盘点今年夏天最为出色的五款智能手机

What's the smart buy for a smartphone this summer? The choices are better than ever.

夏天到了，哪款智能手机值得拥有呢？今年可选择的手机的品质要远胜以往。

As smartphone shipment growth ebbs, sales of large models— the so-called phablets— are expected to be brisk, seeing double-digit growth over the next several years, according to market researcher IDC. Not surprisingly, topping our list is a large smartphone. Here's a brief roundup of the hottest smartphones to consider this summer.

市场研究机构IDC表示，智能手机的出货量增长放缓，大号智能手机，即所谓的平板手机的销量在未来几年中有望实现两位数的增长。在此背景下，平板手机荣登本榜榜首便不足为奇了。下面本文将对今夏几款大热机型进行盘点：

ung Galaxy S7 Edge: Best premier smartphone

1.最佳首发手机：三星Galaxy S7 Edge

This is the high-end smartphone to beat this summer. If it was strictly a design race between Samsung and Apple, Samsung would be the easy winner. The South Korean giant's Super AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) 5.5-inch display has curves on two sides, resulting in a stunning design. It has a practical side too: the wrap-around display delivers added real estate for "edge" apps. The S7 Edge also has one of the best cameras going and the best battery life yet for a high-end Galaxy model.

在这款高端手机面前，炎炎夏日似乎也失去了热度。如果苹果和三星进行一场设计竞赛，三星将轻松胜出。这家韩国巨头的超炫屏屏幕的大小为5.5英寸，使用的材料的是超级有源矩阵发光二极体面板，边缘采用双曲面设计，整体效果令人炫目。这款手机屏幕的实际使用效果也相当不错：环绕式处理技术令屏幕边缘的应用程序也有了展示的空间。S7 Edge配备了最好的摄像镜头，电池寿命在高端Galaxy系列中也是最长的。

A blow-by-blow comparison with iPhone 6s Plus yields a bunch of upsides, including 4GB of RAM (vs 2GB on the iPhone), wireless charging, and a microSD slot for upgrading the standard 32GB storage with, for instance, a 128GB microSD card that can also be configured with dual SIM cards.

如果把iPhone 6s和G7 Edge放在一起进行详细比较，后者的优点非常突出：G7 Edge的随机存取存储器容量达到4GB（而6s的这一数据为2GB）；具备无线充电功能；手机内存为32GB，可插入128GB的SD卡进行拓展。

The only downsides are fingerprint smears and Samsung's user interface – but the latter is vastly improved over previous versions. Retail pricing typically starts at between 750 dollars and 790 dollars at major carriers.

这款手机仅有的缺点是指纹识别系统和三星人机互动界面的设计--但是后者的性能在近几个版本中有了极大的提升。大型运营商处为这款手机提供的零售价在750美元到790美元之间。

ne 6s: Best mainstream phone

2.最佳主流手机：iPhone 6s

Apple still has a lock on the mid-range, mainstream smartphone. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6s has a stiffer chassis than the iPhone 6, excellent front and rear cameras, a novel "3D Touch" pressure-sensitive display for previewing messages, photos, and related links, and the new A9 processor makes everything very snappy. But let's face the facts: While Apple makes great, high-quality hardware, many consumers choose iPhones primarily because they know they're buying into probably the greatest selection of apps in the world. It starts at 649 dollars.

苹果仍然牢牢把持着中等尺寸和主流智能手机市场。4.7英寸屏幕的iPhone 6s的底盘比iPhone6的更加结实，前置和后置摄像头性能良好，屏幕配备了新奇的"3D触摸"压力传感器和A9处理器，人们在浏览信息、照片和相关链接时会觉得非常顺畅。然而事实却摆在眼前：虽然苹果手机配备的硬件质量极好，但是许多消费者选择苹果的原因在于，他们清楚苹果能为自己带来世上最好的手机应用。iPhone 6s售价为649美元。

s 6P: Best pure Android phone

3.最佳原生安卓手机：Nexus 6P

The Nexus brand has a following that, while a lot smaller, is not that unlike the iPhone's following. That's because Nexus phones maintain high standards, are designed in conjunction with Google, and made by world-class phone suppliers. Huawei— the third-largest global smartphone manufacturer behind Samsung and Apple according to IDC— now makes the best Nexus phone. Those specs include an excellent (and extra-large) 5.7-inch very-high-resolution AMOLED display, a good 12-megapixel camera, 3GB of RAM, and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor. The only notable downsides are a sometimes less-than-snappy camera experience and unneeded bulk in the chassis. But the best part is the cost, with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of 499 dollars. But the 6P can often be found for under 450 dollars at retailers and even under 400 dollars at some stores.

Nexus品牌系列手机的规模虽不比苹果，但在质量上却不遑多让。Nexus出产的手机一向质量上佳，不仅Google鼎力支持，世界级的手机供应商亦为其保驾护航。据IDC称，位列三星和苹果之后的第三大智能手机生产商华为生产的Nexus手机品质最佳。这款手机的屏幕尺寸达到了5.7英寸（又是超大屏幕），使用的材料是有超高分辨率的有源矩阵发光二极管面板，其他硬件还包括1200万像素的摄像头，3GB的随机存取存储器和高通Snapdragon 810处理器。拍照反应较慢，底盘进行加重处理是该机型较为显著的缺点。Nexus最吸引人的是价格，其建议零售价仅为499美元，而一些零售商给出的价格仅为450美元，在一些门店更是低至400美元。

G5: Best modular phone

4.最佳模块化智能手机：LG G5

Though overshadowed by Samsung, the smaller South Korean phone supplier has come up with a pretty radical smartphone. The killer feature for the 5.3-inch phone is modularity. By pressing a button, the bottom of the phone slides out, which allows you to not only swap in a fresh battery but add upgrade modules too. And the camera is different too. The LG G5 has both 8- and 16-megapixel sensors on the back, located on either side of the LED flash. The secondary 8MP sensor allows wide-angle shots. At retail, it ranges between 575 dollars and 625 dollars.

笼罩在三星阴影之下的LG最近终于推出了一款颠覆性的智能手机。这款屏幕尺寸为5.3英寸的机型的最大卖点在于其模块化的手机结构。按下相应按键，手机底部会自动滑出，不仅可以更换电池，也可以装载其他升级模块。LG G5的摄像头也与众不同，在手机背面有两个分列于LED闪光灯两侧的传感器，像素分别达到800万和1600万，而800万像素的传感器赋予了手机广角拍摄的功能。这款手机的零售价在575美元和625美元之间。

ne SE: Best small phone

5.最佳小型智能手机：iPhone SE

The 4-inch SE is the best deal Apple has ever offered on a new iPhone: It's not only the cheapest iPhone, but has cutting-edge internals. This is a more advanced phone internally than the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, and is on par with the iPhone 6s/6s Plus. And it has the same great rear-facing 12-megapixel camera of the 6s, with better battery life than both the 6 and 6s. The iPhone SE also excels at one-handed operation. It's a cinch to do all sorts of things: thumb-scrolling, photo-taking, typing. The SE is also more pocketable than, let's say, the large 5.5-inch 6s Plus. The icing on the cake is the price: it starts at 399 dollars for a 16GB version and 499 dollars for 64GB.

屏幕大小仅为4英寸的iPhone SE是苹果公司出产过的最好的新手机。该机型是史上卖得最便宜的iPhone，内在配置也走在时代前沿。其配置令iPhone6和iPhone6 Plus相形见绌，与iPhone6s和iPhone6s Plus可谓旗鼓相当，1200万像素后置摄像头的配置与iPhone 6s相同，电池寿命却优于iPhone6和6s。iPhone SE的单手操作体验同样非常流畅，使用者能够非常轻松地用大拇指浏览网页，拍照，打字。相比5.5英寸的iPhone6s Plus，iPhone SE携带起来更加方便，价格更是该机型的加分项：16GB版本的售价仅为399美元，64GB版本的售价也仅需499美元。