Exciting times are upon us as we are about to witness the unveiling of a bucketload of top-tier handsets in the next few months — from the Galaxy Note 9 to the LG V40, to the new iPhones, Google Pixels, and possibly a new Sony or two. The second half of the year is a poweruser's dream come true and it's time to decide which device will be getting our money.

Of course, plenty of people have their minds made up already — since the new devices are reiterations of old models from well-known companies, it's easy to predict where one's own desires would take them. So, we thought we'd take the two extremes on the Android front — Google's Pixels with that pure, pure Android and Samsung's Note series, with all of those features crammed into them.