The year 2021 was one of recovery...And not too much for the manufacturers of phones, who, after 2020 the Pandemic, hoped to recover their market share and sales on account of the shopping impulse from the periods when the virus seemed defeated.However, the crisis of components continued, we were left without Galaxy Notes and Galaxy S21 Fe was postponed and fixed that we do not have the OnePlus 9T series.Apple continued to do what he always does: he removed an iPhone quartet, with small but targeted upgrades to the public's wishes, in front of high rates..
About Pixel 6, a lot of digital "ink" this year, usually on the topics related to bugs, but seemed the only innovative to room design this year.Samsung moved the stylus to Galaxy Z Fold 3 and S21 Ultra, remained the company with the most generous optical zoom on the market and raged with a Flip 3 cheap faster than ever.OnePlus played safety with two phones that divided the Hardware with the flagging oppo Find X3 Pro and also brought a new partnership with Hasselblad, while Xiaomi had the largest series of flagships, the MI 11, with 4 basic modelsand some derivatives.
He was also the only one who put a screen behind and pulled out a 120W autumn flagship, Xiaomi 11t Pro.It was the year in which gaming phones appeared with the duium with ruthless, and ZTE and ASUS removed two generations of terminals like.And Lenovo and Black Shark raised.There were also attempts to compact phones, such as Galaxy S21 and ASUS Zenfone 8, plus iPhone 13 Mini, but without the echoes of another time a compact Xperia made.
I judged, analyzed, drawn line and here's how my top 10 of the flagships looks after a tumultuous year.You can vote for the high-end phone in your opinion, readers, right here!
10.Oppo Find X3 Pro
One of the underestimated and ignored (unjustly) phones in 2021 is Oppo Find X3 Pro.It was noted for that "crater" type design of the camera module, the ringers composed by Hans Zimmer and through the only room-microscope, with a dedicated ring flash.Arriving more at the beginning of Snapdragon 888 did not manage proper consumption and had something lower autonomy.He shared the screen and a few rooms withOnePlus 9 Pro and loads very quickly.The title of "the most beautiful back of 2021" could be granted either to Pixel 6 Pro for courage.It should be noted that an army of hundreds of millions of Apple fans who accused the photo module here after the iPhone 12 Pro quickly extinguished its complaints and trolling.
9.Xiaomi 11t pro
I could not neglect the phone with the fastest charge in 2021, at least among those sold in Romania.Xiaomi 11T Pro is the autumn flagship of the Xiaomi, the first to give up the "MI" particle and a very powerful terminal, with CPU Snapdragon 888 on board.It also has a 108 MP main camera that qualifies it to be called flagship, but also 5G and wi-fi connection.He was promoted by Xiaomi as "Cinemagic", relying on the fact that he has a Dolby Vision support screen, but also video capture functions, including an effect in the style of "Inception".Compared to other ultra -fast charging phones, it does not scratch the battery capacity and offers 5000 mAh.The aspect of consumption of kinematic content is whole of strong stereo speakers with Harman Kardon tuning.He has 3 years of Android updates and comes with an efficient night mode.
8.Samsung Galaxy S21
It was a pity to end this top without the most compact flagship of 2021:Samsung Galaxy S21.Theoretically it would be Zenfone 8, but he is quite low and somehow s21 is better to hand.The combination of purple and the golden chamber mode has conquered millions of women and fashionists worldwide.It is also capable of 8K capture, it also has stereo speakers, an Exynos 2100 processor that takes revenge on Exynos 990 and a 120 Hz refresh screen.It stabilizes excellently when filming and escapes a harsh rain or contact with the dust by IP certification.One UIs of the last year do nothing but add to APPEAL.
7.Asus Rog Phone 5 Pro
The most accessorized gaming phone of the year is clearlyAsus Rog Phone 5 Pro, at least the ones passed through our editorial.It has a lot of accessories, in front of the fan, controllers in the style of those integrated by Nintendo Switch, but also all kinds of docks, but also a secondary screen attached.The screen is very bright, at 651 luxury and offers refresh of 144 Hz and 1 MS response time, but also Touch Sampling 300 Hz, vital to be competitive at shoots and not only.It also has trigger side buttons, which you can map certain commands in games, winning vital milliseconds if you have good reflexes in PUBG or mobile code.
It was also the first time I saw a package with AR and Gamification, but also an extra customizable screen on the back of a gaming phone.The performance is huge, which is also confirmed by benchmarks, and the control panel for gaming settings is the most generous on the market.You can associate profiles to each game, walk at the frequent CPU and GPU, RAM allocated, connectivity, refresh rates and make directly to Twitch and YouTube.It also has 2 USB-C ports and an unexpected selfie capture, plus loud speakers.Must have for gamers focused on mobile gaming.
6.Xiaomi Mi 11
Xiaomi Mi 11 was the first phone with Snapdragon 888 processor, launched in the first days of 2021.It was also our first contact with the new generation of MI 11 phones, very impressive on the multimedia side, between the AMOLED screen.81 inch inch, curved and high resolution, plus high rates, but also stereo speakers with Harman Kardon.The battery charges very quickly, and the yin-yang design camera was a premiere on the market, stirring a kind of trend.At that time, Miuui 12 was inaugurated, which came with news, such as that IOS-inspired center control, the Super 3D wallpapers that have little rival on Android.The stabilization is very effective here, and the screen is fabulous at gaming and brightness, exceeding 90% of the flags of 2021, including the Galaxy S21 Ultra.I felt both a quality upgrade of filming towards Mi 10, but also of color calibration.
5.iPhone 13 Pro Max
The largest and best equipped iPhone in 2021 isiPhone 13 Pro Max.This time it is equal to the iPhone 13 Pro as features, it has no extras as it had iPhone 12 Pro Max compared to iPhone 12 Pro (Sensor Shift).He finally received refresh rates of 120 Hz, to the delight of gamers and a very high battery, with huge autonomy, although he came after a series of MAX that impressed with all this, from XS Max here..He also received macro, kinematic video capture, color profiles, but also a visible night mode than in the iPhone 12 series.Ah yes, and the brace of 20%, one of the great wishes of the fans, also decreased.
It remains an excellent portable console replacement and a reducible vlogging tool.I want to look carefully at all your favorite podcales in Romania, influencers and musicians from us.This is the phone you see most often in their hand now.Chit that he does not promote him in any way.I think half of the appeal for them is the ease of moving from the old to the new phone, with a very easy setup.
4.OnePlus 9 Pro
OnePlus 9 Pro is the only Flagship OnePlus in 2021, because because of the component crisis I have not had a model T in the fall, at least not in Europe.He came with an excellent screen and processor, very fast upload and perhaps the best shoot in 2021.It is simply a level of clarity, a special crystalline when watching the catches made in our review, which seems hard to match by most of the flagships of 2021.Regardless of the test, the situation, the fog, the forest, the snow, the rain, the filming, it looked good, it looked tasty, expressive.
The stereo speakers, which were more loud than the Xiaomi MI 11 and Galaxy S21 ultra, should not be underestimated by the stereo speakers..The merit of the perfect colors here lies with Hasselblad, but we would have wanted more involvement from them.It was to forget: it has the best Ultrawide camera in 2021, without discussion, adopting a new and special system that completely eliminates distorting.
3.Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
The definitive flagship for xiaomi in 2021 is this xiaomi mi 11 ultra.He takes many risks, with a huge room module, which integrates a secondary screen.For some it is useless, for others it brings selfie capture with one of the largest photo sensors in 2021: one Samsung of 50 MP freshly inaugurated by this phone (Samsung GN2).It also has a Dolby Vision screen, with a light 20 all brightness of the 500 phones tested at Mobilissimo.In a way it seems to be created as a reply to the Galaxy S20 Ultra and S21 ultra.It also has stereo speakers tuned by Harman Kardon, a Periscopic Telephoto camera with 5X optical zoom and a 48 MP ultrawide camera, one of the best on the market.
It should be noted that at the time (and I think now) offered the best zoom ever on an Xiaomi phone.The room has a wide range of colors, and the back of the ceramics remains a rarity today, appearing about once a year.It is also the easiest to recognize the phone in 2021, at beating with Pixel 6 Pro can.
2.Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G
On the second place I putSamsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, though it could very well take the first place.After all, we have support for Stylus here, but also the most advanced optical zoom on a phone launched in 2021.If you need advanced periscopic zoom, this is basically the phone for you.It also helps that Lock Zoom, which will fix the image to get rid of the tripids at the advanced level, over 30x.The Exynos 2100 processor deleted the bitter taste left by Exynos 990 and unlike Snapdragon 888, it was not so hungry for energy.The stereo speakers offered a kind of "surround", as well as in the predecessor and as if they were solved from the shortcomings of the nearby photography and the very close focus..The huge module of the camera on S20 Ultra has also decreased and the one here is lower even than the one already decreased on notes Ultra.
It's the full phone and I saw an article on Mobilissimo in which a reader nicknamed him in a comment a "shaorma with all".He was referring to being good at all the chapters and has no weak point to make you hesitate to buy it.From here there is only the predilection to large screens, the preference for the One or other interfaces or the need for a phone full of features at the highest level.I would say that the price is an argument, but it was lower from the beginning than at S20 Ultra and it dropped very quickly, especially during Black Friday, when it was below 1000 euros.
1.Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
The big winner of Top 10 in my vision is the full phone of 2021.We have a mature foldable at the third generation, with refresh of 120 Hz on the internal and external screen, but also with a selfie camera that could be the best on the market.Clearly you can beat with the other two past Mobilissimo: ZTE Axon 20 and Xiaomi Mix 4.It also has the benefit of IP certification, and the support for Stylus is made by Galaxy Note 21 this year.Basically, if you are busy and always on the run, if you are a multitasker, you take notes often and you need a diagonal above average, you do not fail with Galaxy Z Fold 3.It also has a lower price at the beginning than its predecessors and a room with effective stabilization.An admirable thing that few have probably thought of is its very low fail rate.
I watched hundreds of news flows with great care and did not notice any bug or fault in millions of units sold.And the gaming experience even respects the gaming phones.It can replace an iPad mini, and Flex Mode and One UI is a combination that can learn the largest creators of OS and software how to put an effective multitasking.The room is theoretically the one on Z Fold 2, but it seems to be an upgrade to the night catch and stabilization.
Conclusion
We draw the line now, 2021 is ready and seems to be a year of product combination, the use of the components, chips, against the background of the crisis.Some product series disappeared, others have been postponed.For me he triumphed his phone completely, the third generation of Samsung folding, which also assumes the role of Galaxy Notes.Basically it is the height of productivity.And more advanced zoom and night mode better than the Galaxy S21 Ultra you can not find much.The risks seemed to assume Oppo and Xiaomi rather than the consecrated companies, who played for safety.2022, however, will show us if those risks have generated other good ideas or have been isolated cases.Certainly, Apple and OnePlus have somehow owed with more serious upgrades.