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CNET Top 5 - Phone makers to watch (not named Apple or Samsung)

2015-10-05
well different top five where we countdown things I'm your host I as act are in the phone universe there are two top dogs Apple and Samsung but they're not the only game in town today we're counting down the top five phone makers you should keep an eye on there aren't Apple or Samsung at number five is one plus this company currently only makes one phone it's called the one plus two which for some reason I can't help but add to call it the three in my head anyway the two puts together lots of great specs and good build quality with an affordable price one of the key features that sets apart smart phones these days is the camera and the oneplus two packs of great one to drum up interest oneplus sells its bones using an invite-only method that must be done online it's an interesting strategy that could build up a cult-like following like other invite-only things and number four is Xiaomi this is the company that Hugo Berra a Google vice president at the time left Google for Berra took the position of vice president of international at shall make the company makes some pretty awesome phones at first glance the products look like Apple knockoffs but I've never heard anyone write Samsung however its phones are well built and affordable plus its Android skin is actually pretty polished with Bera as its VP of international expect to see these phones in places like the US eventually at number three is Motorola yet another company that knows how to build low-cost well crafted phones after a brief period of being owned by Google Lenovo snapped up Motorola Mobility that's the company that makes those snazzy smartphones like the Moto X the deal closed in late October 2014 this wasn't lenovo's first go at buying another company Lenovo famously purchased IBM's computer business and did a great job with the pink pad line recently Lenovo had been making a number of phones that didn't really see the light of day outside of Asian markets perhaps we'll see some of those arrive under the Motorola banner and number two is LG this company is desperately trying to get your attention you've seen the series of commercials on TV with leather being crafted to fit the LG g4 the thing is LG makes some pretty awesome phones the LG G series of phones are considered some of the best Android phones for Android fans it's also made three of Google's Nexus phones the four the five and the new 5x LG's Nexus phones were generally well liked - will it ever have a monster hit like the Samsung Galaxy S line I think it's very possible and that number one is Huawei this is the company that makes the brand new Google Nexus 6p the company name might not be terribly familiar to some but Huawei is making a big push right now the company is the world's third largest smartphone maker and with Google's stamp of approval this will garnered a lot of attention from ski nuts time with the 6p we found it to be really well built and its specs are top-notch it's also really party maybe the peak at six P stands for pretty anyway keep an eye on Huawei and there you have it the top five phone makers to watch not name to Apple or Samsung do you think meizu or Oppo should have been on this list let me know on twitter i'm matt is for more top fives like this visit top 5 dot-com thanks for watching and we'll see you later you
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