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- The iPhone 12 Pro, Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, and Pixel 5 feature some of the best camera systems available on smartphones this year.
- There’s no perfectly objective way to compare these cameras' performance, so that’s where a blind test can come in handy.
- A YouTube channel shot 25 samples with each phone and then compared the results without knowing what device was used to capture the best shots.
With October almost over, all the hot new smartphones of the second half of the year have been announced. Most of them are already available in stores, except for the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12 Pro Max, which will arrive in just a few weeks. Now that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are out, we have plenty of in-depth reviews of the new devices, as well as camera reviews and performance tests. The inevitable comparisons are also here, and there’s no question about who the winner is. The A14 Bionic chip is no match for this year’s best Android phones. In fact, last year’s A13 processor is still better than all 2020 Android flagships.
Things aren’t as clear in the camera department, as all the new flagships pack various hardware and software upgrades that should improve the overall quality of photos and videos. Ranking phones using a camera score is the wrong way about comparing the photo and video quality, yet some people still do it. You can’t benchmark everything about photography objectively. If the camera is the thing you’re interested most in your next smartphone, then you need to be able to compare some of the best options out there without any bias. Thankfully, there’s a great video that lets you perform your own blind tests and determine which sort of camera experience you like most.
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iPhone 12 Pro, Note 20 Ultra, and Pixel 5 cameras compared in a blind test originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 06:50:19 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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