Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

All the features in the world aren't worth much if your phone can't keep up with your lifestyle. The Samsung Galaxy S8 Active might lack the infinity edge screen of its stablemates, but it makes up for it with the ability to handle abuse typical phones just can't take. It starts with a metal frame and bumper that protect against bumps and drops and continues with the shatter resistant screen that provides added protection for the 5.8-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display. It's also resistant to both water and dust intrusion, yet packs the same killer 12-megapixel f/1.7 Dual Pixel rear camera as the standard model. Available in Meteor Gray or Titanium Gold and available exclusively on AT&T for now.

Motorola Moto Z2 Force Phone

Its name is a mouthful. It pales in comparison to all the extra capabilities you can add to the Motorola Moto Z2 Force Phone. Compatible with all existing Moto Mods, you can snap on everything from a projector to Hasselblad camera with "just works" ease. It retains the 5.5-inch shatterproof screen from the prior model and adds a dual-camera system that pairs a 12-megapixel f/2.0 color shooter with a monochrome twin for iPhone-like background blur and pure black & white shooting. Powered by a Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB of RAM, it should be plenty snappy and comes in three colors depending on your carrier of choice.

Red Hydrogen One Smartphone

Red is known for their bleeding-edge cameras. Now they're bringing their boundary-pushing ethos to your pocket with the Red Hydrogen One Smartphone. The big breakthrough here is a 5.7-inch holographic display, which uses nanotechnology to seamlessly switch between 2D content, holographic content, 3D content, and interactive games, all without the need for glasses. It will be built on Android, with a proprietary algorithm for multi-dimensional audio and a high-speed data port for attachment to modular components. Like those cameras mentioned above. Available in aluminum and titanium models, it arrives in the first quarter of next year.

Punkt MP 01 Phone

No apps. No camera. No nonsense. Designed by Jasper Morrison for Switzerland-based Punkt, the MP 01 Phone is meant to put the spotlight back where it belongs: on calls and messages. The 2-inch LCD display — protected by Gorilla Glass — is ideal for dealing with SMS messages, and the built-in noise cancellation ensures that your conversations sound great. It does have Bluetooth, since hands-free setups are handy, but without the need for a bevy of other radios, battery life is fantastic (it only needs charging every few weeks, instead of every few hours), and the soft-touch finish and angled back plate make it a pleasure to hold. Not to mention, we could all use the occasional social-media detox. In Punkt's own words, this is offline as the new luxury.

Height: 4.58" / Width: 2" / Thickness: 0.6" / Weight: 3.1oz
Requires a low-cost 2G GSM plan.

OnePlus 5 Phone

Packing the highest resolution dual-camera system on the market, the OnePlus 5 Phone is a pocket shooter's dream. It combines a 16-megapixel sensor and f/1.7 lens with a 20-megapixel telephoto unit to enable features like Portrait mode, a 40% faster AF system, and improved image stabilization. The phone's OxygenOS gets a speed boost from a Snapdragon 835 and up to 8 GB of RAM, while the 128 GB storage option gives you plenty of room for all those photos. Available in Midnight Black or Slate Gray.

Light Phone

We're all guilty of mindlessly staring at our smartphones instead of taking the time to view the real world in front of us. The Light Phone, now off of pre-order and available for immediate shipment, acts as a temporary replacement to your existing phone, giving you a break from social media feeds and news notifications, while still keeping a sleek device in your pocket for those old-fashioned "phone calls".

The Light Phone arrives with its own SIM as an unlocked 2G GSM phone that's ready to be used right of out the box (which in this case is actually a special hardbound book). So along with your new number, you'll mostly want to use call forwarding from your fancy smartphone. You get three free months of service, and then it's only $5 a month afterwards (U.S. only).

Roughly the shape of a credit card and only a bit thicker, you'll forget you have a phone with you until you really need one. A beautiful and extremely user-friendly web-based interface let's you add up to 10 contacts for quick dialing. In our own usage, the battery lasts a few days on a single charge. Available in white or black, the Light Phone's minimal design is an instant classic, and surely makes Jonny Ive envious.

Essential PH-1 Smartphone

As the driving force behind the initial development of Android, Andy Rubin knows a thing or two about the smartphone market. The Essential PH-1 Smartphone is his next stab at conquering it. Unsurprisingly, it runs Android, and has all the features you'd expect from a flagship phone, including a dual camera system with a monochrome sensor for better low-light performance, a speedy Snapdragon processor, a fingerprint sensor, tons of storage, a drop-proof titanium and ceramic build, and a nearly bezel-free design with a screen that wraps around the front camera. Yet perhaps the most interesting part is a pair of magnetic pins on the back that let it attach to all sorts of accessories, from charging docks to a 360-degree camera.

HTC U11 Phone

Smartphones get better every year, but mostly stay the same — so it's refreshing to see someone trying something new. The HTC U11 Phone packs several novel technologies into its shiny body. Edge Sense is a new interface trick that lets you squeeze the sides of the phone to perform different tasks, like taking a photo with the 12-megapixel rear camera that received the highest score ever for a smartphone from DxO Labs. Alexa is built-in, with the ability to use it just like an Echo, and Google Assistant is also on board if you prefer Google's AI to Amazon's. Finally, there's the body itself, with a "liquid glass" surface that scatters highly-refractive minerals across the rear of the phone, giving it a stunning hue that changes with every move.

Samsung Galaxy S8

Borrowing some of the best features of the ill-fated Note 7 and introducing a few of its own, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is the company's latest flagship phone. The new Infinity Display, which wraps around the sides, dominates the front and reduces the bezels to a minimum. As a result, the home button now lives in software, you can unlock the phone using iris scanning or the new face detect system, and the fingerprint sensor sits on the back, next to the 12-megapixel f1.7 camera — unchanged from the S7. It's water and dirt resistant, powered by an octa-core processor, and has a new virtual assistant named Bixby that gets a dedicated button on the side. Early pre-orders will arrive with the new Oculus-powered Gear VR headset with Controller, whether you get the 5.8 or 6.2-inch (S8+) model in black, silver, or gray.

Apple iPhone 7 Product(Red) Edition

Continuing a decades-long relationship with the HIV/AIDS charity, the Apple iPhone 7 Product(Red) Edition is Cupertino's first special edition phone. A deep red finish on the back and buttons helps it stand out from the more widespread models, and it's finished with a white front. Otherwise, it's the same iPhone 7 that's been on the market since last year, available in standard or Plus variations and 128 or 256GB capacities, with a portion of the proceeds from every sale going to benefit (RED).

Siempo Distraction-Limiting Phone

There are many ways people try to limit distractions. The Siempo Distraction-Limiting Phone aims to stop them at their origin: your pocket computer. It starts with an interface that does away with the familiar grid of apps for a text-based system that lets you quickly write and respond to messages and emails, see the weather, play music, browse the web, and more. Instead of buzzing every time a notification comes in, it holds them for a set period and displays them all at once, and a physical "pause" button lets you mute all interruptions without opening a single menu. These features combined make it easier to stay in the moment and less likely you'll get sucked down the app rabbit hole.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium Smartphone

The most obsessed-over hardware components in a phone are the screen and the camera. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium Smartphone nails them both. Touted as the world's first smartphone with a 4K HDR display, it has a 5.5" screen that borrows tech from Sony's Bravia TVs to deliver outstanding color, contrast, and detail. Seeing as how Sony supplies most of the camera modules you see in other high-end phones, it's no surprise its shooter is similarly advanced. Its 19-megapixel Motion Eye camera can grab 960 fps slow-mo, automatically starts buffering images before you even hit the shutter button, ensuring you don't miss your shot, and uses large pixels to capture excellent shots even in low-light situations.

Nokia 3310 Mobile Phone

Sometimes the best features are the ones a product doesn't have. The Nokia 3310 Mobile Phone lacks nearly everything we expect from our pocket computers, including apps, a high-quality camera, 4G (or 3G) Internet connectivity, and a big bright screen. Instead, this modern incarnation of Nokia's iconic brick phone offers just enough to get you by — calls, SMS messaging, a 2-megapixel camera, an MP3 player with microSD expansion, and Snake in case you get bored. In return for the tradeoffs, you get month-long standby time, a headphone jack, an FM radio, and the peace of mind that you won't accidentally drop/break/misplace your delicate piece of future glass. Available in four pleasingly plasticky colors.

BlackBerry KeyOne Smartphone

You're forgiven for thinking they'd gone out of business. The BlackBerry KeyOne Smartphone is actually a BlackBerry by name but a TCL by build. As the name suggests, its signature feature is a hardware keyboard that's touch-sensitive and hides a fingerprint sensor in the space bar. Otherwise, it's a fairly standard affair, with an aluminum and Gorilla Glass 4 body, 4.5-inch screen, 12-megapixel, Sony-sourced camera, Snapdragon 625 processor, and Android 7.1.

Google Pixel Smartphone

There are a ton of Android phones on the market, but if you want the purest expression of Google's world-beating OS, you want the Google Pixel. The first direct-from-Google phone without Nexus branding, the Pixel is built by HTC but designed exclusively in Mountain View. It has either a 5-inch 1080p or 5.5-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and a 12.3 megapixel camera that got the highest score of any phone on DxOMark, as well as unlimited cloud storage for photos and 4K videos. The specialized version of Android it runs supports the company's new Daydream VR headset, and unlike most 'droids, it will actually get future software updates on time. Available in silver, black, or blue.

Apple iPhone 7

Let's face it: you know it's faster, and you already know the apps it runs. The biggest feature of the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus — any new iPhone, really — is the camera. The 7 gets a 12 megapixel camera with optical image stabilization and a brighter f/1.8, six-element lens. Both models get a 7 megapixel FaceTime camera, but only the Plus gets the dual 12 megapixel camera system. One side has a wide-angle 28mm lens, while the second has a 56mm lens; this pairing allows for 2x optical zoom, 10x digital zoom, and a new Portrait mode that provides DSLR-like bokeh. The phones are also IP67 water and dust resistant, have solid-state home buttons that replicate clicks with the Taptic engine, get stereo speakers, lose the headphone jack in favor of wireless and Lightning 'phones (don't worry, an adapter is in the box), and a 25% brighter display with cinema-standard wide color gamut. Available in a high-gloss Jet Black, matte Black, as well as standard silver, gold, and rose gold finishes.

LG V20 Smartphone

It's not the company's flagship — that's the G5 — but that also lets the LG V20 Smartphone be far more interesting. Designed for media aficionados, it has a 5.7-inch QHD IPS display for taking in video and a 32-bit quad DAC system for headphone listening. Audio quality is further boosted by Bang & Olufsen tuning, 72-stage volume control, and deep lossless format support. When it comes to creating your own, it has a dual-camera system on the back with a 16 megapixel, f/1.8 "standard angle" camera and a wider 8 megapixel shooter. Video stabilization is made possible by the gyro and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, and an advanced microphone system allows for high-quality audio capture. A tiny secondary from display, back-mounted fingerprint sensor/home button, and out-of-the-box support for Android 7.0 Nougat round out the offering.

Moto Z Droid

We don't function well without our smartphones, but other than the color or case we choose, they all pretty much look the same. But the Moto Z Droid allows you to customize your smartphone using interchangeable backs that snap onto your phone thanks to powerful magnets. It can transform into a movie projector, a boombox, or you can add a bigger battery. And speaking of the battery, the Z can last all day, and even comes with the TurboPower charger that provides up to 8 hours of juice after only a 15 minute charge. It's the world's thinnest premium smartphone, yet remains tough thanks to an aircraft-aluminum chassis with Corning Gorilla Glass.

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Samsung Galaxy Note7 Smartphone

Like fingerprints, your eyes are unique to you. With the Samsung Galaxy Note7 Smartphone, you can use either one to unlock your device or authenticate purchases. In addition to the extra security features, this mammoth phone has a water resistant body and S Pen with a smaller, more sensitive tip, a new Gear VR headset designed specifically for it, and the 5.7" Quad HD dual-edge Super AMOLED screen that's become the model's calling card.

Nuans Neo Windows Phone

We know, we know: it's a Windows Phone. But instead of trying to ape what the Android crowd is doing, the Nuans Neo Windows Phone has a unique blend of functionality and convenience. The design, with its rounded sides and flat ends, is slightly reminiscent of the iPod mini, yet incorporates interchangeable backplates to let you carry cards, switch colors, or add a combination flip case and stand. The extra room afforded by the more sensible design provides room for a battery that runs for nearly nearly two days per charge, a 720p, 5-inch screen, a USB C port, a 13 megapixel camera in the rear and a 5 megapixel up front, microSD storage expansion, and a Qualcomm octa-core processor powerful enough to support Windows 10's Continuum feature, turning it into a pint-sized portable PC.

OnePlus 3 Smartphone

Flagship-level specs meet budget phone pricing in the OnePlus 3 Smartphone. Housed in a thin aluminum unibody that bears more than a passing resemblance to the current iPhone, it packs in 6GB of RAM, a speedy 16MP camera, Snapdragon 820 brains, dual SIM slots for traveling, and a 5.5" Optic AMOLED display. It runs the company's custom OxygenOS, which takes advantage of its Android Marshmallow roots while removing unnecessary software, keeping Google Play compatibility, and adding handy features like screen-off gestures and customizable buttons. And unlike the company's prior handsets, you don't need to wait in (a virtual) line to buy one.

Motorola Moto Z

Modular phones are a great idea, in theory. In practice, they tend to look like a LEGO kit on the back of your phone — only worse. The Motorola Moto Z has a seriously smart solution. It's compatible with "Moto Mods", a series of accessories that snap onto the back of the phone using powerful magnets, adding features like better speakers, a bigger battery, or even a projector, without the need for unsightly ports. Otherwise, it has all the specs you'd expect, like a 5.5-inch Quad HD screen, a fingerprint reader, a 13 megapixel rear camera, super-speedy charging, and a water-repellent coating that helps it survive splashes and spills.

DeWalt Smartphone

DeWalt already makes rugged tools. Now they're making a rugged version of the most important one: the smartphone. Powered by Android, the DeWalt Smartphone is as ready for the jobsite as any of their other tools, with IP68 dust- and waterproofing, military-grade protection against drops, bangs, chemicals, extreme temperatures, and pressure, and dual SIM slots for easily switching between work and home. It also has a 5-inch screen, LTE networking, wireless charging, and all the other features you'd expect in a phone, even one that's more suited to the boardroom than the boiler room.

iPhone SE

For the last two years, if you wanted a new iPhone, you had two choices: one big, and one even bigger. The iPhone SE packs cutting edge internals into a pocket-friendly, 4-inch-screened body. It's powered by the same A9 chip as the iPhone 6S, gets the same snazzy cameras with Live Photos and 4K video, and even supports Apple Pay, yet depending on the color, there's little to distinguish it from an iPhone 5 — which is entirely the point. Available in silver, space gray, gold, and rose gold.

LG G5

People have been wishing for modular smartphones since the first Treos appeared on the street. The LG G5 finally makes them a reality. Its small bottom bezel actually slides out, taking the battery with it, and can be replaced with modules that serve as a camera grip, a Hi-Fi DAC audio player, and more. Speaking of cameras, it has two on its rear surface, one with a 78-degree lens and a 16 megapixel sensor and another with a 135-degree lens for wide-angle 8 megapixel shots, and its 5.3-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum display has an always-on feature that shows you the time and date even when the phone's asleep.

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

With curved glass on its sides, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge stands out like few other smartphones. It performs better than most of them, as well. Thanks to optical image stabilization and an f/1.7 lens, its rear camera makes the most of its 12 megapixels, especially in low light. It's water and dust resistant, it has a hybrid SIM tray that supports microSD cards for added storage, and the fingerprint sensor keeps your data secure while supporting mobile payments. But perhaps the most interesting new feature is the always-on 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, which lets you see the time, date, and notifications, all without needing to wake the phone up. Available in black, gold, and silver, with 32GB of internal storage.

Caterpillar S60 Smartphone

Caterpillar is primarily known for its construction equipment. Now it's bringing its tough-as-nails knowhow to your phone. The Caterpillar S60 Smartphone is designed with workers in mind, with a rugged build and a number of features that come in handy on the job site. Foremost among those is the world's first integrated FLIR thermal camera, great for things like detecting heat loss around windows or doors, spotting moisture or missing insulation, or indentifying misfit electric appliances. It's as tough as you'd expect, with a Mil Spec 810G case that can withstand drops of 1.8 meters and is waterproof to 5 meters, a die-cast frame, and a 4.7-inch touchscreen with automatic wet finger and glove support. And while the specs won't overwhelm anyone, it's no slouch, either, making it useful even after it's time to clock out.

Colorware iPhone 6S Retro

Cutting edge internals. '80s-inspired exterior. The Colorware iPhone 6S Retro gives Apple's latest handsets a vintage makeover. Based on the Apple IIe, the exterior design retains the phone's love-them-or-hate-them antenna bands, but gives the aluminum areas a beige paint job with faux exterior vents like you would have seen on Apple's older computers. The effect is completed with a rainbow Apple logo, making these handsets instantly recognizable as custom editions. Available in both 6S and 6S Plus varieties, in three capacities, and limited to just 25 examples of each.