With that in mind, most of our comparisons were made using default JPEG output, with RAW performance taken into account when it made a major difference.Īll of the phones were tested using up-to-date software (as of publication) and manufacturer-provided default camera apps (including the Google camera app for the Nexus 6). This gives them a notable edge in some tests, but the RAW shots (.DNG files) are very large (25MB+ per shot) and most users will likely never shoot in RAW. It's also a significantly bigger and heavier device than the other smartphones in this group, so the sensor and lens advantage comes with some real drawbacks.Īlso worth noting: All but three of our test phones-the Samsung S6, Sony Z3 Compact, and iPhone 6-currently support RAW capture. The obvious outlier in this group is the Panasonic Lumix CM1 its 1-inch sensor is nearly as big as the other six phones' sensors combined. The CM1 is a brick of a phone, of course, but it makes fewer image quality compromises than anything else we've tested. Paired with the larger sensor, the Leica glass can swallow more light than any other smartphone lens. While f/2.8 sounds smaller than the rest of the field, it's all relative.
It rounds off a truly spectacular all-round camera phone, and what we think deserves to be crowned the best camera phone of 2019.Panasonic's Lumix CM1 stands apart from the smartphone camera field with a massive 1-inch image sensor, a Leica-branded lens, and a bright f/2.8 max aperture. The addition of a new ultrawide camera is just brilliant for travel photography, landmarks and spectacular interiors. By contrast, the iPhone 11 Pro Max's images look more true-to-life and never show signs of being over-processed - a rare feat these days. Apples restrained approach to image processing with the iPhone 11 Pro Max is so refreshing when many top-tier Android phones are locked in a battle for maximum eye-popping sharpness and retaining every pixel of highlight and shadow detail with overzealous HDR.
We’ve been impressed time and time again by the torrent of stunning camera phones launched over the past year, but one phone has managed to rise to the top of the pile: the iPhone 11 Pro Max.Ģ018’s iPhone Xs had trailed its top Android rivals for camera performance, but the new triple-camera array boasted by the 11 Pro Max didn’t just match the competition, it bettered them where it matters most: image quality.
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