Note 8 vs iPhone 8, battle of the $1500+ beasts?

[Premium1]

So with rumors of the super high prices for both note 8 and iPhone 8, are we going to have a new battle of the ultra high end phones?

 

[robishere]

in terms of specs I fully expect samsung to blow apple out of the water, though with the rumors it already seems like the iphone 8 is going to be a significant upgrade and I personally held of on the iphone 7 because of the only minor improvement