Want to know when your phone needs an upgrade? Here is the list of best upcoming smartphones that you can consider to buy in Year 2016
The Year 2015 been a busy year for smartphones from Moto G, Samsung Galaxy J7 of Apple's iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Microsoft Lumia 940 and 940 XL which are due to be launch for sale in November 2015. Others have launched their latest devices before the christmass time for the festive session.
To help you with your decision, here’s a list of the best upcoming smartphones. Be warned: the list below is based on official release dates and internet rumours, so try not to hammer me in the comments section if some predictions don’t turn out to be 100% accurate. Dates, in particular, can change.
Samsung Galaxy S7 & Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (February)
It’s rumoured that the Galaxy S7 will be revealed at a special global event in February 2016, with it going on sale two to four weeks later. The past two years have seen Samsung launch its new flagship phones at special events hosted at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona. Expect this to continue.
Leaked details are currently pretty thin on the ground for the S7, but we’ve managed to unearth a couple. Perhaps the biggest rumour of all is that Samsung is set to copy the iPhone’s 3D Touch feature and equip the S7 with a pressure-sensitive screen. More modest advancements are expected to be a new USB Type-C charging/data port and either a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 or an Exynos 8890 processor.
Things aren’t expected to change much elsewhere. Storage will be available in multiples of 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 124GB, with RAM expected to stay at 3GB.
Head over to our Galaxy S7 rumours round-up page to find out more about the phone.
LG G5 (March)
LG is likely to follow the pattern of the past few years and produce a smartphone that offers something ever so slightly different. This is usually a bigger and brighter screen than the competition – although to the detriment of the handset’s battery life.
Expect a full 4K screen in the LG G5, backed up with a few quirky design tweaks, à la the leather back of the G4.
Historically LG hasn’t offered much more in terms of spec breakthroughs – instead, it offers a point of difference in its asking price. The LG G5 is likely to undercut the competition by around £30.
HTC One M10 (March)
HTC has built up a solid reputation with its flagship One phones. Why? Good question. On paper, the phones are pretty standard high-end Android devices that don’t offer groundbreaking features. However, HTC considers the design of the phone to be the USP. The One’s large front-facing speakers and overlaying Sense UI software are very popular.
With that in mind, predicting the specs of the next-gen HTC flagship phone isn’t overly challenging (providing it sticks to the same formula). Expect a big, bright screen similar to 2015’s Galaxy S6, a fast processor (either a Snapdragon 810 or the newer 820), 2-3GB of RAM, two large front-facing speakers and a metallic frame.
Upcoming phones expected later in the year:
Huawei P9 – April
Samsung Galaxy Note 6 – August/September
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+ – August/September
Sony Xperia Z6 – September
Apple iPhone 7 – September
Apple iPhone 7 Plus – September
Nexus 5 (2016) – October
Nexus 6 (2016) – October
Which smartphone are you most looking forward to in 2016?
Samsung Galaxy S7
LG G5
HTC One M10
Huawei P9
Samsung Galaxy Note 6
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+
Sony Xperia Z6
Apple iPhone 7
Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Nexus 5
Nexus 6