Google Pixel XL vs iPhone 7 Plus, LG V20, Samsung Galaxy S7 | Last Cam Standing I

[@ihimanshugoel]

most professional camera review of Pixel great work

[@britcayley4642]

How the west was won

[@IDGTV]

Himanshu Goel thanks!

[@itscmg]

The most comprehensive camera test I've come across in youtube, which is technical, yet easy to understand with real world examples. Way to go!

[@AbiNubli]

When others judging the photos from their taste and eyesight you judge it objectively. Great video guys. Very informative. More like this.

[@asmitaketkar9910]

the most professional camera comparison so far the best one keep it up guys

[@BenWillock]

Well that ended abruptly.

[@IDGTV]

Ben Willock sorry! Damn KZbin and their upload errors... You can check out the last ~30 seconds at PCWorld.com

[@nic_ccc3366]

Pixel's camera looks the best overall. V20 best in low light followed by Pixel, but in better lighting situations looks a bit soft or washed out at times.

[@sidersproductions941]

Nikka M really more natural. The Pixel is nice but enhanced.

[@Terrorbrot]

why does it end so abruptly?

[@carson9903]

lmao ikr

[@IDGTV]

Terrorbrot sorry! Damn KZbin and their upload errors... You can check out the last ~30 seconds at PCWorld.com

[@carson9903]

IDG.tv Ah no worries. Great video.

[@Terrorbrot]

IDG.tv yes we we really appreciate the good work :)

[@trscsaeg]

Where's the rest of the video

[@psdtouch]

I saw many reviews but this is Great compared with histogram . Good technical review.

[@raymaster972]

I'm impressed with the Pixel using automatic settings. It seems that Google actually produced a good camera this time around. Although I believe the LG V20 will beat it out slightly once the final software is released. Also if you take it further and want to use manual settings I'm sure the LG V20 can make a shot looks just like you want it. That is one thing I absolutely loved about my LG V10.

[@IDGTV]

Yeah, its a whole different world in the land of manual settings! For these tests we just try to focus on what the majority of people use (default app and auto settings).

[@Fighter___]

very informative. the video ended a bit short but still, top notch review

[@IDGTV]

Emal sorry! Damn KZbin and their upload errors... You can check out the last ~30 seconds at PCWorld.com

[@g0gin0]

Very informative vi..

[@sidersproductions941]

Gino T I know ri..

[@eloyreno]

Rachi Siders the quality is ni..

[@NYCTO7]

never click that subscribe button so fast! you guys are definitely the review chanel I've been looking for. bless this channel

[@LincolnWorld]

Odd combo of very pro tests with pro camera work and editing until the end where it cuts off mid sentence. Very strange.

[@IDGTV]

LincolnWorld sorry! Damn KZbin and their upload errors... You can check out the last ~30 seconds at PCWorld.com

[@NujadBolivar]

What an awesome review and comparison. Keep it up!

[@gusbourg]

That is one great review of a smartphone camera. I really hope you guys do a 4-way shootout on video and other features too. May be the best smartphone camera review I've sever seen.

[@angusdavidson15]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing!

[@pedroribeiro3348]

very good! The Google Pixel is the best.

[@theguys1310]

pedro ribeiro. yes

[@xdqd]

Great review!

[@paranee3552]

NICE VID!!! Please do a more extensive non-studio version of this video, great job!

[@tigeracz]

great works, keep going doing this ;)

[@cgarmstrongTV]

I'm curious if the P3 wide colour gamut of the iPhone 7 would cause the colours to look less saturated - as you're viewing the images on a display which isn't P3 by the looks of it.

[@IDGTV]

Great point! The iPhone technically has that to its benefit (and it does look great) but we are trying to test under the most common scenarios (ie shooting a photo on your phone and looking at it on your laptop) and most people don't have a calibrated monitor.

[@ilhamsatria4796]

Why you did not include the Sony Xperia XZ to be compared with all of these brands?

[@IDGTV]

Ilham Satria great question! Sony doesn't have a huge foothold in the US and we didn't have a test unit in our offices at the time of this video.

[@Russeljrjs]

You should also include the Huawei P9, HTC 10 and the Xperia XZ in this test

[@IDGTV]

Great phones indeed, unfortunately none of them have a huge foothold in the US market so we tried to focus on the ones that people are most familiar with here.

[@chrisorsten1754]

IDG.tv

[@ibenzawla]

The V20 is impressive. Did pretty well against the big guys.

[@IDGTV]

I'm very impressed by this phone!

[@KadrickNinness]

Surprised to see the Pixel selected above the V20 here. The only place it seemed to have an edge was in the fur detail, and that might have come out in the contrast. The V20 clearly exceeded it in details on the more obvious text. The Pixel is slightly more colour balanced, but it's crushing blacks. I can balance the colours myself. Can you recall black detail that isn't there? Winner: V20

[@AidenBartlett]

To any cubers watching, please tell me that the unsolved 2x2 on his desk bugged you too.

[@IDGTV]

I've been able to figure out the 1x1 but having trouble on the 2x2. - Dan from Video Team

[@AidenBartlett]

IDG.tv Haha, you should totally learn It's really fun once you know how to, there are some good tutorials out there, maybe give one a look ;)

[@harpersneil]

When did Raymond start making Tech videos?

[@BCOOPER8142]

Thanks, informational.

[@RenoYeh]

very detailed video, thanks for the hard work

[@YgorCortes]

Comparing dynamic range without any highlight in the scene? What????

[@User3747.a]

Why does the video end so abruptly?

[@theSUBVERSIVE]

I don't quite agree with the dynamic range test. The best way would be to take a picture of a challenging situation, when you get both shadows and highlights, like a sunny picture with some dark areas and see which camera was able to retain more details on both ends. Another interesting test would be to see how much you can recover from the file, pushing the shadows up and the highlights down. I know you guys tried to use just the default image, but this would give people more info and they will know how to take the most advantage of the camera.

[@IDGTV]

Great feedback, we might try this in the next round!

[@autoramaba]

Nice work

[@bmwcarguye36cars68]

We are apple users, but gosh does that pixel have a good camera!!

[@KitchenRoach]

BMWcarguyE36 Cars we,

[@dragnet53]

Only problem with the v20 I have is the bootloader problem. Did they fix it from the v10 version?

[@dennisp362]

nice i wonder if the actual production v20 makes any changes.

[@raphaelparis3360]

I love the video just wish we did more than 2 photos to really see how the phones perform

[@nathanchen5]

I agree very knowledgeable insight on photo quality nice review. PS the pixel is nice

[@dr-gb3tq]

do you know that lg has g5 also, and it is on the market right now!

[@tdawg281]

dr 70194 the G5 is a shit phone with a shit camera. The V20 is far superior.

[@dr-gb3tq]

Same camera for both

[@IDGTV]

Great point, but LG has been pitching to us as its multimedia powerhouse in a way that the G5 was not so we decided to use that.

[@dr-gb3tq]

Thx for reply. Good review as well

[@王經欽]

Feeling the night scene imaging green pixel xl

[@AbdullahBarasheed]

unfair competition .. ..and incomplete .. Why did you stop the additional lens of the iPhone and the LG and you haven't test the flash and you haven't test the video stabilisation of the cameras

[@ChrisJones-ht9zn]

Useful and nice being a bit different to everyone else's camera reviews but I always prefer real life examples to determine the true quality of a camera.

[@jmandy9616]

Chris Jones I agree studio pictures are nothing like what the average person will be taking as my pictures are mostly outdoors pictures. I'm trying to see what to replace my note 7 with, v20 or pixel xl, probably doing the pixel XL because of the water resistance, sometimes i need to change my music with damp hands.

[@jmandy9616]

It's Time To Stop supposed to run 10% faster which is dope

[@viktorgerov1672]

I liked the photos taken with the iPhone the most

[@thatsblackout5472]

tim? are you italian guys?

[@InvisiMan2006]

Um, the V20 crushed it in low-light and only BARELY had less detail at 100% zoom vs. the Pixel XL. But the V20 also had the better dynamic range and has far better audio and video over the Pixel XL. The V20 won here. And that's for a pre-production model.

[@rathk1270]

depends on preference. Most people use flash during in low light situations. I would say the Pixel and the V20 are tied. I would lean more for the Pixel for the superior outdoor shots. Of course, the V20 is much more fully featured with manual controls and all that jazz.v20

[@InvisiMan2006]

Flash kills photos, so unless it's a dark scene (not just low light), most people would opt for a handheld shot (something that even google says would benefit more from OIS than EIS). Outdoor shots are nice on the pixel (we haven't seen the comparison with the V20), but outdoor shots tend to always be good regardless of the camera being used. Audio is killer on the V20 in videos, so that's something else that software alone can't fix.

[@Josh_Quinonez]

+InvisiMan2006 check out my outdoor camera review for the V20 i also have a low light review. but it is the pre production. dont forget to subscribe. thanks!!!

[@messisuarezneymar521]

why do they compared 1 scenario? they should do like 20-30 to see because it's just science the way you test things. more accurate the more you do

[@IDGTV]

Great point, unfortunately we are pressed for time between actually getting the phones and when the embargo on the info lifts. But believe me, more tests are coming!

[@tealckree1240]

Only half the accurate comparison. Would have liked to see outdoor shots for the full accurate comparisons because there are so many more other factors to take into account. Its not like most of us set up a scene in a studio to take a picture.

[@IDGTV]

Great point! We might have a video for you coming soon ;)

[@maxnoren8072]

How does the pixel perform when hand held because it doesn't have ois? Will the image be as sharp or will it take more effort to make a good image?

[@IDGTV]

Max Noren great question. We are actually doing more tests next week so look for that!

[@sk-tk5wh]

very nice video guy's, you got a subscription bravo dude's

[@usbMedia00]

how about video test?

[@IDGTV]

Coming soon!

[@johndeoliveira8476]

why does he say gs7 instead of s7 edge

[@KNineVOX]

i wanted to know at how much subscribers u were able to get sponsors like google ,samsung

[@IDGTV]

You'll have to ask our lawyers ;)

[@KNineVOX]

isn't this your channel

[@RamisDad]

Hey guys, you should have left the pixel in auto HDR+. That's the default mode, NOT HDR set to "on". That's what Google recommends and that produces better results. from the Verge: "One of the few things that was communicated to us before we were handed review units was that Google recommended we leave the “Auto HDR+” feature on while shooting." (www.theverge.com/2016/10/27/13425282/google-pixel-camera-auto-hdr-low-light-feature).

[@IDGTV]

They told us that as well, but we decided to ignore it because thats silly to have a feature in there but perform worse. It was more important that we kept all phones to a baseline and not play favorites, we would have done the same if Apple asked us to test it a certain way as well. -Adam

[@jakemars2601]

bro what's that napkin on the left? ;)

[@KEANUWHITE]

Good in Google, they didn't half ass it

[@mtrps_]

FINISH UR SENTENCEEEEE GOD HELP US ALL

[@IDGTV]

Mohammad Arif Anuar sorry! Damn KZbin and their upload errors... You can check out the last ~30 seconds at PCWorld.com

[@kevinviago1001]

IDG.tv u and trump have similar voices

[@SonDragon]

Why Not Keep Xperia XZ Compare?

[@IDGTV]

Great phone, unfortunately it doesn't have a huge foothold in the US market so we tried to focus on the ones that people are most familiar with here.

[@forbiddentreasure1]

Adam, You have mentioned V20 is scoring in terms of retrieving the black details/information from the image shot under low light. Well, actually in the low light the black details are nothing more than noise from what I understand and by seeing the test shots here. The moire is visible with the V20, i7Plus and S7. Honestly, I think pixel did a good job by suppressing the noise into the rich black. As far as I saw, other smartphones brings up the noise in the dark/low light conditions or simply they soften the noise resulting in a softer image. I firmly believe, the pixel stands out in the low light by suppressing the extraneous noise by turning them to pitch black making the subjects under the light really stand out. There is not much noise or softening of the dark details happening with the pixel here. I would rate Pixel for the best dynamic range and low light photos. Iphone7 for optical zoom details and video stabilization and V20 for preserving the overall details in low light. You guys are the best unbiased smartphone reviewers, I have ever watched. Just subscribed and keep up the good work !!!

[@forbiddentreasure1]

I was wondering, if the pixel handles manual mode in the photo and video as well it supports RAW?

[@RTSMedia1]

Pixel is so close to the S7 wow. Never seen a phone that is so close to Samsung when it comes to high quality photos. Its even better than the S7 in some situations. What I like the most about the Pixel is that its so pleasing to the eye. Even if the colors are not that much accurate, the picture looks really nice and its really eye pleasing. It makes the shot look realistic. Iphone and V20 meh... V20 is maybe the sharpest one in low light, but it definitely struggles when it comes to color accuracy. I have a feeling that every photo is blue/purple at low light. Iphone 7 is not even producing a clear image. Totally blown out and washed out photos and no clear details. To all of you who want to buy one of these phones, i will tell you the negative and positive characteristics of all phones: - Iphone 7: Overexposed and blown out photos with no detail clarity, but good for taking portraits, selfies and telephotos. The macro is also improved on the Iphone. . - V20: Clear photo at low light, but no color accuracy and no pleasing photos to the eye. Totally out of competition for me. - Pixel: Really nice front and rear camera, great HDR + and awesome photo quality. Really pleasing to the eye. Struggles when it comes to no flash low light photography, and a bit bad for close distance focusing and taking a macro shot. Its the best surprise i've ever seen on the market. Really nice camera. - S7: Its a low light king and it has the fastest dual pixel autofocus. Best macro, and a nice telephoto if you buy the telephoto lens from Samsung. Great and accurate colors, nice focus control, nice eye pleasing photo. Selfies are losing details sometimes (the background details), but they're nice and clear due to the f/1.7 In overall, its the best camera out of all 4. I mean most complete and balanced in every aspect.

[@IDGTV]

Great thoughts!

[@RTSMedia1]

Thank you. I forgot to say thanks for sharing this amazing video. Greetings.

[@Lionasty1]

Underrated channel

[@muba3123]

i hope you included the Microsoft Lumia 950. It may actually beat the v20 and the Pixel

[@Prey521]

Microsoft......LMAO

[@IDGTV]

khael Swaggerboi we did think about it but with Windows phones all but dead we didn't feel like it mattered in the grand scheme of things.

[@raymaster972]

khael Swaggerboi I agree they should of included one phone from each platform to see how each handled post processing. My Lumia 950 takes excellent photos, it consistently beats out my iPhone 7 in good light and even holds its own in low light without having the larger pixels.

[@muba3123]

IDG.tv Well it does matter since your video was about the best camera in a phone. They may be dead for some but it would still make things fair since you're talking about the best camera phones here. Counting them out would be unfair for they use all the softwares and hardware for an arguably the best camera in a phone out there.

[@muba3123]

Prey521 We are talking about camera phones here I believe. Not comparing platforms or OS. Your point?

[@shahedrasul1118]

wht about htc10

[@wayne78910]

Next time test without tripod , because I don't carry a tripod in my back pocket

[@IDGTV]

Good point, we just can't keep the tests equal without that variable.

[@jpxmodz]

Pixel keeps proving itself as the top camera on any smart phone. Great job!

[@pratapfeelinggood]

xz vs pixel plz

[@IDGTV]

Great phone, unfortunately it doesn't have a big enough foothold in the US for us to test against. We try to just focus on the phones most people are aware of.

[@pratapfeelinggood]

+IDG.tv ya they don't even give fingerprint sensor on xz.. cool.. cool videos by the way.. 👌

[@ashventuresiii1254]

so basically you're just scoring the sharpness.haha

[@carl9184]

Bit peed that the V20 is not coming to Europe. Great review!

[@alexbereveanu4372]

Hi, can you do google pixel/xl Vs xiaomi mi5s/plus ? They have the same camera :)

[@IDGTV]

Great phone, unfortunately Xiaomi doesn't have a huge foothold in the US market so we tried to focus on the ones that people are most familiar with here.

[@Nithyanandan.S]

subscribed after watched this video :-)

[@NizarNoor]

Hi guys. Great video! I'd like to comment that Pixel/Pixel XL's HDR+ Auto behaves differently than HDR+ On. Secondly, LG V20 low light performance is quite surprising. Amazing sharpness and good dynamic range in low light, but that purple overcast just turns me off and it makes it look a bit washed up too.

[@vyathaen]

Next time compare RAW files please

[@IDGTV]

Good point, but for these tests we try to just focus on how most people use it (default app, auto everything, saved to jpeg)

[@Pika915]

even though the gs7 edge still blows up...

[@FastRedPonyCar]

They hype the pixel and V20 but I bet both of them still use an iphone as their daily driver.

[@IDGTV]

FastRedPonyCar actually Jon rolled with a 6P until the Pixel and I (Adam) have a Note5 that I'll stick with for another year

[@FastRedPonyCar]

Not bad. I still have my 6P but battery life with nougat is atrociously bad. I've handed T-mobile two Note 7's back now and after using that device, if I can't have Android on a note 7, I don't want it at all. Vanilla android is not bad but it's honestly kinda boring and a little TOO vanilla for me these days. I ended up getting an iphone 7 plus. Predictable and reliable. The pixel fell flat for me on hardware features (again, spoiled rotten by the note 7), especially given the price tag. 256g iphone is big enough to hold all my music/files/etc and is the only option aside from removable storage. I was hoping you guys would do a RAW comparison of the 4 devices in the vid though. I know you need 3rd party software for the iphone and pixel (not sure about the LG) but it'd be interesting to see what those sensors are really capturing without the compression and software processing getting in the way.

[@leeseoseo0221]

And many Asian still said iPhone 7 plus has the best camera.

[@IDGTV]

Walter CCH it has some great qualities about it but can stand up to the Android flagships!

[@EmadAbbas89]

their voices make me sleepy.. great professional review

[@IDGTV]

Haha, thats hilarious!

[@soupy-san]

Shooting with HDR forced on on the iPhone gives you worse noise performance in low light, than having it off. Try it for yourself.

[@IDGTV]

tanker I believe you. This was just a quick simple test so we tried to stick to some simple restrictions. We have another in depth look including the iPhone soon.

[@IDGTV]

tanker I believe you. This was just a quick simple test so we tried to stick to some simple restrictions. We have another in depth look including the iPhone soon.

[@matejmesko2722]

This review is not correct, due times, ISO and f of cameras. V20 best low light? Yes, but the camera got 1/9 time = 0.1111s! which is the greatest value of all. Other shot at quicker times (pixel 1/17 = 0.0588s, iphone 1/15 = 0.0666s )! For real comparsion, please, set cameras on manual and shot with exact same camera settings.

[@IDGTV]

Great point! But in these tests we try to focus on just using it how most people use it, with the default camera app and everything in auto.

[@matejmesko2722]

Thats ok, but you compare auto-mode, not cameras itself. So, correct title and description of the video to something like "Auto-mode shootout", beacuse it is misleading.

[@MrAdhiSuryana]

If I am the reviewer, I will put Xperia XZ and HTC 10 instead of iPhone 7 Plus Apple doesn'te even stand a chance to previous flagships

[@IDGTV]

Even though the XZ and HTC 10 are great phones, neither of them have gained a huge foothold in the US market. We tried to focus on the phones that most people are familiar with.

[@C24l9]

I must say, the iPhone 7 should win an award, for worst camera of the year. Feel the burn, Apple peasants.

[@moi-.-bicxo]

i always love LG's camera, but their fckng screen always suffer screen burns, my LG 2 screen replaced because of screen burn and flickering, G3 screen burn, and G4 screen burn+bootloop(hw fail).. i heard v10 also suffer screen burn i hope v20 has a better lcd now

[@drsyedqayyum]

And then some random guy will ask how much google pay you...lel

[@whoever_81]

well...you asked it apparently :D

[@IDGTV]

You're not the first :P

[@xuraseali2078]

you should also compare oppo mobile cameras in your next videos

[@ElevatedElements-tj8vz]

The Pixel is technically the better camera here, the V20 will have make more compromises because of the size and limitation of its sensor, the 16MP V20 vs 12MP on the Pixel will give you more sharpness but more noise and less dynamic range. Meaning more processing for a good picture.

[@jasonroberts5288]

They left out the optical zoom on the iPhone that's funny

[@syedali55555]

I think they're testing using the most constant variable. Using the second camera on iPhone would break the constant variable, and also, the camera itself is in different focal length category.

[@ClarkDroneFilms]

why am I here I'm never going to afford any of these phones

[@jehovahjirahsombilon662]

please include xperia xz next time thanks!

[@IDGTV]

Great phone, unfortunately it doesn't have a big enough foothold in the US for us to test against. We try to just focus on the phones most people are aware of.

[@atl3630]

the v20 is a beast but a live that Pixel

[@TechieConnoisseur]

So I think I'll go with the Pixel, thanks for the video guys. It was very-

[@krishna12880]

using tripod for low light comparison is not an ideal way to go .... pixel doesnt have ois and will use more exposure to get more clarity... if u use your hands you would not be able to see the details.. GS7 is a practical winner...

[@noobfellow1198]

I still like GS7 Edge....

[@IDGTV]

And I love my Note5!

[@noobfellow1198]

My sister also have Note 5..

[@carson9903]

well that was abrupt

[@alexanderramos9492]

I love the pixel camera!!!

[@ericiscoolllll]

forcing the iPhone to take all its pictures in HDR does not improve image quality, it actually worsens it. its not intended for improving low light shots or clarity, it for shots with high dynamic range in them.. aka..... HDR

[@mexicanhighjumper920]

they all took photos in hdr though so it was fair

[@ericiscoolllll]

the HDR mode on the pixel improves image quality in almost every circumstance, while on the iPhone it should be used very selectively, so i can't help but feel like this was sort of an unfair comparison

[@IDGTV]

ericiscoolllll all great points. We are actually working on some more tests that will come out next week. We did it this way for this test because most of the default cameras default to HDR on.

[@JagStang77]

Screw the Pixel. One of the best things that was so great about the Nexus series was the price point. Too many sacrifices were made on this device compared to other flagships out there. Carrier exclusive to Verizon? Talk about selling yourself short....Come on Google!!!

[@raymaster972]

JagStang77 Keep in mind that it's not a Nexus phone anymore.. think about cars for a good comparison. There's always a few models with different prices. Google has a Pixel brand that makes luxury tablets and Chromebooks and now they have phones. Which in their mind justifies the price, they're trying to compete with Samsung and Apple and you can't deny the fact that they produced a great product with one of the best cameras around. Also you could always get the Pixel from the Google store you don't have to be tied down to a carrier.

[@JagStang77]

+raymaster972 There is just absolutely nothing appealing to me about the Pixel whatsoever. That's all I'm saying and I think Google is expecting WAY too much. Only 2 memory options with no expansion? They are moving backwards before they even start lmao!!!

[@raymaster972]

JagStang77 Just look at their competition and you will see why they went that route. I'm specifically talking about Apple.. Google wasn't interested in packing the Pixel to the gills with features. It seems that they're going the iPhone route. They made an expensive phone that works well lol. Just trying to be as neutral as possible here.. my daily driver is a OnePlus 3 by the way lol.

[@JagStang77]

+raymaster972 Ya I totally understand that. I try to stay as unbiased as possible but I guess I'm just extremely frustrated with every manufacturer/carrier right now. eveyone keeps cutting key features and replacing them with irrelevant gimmicks and inflating their prices year after year. End of rant lol!

[@Trifecta56]

you told us your results and opinion the first two minutes into the video. No need to watch the rest of it.

[@roeshak10]

these tests if conducted using a tripod are utterly invalid. smartphone cameras are hand held shooters. no point comparing them as though you would DSLRs. nobody uses smartphones with tripods. The pixel will deliver very different results when used as 99% of users will do.

[@IDGTV]

Yeah, but it's interesting isn't it ;) -Adam

[@roeshak10]

IDG.tv rather misleading though. The pixel in particular is known to deliver very blurry lowlight photos. By using a tripod you negate completely one of the key features of the devices. OIS! idg.tv

[@karlmalinao345]

sponsored by LG 😂

[@pizza88]

Apple is losing its battle since Steve Jobs

[@MsMRkv]

in my opinion, the lg v20 made a better job.

[@Rickidaone]

The iPhone's camera once again is the most overrated.