What new phones are coming in 2019? And what new features can we expect to see?

With plenty of rumors floating about upcoming phones, it's time to take an early look at what 2019 will bring us.

Most smartphone makers have already settled on a yearly upgrade cycle and we already have a good idea of when the most anticipated phones of 2018 will come. We know more about some devices than about others, and with so much time before the actual releases things are surely subject to change, but if you want to get a general idea of what next year will look like in terms of mobile tech, read on.

The big focus of 2019 phones will surely be evicting notches and all that's distracting us from a true, full-screen experience. Some will do it with a whole in the screen, others with clever slider mechanisms and there are bound to be surprises. Performance improvements, camera improvements and more are also on the horizon. With no further ado, let's dive in the specifics with the most anticipated phones coming in 2019.

First half of the year:


Samsung Galaxy S10 series
Samsung Flex
LG G8 ThinQ
Sony Xperia XZ4
Nokia 9
Huawei P30 and P30 Pro
OnePlus 7
BlackBerry Key3


Second half of the year:


Samsung Galaxy Note 10
Xiaomi Pocophone F2
Moto Z4
Apple iPhone 2019 series
Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL
OnePlus 7T
LG V50 ThinQ
Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30
Razer Phone 3
Xiaomi Mi Mix 4


First Half of 2019


Samsung Galaxy S10 series
Expected release: February - April 2019



Samsung will most likely announce three different versions of the Galaxy S10, and all three of them could adopt a brand new, powerful system chip built on the novel 7nm manufacturing process, meaning these phones would be much faster than 2018 flagship Android series.

Rumors are for not one, not two, but three new phones, so let's break them down, one by one:

Affordable Galaxy S10, codename "Beyond 0":

  • 5.8" flat display
  • Side-positioned fingerprint scanner
  • Single camera
  • Single selfie camera



Galaxy S10, codename "Beyond 1":

  • 6.1" curved Infinity display
  • In-display fingerprint scanner
  • Single selfie camera
  • Dual rear cameras (Regular, telephoto)



Galaxy S10+, codename "Beyond 2":

  • 6.44" curved Infinity display
  • In-display fingerprint scanner
  • Dual selfie cameras
  • Triple rear camera (Regular, telephoto, wide-angle)



Samsung Flex
Expected release: First half of 2019



Samsung gave us a first glimpse at its first foldable phone under the Samsung Flex moniker in late 2018 at the Samsung Deveoper Conference, and it truly looks like a revolutionary devices.

The design that Samsung showed includes a phones that is thicker than current smartphones, but has a similar rectangular form with a screen just like a traditional phone. But fold it out and revealed is a brand new, gigantic, tablet-like display.

LG G8 ThinQ
Expected release: February - April 2019



While we don't yet know much about the LG G8 ThinQ, we do know that it's coming and we do know that it will be LG's best phone in the first half of the year. So far, our best guess about the G8 revolves around an LG patent for a truly bezel-less phone with a cutout in the screen for two front cameras. Such a futuristic design would certainly turn a lot of heads, but of course a filed patent is no guarantee that this technology is indeed coming to the G8.

We do, however, expect the G8 to adopt the triple camera system of the V40 that the company released in late 2018 with a regular camera plus a telephoto one for portraits as well as a third, ultra-wide angle lens. Battery life has been a sore point of LG phones in the past few years, so we really hope the company improves in that aspect as well.

Sony Xperia XZ4
Expected release: February - June 2019



Sony is on an aggressive schedule: it releases new top tier phones every six months or so, much quicker than the traditional 1-year release schedule of other companies. That's why it's only reasonable to expect the new Sony Xperia XZ4 make its debut at the Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona in February. It usually takes Sony a few months to actually launch the phone they show in February, so we would expect the XZ4 to actually arrive on store shelves somewhere in May or June 2019.

What can we expect? The new Snapdragon 855 system chip, Qualcomm's first built on the 7nm manufacturing process that brings a big boost to performance, an improved camera, and hopefully, a gesture navigation that is missing on 2018 Sony phones.