Awesome Smartphones

It’s the S7 Edge made slightly bigger and better. The Note 7 has a 5.7″ 1440p AMOLED screen with a slightly flatter edge-to-edge design, a 3500mAh battery, a microSD slot, waterproofing for both the phone and stylus, a new iris scanner and more.

An affordable dumb terminal for Android devices. The Superbook weighs 2lb and has an 11.6″ 1366 x 768 screen, a multitouch trackpad, a keyboard with Android keys, a USB Type-C port, and a battery that lasts up to 8h that also charges your device.

The super slim Moto Z has a 13MP rear camera and 2600mAh battery while the Moto Z Force has a 21MP camera and 3500mAh battery. They both have 5.5″ 1440p AMOLED displays, a microSD slot, and optional mods that snap on to the back of the phones.

The idime is a tiny and coin-shaped external flash storage device for iPhones. It comes with a USB adapter and a Lightning adapter to make it easier to transfer files to and from PCs or other iOS devices. It also has an optional magnetic iPhone case connector.

OnePlus‘ latest Android flagship is powered by the Snapdragon 820 quad-core 2.2GHz CPU plus 6GB of RAM. It also has 64GB storage, dual nano-SIM slots, a USB Type-C port and a 16MP rear camera. Best of all, OnePlus has removed the invite system so anyone can pre-order.

Lenovo’s CPlus is a proof-of-concept smartphone that can be bent into a bracelet-like form and then straightened back into a traditional slab, albeit with an alarming cracking sound. Skip to 2:51.

The Zenfone 3 Deluxe is an Android phone with a 5.7″ 1080p Super AMOLED display, an all-metal body with a nearly invisible antenna, a Snapdragon 820 CPU, up to 6GB RAM, up to 256GB storage and a 23MP rear camera with optical image stabilization and laser autofocus.

The new Xperia XA Ultra is an Android phablet for selfie addicts. It has a 21.5MP rear camera and a 16MP front camera. It also has a 6″ nearly bezel-less 1080p display, a 2GHz 8-core CPU, 3GB RAM, a microSD slot, though sadly, only a 2700mAh battery.

The HTC 10 has a fast 2.2GHz 4-core CPU, 4GB RAM, 32/64GB storage, a microSD slot, a 5.2″ 2560×1440 screen, a 12MP camera with optical image stabilization, and a built-in headphone amp. The stereo speakers are gone, replaced by a separate tweeter and woofer setup.

Huawei teamed up with Leica to develop the first to market dual-lens smartphone camera. This new tech uses both an RGB sensor and a monochrome sensor to capture greater detail, improved color and better low-light imagery compared to other cameras.

Sony has phased out the Xperia Z line, and the X Performance is its new flagship (the 4K screened Z5 Premium is still on sale). It has a Snapdragon 820 CPU, 3GB RAM, 5″ 1080p display, an all-metal body, a microSD slot and a 23MP rear camera with hybrid autofocus.

CAT’s new industrial-strength phone packs a built-in thermal imaging camera from FLIR. The Android Marshmallow phone has a 4.7″ display with wet finger and glove support, Gorilla Glass 4 protection, and is waterproof up to 16 feet for up to an hour. (Thanks Jeremy!)

A prototype smartphone developed by Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab with a bendable OLED screen that not only looks cool, but uses the screen’s flexibility and haptic feedback to create new ways of interacting with content – like flipping through the pages of digital books.

The LG G5 has a Snapdragon 820 CPU, 4GB RAM, a microSD slot, 16MP 78º and 8MP 135º rear cameras and a modular battery compartment, which can be replaced with items such as a camera grip/extra battery and a Bang&Olufsen 32-bit DAC.

The Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge both have a liquid-cooled quad-core CPU, 4GB RAM, a dual SIM slot that doubles as an SD card slot, a 2560×1440 AMOLED display (5.1″ for the S7, 5.5″ for the S7 Edge), a 12MP f1.7 rear camera and IP68 dust- and water-resistance.

Want to protect your precious iGadget, but don’t like to add bulk? The super-slim Peel iPhone case adds just 0.35mm to your iPhone, has zero branding, and is as close to weightless as you can get. Available for iPhone 6/6+ or 6S/6S+ in either grey or gold.

Wileyfox is the European equivalent of OnePlus. Its flagship Storm has a 5.5″ 1080p display, an 8-core 1.5GHz CPU, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage, microSD slot, dual SIM slots, a 20MP rear camera and Cyanogen OS. Best of all, you don’t have to get an invite to buy one.

The One Plus X packs great features in a $249 phone. It has a glass and metal case, 5″ 1080p OLED display, a quad-core 2.3GHz CPU, 3GB RAM, a 13MP rear camera and room for either two Nano SIM cards or one Nano SIM and one microSD card. Drops 11/19/15.

Motorola claims the Droid Turbo 2 has a shatterproof screen. It has a 5.4″ 1440p AMOLED display, 3GB RAM, a microSD slot, the same 21MP camera that’s in the Moto X Pure and a 3760 mAh battery that gets 13h battery life with a 15min charge. Drops 10/29 for $624+.

Blackberry’s first Android smartphone. The Priv has a 5.4″ 2560×1440 AMOLED screen, a 3410mAh battery, a microSD slot, an 18MP rear camera with optical image stabilization and Blackberry’s familiar physical keyboard and enterprise-level security.

Save 23% on this tiny laser pointer that slides into to headphone jack of your iPhone, perfect for presentations and for driving cats crazy. The iPin app lets you remotely control presentations, and the laser stores on your headphone cable when not in use.

The LG V10 has a gimmicky ticker screen above its 5.7″ 1440p IPS screen, but the rest of the phone looks solid: it has the G4’s 16MP rear camera, a scratch-resistant back cover, a 32-bit DAC and the magic words: a removable battery and a microSD slot.

The LG Nexus 5X has a 5.2″ 1080p screen, 2GB RAM and 16GB-32GB storage. The Huawei Nexus 6P on the other hand has a 5.7″ 1440p screen, 3GB RAM and 32GB-128GB storage. Both have a 12MP camera, USB Type-C charging port and Android 6 Marshmallow.