Moderators at OzBargain are now running yearly polls to decide the best products in popular categories that get asked repeatedly in the forum. Our aim is to have a central thread where users can vote on the items, suggest options and also change their vote throughout the year. For more information on how these polls work, or if you want to suggest a new poll that isn't covered already, please refer to our announcement thread here.
Question
What is your favourite high end smartphone, (priced between $500 to $800) in 2023?
The Winner of last year's poll for high end phone was the Google Pixel 6 with 178 votes, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE and Samsung Galaxy A73 5G. The Samsung Galaxy S21 took fourth place.
Seems most of you voted for the Pixel 6, because it had more votes than any of the other suggestions combined.
Remember: You can change your votes at anytime, and suggest more than 1 product over the course of the poll.
How do I suggest products to What Should I Buy polls?
If you have a product that you would like to suggest for the poll (that is currently not in the Poll Options), you'll need to make a top-level comment (i.e. not replying someone else's comment) and fill up "Suggestions" text box just above your comment:
Do try to make a sensible suggestion (e.g make sure the phone is still available to purchase) and include a brief argument as to why you would recommend the product. You can only suggest 1 product at a time.
The Google pixel 7 has been out for some time, and with it regularly priced under $800 and sometimes $750 you're getting Google's best Tensor G2 chip for much less than an equivalent-spec smartphone from Apple or Samsung.
As for specs:
The Pixel 7 was released on October 13, 2022, with a promise of OS updates until at least October 2025 and security updates until at least October 2027 (that's 5 years worth of updates) so pretty good in terms of longevity. The only other Android phone brand that offers a 5 years support is Samsung.
It unfortunately lacks a telephoto lens and Google is relying on AI image processing to get you better photos, and they haven't really given it much of a spec bump on the camera sensor from last year's models. Most people seem to agree that as long as you don't pixel peep in Adobe Lightroom (no pun intended) the images from this smartphone is good enough for social media.