2. One of them: Technique
3. New sensor, new luck: cameras
4. The future is called HDR: Display
5. The Empire Strikes Back: Conclusion
LG, Sony and Huawei presented their new flagship smartphones at the MWC 2017. The LG G6, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium and the Huawei P10 want to convince partly by innovative technology, partly more by their striking design. Here we compare the three smartphone highlights of the MWC 2017.
1. Evolution to Revolution: Design
The plastic era is over. New smartphone flaggues no longer trust themselves without a dress of glass and metal on the street. The LG G6, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium and the Huawei P10 are high-quality processed from these two materials. So the design is just about the question, in which form metal and glass were poured and no longer whether the smartphones are nobly processed or not. These are the new flagships all.
The LG G6 with its nearly frameless 18: 9 display a new era of smartphone design. The Galaxy S8 and the iPhone 8 are supposed to be according to the current state of the rumors as synonymous with such a form factor. The Huawei P10, on the other hand, is based on the design of the predecessor, but takes the path with sand-blasted surface in new metallic colors such as green and blue a step further. Meanwhile, Sony remains faithful to the edgy block shape with a large frame above and below the display. The curved glass surface of the Xperia XZ Premium reflects more than before and the smartphone is even more solid than its predecessors.
Verdict: Three times super noble, once revolutionary. The LG G6 has a more innovative design than its competitors.
2. One of them: Technique
While the design is more dependent on personal taste, the technique is more varied. The loser on the data sheet is the Huawei P10, because it is equipped with the same processor as the Huawei Mate 9, which has been available for months: with the Kirin 960. The performance is roughly comparable to that of the Galaxy S7 - a flagship of last year. The LG G6 with the Snapdragon 821 has a somewhat faster processor on board, which is already known from the OnePlus 3T. A modern performance monster is only the Xperia XZ Premium thanks to the new Snapdragon 835, which is also to hold in some models of the Galaxy S8.
Verdict: The powerful Xperia XZ Premium makes the competitors look old.
3. New sensor, new luck: cameras
For lack of test equipment, we can not make a final judgment about the cameras, but the official information already allow for the first conclusions. The Huawei P10 features a 20-megapixel monochrome camera for black-and-white photography and a 12-megapixel color camera. Modern features such as hybrid autofocus and optical image stabilization (OIS) are offered as well as 4K video recordings. The Selfie-Cam solves meanwhile with 8 megapixels. The problem: The well-known Huawei Mate 9 has exactly the same cameras. They could impress us in the test, but they have been there last year.
The dual cameras of the LG G6 are still new. To keep them out of the case, LG has, however, provided them with a lower resolution than their predecessors: 13 megapixels instead of 16 megapixels at the rear and 5 instead of 8 megapixels at the front. After all, the Selfie-Cam OIS and EIS now also offer image stabilization. The front camera will likely beat those of the predecessor, but we do not know yet whether the main cameras with a normal and a wide angle sensor can exceed the LG G5 cameras.
Sony has in the meantime Xperia XZ Premium its new 1 / 2.3 inch camerasensor built - and it was also time, because for several generations Sony has already used the same camera sensor in its flagship. The so-called Motion Eye camera resolves with 19 megapixels and makes slow motion videos in 720p at 960 images per second. The Selfie-Cam does not have to hide with its 13 megapixels synonymous.
Judgment: Finally, a new camera sensor from Sony - and one that could depend on the competition.
4. The future is called HDR: Display
The Huawei P10 features a 5.1-inch LTPS display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. This is perfectly fine for the size, but the display does not seem to be distinguished by outstanding features. The LG G6, on the other hand, has a 5.7 inch display with a resolution of 2880 x 1440 pixels. It supports HDR10 and as the first smartphone the superior HDR standard DolbyVision. The Xperia XZ Premium has a 5.5 inch display with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels and HDR10 support.
Verdict: The high-resolution HDR displays of the LG G6 and the Xperia XZ Premium depend on the full-HD display of the Huawei P10.
5. The Empire Strikes Back: Conclusion
The Huawei P10 is a smart smartphone. In the interior, however, the technology of the Huawei Mate 9 from 2016 is largely slumbered. The LG G6 rings a new design era with an almost borderless 18: 9 format and the display supports the HDR standard DolbyVision.
Sony seems to be not interested in what is currently in the Trend magazine for modern smartphone design read. Instead the Xperia XZ Premium is released with another Sony block made of metal. This block contains, however, high-end technology, which is at least in terms of processor and camera to rival the competition. Will the Sony empire fall back after years of bad Xperia sales? We can only make a final judgment on the new flag ships after our tests.
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