Top 5 Best Smart Phones of 2021

This Year was truly the year of smartphones we have witnessed soo many great smartphones which bought us a wide variety of functions and amazing new technologies, we have come almost in the middle of this year, and during these 6 months, we have seen some fantastic smartphone releases which are packed with great features.

I've tested a lot of smartphones this year, and according to that, I have created this list of smartphones for you; there may be a smartphone that I would have forgot to mention, but these are my choices; I hope this list will help you to plan your next feature-packed smartphone.

1. Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

The first smartphone on the list is the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra. The S21 Ultra came out very early this year.  This phone has got an amazing display with 120 hertz. This version no longer has a MicroSD card slot in this phone. Something that a lot of people are used to on Samsung Galaxy devices. We've got an excellent overall camera with; I think, the best zoom on any smartphone present right now. 10x obstacle zoom, which should be improved. It has a very eye-catching and unique design, which we don't really see on any other smartphone, with a camera module really blending into the sides. I liked the matte black version, which really looks good which presents a carbon fiber type look that seems to be futuristic. S21 Ultra doesn't come with a charger included out of the box, which is not great for a smartphone at this price. The charging is also not the fastest out there. It's only 25 watts wired charging. But, regardless, it's an excellent smartphone, and I can easily recommend it.

2. Oppo Find X3 Pro

Oppo really did try to tick all of the boxes with this device. We've got an excellent display. We've got some great overall cameras and what's unique is that we have the same sensor for the primary and the ultra-wide camera, which you don't really see on many of the devices. And we also have the world's first microscope camera on a smartphone. Now, this is something that I initially thought was a bit of a gimmick, but after using it, I actually found I was using it more than the telephoto camera. Just getting my camera close up to things and really being able to see the details is just so so much fun. There's also 65-watt charging included out of the box with 35-watt wireless charging. And it's also quite compact for a full-size flagship. It's only around 8.26 millimeters thin, making it a lot lighter and a lot easier to use than some of the other flagships out there. Now, of course, it's not perfect. There's definitely room for improvement. I think the selfie camera could be improved, it's only 1080p, and with the design, although the way the camera module rises is unique, the overall design looks very similar to the iPhone 12 Pro Max.

3. OnePlus 9 Pro

The next smartphone on this list is the OnePlus 9 Pro. It got a 120-hertz display which is very good. This phone comes with a Warp Charge 65T which is included in the box with support for a wireless charger, which is very, very fast.  We also have some big improvements in the camera segment this year on the OnePlus 9 Pro; it records 8K video from the primary camera and the ultra-wide camera. The company has a Hasselblad partnership which I think didn't get up to the hype, and although the cameras have improved with time with software updates, I still think that the Hasselblad partnership fruits will be seen in a few years down the line. The internals is very similar to other flagships out there; what you find with the OnePlus 9 Pro is that thanks to OxygenOS, it is speedy and smooth. Now the front-facing camera is still not good as with the Find X3 Pro, it's just 1080p, but overall, the one plus nine pros is a great package.

4. Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra  

The next flagship killer smartphone on my list is the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra. This smartphone has one of the best displays compared to other smartphones in the market right now. It's got a very premium ceramic build. It is one of the brightest and clear displays out there, with 1700 nits of brightness. MI 11 Ultra has 67 watts wired charger included in the box, and it also supports 67-watt wireless charging, which is the fastest wireless charging overall. This feature-packed smartphone got a 120-hertz refresh rate. This also got a secondary display on the back, which is used as a viewfinder for the back-facing cameras. Now, the cameras overall, from my point of view, did a great job according to the hype. Yes, they have been improved over time, but things like the 120X at the back on a zoom camera that only has five times optical zoom capability, in my opinion, were just bad at marketing. I mean, sure, the Zoom's good, but it doesn't compare to the zoom on something like the S21 Ultra.

5. Asus Zenfone 8

Now moving on, the final smartphone is on my list. This was definitely very difficult to choose, but I think it will have to be the best compact Android smartphone out there, in my opinion, and that is the Asus Zenfone 8. Now, this was a bit of a surprise from Asus. Traditionally we've had the flip, which we still have, but the Zenfone 8, for me, was a device that comes in at a very competitive price point with pretty much all of the internals you have on any other flagship. There are really not many compromises made. You've got a 120-hertz display. You do have a respectable 4,000 milliampere battery with 30-watt charging included out of the box and a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack which you're not going to find on any other smartphone on this list. So, very impressive there. Now, you don't get wireless charging included, and it can seem like a pretty basic phone. It's not got any bells and whistles, but if you are after a compact flagship smartphone, then the Asus Zenfone 8 is an easy recommendation.

I do have lots of honorable mentions because there are so many great smartphones that I have used. We do have the gaming smartphone, such as the ROG Phone 5, which I liked best, which was the ultimate edition 144 hertz display, 6,000milliampere battery with lots of triggers for gaming. And then, we also had the Legion Phone Duel 2, which, in my opinion, is more of a gaming device than a smartphone. And that's because it's really been built for gaming completely in the landscape, including the pop-up selfie camera, 144-hertz display, a built-in fan to keep your device cool after long gaming periods, as well as two USB ports, which you can use simultaneously for dual turbocharging. This just absolutely blew my mind. The ability to plug in two USB-C cables to up to a 90-watt charger gives you some very, very fast charging. We also had the Asus Zenfone Flip,

which allows you to use the rear-facing cameras as front-facing cameras with 8K video recording. Overall, a great smartphone. The S21 as well as the 21 Plus, which offer a lot of features that the S 21 ultra offers, but at a lower price, even compared to last year. We've also had the Vivo X60 Pro as well as the X60 Pro Plus. Up-and-coming devices, which, unfortunately, I have not had a massive amount of time to play with. And let's not forget some of the budget options we've had this year, such as the Realme 8 Pro, which I was very impressed with. 108-megapixel camera, 50watt dock charging included out of the box, all for under 300 pounds. We also had the Poco F3 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor, 120-hertz refresh rate, which is absolutely insane. And then, I also got to test out the Infinix Note 10 Pro, which has a 90-hertz display, 256 gigabytes of storage, with 8 gigabytes of RAM at that very competitive price. That is my top five list with the honorable mentions.