Having a good quality display is the very basic aspect of any smartphone – while a powerful chipset may be able to render great graphics and deliver smooth performance, without a good quality display, the experience will always remain subpar.

Keeping that in mind, we have curated a list of smartphones with the best displays in the market right now. For this purpose, we have considered aspects like colour reproduction, sunlight visibility, brightness etc.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8

AMOLED technology has come a long way and as far as smartphones are concerned, Samsung has pioneered it with its smartphones over the last few years. The company’s latest flagship, the Galaxy Note 8, comes with one of the best displays on smartphones – the phone features a big 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED panel and almost crosses 650 nits when it comes to brightness.

The Galaxy Note 8 also performs great in other aspects like colour accuracy and sunlight visibility. 

Another aspect to note is that the Galaxy Note 8 comes with HDR support, allowing you to see a lot more details in the highly dark/bright areas of the scene.

Read the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 review.

Apple iPhone X

The iPhone X represents a bold and a radical step in terms of smartphone design from Apple. Featuring a notch on the top and ditching the Home button, the iPhone X is also the first iPhone to feature an AMOLED panel.

According to several sunlight visibility tests, the iPhone X’s display scores the highest points when compared to any other smartphone launched in 2017. While the display refreshes at a usual rate of 60Hz, the touch sample rate is at 120Hz, giving users an almost instant and smooth reaction. Just like the Galaxy Note 8, the iPhone X also comes with HDR support.

Read the Apple iPhone X review.

Mi Mix 2

Xiaomi made bezel-less smartphones popular with the original Mi Mix. However, for the Mi Mix 2, Xiaomi chose a slightly smaller display at 5.99-inches. However, unlike the top two phones in this list, the Mi Mix 2 comes with an IPS LCD panel.

Although the Mi Mix 2 does not offer Quad HD resolution, it does come with a highly colour accurate screen, beating even the iPhones. 

In the mid-range segment, the Mi Mix 2 is a good option that you can consider apart from other phones like the OnePlus 5T and the Honor View 10.

Read the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 review.

OnePlus 5T

The OnePlus 5T rectifies almost all the issues that cropped up with the OnePlus 5, and the displays sees the most significant upgrade in the company’s latest smartphone. While the OnePlus 5 was plagued by the ‘Jelly scrolling’ effect, the OnePlus 5T’s display is nearly flawless. 

OnePlus has also embraced the new 18:9 aspect ratio with its latest flagship – the OnePlus 5T comes with a 6-inch Full HD+ Optic AMOLED panel with DCI-P3 support.

Read the OnePlus 5T review.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium

Smartphones with Quad HD displays are the norm when it comes to flagships, with some of them even offering HDR support, but there is only one smartphone that offers HDR support at 4K resolution. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium also comes with Adaptive Tone Mapping, a feature found in Sony’s BRAVIA TVs, allowing you to enjoy media regardless of the light condition.

Read the Sony Xperia XZ Premium review.

Honor View 10

The Honor View 10 is Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone in the budget segment, offering some of the high-end specs at mid-range prices. In addition to delivering a very good value for money, the Honor View 10 also comes with a 5.99-inch 18:9 display with a Full HD+ resolution. Out in the sunlight, the Honor View 10 can get bright enough to be legible. In terms of colour reproduction, the View 10 can compete very well with high-end phones with IPS LCD panels.

Read the Honor View 10 review.

Xiaomi Mi A1

The Xiaomi Mi A1 is the first Xiaomi smartphone to run on stock Android. Launched under the Android One program, the Mi A1 comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display. Even though it comes at a budget price, the Mi A1 defies the price when it comes to the display and the overall quality – the phone’s display can reach up to 550 nits brightness and up to 1570:1 contrast ratio, which translates to an excellent experience overall. The colour reproduction is also decent, especially given the budget pricing of the phone.

Read the Xiaomi Mi A1 review.

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Samsung has been quite open about its plans to launch a foldable phone as soon as possible, and some rumors even point to a launch by the end of 2018. That might sound optimistic, but even Samsung’s latest financial results suggest that's not out of the question.

At the very least, production of the phone – currently known as the Samsung Galaxy X – might well start this year, as in its Q4 2017 earnings statement Samsung has mentioned that in 2018 its display panel business will "reinforce its competencies in new applications such as foldable [displays]."

That doesn't necessarily mean the handset will be ready to launch this year, but it's possible, and it sounds like it would be by 2019 at the very least.

A foldable future

In fact, in the same statement Samsung notes that "as for the Mobile business, Samsung will continue its efforts to differentiate its smartphones by adopting cutting-edge technologies, such as foldable OLED displays." Though the time frame for that is less clear.

Of course, any plans Samsung has could be held up by issues with the technology, indeed in his latest comment on a folding phone, Samsung's mobile chief Koh Dong-jin said that "there are still durability issues that we need to address." 

During the Q&A portion of the earnings call, Samsung stated that in regards to releasing a smartphone with a flexible OLED display, it wants to make sure that it delivers "the level of execution and completeness" to satisfy consumers' high expectations for the product. 

Despite a few roadblocks, it's really starting to sound like the wait for the Samsung Galaxy X might almost be over.

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The mid-range Huawei P Smart has just been launched in the UAE, and will be exclusively available through LuLu Hypermarket from February 1.

The P Smart originally launched as the Enjoy 7S in China at the end of 2017, but its name was changed when the phone was rolled out to other countries such as India.

Big screen, solid specs

The Huawei P Smart features a 5.6-inch, 18:9 aspect ratio Full HD display, Kirin 658 chipset, 32GB of storage, 3GB of RAM, dual 13MP + 2MP rear cameras, 8MP front camera and Android 8.0 Oreo with EMUI 8.0.

It will slide in below the Huawei Mate 10 Pro and Huawei P10, into the middle of the firm's smartphone range.

HUAWEI has equipped the P Smart with Fingerprint 4.0 solution that can recognize prints within 0.3 seconds. Also present is Huawei's artificial intelligence (AI) technology, One-touch Split-screen, Phone Clone, Huawei Share and Dual Bluetooth Connections.

And finally, the HUAWEI P smart is equipped with a 3,000-mAh battery in combination with the Intelligent Power-saving technology 6.0, which supports background real-time detection of power-hungry apps and helps extend battery life.

In terms of price, Huawei is offering the Huawei P Smart for just AED 799 and it will be available in black, blue and gold colors.

• Read our in-depth reviews: Huawei Mate 10 Pro | Huawei P10

OnePlus released Oxygen OS Beta 3 build on Tuesday for users of OnePlus 5 and 5T. This latest update comes with bug fixes and improved performance along with some new features.

With this new update, OnePlus has removed the Clipboard app from the phones. OnePlus was recently on the receiving end of a backlash which involved reports stating that the Clipboard app was sending user data to a server in China. In a post, OnePlus says that it removed the app based on users' feedback. 

The latest update also comes with a security patch fixing the Spectre vulnerability. Spectre is a security loophole that affected nearly all the computers in the world. The flaw allows attackers to exploit user's data using malicious programs.

• OnePlus 5T review

OnePlus is also testing gestures which works after disabling the navigation bar. As the 5T has an 18:9 aspect ratio display, enabling gesture control opens up users to more real estate. Users can now swipe up from the middle which brings up the app drawer. The gesture also corresponds to home button actions throughout the interface. Swiping up from the bottom right and left will bring you back to the previous screen. For multitasking, users will have to swipe up and hold from the middle which brings up the multitasking pane.

Another feature added through this Open Beta update is to allow users to choose between sliding up or down when picking up a call. This comes as a relief for many users who often disconnected the call by mistake in an attempt to answer it.

An India specific feature that’s been added puts SMSs into pre-defined categories automatically.

Users should keep in mind that the Open Beta 3 update is a testing build and may not be as stable.

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