5 Pro: Camera
Following in the footsteps of its closest rival, Samsung decided to up the ante this year by equipping its Galaxy Note 8 with the company’s first-ever dual-lens camera system around back. And for a very short period of time, prior to Apple’s iPhone 8 Plus stealing its thunder, Samsung’s was considered one of the best dual-lens cameras on the market.
Sure, its days in the limelight may have been cut short, but the hardware is still a photographic powerhouse boasting impressive features like 12 MP lenses, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), 2x optical zoom, and simultaneous 4K video recording with 9 MP image capture. It’s also got a really great selfie camera around front, which clocks in at 8 MP and doubles as a facial recognition sensor for the handset’s built in biometric security features.