Pixel Wars; Which camera phone is best?

For many people the camera has become one of the most important features of a smartphone, if not the most important feature. Personally I wouldn’t even consider buying a new phone if I knew it didn’t have a good camera. The reliability of always having a camera available to quickly capture a memory, and the ease of being able to share those images with friends and family from my phone has become one of my favourite things about having a smartphone. But with all the different phones available on the market it can be hard to tell which camera is best, and more often than not it simply depends on what you intend to use the camera for most.

For the best image quality choose the Huawei Mate 20 Pro

Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro has gained a reputation for itself as the best smartphone for image quality, a reputation we think is well deserved. No other smartphone currently available can match the camera specifications of the Mate 20 Pro.

The Huawei Mate 20 Pro comes with a 24MP front facing camera and an incredible triple lens rear facing camera featuring a hugely impressive 40MP lens, a 20MP lens, and an 8MP lens that all work together seamlessly to create a crystal clear image. But not only do these three lenses work in perfect unity to provide the clearest image possible, they also each perform a slightly different function allowing the Mate 20 Pro’s camera to be capable of taking ultrawide and telephoto images with ease.

For the perfect videos choose the Apple iPhone XS

To help you create professional quality videos from your smartphone my top pick is the Apple iPhone XS. The dual lens 12MP rear camera on the XS allows you to record in high definition, and with a wide variety of different features available the XS is bound to impress.

With the ability to record high definition video even in low light conditions the iPhone XS ensures that your videos are always the best quality of any smartphone. But, the best feature has to be the XS’s ability to record stereo audio in video recording. Crystal clear audio can accompany your professional quality videos with the iPhone XS as it makes use of four different microphones to record stereo audio whilst recording high definition video.

For the best AI functionality choose the Samsung Galaxy Note 9

With the ability to automatically detect flaws in your images, optimise your cameras settings dependent on the subject of your photo, and automatically focus your image to draw attention to your subject, the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 can help enhance your photos and provide the best images possible.

The Note 9’s Live focus feature intelligently recognises the subject of your photo and can blur the background of your image to draw the eye towards the subject helping to enhance your photo and give it a professional finish.

The scene optimiser feature offers 20 different modes and is capable of automatically recognising the subject matter of your photo and will intelligently adjust the cameras settings to the optimal colour, light, and exposure levels for that specific subject so that you can take the perfect photo.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9’s Flaw detection feature will automatically alert you to a variety of image imperfections in your photos ranging from motion blur to backlighting to allow you to adjust your images accordingly so you can always take the best photo possible.