Best Android Phones in Philippines 2020

Now that the economy has reopened again, it is the perfect time to think about an upgrade, especially if you have not changed your smartphone in the last two years. A lot has happened in the world of smartphones, and as of mid-2020, these are the smartphones that represent that evolution the best.

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra

Launched with a price tag of ₱69,990, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is the biggest, priciest and most feature-packed Android smartphone available in the Philippines right now. Samsung’s S20 Ultra represents the pinnacle of Android smartphone evolution in 2020, and if you can afford it, there is no other smartphone that can match it in terms of overall performance, class, looks, camera, display, etc. Highlight features of the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra are as follows:

• 6.9-inch, 20:9, QHD+, Super AMOLED Display with 120hz refresh rate
• Exynos 990 with Mali-G77 MP11 GPU and 12GB of RAM
• 108mp main lens (f/1.8) + 48MP Periscope Telephoto lens (f/3.6) + 12MP (f/2.2) Ultrawide lens + 0.3MP 3D TOF lens
• 40mp front camera
• 5000mAh Li-Po battery

Vivo V19

The new vivo v19 series was released in the Philippines this June, and as of now, both phones are among some of the best value-for-money smartphones of 2020 in the country. Both the Vivo V19 and the Vivo V19 Neo offer excellent value for your hard-earned money and they share some of the same specs as well.

However, the Vivo V19 is the pricier, older (released in March 2020), and more packed of the two. The V19 Neo offers slightly downgraded specs but at a cheaper price point of only ₱17,999. Highlight aspects of the V19 series are as follows:

• 6.44-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with in-display fingerprint scanners for both
• 32MP + 8MP dual front cameras for the Vivo S19 and a single punch hole 32mp front camera for the V19 Neo
• 48MP main lens + 8MP ultra-wide lens + 2MP macro lens + 2mp DOF sensing lens for both
• Snapdragon 712 with Adreno 616 and 8GB of RAM for the V19, but Snapdragon 675 AIE with Adreno 612 and 8GB of RAM for the Neo
• A huge 4,500mAh battery for both devices, but 33W fast charging is reserved only for the V19
• The V19 Neo does get Dual Engine fast charging instead, which isn’t much slower either

Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro

Finally, we have a flagship smartphone that isn’t as pricy as the S20 Ultra but offers amazing specs worthy of the flagship status which it holds. At only ₱26,672.49, the entry-level Mi 10 pro offers flagship specs such as the following:

• 6.67-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with a smooth 90hz refresh rate
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 with Adreno 650
• 8GB RAM and 256GB, non-expandable internal storage (UFS 3.0)
• 108MP wide-angle lens (f/1.7) + 12MP 50nm telephoto lens (f/2.0 and 2x optical zoom) + 8 MP telephoto lens (f/2.0 and 3.7x optical zoom) + 20MP ultrawide lens (f/2.2)
• Single 20mp (f/2.0 and wide-angle) camera

In the middle of everything that the Philippines and the world are going through right now, smartphones have proven themselves to be the most useful and reliable gadgets of them all. From making emergency calls and tracking the disease via special apps, to stay connected to work, friends, and family; the smartphone came through for us as that one-stop solution. So, if you are going to upgrade, it just makes sense to go for the one available within your budget.