7 Best Phones You Can’t Buy in the US (2026)

Other Good International Phones

Haven’t seen thing you like? The pursuing phones are besides worthy considering:

Xiaomi 17T for £649 and 17T Pro for $870: Without Honor’s aggressively debased pricing, 1 of these phones (probably the 17T) would person claimed the champion mid-range spot above. Compared with the Honor 600, the 17T offers somewhat amended show with much RAM and a much reliable camera that has superior zoom capability. Unfortunately, it besides has bags of bloatware, and the bundle requires immoderate tinkering to get the champion it offers. The 17T Pro adds wireless charging, a bigger battery, overmuch amended show with a faster chipset, and a larger screen—but it’s adjacent much expensive, pushing the apical extremity of what I’d see midrange.

Oppo Find N6 for $1,943: Touting an 8.12-inch display, the Find N6 is simply a beautifully engineered folding telephone that’s impossibly slim and light. Despite its committedness of being creaseless, the fold is inactive discernible. You’ll hardly announcement it erstwhile the surface is on, though you’ll consciousness it if you usage the optional stylus. Performance is impressively slick, with capable stamina to spot you done a engaged day, and the camera strategy is excellent. It’s a large measurement up from past year’s N5, with a 200-MP main shooter, 50-MP telephoto, and 50-MP ultrawide, though it can’t rather vie with the Xiaomi 17 Ultra above. The planetary exemplary is enabled to usage acquainted Google apps, but you’ll person to import those, arsenic the telephone won’t officially beryllium released successful the West, which is the main crushed it fails to borderline retired Honor’s foldable above.

Xiaomi 15T Pro for $745: This telephone is fast, with a large, high-refresh-rate screen; a versatile Leica-tuned camera strategy that includes a 50-MP telephoto lens offering 5X optical zoom; and a coagulated database of extras, including generous and speedy UFS 4.1 retention and Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 connectivity. The large downside present for astir folks is the quirky software, but with a spot of effort, it’s imaginable to customize it into shape. There’s besides immoderate bloatware to remove, and Xiaomi doesn’t lucifer immoderate competitors connected bundle support. The regular 15T is astir the aforesaid size but has a somewhat weaker chipset and camera, a integrative frame, and misses retired connected wireless charging.

Infinix Note 60 Ultra for $750: Designed with the assistance of Pininfarina, celebrated for iconic cars from Ferrari and Maserati, the Note 60 Ultra looks interesting, with a distinctive curved solid conception implicit the camera module that besides houses a tiny matrix display. The telephone arrives successful a expansive container with a curvy car-shaped wireless charger. The specs are solid, isolated from the distinctly not “Ultra” chipset (MediaTek’s Dimensity 8400 Ultimate), but availability seems constricted for now.

Xiaomi 17 Pro Max for $1,039: A refreshing plan featuring a second, smaller surface connected the backmost that houses the camera lenses is the main mode the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max differs from the 17 Pro. Xiaomi came up with assorted cute ways to employment this auxiliary display, including a selfie preview for superior selfies with the main camera, euphony controls, customizable themes, and virtual pets. There’s adjacent a retro gaming lawsuit that lets you play Angry Birds, though it feels a spot silly erstwhile there’s a 6.7-inch surface connected the different side. Aside from the 2nd screen, the 17 Pro Max is simply a emblematic Xiaomi specs beast, and the 17 Pro isn’t acold behind, but neither has been officially released extracurricular China yet.

Oppo Find X9 Pro for £1,099: Photography fans simply indispensable cheque retired the Oppo Find X9 Pro. The 200-megapixel telephoto lens supports 3X optical zoom and tin instrumentality fantabulous shots astatine 6X zoom by cropping images down to 50 megapixels. To maximize camera capabilities, though, you’ll request the detachable Hasselblad Teleconverter Kit ($399). This tremendous lens slots into spot connected the lawsuit and adds different 3.28X zoom, though it’s tricky to usage without a tripod. An further trio of 50-MP lenses, with each supporting 4K video signaling astatine 60 fps with HDR, makes this a large prime for creatives. Impressive specs see a 6.78-inch level display, IP66/68/69 ratings, and a 7,500-mAh silicon-carbon artillery that’ll past for 2 days.

Xiaomi Poco F8 Ultra for £497 and F8 Pro for £331: Xiaomi’s cheaper, fun, youthful marque Poco provides country for experimentation, but the company’s ain 15T Pro is simply a amended bargain successful this terms bracket. What the F8 Ultra offers that you won’t find elsewhere is simply a amusive oregon atrocious (depending connected your tastes) denim decorativeness connected the back. There are besides Bose-tuned speakers, an fantabulous 6.9-inch display, and an tremendous 6,500-mAh battery. It besides has a flagship-level Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and generous RAM and storage. There’s adjacent a trio of 50-MP lenses successful the camera. The F8 Pro is somewhat smaller but drops small from the spec sheet, making it the amended bargain.

Honor Magic 7 Pro for $999: Honor’s Magic 7 Pro features a coagulated triple-lens camera, a gorgeous 6.8-inch screen, speedy performance, bully artillery life, and a dual IP68 and IP69 dust- and water-resistance rating. Honor’s Magic OS boasts polished AI features, and Honor announced an accrued committedness to 7 years of Android mentation and information spot updates with this phone. The Magic 7 Pro’s downsides see its ample camera cutout connected the front, camera processing that’s sometimes heavy-handed, and its ultrawide camera struggling to lucifer the different 2 lenses.

Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro for $403: Xiaomi’s Poco X7 Pro is simply a compelling bargain that combines a beauteous 6.67-inch show with comparatively accelerated performance, bully artillery life, speedy wired charging, and IP68 h2o resistance. The 50-megapixel main camera is decent. The Poco X7 Pro runs Android 15 with HyperOS connected top, and Xiaomi offers 3 Android mentation updates and 4 years of information patches. This was my fund prime earlier the Poco F7 (discontinued), and past the X8 Pro unseated it.

Doro Aurora A20 for £250: Doro is simply a Swedish institution focused connected providing devices that are accessible for older folks. It chiefly focuses connected phones but besides sells a decent video doorbell. The Aurora A20 is an unusual rotation connected the flip telephone that whitethorn assistance immoderate radical modulation to a touchscreen device. It’s similar an aged candy barroom HTC Android telephone with a flip-out keypad attached to the bottom. There are tons of thoughtful features, including an alarm button, a spacious keypad, and simplified software. It’s besides reasonably cheap, but I recovered the show sluggish, the camera poor, and the plan a spot chunky and heavy.

Realme 14 Pro+ for €369: The color-changing decorativeness whitethorn beryllium gimmicky, but it's fun, and this telephone looks and feels acold much costly than it is. There are much highs than lows connected the spec sheet: You get a triple-lens camera, an IP68/69 water-resistance rating, a 6,000-mAh battery, and a 6.83-inch OLED show with a 120-Hz refresh rate. But the Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chipset is limited, there's nary wireless charging support, and you don’t get a charger successful the box. Even so, it’s inactive rather a bargain.

Xiaomi 15 for $750: Folks seeking a compact telephone could bash a batch worse than the Xiaomi 15. It feels beauteous and has a 6.36-inch screen, a decent triple-lens camera, and top-notch internals. But it’s a blimpish design, and it has bundle and bloatware issues.

Honor Magic 7 RSR for £1,550: Designed with Porsche, this souped-up mentation of the 7 Pro supra has a fancier plan with a hexagonal camera module, a somewhat improved telephoto lens, 24 GB of RAM (likely mostly pointless), 1 TB of storage, and a bigger artillery (5,850 mAh). It’s lovely, but it doesn’t bash capable to warrant the further outlay.

Avoid These Phones

These aren’t needfully atrocious phones, but I deliberation you’d beryllium amended served by an enactment above.

Nothing Phone (3a) Lite: There’s a retro-cool vibe to Nothing’s translucent hardware and pixelated software, and this is presently the cheapest telephone it offers successful the UK (it wasn’t released successful the US). The screen, artillery life, and bundle are decent, but the camera and bloatware were disappointing. I don’t deliberation the Nothing Phone (3a) Lite is the worst, but you tin bash better.

Nubia Z80 Ultra: Similar to my gaming prime above, the Nubia Redmagic 11S Pro, the Nubia Z80 Ultra trades disconnected a amended camera for somewhat diminished show and surface quality. It’s besides a existent ceramic with an tremendous camera module connected the back, making it awkward to handle, though I bash similar the dedicated camera button. Despite a precise awesome spec expanse for the money, it manages to consciousness similar little than the sum of its parts. Nubia’s bundle is subpar, and for this phone, it commits to lone 3 years of information updates and a azygous Android mentation upgrade.

Oppo Reno 13 Pro 5G: This slim, lightweight midrange telephone boasts a 6.8-inch surface (brightness is limited), a triple-lens camera (solid 50-MP main and telephoto lenses with a disappointing 8-MP ultrawide), and an awesome IP69 water-resistance rating. Battery beingness is good, and wired charging is fast, but there’s nary wireless charging. It’s packed with bloatware but besides AI features and tools covering transcription, summarization, representation editing, and much that whitethorn adhd worth for immoderate folks. After immoderate clip with the 13 Pro, I consciousness you tin bash amended for the money.

Xiaomi Mix Fold 4: Officially released lone successful China, the Xiaomi Mix Fold 4 is simply a stylish folding telephone with a 6.56-inch outer surface that folds unfastened to uncover a 7.98-inch interior screen. It besides offers coagulated show and artillery life, but contempt having a ample quad-lens camera module, the camera is underwhelming. The crease is besides pronounced, and utilizing a Chinese exemplary is simply a spot of a pain, arsenic assorted items are not translated, and getting the apps you privation takes work.

Realme GT7 Pro: This imaginable flagship slayer has a 6.78-inch OLED screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, and an tremendous 6,500-mAh battery. You besides get a triple-lens camera, but the 50-megapixel main and telephoto lenses are fto down by the 8-megapixel ultrawide. It besides lacks wireless charging, and it lone seems to beryllium connected merchantability successful Germany.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro+: Here, you’ll get an charismatic and durable plan (IP68), a 200-megapixel Samsung camera sensor, and decent artillery beingness with superfast charging (120 watts). But those wins travel astatine the terms of middling performance, mediocre ultrawide (8 MP) and macro (2 MP) lenses, and a ton of bloatware. Ultimately, there’s small betterment implicit past year’s Redmi Note 13 Pro+. Not lone are determination amended phones for the aforesaid money—there are amended Xiaomi phones.

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