LG G4

Under the hood sits a Snapdragon 808 chipset, a hexa-core setup pairing four 1.4GHz Cortex-A53 cores with two 1.8GHz Cortex-A57 cores, backed by an Adreno 418 GPU. That's matched with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage, and there's a microSD slot if you need more room, up to 256GB. The 5.5-inch Quad HD IPS LCD panel hits 538 ppi, so text and images stay sharp even up close.

The rear camera is a 16MP unit with an f/1.8 aperture, laser autofocus and 3-axis OIS, which was genuinely ahead of its time for low-light shooting and steady video. It records up to 4K at 30fps too. Around front there's an 8MP camera for selfies and video calls. LG G4 price in Malaysia starts from RM320, which puts it firmly in budget territory these days.

A removable 3000 mAh battery powers the phone, a nice touch since you can swap it out rather than rely solely on charging. It ships with Android 5.1 Lollipop, upgradable to Marshmallow, and rounds things out with NFC, infrared, a 3.5mm jack with 24-bit audio support, and a metal-and-leather build depending on which color variant you pick.