96 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 72
the Note 9 and the Galaxy S10, adding six points to
the S10+’s DxOMark score and nearly beating out the
iPhone 11 Pro in our own Last Cam Standing series.
So why are phone makers still trotting out
gimmicks? Maybe because they can’t compete on
quality. For several generations, Google got away with
a single rear lens that captured portraits just as well as
dual cams because it killed it in processing. The same
goes for the single-cam iPhone XR. These phones
might not offer any tricks to show off at your next
party, but they’ll take better pictures of your friends.
That’s all that should matter.
