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GSMArena team, Last updated 19 October 2025

Best flagship killers 2025 - buyer’s guide Comments

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  • Anonymous
  • Hx7
  • 01 Jan 2024

deRykcihC, 18 Dec 2023No way there are placing OnePlus 10 Pro in this list, the phone throttles with it's 8gen1... moreEven though 8 gen 1 throttles its performance is still pretty good

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    • deRykcihC
    • RN5
    • 18 Dec 2023

    No way there are placing OnePlus 10 Pro in this list, the phone throttles with it's 8gen1 and the price isn't even competitive

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      • akB
      • 10 Dec 2023

      Anonymous, 21 Nov 2023I'm hesitating between OnePlus Nord 3 and Xiaomi 13T. Any thoughts ? Would definitely prefer 13t

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        • Anonymous
        • Su2
        • 21 Nov 2023

        I'm hesitating between OnePlus Nord 3 and Xiaomi 13T. Any thoughts ?

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          • Anonymous
          • 8sb
          • 02 Nov 2023

          Reply to: dimensity8100
          As someone with a OnePlus 10T I can confirm it runs fine (~40°C highest on genshin highest settings)

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            • Anonymous
            • 001
            • 24 Oct 2023

            What about OnePlus Nord 3 ? Does this one replace the F5 from the top choice?

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              • dimensity8100
              • U3M
              • 23 Oct 2023

              ok so if anyone wanted to buy any phones on this list don't buy those with snapdragon 8 gen 1. that piece of $%^&* is very inefficent and runs hot enough to burn your skin off

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                • Anonymous
                • 0Nh
                • 23 Sep 2023

                Google Pixels are way overrated. They have a number of drawbacks (see reviews) yet there is an exagerated hype about them. They are the iphones of android world and this is not a praise

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                  • Anonymous
                  • I8J
                  • 20 Sep 2023

                  All of those fancy specs don't matter if the phone doesn't have the frequency bands to work where I live. I'm in the US so most of these great phones are just dreams.

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                    • Imad
                    • 7P0
                    • 17 Sep 2023

                    How about vivo neo 7 pro, thats exactly like all of these and better value than some

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                      • Hideo
                      • ucr
                      • 12 Sep 2023

                      Anonymous, 23 Aug 2023iPhone SE 3 could be considered a flagship killer. More performance than any Android flagship ... moreThe SE 3 is a joke lol. What's the point of having the fastest chipset if your screen has a non existent sizing and you can't even see anything on the low res and tiny screen? It's like a Ferrari but the seats are a pool of broken glass. Makes zero sense. Just put a last gen chipset on the XR if you want a flagship killer.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 3SL
                        • 23 Aug 2023

                        iPhone SE 3 could be considered a flagship killer. More performance than any Android flagship at only 40% of the price. The other specs lag behind of course, but that was the case with the original „flagship killer“ (OnePlus One) as well

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                          • DxV
                          • 12 Aug 2023

                          elephant.malta, 26 Apr 2023F4 GT ? How can you name "a flagship killer" the phone with such a weak battery an... moreyou ever heard of power banks? u want battery life buy a rugged phone

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                            • nick3999
                            • Kik
                            • 11 Jul 2023

                            i have buy one, it's been very satisfying

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                              • elephant.malta
                              • M%W
                              • 26 Apr 2023

                              F4 GT ?
                              How can you name "a flagship killer" the phone with such a weak battery and poor battery life

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                                • Reiki
                                • LB4
                                • 18 Feb 2023

                                I am kind of surprised the Poco F4 GT was added here after its great performance only exists in benchmarks. When running CPU or GPU intensive tasks it will just throttle like hell and run considerably slower than the regular F4.

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                                  • 27 Nov 2022

                                  cmcm, 19 Nov 2022What about Xiaomi mi 12T pro u didn't mention it????It's in the Premium All Rounder classification. It does not fit on the Flagship-killer price range nor in the Flagship so it's there in-between which they labeled as the Premium All Rounder.

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                                    • Sin
                                    • pYQ
                                    • 25 Nov 2022

                                    ZTE Axon 30S
                                    is a real flagship killer

                                    Wipes the floor with there's phones

                                    Only catch is am not sure if there is global release or where too buy

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                                      • cmcm
                                      • pTE
                                      • 19 Nov 2022

                                      What about Xiaomi mi 12T pro u didn't mention it????

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                                        • K1F
                                        • 15 Nov 2022

                                        Anonymous, 15 Nov 2022But Samsung do sell the S20 FE and S21 FE with such camera hardware. The only problem I see wi... moreI can totally agree with this. If you go to the Samsung USA website, the S21 FE 128GB is listed at $699. That is hardly a cheaper choice since it's only $100 off the smaller S22 with the same internal storage. Even the 256GB version is also separated by $100 between them. If Samsung sells the S21 FE with an RRP of $599 or $549, that would be a much better choice.

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