With the new innovations made to smartphones every year, you\u2019d be hard-pressed to understand how the global smartphone has hit the skid. While Apple and Samsung sit pretty with large market shares, manufacturers that we\u2019ve come to expect near the top of the smartphone market: Blackberry, HTC, and Nokia are but bit players. Their largest competition is now coming from Chinese companies Xiaomi, Huawei, and OnePlus.<\/p>\n
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Many of the largest-growing smartphone manufacturers set their eyes on untapped markets in Africa, the Middle East, and southeast Asia. Regardless, the smartphone market has now showed negative growth for four consecutive fiscal quarters and the manufacturers are feeling the heat. The new flagships show off how the world\u2019s most successful smartphone manufactures plan on altering their market\u2019s forces. The new flagships include:<\/p>\n
Apple iPhone XS Max<\/strong><\/a> The newest iPhone has a 6.5-inch edge-to-edge display built on an aluminum chassis. The back of the device is all glass and comes with two separate 12-megapixel (MP) cameras. There is a single 7 MP camera on the front. The iPhone XS Max\u2019s Battery is a 3,174 mAh that has an endurance rating at 78 hours. With a hefty price tag of $1099.99, consumers are paying a premium price for a premium device. It is available on all major carriers in Pace Gray, Silver, and Gold.<\/p>\n Specifications<\/strong> LG V40 ThinQ<\/strong><\/a> One of the major upgrades of the LG V40 ThinQ is its camera setup. The device comes with two 12-megapixel cameras (one wide angle and one telephoto), as well as a 16 MP ultra-wide-angle lens. The camera app features a \u2018triple-preview\u201d that does exactly that: provides an active look through all three lenses so the user can choose which one works best. At $900, it is at least a hundred dollars cheaper than the Samsung or Apple flagship. It is available on all major carriers and can be had in New Platinum Gray, Carmine Red, New Aurora Black, and New Moroccan Blue.<\/p>\n Specifications<\/strong> Samsung Galaxy Note 9<\/strong><\/a> Running on Android 8.1 Oreo, the Note 9 features two 12 MP camera lenses and an 8 MP front-facing camera. With a 4,000 mAh battery, the Note 9 seems to outpace the rest of this year\u2019s devices in battery life and sustainability. With available colors including Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Midnight Black, Ocean Blue and Pure White; and, availability on all major carriers, the Note 9 can be found for $1000.<\/p>\n Specifications<\/strong>
\nThe world\u2019s most profitable company\u2019s newest flagship smartphone looks a lot like last year\u2019s, but there are some major upgrades made to this year\u2019s version that you may not be able to miss out on. The iPhone XS Max features Apple\u2019s new A12 Bionic chip that improves device performance by 15 percent and a vastly-improved neural engine that accelerates machine learning on the device.<\/p>\n
\nBuild<\/strong> – Stainless Steel with Glass Front\/Back
\nDisplay<\/strong> – 6.5\u201d Super AMOLED with ~458 ppi
\nChipset<\/strong> – Apple A12 Bionic
\nMemory<\/strong> – 4GB RAM
\nStorage<\/strong> – 64\/256\/512 GB
\nSoftware<\/strong> – iOS 12\/iOS 12.1
\nCameras<\/strong> – 12 MP (26mm); 12 MP (52mm) with 2x optical zoom and optical image stabilization; 7 MP front-facing
\nBattery<\/strong> – 3,174 mAh (78 hours)
\nAdditional Features<\/strong> – Face ID<\/p>\n
\nThe newest LG flagship, the V40 ThinQ builds on what was LG\u2019s best-reviewed smartphone to date: the LG V30. The V40 ThinQ offers users a 6.4-inch display that is inline with the other devices on this list. Their OLED display sets the standard for any LG-manufactured device and the build quality, a problem LG has had over the years, is premium.<\/p>\n
\nBuild<\/strong> – Aluminum with Glass Front\/Back
\nDisplay<\/strong> – 6.4\u201d P-OLED with ~537 ppi
\nChipset<\/strong> – Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
\nMemory<\/strong> – 6 GB RAM
\nStorage<\/strong> – 64\/128GB, microSD up to 512GB
\nSoftware<\/strong> – Android 8.1 Oreo
\nCameras<\/strong> – 12 MP (27mm) optical image stabilization; 12 MP (52mm) with 2x optical zoom and optical image stabilization; 16 MP (16mm); 8 MP (26mm) and 5 MP (21mm) front-facing.
\nBattery<\/strong> – 3,300 mAh (64 hours)
\nAdditional Features<\/strong> – Rear-mounted fingerprint scanner<\/p>\n
\nSamsung has been making upper-crust mobile devices for much of the past decade, and the Galaxy Note 9 is no different. The Note 9 is made from aluminum and a whole lot of glass, Gorilla Glass 5 to be specific. On board it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and up to eight gigs of RAM and 512GB of storage space. There are many Ultrabooks that don\u2019t have those specs.<\/p>\n
\nBuild<\/strong> – Aluminum with Glass Front\/Back
\nDisplay<\/strong> – 6.4\u201d Super AMOLED with ~516 ppi
\nChipset<\/strong> – Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
\nMemory<\/strong> – 6 or 8 GB of RAM
\nStorage<\/strong> – 128 or 512 GB of onboard storage and microSD up to 512 GB
\nSoftware<\/strong> – Android 8.1 Oreo
\nCameras<\/strong> – 12 MP (26mm); 12 MP (52mm) with 2x optical zoom; optical image stabilization; 8 MP front-facing
\nBattery<\/strong> – 4,000 mAh (97 hours)
\nAdditional Features<\/strong> – Samsung S Pen, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, iris scanner.<\/p>\n