Best flagship Android Phones for August

                           

         

It’s August, and with an ever-increasing number of notable Android OEMs reaching maturity, we’ve seen more new handsets than usual launch this summer. The summer started off strong with the Moto Z and Moto Z Force (not shipping!), and most recently Samsung finally showed us its Galaxy Note 7 after many months of leaks. But which ones are the best buys?…

Whether you like a pocket-sized phone that offers more in terms of raw features, or a phablet-sized phone that sticks to stock Android, you’re sure to find something to fit your preference when you go with Android. The platform can be found on more than 80% of smartphones on the planet, and there’s a reason for that.

After all, Google’s mantra for the platform is “Be together. Not the same.”, and that rings true in the sheer diversity of Android phones, tablets, watches, and in-car consoles. If a phone is what you’re after, though, you’ve come to the right place. Below we’ve listed the best options among the mid-to-higher-end tier as of August 2016, their ups and downs, their specifications, and the best prices you’ll find anywhere on the web.

Samsung finally took the wraps off its much-leaked Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phablet this month. The phone, packing much the same internal specifications of its Samsung Galaxy S7 edge brother, is mostly differentiated by its larger size and of course the addition of the long-rumored iris scanner for unlocking the device. There’s also the S Pen that has long been available on the Note line, an dual-edged display, and Samsung’s Samsung Cloud competitor to iCloud.

As for the device’s specs, the Galaxy Note 7 will feature a 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 5, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM, a 12 MP camera with an f/1.7 aperture (not to mention OIS and 4K video support), a 5 MP selfie cam, 64GB of onboard storage, microSD card slot, a 3,500 mAh battery, and a USB Type-C port. There’s also an iris scanner, and the device’s exact dimensions are 153.5mm x 73.9mm x 7.9mm, with a weight of 168 grams.

Galaxy Note 7 is available from all the major American carriers (Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T) on August 19th, but you can pre-order now. And as for price, the phone is going to be somewhere in the range of $770-$800 depending on which carrier you go with. You’ll be able to get the Note 7 in black, blue, and silver in the US, with a free 256GB microSD card or a Gear Fit 2 via many carriers. Samsung says that an unlocked version of the phone will be coming later in the year.

Source: Google Corporate