Pixal 2 won the camera game with iphone 8 and note 8

Google Pixal 2 has 

bested iphone 8 and

note 8 for best camera at camera testing at DxoMark as "best smartphone camera we have tested"

Pixal 2  has excellent video performance, great color and scene reproduction, incredibly fast and accurate autofocus

and good artificial background blur.

What kind of photos do you take? What are your needs as a photographer? Will a zoom be an asset, or do you need an ultra-wide angle? Do you use the flash often? Are you willing to let an HDR mode do the work for you? If your phone is going to be your primary camera, it’s worth considering the qualities and shortcomings of that camera as much as the phone’s storage, screen resolution, color, and so on.