Throughout 2018, various smartphones have been launched in the Indian market with flagship specifications and advanced technology. The smartphone companies have high risks to offer something great as well as innovative. In the year 2018, we have observed some noticeable changes in the design of the device where bezel-less display eliminates with full-screen displays and offers higher screen-to-body ratio.

9 TOP Inovative Smartphone

Most of the companies have eliminated the physical fingerprint scanner with under- display scanner and it is available in the OnePlus 6T, Mate 20 Pro, Vivo X20 Plus UD which are the most innovative smartphones of the year 2018. A list of the top innovative smartphones that have been launched during the year 2018 and attracts the user’s attention is detailed here, let us have a look:

Smartphone Price Buy Here
Oppo Find X 59,990  Flipkart
Vivo Nex 39,990  Amazon
ZTE Nubia X 35,000  Coming Soon
Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 34,790  Coming Soon
Asus ROG Phone 69,999  Flipkart
Huawei Mate 20 Pro 69,990  Amazon
ZTE Axon M 47,990 Coming Soon
Samsung Galaxy A8s 34,990 Coming Soon
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 67,900  Flipkart | Amazon

Oppo Find X

The Oppo Find X is one of the most talkative smartphones of the year 2018. The company surprised everyone by offering advanced features in the Oppo Find X. The smartphone features a curved glass on the front and rear panel that has a metallic frame which looks premium in terms of appearance. The Find X being offered by Oppo is one of the premium smartphones of the year 2018. Interestingly, the company has eliminated the notch by offering a motorized slider camera on the top.

Oppo Find X

It comes with a 6.4-inch OLED display and the company has managed to offer completely full-screen display on the Oppo Find X. The Oppo Find X comes with a motorized slider camera. Whenever the camera app is in use, especially for the selfie, the motorized camera part pops out till the app is closed. The disappointing part is that implementation of the camera is not perfect and not feasible for the long- term purpose. Oppo says that it can be used for up to 5 years with an average usage of 150 times per day.

Features
Processor Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
OS Android v8.1 (Oreo)
Display 6.42 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels
RAM  8 GB
Storage  256 GB
Camera  Rear : 16 MP + 20 MP | Front : 25 MP
Battery  3,730mAh
Sensors  Fingerprint(under display), Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass
Full Specification  Click Here

Vivo Nex

Vivo innovatively has eliminated the notch in its premium Nex smartphone and it is based on the APEX concept phone that was showcased at MWC 2018,. The Vivo Nex has been equipped with great features include motorized slider camera, under- display fingerprint scanner, full- screen display and more. The motorized slider camera is available on the top bezels and it pops- out when the camera app is in use and switches to the front camera. The camera activities are totally based on motorized system and Vivo said it can be used for up to 2 years. By offering the pop-up selfie snapper in the Vivo NEX the company has managed to offer full-screen display along with 86 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Vivo Nex mobile

The company not only offers the pop-up selfie camera but also the under-display fingerprint scanner which provides sufficient space to add other components. Additionally, the company eliminated the earpiece with Screen SoundCasting technology which is based on bone conduction to transmit audio waves.

Features
Processor Octa-core 2.8GHz, Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
OS Android 8.1 Oreo
Display 6.59 inches, 1080 x 2316 pixels
RAM 8 GB
Storage  128 GB
Camera  Rear :12 MP + 5 MP| Front : 8 MP
Battery  4,000mAh
Sensors Fingerprint (Under Display), Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass
Full Specification  Click Here

ZTE Nubia X

Nubia which is a sub-brand of ZTE somehow managed to offer flagship specifications in the Nubia X even without providing the notch on the top of the display. The Nubia X comes with a dual display which is the key highlights of the device – the first one is placed on the front panel and the other is placed on the rear side. Up front, there is a 6.26-inch full HD+ display along with a 19:9 aspect ratio and an edge-to-edge display even without the notch or front-facing camera. So the one question is arising in everyone mind where the front camera go? The ZTE Nubia X does not have any front-facing camera.

ZTE Nubia X

Whenever the user wants to capture selfies or video calling they have to use the dual rear cameras. For the ease of the users, the company has offered a 5.1-inch HD+ display on the rear panel lets users use the device in both directions. ZTE Nubia X is not only the smartphone that comes with the dual display but the Vivo has also offered the same two displays on the ‘NEX Dual’.

As the name implies, the Vivo Nex Dual also comes with a similar dual display and it has a 6.39-inch full HD+ display on the front side even without the presence of a notch. Now moving to the rear panel, a triple lens camera sensor which also doubles as selfie snapper. For clicking selfies and make things easier, the Vivo has offered a secondary 5.49-inch full HD display on the rear side.

Features
Processor Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
OS Android 8.1 Oreo
Display 6.26 inch, 1080 x 2280 pixels
RAM  6/8 GB
Storage 64/128/256 GB
Camera  Rear : 16 MP + 24 MP
Battery  3,800mAh
Sensors Dual Fingerprint (side-mounted), Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass
Full Specification  Click Here

Xiaomi Mi MIX 3

Oppo and Vivo, the Chinese smartphone manufacturers have offered motorized camera set up in its flagship smartphones while the Xiaomi has offered manual slider to conceal the front camera in the Mi Mix 3. On the front, it features a 6.39-inch full HD+ display or if you want to capture the selfies you have to slide the display panel downwards side. Interestingly, the smartphone comes with dual front camera sensors that consist of a 24MP primary sensor and a 2MP secondary sensor. You get dual 12MP camera sensors on the rear panel.

 Xiaomi Mi MIX 3

The Honor Magic 2 also comes with a similar slider mechanism concept to Mi Mix 3. The basic difference is that the Mi Mix 3 gets dual camera sensors on each side, while the Honor Magic 2 comes with triple cameras- one on the front and two on the back panel.

Features
Processor Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
OS Android 8.1 Oreo
Display 6.4 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels
RAM 6/8/10 GB
Storage 128/256 GB
Camera  Rear : 12 MP + 12 MP| Front : 24 MP + 2 MP
Battery  3,200mAh
Sensors Fingerprint(under display), Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Barometer
Full Specification  Click Here

Asus ROG Phone

Throughout 2018, the smartphone manufacturers have also focused on the gaming devices and introduce few of the smartphones namely Razer Phone 2, Nubia RED Magic, and Xiaomi Black Shark. All of these smartphones come with almost similar features to provide a rich gaming experience to the users but Asus is the only one which offers flagship specifications in its ROG phone.

Asus ROG Phone

The Asus ROG phone being offered by Asus is the first device that comes with the AMOLED display panel with a refresh rate of 90 Hz and response time of 1 millisecond. To protect the device from overheating, the company has offered 3D vapour-cooling technology and a physical fan on the ROG. It gets a two USB Type-C ports, touch-sensitive control buttons and RGB lighting LED logo on the rear panel.

Features
Processor Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845
OS Android 8.1 Oreo
Display 6.0 inches, 1080 x 2160 pixels
RAM  8 GB
Storage  128 GB
Camera  Rear : 12 MP + 8 MP| Front : 8 MP
Battery 4,000mAh
Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Accelerometer, Proximity, Compass, Gyro
Full Specification  Click Here

Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Huawei Mate 20 Pro was initially showcased at the event conducted in Paris in the first half of 2018 and then introduced in the October 2018. The Mate 20 Pro was the Huawei first smartphone that gets triple camera sensors on the rear panel. The smartphone features triple rear cameras, but the monochrome sensor is being exchanged with a wide-angle lens. It has a notch on the top of the display as well as a dual edge curved display, Kirin 980 SoC that is based on 7nm processor.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro

However, these are the features that we have already seen on other smartphones as well. The Mate 20 Pro has been embedded with a 4,000 mAh battery with the support of wireless charging which is to be considered the key highlights of the device. The Mate 20 Pro has been bundled with 40W fast charging adapter which is claimed to charge the 70 percent battery of the device only in 30 minutes.

Features
Processor  Octa-core, HiSilicon Kirin 980 (7 nm)
OS  Android 9.0 (Pie)
Display  6.39 inches, 1440 x 3120 pixels
RAM  6 GB
Storage  128 GB
Camera  Rear : 40 MP + 20 MP + 8 MP | Front : 24 MP
Battery  4,200mAh
Sensors  Face ID, Fingerprint (Rear-Mounted), Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Barometer
Full Specification  Click Here

ZTE Axon M

ZTE Axon M was initially showcased at MWC 2018 event and it comes under the category of the foldable smartphone. It gets foldable dual screen displays which seems to be the highlighting features of the device. When it is folded, the smartphone has dual displays on the front and back side, while when it is unfolded the device looks like a book – showing both of the screens side-by-side.

At the same time, you can work on both the screen or run individual apps or you can be shifted to a secondary display. For example, you are watching the movie on the one screen and you have opened the app drawer / Settings menu app on the second screen.

ZTE Axon M

The quite interesting part is that there is an extended mode available on the ZTE Axon M wherein you can turn both screens into a single screen which provides you with the pleasure of tablet. The company has joined both of the screens with a hinge on the right-hand side that clutches both the 5.2-inch screens together and it is really strong. The other smartphone manufacturers are offering taller aspect ratio while the ZTE Axon M features on full HD 1080 pixels resolution.

Features
Processor  Quad-core (2×2.15 GHz Kryo & 2×1.6 GHz Kryo)
OS  Android 7.1.2 Nougat
Display  5.2 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels
RAM  4 GB
Storage  64 GB
Camera  Rear : 20 MP | Front : No
Battery 3,180mAh
Sensors  Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Full Specification  Click Here

Samsung Galaxy A8s

Throughout 2018, we have seen various types of notches ranging from broad notches to water shaped-display notch. Finally, the year 2018 ended with the launch of Samsung Galaxy A8s, Huawei Nova 4 and Honor View20. All these smartphones come with dewdrop display notch which seems to be the trending technology for the new year.

Samsung Galaxy A8s

The Galaxy A8s being offered by Samsung is the first smartphone that comes with a punch- hole display for the selfie camera which is positioned on the left-hand side of the screen. The Huawei Nova 4 and Honor View20 are the other two smartphones that get a similar concept for the selfie camera.

Features
Processor  Octa-core, Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710
OS  Android 8.1 Oreo
Display  6.4 inches, 1080 x 2340 pixels
RAM  6/8 GB
Storage  128 GB
Camera  Rear : 24 MP + 10 MP + 5 MP | Front : 24 MP
Battery  3,400mAh
Sensors  Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Accelerometer, Proximity, Compass, Gyro
Full Specification  Click Here

Samsung Galaxy Note 9

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is one of the flagship smartphones of the year 2018 as it comes with much-improved (Stylus) S Pen. Stylus always to be considered the heart of Galaxy Note series but this time company has offered Bluetooth connectivity options in it which allow users to operate the stylus like a remote control. Through S Pen, the users can change the slides of a PowerPoint presentation as well as allows click photos at a distance of up to 20-30 feet.

Galaxy Note 9

Interestingly, the S Pen comes with a tiny battery coupled with supercapacitor which is touted to charge the pen only in 40 seconds. When the S Pen gets charged fully on Bluetooth mode it can run for longer 30 minutes. The Huawei, OnePlus, Oppo, and Vivo smartphone manufacturers have offered fast charging technologies in its flagship smartphones but when supercapacitor would be available in these smartphones we assume that it charges a full battery within few minutes.

Features
Processor  Octa-core (4×2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 9810 Octa
OS  Android 8.1 Oreo
Display  6.4-inches, 1440 x 2960 pixels
RAM  6/8 GB
Storage  128/512GB
Camera  Rear : 12 MP + 12 MP | Front : 8 MP
Battery  4,000mAh
Sensors  Iris Scanner, Fingerprint (rear-mounted), Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity, Compass, Barometer, Heart Rate, SpO2
Full Specification  Click Here