With its Pixel 2, Google is playing catchup to Apple and Samsung. But it's still among the best smartphones you can buy.

And the already strong cameras are also getting better. I’ve focused my testing on the Pixel 2 XL, the larger and, at $849 on up, more expensive of the two new Android Oreo-based Pixels.

And that’s something we pointed out when looking at the Pixel 2 review, a phone that has a higher rating than the iPhone 8 Plus and Galaxy Note 8 but offers worse portrait and zoom features.

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The Pixel 2’s record 99 score isn’t out of a maximum of 100. No, phones will surpass that mark, and some cameras are already ranked over 100 on DxOMark.