The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL surprised everyone last year when they galloped to the top of smartphone cameras. Not only did the Pixel 2 cameras score the highest ever on DxOMark, but it also became the only smartphone in recent years to be crowned the best smartphone camera by every major publication, including us. That said, in the world of smartphones, we have learned the fact that every victory is short-lived. Today, we're pitting the all-new Galaxy S9 Plus against the Pixel 2 to see if it can take the crown of best smartphone camera from the Pixel 2. The battle will be grueling, and in the end, there will only be one winner. So sit back, relax and enjoy the battle for the best smartphone cameras:

To see which smartphone came out the winner, we tested both phones in several scenarios to see how both performed in each situation. In this article, we will pick a winner for the individual situations and then finally the overall winner will be crowned as the best smartphone camera phone. Here are the categories that we will be looking at:

First, let's get the camera specs out of the way. On the one hand, we have the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus with its 12MP camera that offers dual apertures of f/1.5 and f/2.4 along with a secondary 12MP f/2.4 telephoto lens for portrait shots. On the other hand, we have the Pixel 2 with its 12MP f/1.8 camera and Google's portrait photography software skills. On the front, the S9 Plus has an 8 MP f/1.7 camera, while the Pixel 2 has an 8 MP f/2.4 camera.

Now that you know the categories we'll be testing the smartphones in and the paper specs for the cameras on both smartphones, let's start the battle for the best smartphone cameras as we pit the champion Google Pixel 2 against the challenger Samsung Galaxy S9.