Camera test: The top flagships of the year Comments
- kiloh3rtz
- srr
Anonymous, 05 Dec 2020It seems the GSMArena Team got all their evaluations wrong. Viewing from a calibrated 32"... moreCan you smell that....can’t tell what it is ...but os smells like fanboy....ooo yeah that’s it samsung fanboy flavor....
- LG
- k7i
I am just amazed at how none of the phone reviews never talk about call quality or call reception. Everyone I know has had some sort of call quality issue, but reviewers think all people care about is a photo 🤔
- Oppinion
- uNe
Instead of mate and xperia we needed. Mi 10 ultra/zenfone7pro/op8pro.
Even p40pro+ is better then the mate. COME ON.
- Eazman
- tZ0
I had buy mi10ulta...and then i decide selling my camera sonyy rx100 iv.. like mi10 ultra already above camera digital..
- pan dv
- sxr
someone123, 03 Dec 2020Just my 2c, but the iphone seemed to be doing the best all-around, with no major mistakes. It&... moreagreed... reviews are helpful if read from the beginning to end, as the parameters will be stated...
my xperia 1 ii gives me good shots even with default camera... even better with photo pro, but i guess i already grow with my nokia 909 as it gives me "feel at home" camera ui and some shots i take using it are better than the new xperia 1 ii... have not maximized my xperia 1 ii yet, though...
- oot
- nTb
Anonymous, 04 Dec 2020How many times will you utilize the cpu at 100%. If you’re going for gaming just buy computer ... morePhones beats all cameras because you have always with you
- flx
- nTb
If you can't play, the instrument don't gonna help,. Learn about photography can make magic even with limited equipment..
- geek-a-contra
- ndn
Anonymous, 05 Dec 2020It seems the GSMArena Team got all their evaluations wrong. Viewing from a calibrated 32"... moregenerally i tend to agree. performed pretty much the same check with my work monitor (benq pd2700u). and my conclusions were, as stated, pretty much the same. yet, in defence of xperia: it does not have a "night mode" per se. unfortunately i cannot perform the test first hand as i do not have access to all 4 devices or the time to procure and test them. though, as stated in a previous commentary, i'm not a fan of the inbuilt night mode as i prefer to process my pics per my preferences.
- Anonymous
- sxs
It seems the GSMArena Team got all their evaluations wrong. Viewing from a calibrated 32" 4K UHD monitor, I can actually see the Samsung Note 20 has the best white balance.
Unless one uses an oversaturated, uncalibrated OLED phone screen or monitor to view the photos, I don't see oversaturated colors at all on the Samsung Note 20.
The sodium lights are actually yellowish orange in real life, similar to that captured by the Samsung Note 20, and not pale golden yellow to pale greenish yellow like in the iPhone 12 Pro Max or the Mate 40 Pro. It's actually the Xperia 1 II that rendered the most true-to-life color under sodium vapor lamp followed by the Samsung Note 20. Also, the iPhone 12 Pro tended to overexpose the buildings resulting to a photo nowhere near true to life in terms of luminance. It's like buildings seem glowing yellow/radioactive yellow in the night. That's nowhere near, true-to-life color and luminance, GSMarena team! In fairness though, the iPhone 12 Pro Max is not alone in that respect. The Mate 40 Pro is actually worse with an even more 'glow in the dark' look.
As for low level detail and optimum balance of noise reduction and sharpening, The Xperia 1 II is again the worst followed by the iPhone 12 Pro which tends to have excessive noise reduction coupled with aggressive sharpening. The result of the iPhone 12 Pro's excessive noise reduction and sharpening are the very visible sharpening halos around images (see white halos/borders around the text 'sofiaring' in the sample photos).
Iphones used to be modest in the past in terms of noise reduction and in-camera processing/sharpening while Samsung tended toward overprocessing and oversharpening. I can see there's been a swapping of approach between the two. Iphone 12 Pro Max night photos now have a lot more aggressive noise reduction followed by excessive sharpening resulting in a horrible watercolor mess at 100% crop which used to be characteristic of Samsung flagship phone shots in the past. Samsung which used to have that kind of approach actually looks much better now: controlled noise reduction and just enough sharpening resulting to a better, more pleasing and more natural photo output at night even at 100% crop. I like Samsung's new approach in in-camera processing in the Note 20 Ultra. I can't say the same now with the latest iPhones (iPhone 12 Pro Max) which used to have great in-camera photo processing.
The Mate 4 Pro is a mixed bag. In some scenes, there's too much processing (excessive noise reduction and too much sharpening) but in other scenes, the balance seems just about right. The Xperia 1 II is hands down the worst performer overall in most aspects.
Overall, in terms of LOW LIGHT performance based on GSMArena's sample night photos taken from the main camera, I'd rank the smartphones compared above as follows:
First place/Best: Samsung Note 20 Ultra
Second place/Better: Mate 40 Pro and
(slightly lower than Mate 40 Pro): Iphone 12 Pro Max
Worst performer, though still Good: Xperia 1 II
- 6ix
- Nue
Android Authority, 03 Dec 2020Even if sources and links are presented, you guys refuse to acknowledge them. BTW, ask yourse... moreDreamer
- Anonymous
- iJ3
Anonymous, 04 Dec 2020Lol why you need source? The A13 scored around 1400-1500 in Single core yet comfortably lost ... moreHow many times will you utilize the cpu at 100%. If you’re going for gaming just buy computer and normal camera, you’ll beat every smartphone...
- Anonymous
- iJ3
Anonymous, 04 Dec 2020Lol why you need source? The A13 scored around 1400-1500 in Single core yet comfortably lost ... moreHow many times will you utilize the cpu at 100%. If you’re going for gaming just buy computer and normal camera, you’ll beat every smartphone...
- Anonymous
- ntJ
AnonD-923722, 03 Dec 2020Daylight - all phones
Super challenging scenario - Mate 40 Pro
Lowlight (Auto) - Mate 40 Pr... moreNote 20 ultra at no.2?? Lol and MI 10 ultra at no.4?? Below iPhone 12 pro Max... ROFL.
The camera of the Mi 10 Ultra has changed my perception of Mi images. The excellent high quality (which is better than any Samsung mobile phones in 2020) makes me look forward to the performance of Mi 11.------Ice Universe.
- Anonymous
- ntJ
Anonymous, 02 Dec 2020Sources? examples? links?
Can you provide any of those or is silly innuendo all you got??
... moreLol why you need source?
The A13 scored around 1400-1500 in Single core yet comfortably lost to almost every Snapdragon 865 phone in real world speed tests.
Snapdragon 865 single core was around 900.
784643Anonymous, 02 Dec 2020Sources? examples? links?
Can you provide any of those or is silly innuendo all you got??
... moreEven if sources and links are presented, you guys refuse to acknowledge them.
BTW, ask yourself.... Why would anyone bother entertaining anonymous tr^lls like you with sources and furnish data and other links? (easily obtainable by a few minutes of searching)
- someone123
- 3%b
Just my 2c, but the iphone seemed to be doing the best all-around, with no major mistakes. It's a camera that I would use any day without worry. The xperia seems to be the worst one, even though it was the one I was hoping would turn everything around :(
The Mate 40 Pro seems, in my eyes, tied to the iphone, but we rarely pixel-peep these days, especially when sharing or using services such as google photos (RIP),
Whenever somebody with an iphone and me, with a galaxy, did a late-evening shootout, the iphone always won. It just has a higher rate of successful photos, something reviews rarely catch.
I now own a Pixel which has an even better success rate, though it fails all reviews. I'd really wish they'd get their game up-to-date and deliver some new technology that's not from 3 years ago.
My TLDR is, don't trust the reviews so much, although they are very useful. Go and use the phone for a night and a day, you might be surprised.
- FourX
- FIn
bulbulito.bayagbag, 02 Dec 2020Huawei Mate 40 and the iPhone 12 Pro Max are leading the pack. Samsung and Sony has a lot of c... moreYou wish
- AnonD-923722
- wrX
Daylight - all phones
Super challenging scenario - Mate 40 Pro
Lowlight (Auto) - Mate 40 Pro
Extreme Lowlight - Mate 40 Pro
Night mode - Samsung Note 20 Ultra
Detail - Mate 40 Pro/Note 20 Ultra
Detail in lowlight - Mate 40 Pro
Detail in Night mode - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Dynamic Range - Huawei Mate 40 Pro
Extreme Dynamic Range - Huawei Mate 40 Pro
Colours - Iphone and Samsung
Pro mode - Sony Xperia 1 and Mate 40 Pro
RAW - IPhone 12 Pro Max / Mate 40 Pro
Ultrawide Daytime - Note 20 Ultra
Ultrawide Nighttime (Auto) - Note 20 Ultra and Mate 40 Pro
Ultrawide Night mode - Note 20 Ultra
Ultrawide Highest quality - Mate 40 Pro
Zoom Daylight - Mate 40 Pro
Zoom Night - Mate 40 Pro and Note 20 Ultra
Portrait mode - Mate 40 Pro in aperture mode
HDR Portrait - Iphone 12 Pro Max and Mate 40 Pro
Lowlight Portrait - Iphone 12 Pro and Mate 40 Pro
Video Daylight - Note 20 Ultra and Iphone 12 Pro Max
Video HDR - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Video challenging scenario - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Video stabilization - Note 20 Ultra (has super steady)
Video Lowlight - Iphone 12 Pro Max/Note 20 Ultra
Video Extreme Lowlight - Mate 40 Pro with ultrawide
Video Extreme HDR - Iphone
Video Ultrawide - Note 20 Ultra/ Iphone 12 Pro Max
Video zoom lens - Mate 40 Pro
Time Lapse - Mate 40 pro /Iphone
Slow Motion - Mate 40 Pro / Iphone 12 Pro Max
Pro video : Mate 40 Pro ( can use all lens)
Note 20 Ultra ( features)
Daylight Selfie - Mate 40 Pro/ Iphone 12 Pro Max
Ultrawide Selfie - Mate 40 Pro
HDR selfie - Mate 40 Pro
Extreme Dynamic Range - Mate 40 Pro
Colours - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Detail Daylight - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Detail Lowlight - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Lowlight - None of them
Night mode - Iphone 12 Pro Max
Selfie video - Iphone 12 Pro Max /Mate 40 Pro
Selfie Lowlight video - Iphone (but none of them to be real)
Overall, if i am travelling and i need a camera that i can rely on, i will pick :
1. Mate 40 Pro
2. Note 20 Ultra
3. IPhone 12 Pro Max
4. Maybe the Mi 10 Ultra
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