The entry into the land of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), in the territory phablet it was quite late but certainly powerful: at once, the 6 iPhone Plus, managed to conquer in a few months a good part of the terrain that other manufacturers had been working for years. With these predecents, the 6s iPhone Plus it hasn't taken much to become the most popular phablet this year too, but the battle is now much more fierce and it is not for less, since we have witnessed the launch of a few phablets of a very high level, to the point that, as we showed you a few days ago, in the ranking of the best cameras, it has been relegated to no less than tenth position. We review the best of the high-end on Android with screens 5.5 inches or more.
Galaxy S6 edge +
At this point the Galaxy S6 edge + is an old acquaintance of whose virtues we have already spoken on multiple occasions and that it may be debatable whether or not he should head a list like this, but not that he has to be present in it: even if it originality Its design with curved screen does not end up falling in love with us, at least we must recognize its exceptional image quality, its fantastic camera and that its processor, the Exynos 7420, has proven to be the most powerful of the high-end this year. On the negative side, and leaving out its price, you can not put much more than having lost the micro-SD slot and that even the new TouchWiz, more refined, still does not convince everyone.
Nexus 6P
Contrary to what happens with the Galaxy S6 edge +, the Nexus 6P It has not been very attractive to fans in terms of design, but leaving aside this question (which does not stop depending, in any case, on subjective evaluations), the new phablet of Google It has plenty of attractions to make this list: a camera that although it might seem that it had fallen short in megapixels gives great results, a screen at the highest level and one of the strengths that devices will always have Nexus even though they have risen in price and that is none other than software, with the fluidity of Android stock and the guarantee of receiving all the updates first.
Xperia Z5 Premium
Although something goes unnoticed next to the first two, the Xperia Z5 Premium is another luxury phablet that cannot be ignored: it is no longer just that it is the only phablet that offers us a 4K display (even if this resolution is limited to multimedia playback), it has also won the DxOMark award for the best camera so far this year. And if its technical specifications are spectacular, what about its design? Although with some changes compared to previous models, the Xperia Z5 Premium continues to retain a most elegant design and the plus of the water resistance. It only remains to be verified in independent tests that its autonomy is as good as it promises us. Sony.
LG V10
Although the commercialization plans of LG for your new phablet and we still do not have news about its future arrival in our country, it cannot be left out of this list either LG V10, even though the Koreans still do not make the leap to metal (they have decided to bet on a resistant silicone case) and that is something that can penalize them in the eyes of many in the case of a high-end device. Its technical specifications, in any case, leave nothing to be desired and the Koreans have shown their ability to find original solutions to various problems, in this case autonomy, with an innovative “secondary display”, Which will reduce the high consumption of your Quad HD screen.
Huawei Mate S
Huawei has an increasing presence in our country and with good arguments, as exemplified perfectly by the Mate S, a high-end phablet with a price inferior to most of its rivals, without even having to give up the elegance and premium finishes of the metal casing. An added attraction of this new model is that with the Huawei has finally abandoned the six inches that have always characterized the range and has adapted the tastes of the majority with the most common ones 5.7 inches, which coupled with the great optimization work it has done, has resulted in a surprisingly compact device. It can also boast of having released the technology Force Touch before the iPhone 6s Plus.
Moto X Style
If we are looking for an affordable option within the mid-range, however, our first option should be the Moto X Style, which can be achieved by just over 500 eurosWithout metal housing, yes, but also without distinguishing it in technical specifications from the standard of the high-end nothing more than mounting the Snapdragon 808 instead of the Snapdragon 810. The Quad HD screen, the 21 MP camera, the 3 GB of RAM… everything else is there. For fans of the Nexus range in terms of software, in addition, the devices of Motorola They are the most similar we can find: they run a version of Android that is almost the original and lately they have always been among the first to receive each update.
Which one of them is yours Favourite? Would you add someone else to the list? We remind you if you have not yet opted for a specific one that we have at your disposal a multitude of comparative in which we face these and other models.
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