Best Android phones in the UK (October 2019) - Android
With Android thoroughly dominating the mobile industry, there are countless great Android smartphones to pick from in the UK phones market. From sleek devices that impress with premium design, to powerhouses brimming with features, to all-around great devices, and affordable phones that punch above their weight, the best Android phones in the UK offer a staggering variety of attractive phones.
Not all smartphone models are available globally, for reasons ranging from modem and networks through to supply chains and marketing. In this roundup, we’re looking at the absolute best Android phones you can buy in the UK.
Editor’s note: We will be regularly updating this list of best Android phones in UK as new devices launch and become available in the country.
Samsung may be known best for its Galaxy S phones, but the Note is the product line that power users flock to every year. Things changed a little in 2019, however, as Samsung released two Note phones for the first time — the Note 10 and Note 10 Plus.
While the vanilla Note 10 is a great phone in its own right despite some questionable feature omissions and downgrades, the Note 10 Plus represents Samsung’s best (and most expensive) phone you can buy in the UK right now.
Read more: Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus camera review: At this price it should be better
Sporting a gorgeous, gradient-style look and a streamlined design with less buttons and more glass, the Note 10 Plus is also a specs powerhouse with an Exynos 9825 SoC, a whopping 12GB RAM, up to 512GB of UFS 3.0 storage, wireless and reverse wireless charging, and the almighty S Pen with all-new upgrades. The Note 10 Plus also has more display than ever with the bezels removed in favor of an “Infinity O” punch hole.
The lack of a headphone jack really stings as Samsung was one of the last hold outs for including the 3.5mm port, but there’s no denying that this is the best Note phone to date.
Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus specs:
What happens when the flagship killer makes a flagship? You get the OnePlus 7T Pro.
Like its direct predecessor the OnePlus 7 Pro, the OnePlus 7T Pro sees the Chinese brand upping its game in every department over its previous generations. The display is a Quad HD+ screen with a 3,120 x 1,440 resolution (516ppi), HDR 10+ support, and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, and almost no bezels whatsoever. This “Fluid AMOLED” display, as OnePlus calls it, has a 90Hz refresh rate for a smoother, snappier feel.
Instead of a notch, the OnePlus 7T Pro features a mechanized pop-up selfie camera which will handily retract if you drop the phone. Meanwhile, on the back you’re getting a triple camera from OnePlus which features a 48MP main shooter, an 8MP telephoto lens, and an ultra-wide angle 16MP sensor. Other features include an in-display fingerprint sensor, the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus SoC, 8GB RAM and 256GB storage, and a 4,085mAh battery with Warp Charge 30T support.
What happens when the flagship killer makes a flagship?
There’s still no headphone jack or official waterproofing rating, but the OnePlus 7T Pro has all the specs and style to match the best UK phones with much higher price tags.
Not so keen on the curved display and want to save some cash? Then you should absolutely check out the OnePlus 7T which is arguably an even better phone overall considering the £599 price.
OnePlus 7T specs:
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The big G stuck with a single shooter for its Pixel phones long after it become cool to go double or triple, instead relying on computational photography to once again give it the edge. With the Pixel 4 XL, Google finally added a telephoto lens for AI-assisted zoom and the results are as great as you might expect.
The Pixel 4 XL is also a huge step up in design for Google’s phones and the 3D face unlock may be the best to date. There’s also the phone’s big gimmick of having an actual radar chip inside for Motion Sense gestures, as well as that signature clean and clinical Pixel software which is guaranteed to get the latest Android 10 updates and beyond.
The RAM has also been given a boost to 6GB over the Pixel 3 series’ paltry 4GB which, combined with the Snapdragon 855, eases performance hiccups.
Is it a perfect phone, though? Absolutely not.
The biggest issue is battery life, which is underwhelming on the Pixel 4 XL and even worse on the regular Pixel 4 — so much so that we can’t really recommend the smaller version. The default 64GB storage is also really tiny, especially when you factor in that the Pixel 3 XL starts at £829. Want 128GB? That’s another £100 on top.
Issues aside, though, if you want a phone that takes wonderful photos every time, there’s nothing that can match the Google Pixel 4 XL.
Google Pixel 4 XL specs:
The most successful smartphone maker in the business today was expected to deliver great things for its marquee series’ tenth anniversary. Safe to say, the Samsung Galaxy S10 series didn’t disappoint.
The Galaxy S10 quartet is arguably Samsung’s best iteration on the Galaxy S family to date. It’s also the largest, with the slightly more affordable Galaxy S10e offering all the best bits of the Galaxy brand at a slightly cheaper price and the S10 5G offering the highest specs with 5G support to boot.
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Best-in-class displays, stunning design, top-end hardware, and impressive camera performance have been hallmarks of Samsung’s design for some time now. The S10 range delivers on all these fronts (mostly) and more, though the Galaxy S10 Plus is arguably the pick of the bunch thanks to its smorgasbord of features like Wireless PowerShare, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, the larger display and battery, and depth sensor for the front-facing camera. It’s also one of the only flagship phones from any OEM to still have a headphone jack.
All three phones are powered by the Exynos 9820 SoC (Snapdragon 855 in other regions) paired with between 6GB to 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of on-board storage. They also all run Android Pie out of the box with Samsung’s One UI skin on top.
The Galaxy S10 series is worth the premium price tag.
The Galaxy S10 5G adds extra display real estate, 5G support, and a Time-of-Flight sensor to the package, but all that premium goodness comes with a hefty cost — £1,099 to be exact. Taking a minor step down, the Galaxy S10 Plus is really the “best” of the range and muscles out the regular Galaxy S10 which (while still a good phone in its own right) sits too awkwardly between the Plus and the S10e to make this list of the best UK phones.
The base model Galaxy S10 Plus is £899, while the max configuration with 1TB storage and 12GB RAM is priced at a whopping £1,399. The Galaxy S10e, meanwhile, is the most affordable of the lot at just £669.
Samsung Galaxy S10e specs:
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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G specs:
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