2018 year in review: Smartphone notches were all the rage

The notch enables slimmer display borders and features like Face ID on the new iPhones and a dual selfie camera system on Google's Pixel 3 XL. But if you prefer a phone without the notch, your choices are limited – at least among the best smartphone picks. Fox News has compiled a list of five of the best. The Pixel phone line was first introduced just a little more than two years ago. The third generation Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL (the latter now with a notch) are among the best smartphones on the planet.