 compliant, and boasts a highly impressive pixel density count of 458ppi. Despite its huge display, the footprint of this phone isn’t too massive, thanks to the bezel-less approach taken by its notched display. This is the prefect phone for content consumption. 

Related read: Apple iPhone XS Max review 

Best phone for power users: Samsung Galaxy Note9 

The Samsung Galaxy Note9 is the handset to buy if you’re a power users. Power users need their phones to come with be top-notch specs, and hate making compromises. In that sense, the Note9 suits them the best. Firstly it comes with a headphone jack, and it even offers a microSD card slot. The Note9 sports a notch-less, tall Super AMOLED display that’s 6.4-inches in size, apart from an S Pen stylus. And its internals include a 2.7GHz octa-core Exynos 9810 processor, up to 8GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. 

Related read: Samsung Galaxy Note9 review 

Best small phone: Google Pixel 3

The Google Pixel 3 is a complete powerhouse in a small body. It’s got a 5.5-inch P-OLED panel with curved corners and thin bezels. The trusted Snapdragon 845 chipset ticks at its heart, apart from 4GB of RAM. More importantly though, the Pixel 3 boasts Google’s excellent camera optimisations that turn its 12.2MP f/1.8 snapper into an absolute photography beast. The HDR+ mode on this camera is almost magical, and the same can be said about its Night Shot mode that artificially fills light and colours into photos clicked in dark conditions. The phone even comes with a dual front camera setup aimed at capturing wide selfies. 

Related read: Google Pixel 3 first impressions 

Best camera phone: Google Pixel 3 or 3 XL 

There’s just no doubt about which the best camera phone is right now. The Google Pixel 3 and its larger XL model click the kind of photos that even dual camera and triple camera phones aren’t able to. The major credit for this goes to its HDR+ mode, which captures stunning details in the highlights as well as shadows. The camera itself is a 12.2MP unit with an f/1.8 aperture lens. It’s aided by interesting modes like Night Shot, Photobooth, Top Shot and more. 

Related read: Google Pixel 3 XL review 

Best affordable flagship: OnePlus 6T 

OnePlus has always been a brand that has offered high-quality specifications at incredibly low prices. The 6T is no different. The 2.8GHz octa-core Snapdragon 845 CPU beats at its heart, taking assistance from up to 8GB of RAM. Its top model offers you 256GB of storage. This phone’s 6.41-inch AMOLED panel is absolutely stunning for its rich and engrossing visuals. This display has a tiny notch, which is way better than the kind of notches other handsets come with. This extremely well-designed phone ships with a 16MP + 20MP rear camera setup featuring a Nightscape mode supporting low-light photography. A 16MP front camera makes its way onto the OnePlus 6T. 

Related read: OnePlus 6T review 

Best stock Android phone: Google Pixel 3 XL 

Those with a love for stock Android have no better phone to buy right now than the Google Pixel 3 XL. This handset serves everything that Google’s latest software platform has to offer, apart from a few exclusives like its Now Playing feature, which identifies any song that’s playing around you. A special Call Screen feature has also made its way into this device, allowing you to have Google Assistant answer your calls (US only for now). And of course, the interface of this phone is incredibly slick, due to the lack of any adulteration. 

Best iOS phone: Apple iPhone XR 

iOS 12 is out now with much-requested features like grouped notifications, a speedier interface, enhanced AR and more. The iPhone XR is right now the best device to experience this platform. It’s got a 6.1-inch IPS LCD panel with thin bezels on all its sides. More importantly though, the phone is powered by the A12 Bionic chip, which apart from a high-end CPU and GPU, also features a next-gen neural engine. Several software features from iOS 12 make the most of this engine to deliver advanced AI features. 

Related read: Apple iPhone XR review 

Most innovative phone: Vivo NEX 

While many phone manufacturers were copying Apple’s notch blindly, Vivo came up with the idea of ditching that by using a pop-up camera. This way, the NEX got to keep its front camera intact, while also delivering a complete full-screen experience thanks to its bezel-less display. This phone was among the first to offer an in-display fingerprint scanner. It’s an exquisitely designed handset with a Snapdragon 845 chipset and 8GB of RAM at its heart. The dual camera setup on its back includes a 12MP main sensor and a 5MP depth sensor. 

Related read: Vivo NEX review 

Best VFM phone: POCO F1 

When the price of the POCO F1 was announced at its launch event, it was extremely hard to believe. The phone’s base model, priced at just Rs 20,999, delivers a Snapdragon 845 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 64GB of expandable storage and a whopping 4,000mAh battery. A 12MP + 5MP dual camera setup can also be found on its back, with a 20MP selfie camera sitting on its front. This makes it the most value for money handset available in the market right now. If you’re willing to spend more, you can also get models with 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage at well below the Rs 30,000 mark. 

Related read: POCO F1 review 

Phone with the best battery life: ASUS ZenFone Max M1 

Here’s a phone that can’t stop impressing us with its battery life even after months of continuous usage. Its 4,000mAh battery can easily last you for two days with moderate usage. Even if you’re a heavy user, you can rest assured that you can spend an entire day without feeling the need to charge this handset. And it’s a pretty decent budget device overall as well. Snapdragon 636 chipset, up to 6GB of RAM, a dual camera setup and more features are available with this device.

You can buy any one of these handsets that suit your preference without thinking twice. These are absolutely the best in their categories.

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