80 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2020FEATURE BUILDING THE PERFECT ANDROID FRANKENPHONE
part of their designs. But when I run my finger
along the surface of the LG G8x and feel
nothing but smooth glass, it makes all those
camera bumps feel ancient.COLOR: NOTE 10+
A whole bunch of cool colors debuted this year
including Flamingo Pink
(S10), Oh So Orange (Pixel
4), Cosmic Purple (Mate 30),
and Martian Green (Galaxy
Fold), but my favorite is the
one that captured them all:
Aura Glow on the Galaxy
Note 10+. A virtual
chameleon that’s constantly
shifting its hue as you use it,
Aura Glow might be the first
phone color that truly needs
a clear case—or none at all.PROCESSOR:
SNAPDRAGON 855+
With all due respect to the
Snapdragon 855 that powers the
Galaxy S10 and Note 10, Google
Pixel 4, LG G8, and a slew of other
high-performing premium
handsets, the Snapdragon 855+ in
the OnePlus 7T is a little faster and a
little better at rendering graphics.
The extra speed is particularly
noticeably with 90Hz displays,
which is probably why OnePlus is
one of the only phones to use it.RAM: NOTE 10+
There was a time when I questioned whether
phones needed more RAM than most
Chromebooks, but the Note 10+ convinced
me. With 12GB of RAM, apps launchWhy have one color when you can have all the colors.Performance on the Note 10+ is stellar thanks to its 12GB of RAM.