Is it just me, or do all phones look kind of the same now? With flagships, in particular, it’s getting hard to tell one model from the other. On the Android side, we get glass backs and tall, curved-edge displays with either a small notch or a hole for the selfie camera. Inside, we also often find the same specs across most brands: the latest Snapdragon chipset, 6-8GB of RAM and a bunch of cameras.

iPhones are even worse in this regard, barely distinguishable between generations, and performance-wise, you’re getting practically the same experience. In short: flagships are predictable and ...