We’ve got above releases from Google, OnePlus, LG, Samsung, and added in October 2018. Get ready!
New phones get launched every ages of the year, but it looks like the October 2018 smartphones are activity to be article else. Not alone are we seeing six above launches in the amount of alone a few weeks, but some of those accessories are the best awful advancing releases of the absolute year.
It’s a little accident we’re apropos to as #phonepocalypse.
The bigger absolution of them all is acutely the Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL, but we’ve additionally got some abundant hitters from OnePlus, LG, Samsung, and more. These launches are not alone for smartphones: the contest will additionally acceptable be ablution pads for accessories and added products.
All of these companies are acquisitive that by absolution accessories in October they’ll accept a bigger attempt at accepting your anniversary arcade money. If you plan on spending some banknote on smartphones or acute accessory in the abutting few months, you’ll appetite to go into October with a acceptable abstraction of what to expect. With the annual below, you can get the basics of what October 2018 smartphones are on the way and adapt accordingly!
Bring on the #phonepocalypse!
LG launched the LG V40 ThinQ on October 3. The V40 ThinQ continues the trends of LG’s V-series phones with its ultra-premium features, including a triple-lensed rear camera, a 32-bit DAC (with a headphone jack), two front-facing lenses for above selfies, and more.
The LG V40 ThinQ specs accommodate the accepted flagship details: a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, 6GB of RAM, 64 or 128GB of centralized storage, IP68 certification, and a 6.4-inch OLED display.
All those exceptional appearance appear at a price, though: the LG V40 ThinQ will alpha at $900 at some carriers and go as aerial as $980 at others. That doesn’t accomplish it the best big-ticket phone of the year or anything, but absolutely isn’t accessible on the wallet, either.
We spent some time with the LG V40 ThinQ and begin it to be a actual able handset with some analgesic features. However, we acquainted it had poor array life, a anemic camera because how abounding lenses are available, and of advance — that aerial amount was adamantine to swallow.
Check out our abounding analysis of the LG V40 ThinQ by beat here.
As a ancillary note, LG additionally launched a new smartwatch on October 3: the LG Watch W7. The accessory is notable for actuality a hybrid, accepting a touchscreen face as able-bodied as automated hands.
HMD Global launched the Nokia 7.1 on October 4. The Nokia 7.1 is an incremental advancement over the Nokia 7, which launched in October 2017. This is not to be abashed with the Nokia 7 Plus, which launched in February this year — that phone is a accomplished altered animal.
The Nokia 7.1 is a mid-range Android One handset. It comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 636 chipset, and the advantage of either 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, or 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
However, the alone archetypal that will be accessible in the United States is the 3GB/32GB version. Did we acknowledgment the accessory is advancing to the U.S.? Well, it is! Unlike the Nokia 7, the Nokia 7.1 will barrage globally instead of actuality a China exclusive.
The Nokia 7.1 will amount $349 in America, while Europeans will accept two choices: the 3GB/32GB alternative for 319 euros (~$369) and the 4GB/64GB alternative for 349 euros (~$404) respectively.
Pre-orders for the Nokia 7.1 accessible on October 5 and the accessory will get a accepted auction on October 28.
As a ancillary note, HMD Global additionally launched two new sets of wireless headphones on October 4 which will barrage in the U.K. and Europe afore the end of the year.
Of all the accessories on this list, none has had added of a rollercoaster ride this year than the Google Pixel 3 XL. Months afore the appointed actualization of the latest flagship from Google, a atramentous bazaar agent pawned off dozens of ancestor versions of the Pixel 3 XL, absolution the apple see appealing abundant aggregate there is about the device.
Now that the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are both clearly launched, we no best accept to abject what we apperceive about it from leaked info.
At the accouterments accident area Google launched the phones, the aggregation placed a huge accent on the photography capabilities of the Pixel 3. As such, best of the appearance of the accessory centermost on demography photos, including wide-angle selfies, simple retouching, a new Night Mode, and more.
Other than that, best of the specs and advice we already knew from the assorted leaks. If you somehow absent all that, you can see a abounding briefing of the specs for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL here.
Google additionally decidedly aloft the amount for the Pixel 3 while hardly accretion the amount of the Pixel 3 XL. The Google Pixel 3 starts at $799 for the 64GB archetypal and the 128GB archetypal goes for $899 (the Pixel 2 was $649 and $749 respectively). The Google Pixel 3 XL price-raising is beneath extreme, starting at $899 for the 64GB alternative and activity all the way up to $999 for the 128GB archetypal (the Pixel 2 XL was $849 and $949 respectively)
Additionally, Google launched a new book declared the Pixel Slate and a new acute affectation declared the Google Home Hub. No added new accouterments items were announced.
And in case you absent it, we recorded a podcast anon afterward the event. You can accept to it here:
The Razer Phone 2 clearly launched in the backward hours of October 10. Although the phone looks appreciably agnate to the aboriginal Razer Phone, beneath the awning are a lot of upgrades that either abode problems present on the aboriginal or amp up the capabilities of the device.
The aboriginal Razer Phone launched to abundant alarum in 2017 as the aboriginal smartphone geared accurately appear gamers for gaming. Aback then, added companies accept either launched or said they will barrage their own gaming phones, but the Razer Phone is absolutely the OG aback it comes to the avant-garde gaming phone trend.
All in all, the Razer Phone was a solid allotment of hardware, with some absurd specs (hello, 8GB of RAM!) and a more-than-reasonable price. However, reviews were blood-warm for the phone, mainly due to its bottomless camera (which Razer has aback fabricated abundant bigger through software updates).
The Razer Phone 2 brings the best accepted advancement to this year’s flagships — namely the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor — and keeps the best of the specs from the OG Razer Phone, like 8GB of RAM, a 4,000mAh battery, a microSD slot, and more. However, centralized accumulator didn’t get an advancement (still ashore at 64GB) and there’s still no headphone jack. If that aftermost allotment irks you, don’t worry: included in the box with the accessory is a USB Type-C adapter with a 24-bit DAC congenital in, which is absolutely a nice touch.
One of the bigger changes to the phone is the addition of Razer Chroma lighting furnishings to the Razer logo on the aback of the phone. This acts as a notification light, and you can absolutely adapt the blush scheme, how it flashes, etc. You can additionally about-face the accomplished affair off if you appetite to save battery, but honestly? This ablaze is air-conditioned cool and absolutely sets the phone afar from the pack.
Speaking of the pack, the Razer Phone 2 bucks the trend of top-tier smartphones advancing the $1,000 mark. The Razer Phone 2 starts at $799, which is acutely not cheap, but because the specs and features, it makes the phone very adorable compared to some of the added accessories on this annual (*cough* LG V40 *cough*).
Samsung managed to accumulate the lid on absolutely what it would barrage on October 11 up until alone canicule afore the event. Now we apperceive Sammy brought us the 2018 Samsung Galaxy A9 — the aboriginal smartphone to affection four rear camera lenses.
Earlier this year, Samsung told us it would alpha absolution abundant added aggressive accessories in its mid-range line-up, and the Samsung Galaxy A9 absolutely lives up to that affiance (even if it almost is a mid-ranger, but added on that in a minute). The device’s four cameras (five absolute counting the advanced sensor) are its best notable feature, but it additionally has some actual appropriate specs, abnormally from the awfully stingy Samsung.
The Samsung Galaxy A9 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset — the Nokia 7 Plus and BlackBerry Key2 notably affection the aforementioned processor — and 6GB or 8GB of RAM. There’s additionally 128GB of centralized storage, which you can aggrandize alike added with the microSD slot. Aggregate is powered by an absorbing 3,800mAh array and the phone runs Android 8.1 Oreo.
Normally, a phone like this from Samsung — which appearance abounding agnate specs as its flagship accessories — would amount an arm and a leg. While Samsung isn’t affairs the Galaxy A9 for the low prices the cast of OnePlus will offer, it is at atomic accepting afterpiece to the appropriate ballpark: the Galaxy A9 starts at 599 euros in Europe and 549 pounds in the U.K., which is about $725 in the U.S. Once again, still too expensive, but Samsung is at atomic accepting better.
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The Huawei Mate 10 Pro was our admired smartphone of 2017, and from the way things are abstraction up, the Huawei Mate 20 Pro could be a above adversary for the 2018 prize.
We’ve apparent a few leaks of the Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro already, but not about as abounding as we saw for the Google Pixel 3 XL. As such, we apperceive absolutely a bit about the phone, but there’s still a lot of mystery.
That actuality said, we do accept some acceptable advice about the appearance of the Mate 20 line, best conspicuously the accepted barrage of the Kirin 980 processor, which will be the aboriginal 7-nanometer chipset in an Android device. This could potentially accomplish the Mate 20 the fastest and best power-efficient Android phone on the bazaar aback it launches on October 16, as all the added flagships on this annual are accepted to address with 10nm chips.
The Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro are additionally accepted to accept amateur rear cameras, like the Huawei P20 Pro. Huawei has been affliction the declared aboveboard adjustment of the camera lenses and beam for a bit now.
We additionally are adequately assertive that the Mate 20 will affection wireless charging, which is abundant aback the Mate 10 has a bottle aback but abnormally didn’t accommodate the feature. We additionally doubtable that you’ll be able to use the Mate 20 to wirelessly allegation added devices, like the accessible Huawei Freebuds 2 Pro.
NEXT: Huawei Mate 20 — All the rumors in one place
It was in June aback we aboriginal got a hands-on with the Asus ROG Phone — the aboriginal gaming phone from the admirable electronics company. Now, it looks like we’re assuredly activity to see the accessory appear with a abruptness October 18 accident which the aggregation aloof announced.
Asus acquaint a cheep via its official Twitter annual that shows a closeup attempt of the ROG Phone forth with the October 18 date and the words “Coming to New York.” This absolutely suggests the ROG Phone will assuredly get an official barrage in New York City on October 18.
Turns out, that approach is correct, as Asus accepted that the accident will be the U.S. barrage of the ROG Phone. There will be two variants — with 128GB of accumulator or 512GB of accumulator — which will amount $899 and $1,099 respectively.
You can bang actuality to see our hands-on analysis of the Asus ROG Phone.
NEXT: Asus ZenFone 5Z review: the “flagship killer” killer
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We originally speculated that the OnePlus 6T would barrage on October 17, but OnePlus afresh accepted the barrage will appear instead on October 30 in New York City. You should be able to get your easily on the accessory anon after, acceptable on November 6 for best areas of the world.
The OnePlus 6 is one of the best acknowledged accessories in the company’s history, affairs a actor units faster than any antecedent accessory as able-bodied as actuality the top-selling accessory in India for a time. The OnePlus 6T will acceptable be addition huge success for the company, as it will acquaint some new appearance (most conspicuously an in-display fingerprint sensor) and — for the aboriginal time anytime — barrage in T-Mobile food in the United States.
However, OnePlus admirers were abashed to acquisition out that the OnePlus 6T will not accept a headphone jack. OnePlus is one of the few companies that captivated assimilate the jack for a continued while, alike advertence on date during the OnePlus 6 barrage that it still believes in the jack.
No amount what, the OnePlus 6T is abstraction up to be one of the best agitative smartphones of the year, which is abnormally noteworthy aback you see the added cast names on this list.
NEXT: OnePlus 6T — All the rumors in one place
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