Xiaomi Pocophone F2
Expected release: August - September 2019



The Pocophone F1 was the surprise of 2018: a phone with a killer, $350 price yet a flagship processor, big battery and impressive performance.

And we hope the next Pocophone, the Poco F2, sticks with that "affordable flagship" mentality. The phone should arrive somewhere in August, if Xiaomi, the company behind this phone, sticks with a 1-year upgrade cadence.

Moto Z4
Expected release: August - September 2019



It's now been about three years since Motorola showed us its Moto Mods system of magnetically snapping mods. Back then, modular phones seemed like all the rage, but these days, we don't see many people still subscribed to that idea and we feel it might just be time for Moto to let go of that idea and go in a new direction with a true all-out Moto Z4 flagship with a focus on perfecting the three essentials of a modern smartphone: performance, camera and battery life.

Apple iPhone 2019 series
Expected release: Friday, September 21st, 2019



The biggest launch of the year in terms of sales, however, still goes to Apple's iPhones.

It's way too early to predict what Apple has in store for us in 2019, but we do expect it will stick with its premium pricing and we will have three phones: two premium, $1,000+ models and a third, more affordable phone with some compromises.

Apple has its own hardware team that makes the world's fastest phone chips and we expect it to remain in the lead of phone performance charts in 2019. We also would not be surprised to see the company make its own graphics chip, as well as reveal first details about its rumored augmented reality glasses. Of course, bezels (especially those on the iPhone XR) should become much smaller and we hope Apple figures this out as well.

Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL
Expected release: October 2019


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Techtober 2019 shapes up to be super busy, but the true star of the month will likely be the new Pixel 4 family.

One of the very best (if not the best) smartphone camera around will get better next year, pushing the boundaries of what you think is possible from a phone shooter. Google was also killed with criticism against the big and rather obnoxious notch on the Pixel 3 XL, so we hope it listens and thinks of a more elegant design.

But the biggest thing about the 2019 series of Pixels will be availability. We really hope Google finally takes its phones seriously and makes them available in more than just a handful of countries.

OnePlus 7T
Expected release: October 2019



Half a month after the OnePlus 7, we expect OnePlus to strike once again with the OnePlus 7T, a phone that will be about gradual improvements and polishing touches to the original OnePlus 7.