54 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 63Our aim with this comparison is to reveal which
phone has the best cameras for taking photos, videos
and selfies. You won’t find every flagship phone here,
as we’re including only those which have cameras
good enough to be called ‘the best’. That isn’t
determined by specs or features, it’s judged by the
quality of the photos and videos they produce.How we test
Rather than using controlled conditions and
attempting to compare the cameras scientifically, we
took photos and videos just as anyone would. That
means using the default settings out of the box and
taking pictures hand-held, not with a tripod.
The only settings we changed were to turn off any
beauty modes on the selfie cameras, and to choose
the highest resolution and frame rate for the video
samples. Most manufacturers make 1080p at 30fps the
default setting because it uses so much less storage
space, but this is far from the best quality available: all
the phones here will record in 4K.Camera tests
We’ve kept the comparisons to the core functions:
photos with the main camera (including portrait
modes with blurred backgrounds), selfies and videos.
Extra modes, or the lack of them, have no impact on
our verdicts.Camera apps
The experience of taking photos is almost as important
as the results, so the stock camera app is a key factorROUND-UP