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hey guys Boston 2017 has been one of the best years for smart phones ever so here are my top 5 favorites kicking things off we have the Moto e for Plus this is straight-up the best deal in smartphones right now back in August when I first did a video on the e4 plus it was a hundred and eighty dollars but if you want to go to Amazon and buy one today it's only going to be 130 at that kind of price you shouldn't expect much but this is a good phone period it has a metal build which while it's a little bit on the thicker side does feel good in the hand the reason it's a little bit chunky is because this guy is rocking a massive 5,000 milliamp hour battery this is straight-up the best battery life that I've ever tried in a smart phone now sometimes you can get about a day or so out of most phones with decent batteries but with this guy especially considering the fairly power sipping internals getting two full days of usage is actually not too hard to put things in perspective it has nearly triple the battery size of the iPhone 8 it's not just a phone with a giant battery you're getting a 5.5 inch 720p display which while a good panel it would be nice to have a little bit of a higher resolution but again it's $130 the camera is also pretty good and Motorola software while not fully up to date on Oreo just yet is pretty clean the bottom line is that this really is all the smart phone that most people need especially when you consider that crazy battery life and great price the Moto e for plus is definitely worth a look next up we have these Samsung Galaxy s8 now this is one of the first flagships of the year however it is still one of the best users phone for about two minutes and it's hard not to be impressed with just how far Samsung has come with design it's an all metal and glass build what's impressive is just how well the glass tapers round on both the front and back as nice as the iPhone 10 design is it's hard for me to argue with just how nice the Galaxy s8 feels in the hand it's all the more impressive that I did it over six months before Apple did the Galaxy S a really did set the bezel this trend for 2017 well yes on top of bottom there are some slight bezels but especially on the sides they're basically non-existent it goes deeper than that to van will let display is still one of the absolute best that you can buy with rich blacks and great color you're also getting the headphone jack which in a year where most phones have dropped it is definitely a nice as you would expect performance is good whoo I'm still not a huge fan of Samsung software skin and it doesn't really get in the way and there's no doubt that the phone is snappy well the camera isn't quite on par with the pixel - it's still terrific one of the nice things about this is that because it is a few months old the prices come down in $650 which i think is more than reasonable for such a great phone however it's not perfect the fingerprint sensor placement around back just doesn't make sense the idea that it only has a single mono speaker and 2017 is kind of annoying and while the addition of fast charging and wireless charging is nice it still doesn't quite make up for the fact that the battery life isn't too great on its own the biggest issue is there were only a few months away from the unveiling of the galaxy s 9 taken as a whole though it is hard to argue that the galaxy s 8 isn't one of the best phones of 2017 next we have the one plus 5t one of my biggest surprises of the year so $500 this is definitely not a budget phone however when you consider that a lot of the other flagships or $1000 this year this actually starts to look like a bargain while on the surface it looks very similar to the also released in 2017 one plus five the biggest difference here is that we're now getting a basically bezel s display it's rocking a good but not remarkable six inch AMOLED display which will not quite as sharp as the galaxy s 8 it's still fine for pretty much everyone the hardware is also good so it's got a seamless aluminium build which not only looks good but I feel like almost more importantly feels really nice in the hand the fingerprint sensor is also around back now you know in a sensible place that you can actually reach and oneplus was very proud of the idea that they have still kept the headphone jack continuing on the good trend performance is good so with the snapdragon 835 and eight gigs of ram this is about as good as it gets on android right now the software is pretty clean and mostly stock oxygen OS does add a couple of useful features but what really stands out about the 1 + 5 t to me is the camera phones like the pixel really have pulled away from pretty much all other phones out there right now but the 1 + 5 t does a remarkably good job of keeping up so no it's not quite as good but in a lot of situations it's close enough that's going to be really hard to tell the difference and that's impressive especially considering that usually when you step down from those thousand-dollar flagships to something that's a little bit cheaper the camera is the first thing to be cut it might not be the best in any specific area but it's good basically and at $500 the one plus five T is a rock-solid phone speaking of incredibly expensive flagship phones we have the iPhone 10 yes $1000 price tag is incredibly expensive for a phone but if you go past that for just a second it's hard not to be impressed with what Apple is able to pull off here first of all are the bezels or rather lack of bezels so as long as you can look past the notch which for me only took a few minutes to get used to you're getting an absolutely incredible screen here it's an AMOLED panel that is ever so slightly better than the one on the galaxy s 8 which is no small feat along with that you're getting HDR support and apples still awesome 3d touch the praise doesn't stop there either the Apple a 11 Bionic chip inside the iPhone 10 not only shames a lot of phones but even some computers that combined with iOS 11 means that the iPhone feels incredibly snappy everything responds basically immediately and especially now that we have the new gestures that have replaced the home button it feels even faster you do lose touch ID which would be nice to have but honestly face a fee feels like some next gen tech raise your phone to wake give it a half a second to scan your face and your write into your phone now it's not a perfect system while it works really well for me it does vary from person to person some people have had a lot of issues with it for the most part though their hardware is absolutely top-notch get it not glass and stainless steel get the iPhone 10 1/2 that actually does make it feel more expensive and the battery life is a noticeable step up from previous iPhones even the camera is right up there with the very best smartphones out you now have wireless charging as well as waterproofing if it sounds like I'm a fan of the 10 then you would be right yes the price tag is steep but as far as I'm concerned it doesn't get much better than this before we get to the final phone I want to give a few honorable mentions to some phones that did some really cool stuff this year starting with the razor phone this came out of nowhere with some legitimately cool features it's rocking a 5.7 inch display with a 1440p resolution but what makes it really exciting is the 120 Hertz refresh rate this makes everything from games to animations look buttery smooth it will be a feature in phones on 2018 you're also getting the best speakers I've ever heard on a phone period it's not even close the only problem is that it feels like a brick in your pocket and the camera is straight garbage town that I feel like was a little underrated this year is the iPhone 8 plus so take all the best parts of the iPhone 10 including the camera you're getting the build quality you're getting even better battery life but you're adding touch ID and you're shaving a couple hundred dollars off the price the biggest issue is that the iPhone 10 has a bigger screen and face ID and a smaller chassis the iPhone 8 plus is a good phone but the 10 is just a better one then there's the essential phone this is a little bit of a weird one on one hand the hardware is incredible it's got a ceramic build and a knotch to put the iPhone 10 to shame it launched it was held back by an expensive price tag and a mediocre camera but some software updates and a price cut have mostly addressed that at this point the only real issue is that the essential company itself is maybe not the most stable in the world right now but if you're willing to take a little bit of a gamble the essential phone is really solid all this leads me to my favorite phone of 2017 the Google pixel 2 now let me be clear I prefer these standard pixel to over the pixel 2 XL not only is it $200 cheaper but the screen is not garbage town which you know it's helpful we pay $850 for a phone what you're getting here is the fastest Android phone I've ever tried even though on paper it's not as powerful as the iPhone 10 and real use it feels right up there which is really a testament to how well Google has optimized this phone in an age where phones get bigger and bigger I found the standard pixel 2 to be actually a pretty decent size now the design isn't quite on par with something like the galaxy s 8 or the iPhone 10 but that really isn't a deal-breaker to me not only does the pixel to add waterproofing which is basically a necessity these days but you're also getting pretty decent battery life where it really shines is with the camera in my opinion this is the best smartphone camera you can buy now a lot of the credit goes to Google's awesome optimization of the camera and while yes sometimes the iPhone 10 does look a little bit better but generally speaking I prefer the overall results that you get from the pixel where the pixels who really wins for me is price at $650 this is nearly $400 cheaper than the iPhone 10 sure is iPhone does some things better than the pixel but for most people this is a better choice which is why it is my favorite phone of 2017 so you guys have seen my picks I'm curious what is your favorite phone of 2017 let me know in the comments below and I will catch you on the next one