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GSMArena team, 28 December 2018

Best and worst smartphone trends of 2018 Comments

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  • 25 Feb 2019

Anonymous, 09 Jan 2019The Worst trends are, in order of importance: 1. Removing the 3.5mm headset jack. 2. Making ... moreWired headphones are so 1986 I mean c'mon one day we'll just have transmitter in our ear canal and pick up music with implant antenna

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    • fCI
    • 10 Feb 2019

    AnonD-731363, 31 Dec 2018Best trend Poco and Pricing of simillar phones. Worst trend Notch, more notches, even more n... moreYes you're right

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      • alhajes
      • J7N
      • 13 Jan 2019

      Anonymous, 09 Jan 2019The Worst trends are, in order of importance: 1. Removing the 3.5mm headset jack. 2. Making ... moreyou just said everything i was going to say bravo

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        • 8mp
        • 09 Jan 2019

        The Worst trends are, in order of importance:
        1. Removing the 3.5mm headset jack.
        2. Making the corners of the screen rounded rather than using all of the space available in the corners - form over function.
        3. Ugly notches.

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          • QwU
          • 03 Jan 2019

          VNER, 02 Jan 2019512MB ? :DMB=GB

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            • Nick Tagataka
            • gRx
            • 03 Jan 2019

            Anonymous, 30 Dec 2018Yea it will only be getting worse. Now they putting even narrower screen ratios. Which is use... moreI personally wouldn't mind 21:9 aspect ratio if manufacturers can reduce a forehead and a chin to the size of side bezels. Looking at the leaked render of XZ4, however, unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the case.

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              • Nick Tagataka
              • gRx
              • 03 Jan 2019

              Slayer, 01 Jan 2019I bet you've not even held the XZ3, the battery lasts as long as most and adapts to your usage... more"easily the best screen on any smartphone"
              https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz3-review-1822p3.php

              Also last time I saw the low light camera comparison between XZ2 Premium and iPhone XS Max, iPhone was literally taking a dump on Xperia. XZ3 isn't really a horrible low light performer per se but if you want to say that its camera is good then you probably don't want to compare it to iPhone which is IMO the best cameraphone of the year.

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                • VNER
                • H0w
                • 02 Jan 2019

                Anonymous, 31 Dec 2018The iPhone XS Max's 512MB option was the most expensive, yes.512MB ? :D

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                  • Ki@
                  • 02 Jan 2019

                  my pocophone dont showing ads whatsoever from day one till now.... i m using global miui

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                    • Slayer
                    • nFL
                    • 01 Jan 2019

                    HP, 30 Dec 2018Xiaomi is a clear winner in 2018. Read all the article and you could know clearly that even Sa... moreI bet you've not even held the XZ3, the battery lasts as long as most and adapts to your usage and charging cycle, easily the best screen on any smartphone, gorgeous build quality and design, about one of the very few phones with Android Pie other than Pixels, OP and Huawei Mate 20 Pro.

                    A really good camera, youtube the comparison with IP Xs Max, excellent low light performance. The only criticism from me would be the universal one regarding the lack of headphone jack but all OEMs are conning people with that.

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                      • uvE
                      • 01 Jan 2019

                      Have you forget 3.5 mm Headphone Jack ??? :(
                      OEMs are fooling customers especially OnePlus reason is hilarious :-P

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                        • Anonymous
                        • mFK
                        • 31 Dec 2018

                        The iPhone XS Max's 512MB option was the most expensive, yes.

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                          • AmyThePerson
                          • N54
                          • 31 Dec 2018

                          in the price hike page you've written 512MB instead of 512GB for the iPhone Xs max

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                            • AnonD-731363
                            • SH3
                            • 31 Dec 2018

                            Best trend Poco and Pricing of simillar phones.
                            Worst trend Notch, more notches, even more notches and Samsung curved screen on every Samsung phone.
                            The last thing is worst if you have to glue like a 20 screen protectors a day.
                            I really hate curved screens made by Samsung.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 0BG
                              • 30 Dec 2018

                              Anonymous, 30 Dec 2018I like how you put OnePlus in the same sentence as Apple and Google. Just shows how it has bec... moreYea nowadays people are so hypnotized they are literally loving anything, as long as it has decent enough camera, cpu and, of course, "advertising".

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 043
                                • 30 Dec 2018

                                I like how you put OnePlus in the same sentence as Apple and Google. Just shows how it has become a normal company with incremental improvements over the years at higher prices, just as the other big makers. Yet there are still people praising them for being a rebel company, pffft

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                                  • macky2green
                                  • Sq6
                                  • 30 Dec 2018

                                  2018 = NOtch

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                                    • 0xC
                                    • 30 Dec 2018

                                    Anonymous, 29 Dec 2018Are you serious? Who needs performance when there is no camera? Also the multiple camera tren... moreI had htc m8 in 2014 with two cameras, LG started doing it few years later, as I remember :)

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                                      • 0BG
                                      • 30 Dec 2018

                                      blue sun, 30 Dec 2018From my point of view this year was the worst since I became more interested in mobile technol... moreYea it will only be getting worse. Now they putting even narrower screen ratios. Which is useless for both people who like big screens and for people who like small phones. It will always be too tall and too small at the same time. 21:9 Will be a nightmare and they are already starting to use it.

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                                        • blue sun
                                        • 0CN
                                        • 30 Dec 2018

                                        From my point of view this year was the worst since I became more interested in mobile technologies (which was about 2002)…
                                        Less innovation, more marketing and boasting. More cameras with lower quality, the so-called AI features made the results even worse. The neverending story of performance and benchmark races, but with no real effect, since programming became less and less effective. New versions of operating systems with many problems (especially iOS), but the price of phones gets higher and higher. The stupid and ugly notches and holes of all kinds on top of it all...
                                        And what's the worst - I see no improvement for 2019.

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