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What's the best smartphone in 2018?
Which is your favorite smartphone right now? Which smartphone is currently in your pocket? Would you take the Samsung Galaxy S9 (S9+), OnePlus 6, Google Pixel 2 XL or iPhone X?
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So many of you probably caught my recent video in which I gave up on my experimental time with the BlackBerry Key 2
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This device right here. Now, I didn't hate it. I just hated it
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In that video, I told you not to buy that thing because it didn't do enough to justify switching back to something with a physical keyboard
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It's not one tap, it's over here, then it's over here. Maybe it makes sense for someone who has been stuck on a keyboard, doesn't want to transition and is looking for something more modern
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But one of my criticisms of the device wasn't just the keyboard, but also what you're getting for the money
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The thing was around $600, $650. That's obviously more than the OnePlus 6, which retails for less, $529, whatever
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Now the reason I have four phones on the table is because after I was done with my BlackBerry experiment
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I went on to Twitter and I told people, you know, I switched back to a different device
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And I got a lot of feedback, people saying, maybe it was this one, maybe it was that one
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Hey, Lou, why don't you tell us what you're using right now? And why don't you tell us why
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So I'm gonna give you a little unbox therapy history. What has been going on with my smartphone usage
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The only experiment in this group was the BlackBerry. The other three I could easily recommend to you I could use on a daily basis and really see very little change in my feelings So I made a video a little while back about switching to the Galaxy S9
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This is the special edition one. Don't worry about that factor because I'm not talking about the device
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Just imagine it's a regular S9+. But I was using the S9 plus prior to the OnePlus 6 coming out
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at which point I switched my SIM over so I could utilize that device. Then I switched to the BlackBerry
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and then I switched back to the Pixel. Actually, if I was doing this correctly, it would go like this
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Because I was using the Pixel before switching to the S9+. Pixel 2 XL, S9+, OnePlus 6, then the BlackBerry
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Then after I was done with the BlackBerry, because of convenience and various other factors
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I slid the SIM into this guy. The Pixel 2 XL. Greatest camera on any smartphone
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I wouldn't say it's the best in every category, not by any means, but has the forward-facing speakers
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And the stock interface, of course. Very nice. Easy to use. slide your SIM in, forget about it. And I used that for a little while. And then this S9 showed
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up. And I was like, you know, I should try the S9 again and just compare the two. And that's when
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things changed because the SIM came out of the Pixel 2 XL and into the S9 Plus. And that's where
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it lives right now And something struck me right away This phone just felt super comfy to hold Looking at them the form factor seems so similar But look a little closer and you realize of course the S9 Plus is just slightly more slender compared to the Pixel 2 XL And so when
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you pick this up, it just gives you a little bit more comfortable reach. This one, on the other
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hand, a bit fatter, a bit more of a reach. Using them back to back helped me to appreciate just how
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much comfier this form factor is for one-handed use. Enough so that I was like, you know, I think
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I'm going to stick to the S9+. You still get a nice display. You get a decent speaker. Get the
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headphone jack back. You get the wireless charging back. With Nova Launcher, you can really get quite
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a similar experience. Now, the camera, I would say, is like a step in either direction. It's not like
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a massive difference between. It's not like including the BlackBerry in the list. This camera
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drove me crazy where I was like, I can't believe that's on a modern smartphone. But these two
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they definitely are in the same universe. Of course, you have the dual lens setup over here
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on the S9 Plus compared to the single lens setup, but the software stuff that Google is doing
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is just untouchable right now. Just keep that in mind. Nonetheless, I haven't missed the camera on the Pixel
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as much as I've enjoyed the comfort of the one-handed functionality on the S9 Plus
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Now, I should say at this moment, of course, we have new Pixel devices coming out
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and chances are it's going to adopt a different more modern form factor and then I gonna have to do this whole thing all over again because this is my job but I thought this would be interesting for you because you all asking me what am I using and why and if I was forced to choose a device today I think I would take this one I think the
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S9 plus gives you a little bit more for your money I am a fan of wireless charging I do use
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wireless charging that is where my sim card lives now the one plus six you need to remember it's in
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different price category. This is the least expensive unit and honestly for the price you're
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getting oh I don't know 90% of whatever you're going to get in the case of these other two
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devices with some enhancements. No you don't have the wireless charging that you get with the S9
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Plus but the reason for me having this in here is because I still believe even at this moment in
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time this one still probably represents the best value of the bunch. If I'm spending my dollars
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I'm probably spending them over here. So I feel like it's important to say that because not always is what I use my recommendation for others
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You want to know where my SIM card lives? Now you do. It's in the S9 Plus for now
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Excited for the next Pixel and the OnePlus 6. It's the best value of the bunch
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And the BlackBerry, I'll still tell you to stay away from it for now
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So there it is. S9 Plus, been using it, been enjoying it. Hope you appreciated that
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Let me know down in the comments. What are you using right now? Now, what's your daily driver's smartphone
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I'm curious
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