The Samsung Galaxy J series continues to triumph in our weekly Top 10 trending phones, but this week the top trio was disrupted by a newcomer. The Galaxy J7 keeps the #1 spot where it has been for ages (well, many weeks anyway), but at #2 is the new OnePlus X.

The long-awaited compact OnePlus boasts a metal frame and 5″ AMOLED screen, though sharper than what the Galaxy J5 offers (1080p vs. 720p). The J5, by the way, dropped down to #3.

The J-series continues to dominate overall, with the affordable Galaxy J2 rising through the ranks going from 7th to 4th. If you want a Super AMOLED on a budget, the J2 seems to the popular pick. The OnePlux X is $250/€200 though, so we’ll see how things develop next week.

The popularity of the Apple iPhone 6s dropped, after two weeks in 5th it now resides just above the last place in the Top 10.

That place is occupied by a newcomer – the Samsung Galaxy On7. While the Js are already pretty affordable, On series pushes things even further. The Galaxy On7 packs a 5.5″ 720p screen, a modest quad-core 1.2GHz processor and a surprisingly decent camera department: 13MP/1080p main shooter and a 5MP selfie cam.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime
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Sony Xperia Z5
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Smartphones have all but made useless the dedicated point-and-shoots and are now starting to venture into DSLR territory when it comes to features. Of course, there’s no substitute for a large sensor and there’s only so much you can do with a tiny smartphone imager as physics is pretty impossible to find a way around.

That said, the LG V10 has what is likely the best all-round camera setup on a smartphone today. 16MP resolution, optically stabilized fast f/1.8 lens, laser autofocus, and an LED flash can hardly leave you wanting on the hardware end. And when others have been upping megapixel count on their front cams, LG went all out and installed not one but two units – one for regular shots, one for super-wide selfies.

An area, which can use some improvement with most smartphone manufacturers is manual control, but it’s hard to find fault with the LG V10 in this respect. Sure it has a full Auto mode, but if you want you can take over and adjust every bit of the exposure, have manual focus and white balance, all the while looking at a live histogram.

But where the V10 stands without competition is manual video control. Frame and bit rate adjustment, precise tuning of the volume of all three mics, a gain slider – plenty of exclusive features.

We tried not to miss anything in our detailed look at how the camera operates and we’ve focused on image quality and manual video controls in our video review of the LG V10’s camera. Enjoy it, and be sure to check out the old-fashioned written review as…

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