20 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 68
competition and in others, it performed on par. In
some, it missed the mark. Take the photo of the knife
above. The Pixel 3 XL got the floor colour right, while
the iPhone excelled at capturing the rainbow pattern
in the blade. The Pixel 4 XL’s shot is on the dull side,
muting the colours throughout and stripping away
the character. The same is true of the skull below,
though the Pixel 4 XL was the only one of the three to
maintain the proper colour of the wall.
In other photos, the Pixel 4 XL was too aggressive
with white balance. In the shot of the Halloween
wreath below, only the iPhone was able to capture
the true colour of the wall without dulling the orange
and gold balls. Both the Pixel 3 XL and the Pixel 4 XL
shifted the balance to purer white, with the Pixel 4 XL
dulling the colour and the sheen as a result.
The Pixel 4 XL (left) was the only camera that
wasn’t tricked into shifting the colour on the wall,
but it also didn’t capture the vividness of the skull
like the iPhone 11 (centre) and Pixel 3 XL (right)
