Top 5 Smartphones of 2017! #Helpful Post

hey guys Boston 2017 has been one of the

best years for smart phones ever so here

are my top 5 favorites kicking things

off we have the Moto e for Plus this is

straight-up the best deal in smartphones

right now back in August when I first

did a video on the e4 plus it was a

hundred and eighty dollars but if you

want to go to Amazon and buy one today

it's only going to be 130 at that kind

of price you shouldn't expect much but

this is a good phone period it has a

metal build which while it's a little

bit on the thicker side does feel good

in the hand the reason it's a little bit

chunky is because this guy is rocking a

massive 5,000 milliamp hour battery this

is straight-up the best battery life

that I've ever tried in a smart phone

now sometimes you can get about a day or

so out of most phones with decent

batteries but with this guy especially

considering the fairly power sipping

internals getting two full days of usage

is actually not too hard to put things

in perspective it has nearly triple the

battery size of the iPhone 8 it's not

just a phone with a giant battery you're

getting a 5.5 inch 720p display which

while a good panel it would be nice to

have a little bit of a higher resolution

but again it's $130 the camera is also

pretty good and Motorola software while

not fully up to date on Oreo just yet is

pretty clean the bottom line is that

this really is all the smart phone that

most people need especially when you

consider that crazy battery life and

great price the Moto e for plus is

definitely worth a look next up we have

these Samsung Galaxy s8 now this is one

of the first flagships of the year

however it is still one of the best

users phone for about two minutes and

it's hard not to be impressed with just

how far Samsung has come with design

it's an all metal and glass build what's

impressive is just how well the glass

tapers round on both the front and back

as nice as the iPhone 10 design is it's

hard for me to argue with just how nice

the Galaxy s8 feels in the hand it's all

the more impressive that I did it over

six months before Apple did the Galaxy S

a really did set the bezel this trend

for 2017 well yes on top of bottom there

are some slight bezels but especially on

the sides they're basically non-existent

it goes deeper than that to van will let

display is still one of the absolute

best that you can buy with rich blacks

and great color you're also getting the

headphone jack which in a year where

most phones have dropped it is

definitely a nice

as you would expect performance is good

whoo I'm still not a huge fan of Samsung

software skin and it doesn't really get

in the way and there's no doubt that the

phone is snappy well the camera isn't

quite on par with the pixel - it's still

terrific one of the nice things about

this is that because it is a few months

old the prices come down in $650 which i

think is more than reasonable for such a

great phone

however it's not perfect the fingerprint

sensor placement around back just

doesn't make sense the idea that it only

has a single mono speaker and 2017 is

kind of annoying

and while the addition of fast charging

and wireless charging is nice it still

doesn't quite make up for the fact that

the battery life isn't too great on its

own the biggest issue is there were only

a few months away from the unveiling of

the galaxy s 9 taken as a whole though

it is hard to argue that the galaxy s 8

isn't one of the best phones of 2017

next we have the one plus 5t one of my

biggest surprises of the year so $500

this is definitely not a budget phone

however when you consider that a lot of

the other flagships or $1000 this year

this actually starts to look like a

bargain while on the surface it looks

very similar to the also released in

2017 one plus five the biggest

difference here is that we're now

getting a basically bezel s display it's

rocking a good but not remarkable six

inch AMOLED display which will not quite

as sharp as the galaxy s 8 it's still

fine for pretty much everyone the

hardware is also good so it's got a

seamless aluminium build which not only

looks good but I feel like almost more

importantly feels really nice in the

hand the fingerprint sensor is also

around back now you know in a sensible

place that you can actually reach and

oneplus was very proud of the idea that

they have still kept the headphone jack

continuing on the good trend performance

is good so with the snapdragon 835 and

eight gigs of ram this is about as good

as it gets on android right now the

software is pretty clean and mostly

stock oxygen OS does add a couple of

useful features but what really stands

out about the 1 + 5 t to me is the

camera phones like the pixel really have

pulled away from pretty much all other

phones out there right now but the 1 + 5

t does a remarkably good job of keeping

up so no it's not quite as good but in a

lot of situations it's close enough

that's going to be really hard to tell

the difference and that's impressive

especially considering that usually when

you step down from those thousand-dollar

flagships to something that's a little

bit cheaper the camera is the first

thing to be cut it might not be the best

in any specific area but it's good

basically

and at $500 the one plus five T is a

rock-solid phone speaking of incredibly

expensive flagship phones we have the

iPhone 10 yes $1000 price tag is

incredibly expensive for a phone but if

you go past that for just a second it's

hard not to be impressed with what Apple

is able to pull off here first of all

are the bezels or rather lack of bezels

so as long as you can look past the

notch which for me only took a few

minutes to get used to you're getting an

absolutely incredible screen here it's

an AMOLED panel that is ever so slightly

better than the one on the galaxy s 8

which is no small feat along with that

you're getting HDR support and apples

still awesome 3d touch the praise

doesn't stop there either the Apple a 11

Bionic chip inside the iPhone 10 not

only shames a lot of phones but even

some computers that combined with iOS 11

means that the iPhone feels incredibly

snappy everything responds basically

immediately and especially now that we

have the new gestures that have replaced

the home button it feels even faster you

do lose touch ID which would be nice to

have but honestly face a fee feels like

some next gen tech raise your phone to

wake give it a half a second to scan

your face and your write into your phone

now it's not a perfect system while it

works really well for me it does vary

from person to person some people have

had a lot of issues with it for the most

part though their hardware is absolutely

top-notch get it not glass and stainless

steel get the iPhone 10 1/2 that

actually does make it feel more

expensive and the battery life is a

noticeable step up from previous iPhones

even the camera is right up there with

the very best smartphones out you now

have wireless charging as well as

waterproofing if it sounds like I'm a

fan of the 10 then you would be right

yes the price tag is steep but as far as

I'm concerned it doesn't get much better

than this before we get to the final

phone I want to give a few honorable

mentions to some phones that did some

really cool stuff this year starting

with the razor phone this came out of

nowhere with some legitimately cool

features it's rocking a 5.7 inch display

with a 1440p resolution but what makes

it really exciting is the 120 Hertz

refresh rate this makes everything from

games to animations look buttery smooth

it will be a feature in phones on 2018

you're also getting the best speakers

I've ever heard on a phone period it's

not even close the only problem is that

it feels like a brick in your pocket and

the camera is straight garbage town

that I feel like was a little underrated

this year is the iPhone 8 plus so take

all the best parts of the iPhone 10

including the camera you're getting the

build quality you're getting even better

battery life but you're adding touch ID

and you're shaving a couple hundred

dollars off the price the biggest issue

is that the iPhone 10 has a bigger

screen and face ID and a smaller chassis

the iPhone 8 plus is a good phone but

the 10 is just a better one

then there's the essential phone this is

a little bit of a weird one on one hand

the hardware is incredible it's got a

ceramic build and a knotch to put the

iPhone 10 to shame it launched it was

held back by an expensive price tag and

a mediocre camera but some software

updates and a price cut have mostly

addressed that at this point the only

real issue is that the essential company

itself is maybe not the most stable in

the world right now but if you're

willing to take a little bit of a gamble

the essential phone is really solid all

this leads me to my favorite phone of

2017 the Google pixel 2 now let me be

clear I prefer these standard pixel to

over the pixel 2 XL not only is it $200

cheaper but the screen is not garbage

town which you know it's helpful we pay

$850 for a phone what you're getting

here is the fastest Android phone I've

ever tried even though on paper it's not

as powerful as the iPhone 10 and real

use it feels right up there which is

really a testament to how well Google

has optimized this phone in an age where

phones get bigger and bigger

I found the standard pixel 2 to be

actually a pretty decent size now the

design isn't quite on par with something

like the galaxy s 8 or the iPhone 10 but

that really isn't a deal-breaker to me

not only does the pixel to add

waterproofing which is basically a

necessity these days but you're also

getting pretty decent battery life where

it really shines is with the camera in

my opinion this is the best smartphone

camera you can buy now a lot of the

credit goes to Google's awesome

optimization of the camera and while yes

sometimes the iPhone 10 does look a

little bit better but generally speaking

I prefer the overall results that you

get from the pixel where the pixels who

really wins for me is price at $650 this

is nearly $400 cheaper than the iPhone

10 sure is iPhone does some things

better than the pixel but for most

people this is a better choice which is

why it is my favorite phone of 2017 so

you guys have seen my picks

I'm curious what is your favorite phone

of 2017 let me know in the comments

below and I will catch you on the next

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