Camera Shootout: iPhone 6S+, Galaxy S7, Nexus 6P, Lumia 950

[tbayrgs]

Best smartphone cameras: Galaxy S7 vs. iPhone 6s vs. Nexus 6P vs. Lumia 950

After all of the initial reviews and tests, can't say I'm really surprised, nor disagree with the results from this shootout of what are generally considered to be the best available smartphone cameras.

Kudos to all manufacturers for continuing to up their game over the previous iterations of their devices but especially to Samsung for really pushing the bar up high. As an iPhone user, while i'm very content with the camera on the 6s+, I'd admittedly swap out the shooter for the one in the S7 to get that low light performance. Here's hoping Apple ups their game again this fall and that Google continues to push for improvement from their Nexus OEMs.

 

[epicrayban]

Best smartphone cameras: Galaxy S7 vs. iPhone 6s vs. Nexus 6P vs. Lumia 950

After all of the initial reviews and tests, can't say I'm really surprised, nor disagree with the results from this shootout of what are generally considered to be the best available smartphone cameras.

Kudos to all manufacturers for continuing to up their game over the previous iterations of their devices but especially to Samsung for really pushing the bar up high. As an iPhone user, while i'm very content with the camera on the 6s+, I'd admittedly swap out the shooter for the one in the S7 to get that low light performance. Here's hoping Apple ups their game again this fall and that Google continues to push for improvement from their Nexus OEMs.

I only skimmed, but the 6P is incredibly impressive. I know this is old news, but it's amazing that we can finally shake the notion that Nexus devices can't have great cameras.

 

[tbayrgs]

I only skimmed, but the 6P is incredibly impressive. I know this is old news, but it's amazing that it's time to shake the notion that Nexus devices can't have great cameras.

It's vastly improved over it's predecessor and very good but I don't think I'd call it incredibly impressive when it lacks OIS. Just imagine how good it might've been had it included that hardware.

 

[epicrayban]

It's vastly improved over it's predecessor and very good but I don't think I'd call it incredibly impressive when it lacks OIS. Just imagine how good it might've been had it included that hardware.

For sure. The Nexus devices have a lot of hurdles to get over in general for me to dump the S7 Edge. We'll see later this year.

 

[Zaft]

GS7 camera is great, apple didnt really try with the 6S. All they did was up the MP and left everything else the same.
I wonder how the 7 will be.

 

[Shanghaichica]

The S7 is the clear winner here. The 6P did well too which surprised me as historically cameras on nexus phones have been lacking.

The Nokia and iPhone 6S plus were about equal.

 

[bchreng]

Really tempted to replace my 6s+ with that S7. The difference in low light shots is amazing. I wonder how Apple will respond with the 7, if at all.

 

[tbayrgs]

And here is The Verge's take on the iPhone vs. Galaxy S7 camera shootout. As has been consistently the case, the S7 is the pretty clear winner. And this coming from the supposed 'iVerge'.

 

[epicrayban]

And here is The Verge's take on the iPhone vs. Galaxy S7 camera shootout. As has been consistently the case, the S7 is the pretty clear winner. And this coming from the supposed 'iVerge'.

I'm so happy this article calls out the unfortunate way Apple has the camera settings set up:

The more frustrating aspect of the iOS camera app is that Apple buried almost all the settings when it released iOS 9. If you want to shoot in 4K, or adjust something like the frame rate (for slow motion), you have to leave the app and go all the way through the phone's core settings menu.


This is just stupid, and speaks to a greater problem I have about iOS' settings in general. You're never really sure until you try it where the settings are. Some apps, it's in the app. Other apps, it's in the general OS setting.

Can someone explain to me the logic of having certain camera settings not in the camera app? People probably aren't accessing these settings on the fly very often, but they are camera settings; why aren't they accessible within the camera app?

 

[mclld]

I think iphone has been behind for a couple years, it is killing the techsphere to admit it. You can bet they will be proclaiming Apple better the first chance they get and it will not seem so equal when they do

 

[Surf Donkey]

Its official:

http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-edge-Mobile-Review-A-new-champion

 

[mountain]

S7 hands down and I think the 6P is the worst of them all in my opinion.