Nowadays, buying a new smartphone can set you back up to a thousand dollars, especially if you’re pre-ordering one of the hottest smartphones of 2018. However, can you really put a price on a device that you spend 4+ hours a day on? After all, you expect a device that fits your desires when it comes to style, camera capabilities, screen size, overall speed, battery life, storage, and of course impressive features, but ones that you’ll actually use.

The 2018 smartphone launch season hasn’t disappointed when it comes to Apple, Samsung Galaxy, Huawei, and other huge smartphone brands, many who delivered on new features as well as upgrades on fan favorite smartphones from previous generations. Here are our top 8 picks for smartphones in 2018:

1. Samsung Galaxy Note9

Samsung released its latest flagship device, the Galaxy Note 9, in late August 2018 to a great deal of fan fare. With similar features to other Galaxy foundation devices—AMOLED screen, 3.5mm headset jack, speedy wireless charge capabilities, and expandable microSD storage, etc.—the Note9 carried over much of the styling of the already popular Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with these notable impressive additions:

• Added internal capacity and RAM
• Mega 4,000 mAh battery
• Bluetooth S Pen
• Enhanced audio capability
• Improved rear fingerprint scanner placement
• Better dual rear cameras with improved back lighting and added software intelligence
• Priced at 128GB for $999.99 and 512GB for $1,249.99

2. Huawei P20 Pro

The Huawei P20 Pro is so popular that many U.S. customers had to scour eBay in hopes of finding one. Suffice to say, Huawei’s user interface, EMUI (or Emotion UI), has undergone improvements as far as speed of use and an improved home screen with a standard dual panel Google Feed/stock android interface. Plus some boast-worthy additions such as:

• Massive battery with 4,000 mAH capacity
• 1 inch OLED (organic light-emitting diode) with a hideable notch
• 970 Kirin processor with integrated AI
• IP67 dust and water resistant
• 68 megapixel triple camera design
• Low light camera mode
• The Huawei P20 is priced at $850 and the P20 Pro is $1,100

3. Samsung Galaxy S9/S9 Plus

Launched in early 2018, the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus is proof that the Galaxy S line deserves a top spot on the list of 2018 android smartphones. As far as styling, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus feature all the Galaxy series favorites (i.e., classic 3.5mm headset jack). The S9 Plus features a Qualcomm modem that supports T-Mobile’s 600 MHz spectrum, and it’s simply faster with a longer connection compared to the newest iPhone X. As far as improvements, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Pro offer:

• A speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 mobile processor
• 6GB of RAM
• Compatibility with inexpensive microSD cards
• A rear dual aperture camera with super slow motion support (only in S9 Plus)
• Wireless and fast charge capacity
• IP68 dust and water resistance
• Improved Bixby assistant with dedicated hardware button
• USB Type-C standard port
• Launch with Android 8.0 Oreo
• Samsung Pay payment technology
• Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are priced at $720 and $840

4. Apple iPhone X

The highest priced smartphone to launch in 2018, the Apple iPhone X is the first unique design we’ve witnessed since the introduction of the original iPhone a decade ago. This phone surpasses any past models with an entirely new home screen design with no home button or power button. Instead, the iPhone X unlocks thanks to advanced facial recognition, that far surpasses Samsung’s iris scanner. The Apple iPhone X features:

• The first Samsung OLED panel on any iPhone
• A 5.8-inch front display
• Wireless charging via a wireless charging device
• Minimal bezels on home screen
• Dual rear camera setup
• Advanced facial recognition for Apple Pay
• Priced at $999 (for 64GB) and $1,149 (for 256GB)

5. LG G7 ThinQ

Tops in the “underrated” category for top android smartphones of 2018 is the LG G7 ThinQ. Despite the naysayers, the LG G7 ThinQ offers all the bells and whistles at a impressive discount as far as other smartphones in it’s same category. For instance, when compared to the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, the LG G7 features audio support, a full frontal screen extension with notch, wireless charging capability, a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack, and microSD expansion card compatibility for inexpensive unlimited storage. In addition, you’ll get:

• Wide angle camera
• Comfortable screen size
• LG V30 video camera with Cine Video mode
• Priced affordable at $750 or less