Best smartphones to use in 2021

Nowadays, the most valuable personal item for any person has become his/her smartphone. So, choosing the one that defines your personality is of prime essence. The best approach in the pursuit of the best smartphone available in the attributes that appeal to our senses and tend our needs. The most common ones comprise of UI, design, processor, battery, display quality, RAM, Camera, Storage, data privacy, and price which we often look for at the very first. The manufacturer of smartphones has evolved in such a way that some of the key competitive features on one model/brand have become the trendsetter while also providing the general features. Therefore, the feeling of the "best" within any of the smartphones available consciously or subconsciously depends or should depend upon our requirements that we want within a smartphone device.

Listing out the popular brands available in the market, we have Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, iPhone 12, One Plus 8 Pro, Google Pixel 5, and some others. Let us talk of some of the brands comprising of major different models that are launched in recent times.

Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra

"Samsung, Do what you can't." This tagline epitomizes what Samsung Galaxy Note 21 has to offer.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 is 5G capable, including Samsung's unique and very useful S-Pen accessory.

It has a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED display with 108 MP triple-lens rear cameras and a 10 MP front camera.

It has 12 GB ram with storage capacity of 12GB / 256GB / 512GB. With a stunning look, s21 has Qualcomm SD865 Plus Octa Chipset and Adreno 650 GPU processor along with a 5000 mAh battery provided with fast charging support that gives a fast performance. However, a refresh rate of 120Hz drains the battery power.

With all of these features, its price starts from $1,499.

iPhone 12

"Think different" is the statement of the iPhone holders. The brand is popular for the release of high-end flagship iPhones every year in September. Despite being often mocked for marking the expensive price and the unattractive notch, the craze for the iPhones never becomes less especially for the Apple enthusiastic.

The latest launched smartphone in 2020 is the standard iPhone 12, while the iPhone 12 pro and the 12 pro max are said to be the premium ones. It has 6 GB ram with storage capacity of 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB. Famous for the cut edge design mimicking the iPhone 5s, best rear cameras (2 on iPhone 12 while 3 on the premium ones) with a processor having its operating system (iOS 14.1) that provides the best data privacy in the iPhones give different class to it and is often competed with the flagship smartphones of other brands. Also, comes up with the 5g support this year. However, in the case of battery life, the Samsung and the One plus beat the iPhones and have better competition. Also, the iPhone 12s don't come with the earphones and the adapter in the box this year which has disappointed Apple customers.

One Plus 8t pro

One Plus - the word itself - reminds you that you get something additional, better. This is also conveyed by the logo "Never Settle" - well, that stands for an everlasting process (be it an improvement process or a deterioration process). So the combination of the brand and the slogan indicates that you are always trying to give everything, always wanting to be better.

The latest launch flagship phone, the One Plus 8T comes with a 48 MP Quad Camera, 120 Hz Fluid Display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 with 5G, and the Warp Charge 65. The price marked for it is the 749$ which is relatively cheaper for the best flagship smartphones as compared to Apple and Samsung.

Oppo A52

OPPO has announced A52, the company's latest smartphone. It is provided with a 6.5-inch (2400×1080 pixels) FHD+ display screen which is powered by Snapdragon 665 SoC with 8GB of RAM, having OS it's own Android 10 with ColorOS 7.1.

Since Oppo is a camera phone it has many photographic functions. It is equipped with quad-cameras set-up at the back in which you will get a 12 MP main camera + 8 MP secondary camera + 2MP depth sensor and 2MP macro lens. It has a 16MP camera in front.

This smartphone has 6GB RAM and 128 GB internal storage which makes it easier for multitasking and decent gaming.

With all these features included Oppo A52 is a budget smartphone which price starts from$244.00.

Vivo Y70

The Vivo Y70 Smartphone is an affordable smartphone and a great way to enjoy all your favorite media and connect with friends.

It has a 6.44" AMOLED display with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor with 8 GB of RAM and a storage capacity of 128 GB which can be expanded to 256 GB via microSD. Vivo Y70 consists of a triple camera: 48MP main, 2MP macro, 2MP depth a 16 MP selfie shooter. Combine all these and you have a powerful device at your fingertips.

The 4,100mAh battery packed into the Vivo Y70 is far from the biggest we've seen in an affordable phone. Along with these the phone comes with a 33W fast-charging system. Its price starts from $317.00.

The Vivo Y70 is best for the user who favors punchy colors over fluid scrolling and prefers fast charging and wants their smartphone UI to be clean and unfussy.

Oppo Find X2 Lite

Oppo is still a relatively new player in the mobile phone market compared to Samsung and Apple, has released its first device just six years ago

The Find X series is the company's flagship device, first launched in 2018 and which now boasts a number of varieties offering different features.

The OPPO Find X2 Lite is fully capable of performing in the same ways a standard luxury phone can.

The Find X2 Lite boasts a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen offering a full HD+ experience, which is larger than the standard devices. The 5G-capable Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G is amongst the best OS due to which apps are super responsive and snappy, with little to no lag. It is powered by Oppo's ColorOS 7 built on Android 10 with 8 GB RAM and a storage capacity of 128 GB ROM because of which there is no complaint about reasonable multitasking and gaming even in higher settings.

The camera comes with an 8MP wide-angle and macro lens, 48MP main camera, and two 2MP portrait lenses, plus a 32MP front camera. It has a battery of 4,025mAh which can last a full day even with no charge.

In summary, if you are looking for the best design, camera, processor with the best operating system but can compromise with the battery life, earphones, and the marked price, the iPhone 12 would be the best of all. As mentioned above OnePlus 8T being famous for its smoothness and battery life, would be the best of all on that basis. In the case of Samsung Galaxy Note 20, Ultra would be the best flagship phone in terms of camera, battery but has a slight disadvantage with the processor and the Android operating system in it as compared to the One Plus Android Software and Apple's iOS. In the budget phones, they have Galaxy S20 FE 5G coming up with more or less similar specifications to the other flagship Samsung smartphones. Lastly, any of the A, M, and the F series latest launched can be the best user and budget-friendly android smartphones.