The Best Smartphone Camera 2022!

[@AlanGurling]

Maaaaan this totally raised the bar by several marks. Thanks for doing this. Well done to Team Pixel / Google for their hard work.

[@Samdevay]

Need to buy business smartphones for work and study.. I am working in IT and learning 1. Devops and 2. ai and machine learning Screen: greater than 6.2 inches Need 256 GB smartphone with better user experience and no ad or bloatware... Budget: 650 USD What should I go with? Samsung S22 or Google Pixel 6a or Motorola Edge30 ultra or OnePlus 10T

[@alistairstrachan8508]

Dude, spolier alert 😆

[@AlanGurling]

@@Samdevay whatever you choose, make sure you not only choose the phone, but the eco-system that comes with it (or without in most other cases).

[@Samdevay]

@@AlanGurling Sure

[@darkeyezs]

@@Samdevay You can probably get the Pixel 7 for that price range. It wasn't included in the test but I'm sure it rates as high as the P6A. And it's got the same hardware as the P7Pro aside form the telephoto lens. Which the 6A doesn't have either.

[@UzuHa_NaruSuke]

Marques be like: I am somewhat of a data scientist myself

[@revirdkcalb]

I've been a data scientist for the last 2 weeks...

[@oyyeabhay]

@@revirdkcalb 😂

[@CarlJohnson-iv7sn]

Why there's no s21 fe? Any idea?

[@wuku]

@@CarlJohnson-iv7sn It was released 2021, not 2022.

[@adytiauwak]

I feel the satisfaction (I am a data analyst) 🤣

[@BoomTharis]

Aside from the “best phone camera overall,” the person who voted could also get the “best phone camera for your eyes” from this test. Great great job MKBHD team!

[@officialhideyo]

But that doesn't make sense? The person who voted saw the image on the display of his pc or mobile? So it wouldn't be best phone camera for his eyes. It would be best phone camera for the display he voted it through.

[@robertlawrence9000]

flaws How about color accuracy? In those pictures I can see some colors look more kind of neon looking than others. This test is cool but some flaws. A person would have to be at the location to physically compare real colors with the photo colors. Also, you have people voting on more than likely incorrect display calibrations on various devices. So colors, brightness and sharpness can all be vastly different. It's better to get several people at a location to do this on correctly calibrated displays with the actual colors from the real life items to compare too.

[@alvareo92]

@@robertlawrence9000 The person's background also matters a lot. As a photographer, the first place for standard photos at 9:44 is a bit of an eyesore, unnatural look with too much highlight recovery on the window. We have gotten too used to HDR!

[@truthseeker6804]

@@alvareo92 yes because HDR is pleasing. many '''real'' cameras jpegs would suffer in the standard test because they dont do jpegs with such strong HDR.

[@javierflores09]

@@robertlawrence9000 calibration on devices has gotten to a point where unless you are a professional or have bought a device with a really crappy display, it won't matter as much; nowadays it isn't rare to find budget monitors having a delta less than 2, and 90-something coverage of sRGB which is huge. Of course, it isn't perfect by any means but this test is leagues ahead of any other review in other channels as camera comparison it goes.

[@NautilusGuitars]

Dude! You just solved one of my biggest gripes with these sorts of comparison videos. The methodology here is actually statistically/scientifically sound for once. Any other way of doing comparisons is deeply flawed. You basically eliminated statistical error by doing it this way, and that's actually very innovative for this format. You're the man, Marques! Always finding ways to make major improvements and create the best content. You're a huge inspiration, and you've more than earned your place at the top.

[@danishblunt9698]

Its still flawed. There is still no way of viewing the original resolution of the images. Tons of images will look way worse when you view them on different media.

[@NautilusGuitars]

@@danishblunt9698 Sure, but it's about as good as you can get in this format, and the conversion needed to show them is necessary anyway. What I mean is that this is almost exclusively how people view photos taken on a phone, and with the vast amount of views the color/resolution error between viewing platforms is smoothed out to a nice average of how they actually appear to people. This isn't a comparison about how well phone photos will print for a gallery. It's a perfect representation of the vast majority of their use cases, being online viewing.

[@danishblunt9698]

@@NautilusGuitars Quite wrong, it can be improved by adding a "view original resolution" also then by uploading said images on various platforms to account for platform specific compression. not only that but there is only 1 picture taken per phone which again is a problem as each phone processes images very different based on situation. The current format is absolute barebones at best and is hardly an upgrade over previous methologies used.

[@NautilusGuitars]

@@danishblunt9698 Ok, first of all, you completely misinterpreted my initial point and went on an entirely different subject. I entertained it for the sake of argument, but you're adding way too much weight to this one specific, and quite unimportant, factor. As for my initial point, it was that the _methodology_ was sound. Not the means, the methodology. Meaning, the way in which the test were _executed_ instead of the means by which they were. Regardless of your opinion on the means of displaying the photos, the way in which the test was organized is sound, as there is a one-to-one comparison between each photo, allowing an equally weighted average score to each. there also wasn't "1 picture taken per phone". Did you even watch the video? There were three significantly different photos per phone. As for resolution, this is a nearly insignificant factor. Any photographer, such as myself, will tell you that resolution is quite unimportant for anything but large format prints and displays. Even then, we're rarely using the full resolution of even a low megapixel photo. Color, sharpness, separation, lens characteristics and distortion correction, histogram, noise, etc are far more important. All of these things are baked into a phones jpeg file. The vast majority of displays will reproduce these qualities faithfully enough for very low error results. All phones use sRGB. All displays use sRBG. Nothing inherent about the photos will be altered by having the resolution changed. Resolution/size is _not_ what determines the quality of a photo. The vast majority of people voting in this test wouldn't even be able to tell the difference between full or lowered resolution versions of these photos on the displays they're viewing them on. And again, none of the qualities that are important would be effected if they could. a 32mp photo with clipped blacks/highlights and bad color will always look worse than a 10mp photo with a good histogram and good color.

[@danishblunt9698]

@@NautilusGuitars You went defensive quite quick. What you're trying to do now is to somehow talk yourself out of it. Displaying the pictures in certain ways, multiple images taken and different converted images are still part of the methology. You're just trying to redefine at this point and honestly, you look silly in your attempt.

[@spyro9979]

Marques and his team killed it with this experiment.

[@RVDL]

Extremely impressive, indeed.

[@akcalder92]

Yeah I voted. Cool idea.

[@arcanjoBR1195]

Indeed. This is the best of the best I'ever seen.

[@Valoric]

It was incredible. This experiment needs to be done every year

[@ReluctantSpirit]

Yep literally bending over backwards to highlight Pixel phones.

[@zollotech]

Such a great way to do the poll this year. Thanks for doing this again and even better.

[@memories1778]

You didn't got like btw

[@nibblessss]

@@memories1778 ????

[@Xevos701]

We need Ultrawide and Zoom photos next year.

[@ThatOneDudeWhoPostsStuff]

I wonder if companies will use these videos to try to base their camera processing on the winning results

[@ezel99]

I was thinking the same. I am 100% sure this video is going to land in every camera department manager's mailbox. This experiment is a goldmine for R&D.

[@alexanderbr8525]

100% some

[@mullerbez]

They should

[@Juan.Irizar]

The data itself is actually very valuable $$$

[@YGK-]

@@8020Alive the brightest photos came dead last in the portrait mode test...

[@ehmzed]

I love how the Asus Zenfones always do great in these, despite almost never being mentioned elsewhere!

[@isaacr7416]

They sick phones too! And have a headphone jack!! I actually might go for one on my next upgrade

[@NZOCD]

Incredible voting method this year - very clean and professional approach without being too technical, it's clear to see how you're always trying to push the boundaries. Top quality as usual Marques. Here's to 2023!

[@Yaveen]

Here before someone says there's no comment :)

[@CamcorderHomeVideos]

@@Yaveen Those commenters are annoying. Though I thought it would have more comments with over 350 likes.

[@emmanuelben1393]

This is the most honest video I have watch on this channel

[@JmKrokY]

Ye

[@matpk]

@@Yaveen iPhone 14 pro max is just a copycat of Nothing phone 1🎉

[@jabestillitano1685]

You've really outdone yourself this year Marques! I teach high school maths I think I'm going to show my kids this as a demonstration on the statistical thinking process. Great example of improving from a previous experiment, setting up a new one, performing it, analysing, discussing results and concluding with other random observations. Just perfect.

[@aashutosh9285]

Ikrr!!! This was so cool

[@matpk]

@@aashutosh9285 iPhone 14 pro max is just a copycat of Nothing phone 1🎉

[@akashv678]

@@matpk 😅

[@poOgee123]

As an ex-market researcher/ demand forecasting professional, I really appreciated the team implementing some scientific/ statistical rigour into the voting methodology this year! Crowd sourcing large sample sizes allows for so much extra potential in granular analysis like this. Looking forward to next year!

[@PodiumTuningRacing]

Corp jargon is burned into my vernacular lol, this reminds me of work on so many levels 😂. No slight at all, loved the comment but just reminded me of every conference call and email thread at work

[@aadityagoswami]

I hope they make the data open source

[@StopMediaFakery]

The Mas0nic hand gesture for the night photo 1:10 tells me enough about this whole thing.

[@ericbandar944]

@@PodiumTuningRacing lol

[@poOgee123]

@@PodiumTuningRacing LOL I'm so sorry. My last day of work for the year was literally yesterday so it'll take me a bit of time to get out of "work mode"

[@pjbj12]

You're becoming more of a truth seeker and journalist than before, you're adding a lot of value as you evolve beyond just reviewing tech to actually help us understand how it works. Thank you Marques.

[@Mr_KaliMuscle252]

congratulations👆👆 you've won🎉 some package let's talk with the 👆 above name 👆👆👆 only one on telegram......

[@Gadman0110]

This would instantly be the standard. I am sure the mobile phone companies would be using this asap. Expect to see improvement for most losing phones next year. Welldone Marcus!

[@sphericalcow6014]

Nope. This data is obviously so biased and I bet even Marquez knows it. It's voted on only by people interested in tech, viewed on different screen qualities, aspect ratios... You're so impressed by a KZbinr doing a basic scientific experiment. You don't think the brilliant engineers and data scientists who make these phones do wayyyy better tests consistently over the last decade?

[@Samdevay]

Need to buy business smartphones for work and study.. I am working in IT and learning 1. Devops and 2. ai and machine learning Screen: greater than 6.2 inches Need 256 GB smartphone with better user experience and no ad or bloatware... Budget: 650 USD What should I go with? Samsung S22 or Google Pixel 6a or Motorola Edge30 ultra or OnePlus 10T

[@scarcesense6449]

But never underestimate a company's ability to stick to their guns and determine their (potential) users to be the ones in the wrong.

[@kirillparhomenko6166]

Why Marcus? 😭😂

[@a02136]

*Markass Brownie

[@CheapARod]

Blown away by Marques as his team pn these yearly tests and vids. Nobody does it better. Congrats everyone.

[@abhishek_soni1]

Nobody. Nobody. Nobody does it better.

[@sagarverma1489]

@@abhishek_soni1 came here to say this, but you already did it.

[@life-oh1bc]

@@abhishek_soni1 you beat me by one second

[@milanbehera509]

@@abhishek_soni1 ayoo naughty abhisek!

[@CatIsBack25]

SIMP

[@williamtung350]

An actually scientific experiment on youtube. props to you, Marques!

[@AnwarLL]

Not a scientific experiment in the slightest, but a good blind camera test.

[@darkeyezs]

@@AnwarLL Scientific testing involves figuring out what we would expect to observe if an idea were correct and comparing that expectation to what we actually observe.

[@AnwarLL]

@@darkeyezs a scientific experiment is a very different thing to what MKBHD did. Besides the non- probability sampling used, what do we know about the demographics of the sample? There was no random assignment of the sample to experimental groups, no control group. LoL what stats can we point to about the significance of the results? What was the effect observed or not on the sample? This is not a scientific experiment.

[@nibblessss]

@@AnwarLL He broke down what stats we could point to, for example how a brighter image was more desired than a darker one...

[@supernt7852]

@@AnwarLL Scientific experiments do not always yield the expected results or yield correlations. This test was conducted scientifically as it has a large sample size and bias was removed by testing blind.

[@myhairverypain]

As a photography enthusiast, I noticed that the Sony performs how I would expect a prosumer camera to perform. The colours were neutral, exposures were pretty spot on in preserving highlights/shadows with no artificial bokeh or dramatic HDR. This means DI workflow might be similar to an A7/R/S camera for e.g. and if really needed I think a photog won't mind mixing a few snaps from the Xperia and the main cam since they are harmonious. Can't wait to see what Sony brings in the Xperia V.

[@coryhoneyman7333]

Haha. I was the same. I liked the Sony's photos cause they seemed more like what I would expect from my mirrorless interchangeable lens camera, which makes sense since its a Sony as well.

[@RiskyRantung]

Agree, Sony have different approaches then all of these phone which rely on computational algorithms processing, but Sony act like camera, that’s why I prefer Sony result so I can manipulate it later

[@apismalik]

finally someone get ahat sony offers. all these test is non edit social ready photos. real photographers need natural photos

[@dajuggernaut2099]

FACTS this is for being influenced with minimal effort. Sony is amazing for editors

[@aldomtz87]

Xperia I mark V is out now.

[@GFourGadget]

Damn who would've thought that the yearly blind smartphone test would get an UPGRADE! Can't wait to see how far this test goes in the future 👍🏾

[@garylai1083]

He's the best tech KZbinr out there

[@fynkozari9271]

I think photos quality are very good today, the cameras are very good, but the file size are bad, they need to work on that technology. They keep pushing technology in certain part only. But left out other parts.

[@nogrammer]

@@garylai1083 Tech reviewer* I'd say, but the best tech tuber would probably have to go to Linus Tech Tips, especially with all of the 6 figure projects he's started similar to what's done in this video but more into the technicals.

[@m_tth_w9647]

Pixel sales are about to skyrocket.

[@drlauch2256]

kinda deservedly tho ..

[@profacecreator3810]

Apple fans when they realize their phone is completely useless and overpriced Edit: the replies LMAOOO

[@tre-ou5gt]

@@profacecreator3810 lolll

[@shadowboyii]

I doubt it. I can't put my finger on it but pixels are not that... Idk wanted, people just don't think of a great phone when you say pixel

[@uzairi]

@@shadowboyii why do you care what people think about your phone LOL

[@zlatkosh]

Bought the Pixel 6a after watching this and am really glad I did. During the new year week we took a bunch of daily and nightly photos with my 6a, my wife's S 21 Ultra and her cousin's iPhone 14 Pro and ended up using most of the 6a photos at the end. It lacks the sharpness in very few photos but outperforms in most. Night time selfies especially are where it wins by a landslide. The Samsung and iPhone night time selfies were pretty much unusable.

[@yutehube4468]

For a lot of people the camera is far more important than the phone. It becomes a camera that happens to also be able to surf the internet and take/receive phone calls, but it's a camera before anything else.

[@Tonyx.yt.]

i bought a pixel 6a but i send back after a week, had battery drain and awfull phone signal... otherwise a compact "almost cameraphone" with decent power for the size (and price)

[@HueyMataruse]

If only reviews were more like this. Such Data analysis makes everything more meaningful, unlike other Tech reviews where content creators just tell us "what they think" (BIAS/ too much noise). For me this is the BEST content you have made since start. [-Data, ELO Rating-] 🙌

[@HueyMataruse]

@@christobal747 That is so true, I am in agreement with you, however I just think it sure was a GREAT leap for the team to setup something like this, not many Tech reviews are like this, plus I also think the fact that they created room to make "The Law of Large Numbers" influence the final decision. 🙌

[@christocan4710]

Ja. Kind of. You still need to interpret the data. Without that it’s meaningless. Also most important and not mentioned: it was only three pics. I found that „quality“ varies strongly between different motives.

[@Mehwhatevr]

@@HueyMataruse yeah, and I just tried the survey myself. I'm not convinced that it was so useful. I want to see the images ranked results side by side like in the video, but at full size. So many images to vote for, by the end I was just starting to vote on which one was brighter (but not overexposed or weirdly colored, saturated) because the majority of the photos seemed to pit one phone against the absolute worst contender. so forget trying to analyze the photos for sharpness and so forth. my worst contender tried 19 times to win. the best won participated in only 10 attempts. I'm not sure how this survey works. But it seems like it could easily be skewed if my number one phone (Find X5 pro in my case) was lucky enough to be pitted against the worst phones. but it did make for a great video. :D

[@rizdog5735]

But you still need an interpretation of that data. MrWhosetheboss talks about something like this in his Nothing Ear review, saying it's not just about specs, it's his opinion. That's why the reviewers make whole videos on it

[@e21big]

Eh, this type of study is also bias, and if anything, it's designed to reflect people bias tendency in a spesific use case (aka a quick post on social media, with no edit) It is useful for sure but arguably more for the smartphone manufacturerers rather than the end user (because while it reflect the overall user bias, it does not nessarily reflect your own bias which is all the matters.) If anything a traditional camera review, and especially a technical review, is more useful in that regard. Because it shows exactly what the phone is capable of, and you are the judge of whether that's important to your use case or not.

[@SEMIA123]

Really great concept and implementation, I think this is probably the most objective way to do this. Imo, next year needs more categories like zoom and ultra wide, and it needs to have a wider reach. You should try to get other creators in non tech categories to shout this out to their audiences in order to cast a significantly wider, non techy net.

[@Lodinn]

Yep. I basically never take photos of people, and all 3 of the setups used here were such.

[@shahrulnizamhashim7913]

agreed, preferably i would choose a camera phone more towards landscape shooting for travels and stuff, night sky, zooming etc.

[@shahrulnizamhashim7913]

@@matpk never really interested in iPhones. was eyeing on the Pixel line but the price tag is just on a different league for me😢

[@silasben-iesau6859]

Yeah! I was wondering if a large majority of voters prefer pixel pictures because they might be pixel users? I think a lot of his viewers use pixel phones. So they could be used to specific photos and that could influence their votes even subconsciously? Maybe I’m wrong tho

[@TejasIsAmazing]

@@silasben-iesau6859 iphone has a lot more users than pixel, and iphone isint voted high, so being used to the photo effect is probably negligible

[@BILLEYY]

The pixel 6A winning really says a lot about camera quality and software optimization.

[@smsgvg5994]

it says that people have no idea of what good photography is and 2nd the photos were not representative enough. You need a variety of photos to be able to judge correctly. Screen size also matters. I explained this in more details in my answers below since this first comment provoked a lot of people (which I understand)

[@thomaselwood12]

@@smsgvg5994 cry somewhere else you wimp.

[@isuzu343]

@@smsgvg5994 What's the point of "good" photography if people don't like it? lol

[@seaturtledad6596]

@@smsgvg5994 majority always win. cuz that were money at

[@ananyaig]

​@@smsgvg5994 I can agree on the variety part but people don't know what good photography is? Think what you're saying lol. When you say that it makes it you own personal view.

[@PabloTheDolphin]

Watching this video again and I have to say that Marques and his team are constantly pushing the boundaries of tech based content creation like nothing else out there. This channel has always been head and shoulders above the rest in every regard. I hope this elo ranking method becomes an annual series!

[@avishekdas7238]

Now that’s what we call a “tech review”. The amount of effort you put in this shows your passion towards quality content. Awesome mate. ❤

[@jaypalmer3806]

Nothing to do with the vast amount of money he earns from doing so...... :-)

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@@jaypalmer3806 cope

[@calebj3890]

such an impressive analysis. this type of content is why we love MKBHD!

[@flowrfpv]

Although I missed "none of these two" button multiple times during the voting + would be interesting to not compare same scene every time... add few more standard light scenes and then let people vote on them randomly

[@corona__virus]

The camera can take pictures as well as videos. But why doesn't he do a video comparison? Probably the best iPhone with cinematic mode.

[@corona__virus]

and live photo

[@espirituvalentino]

Legit and free guarantee giveaway prizes only on Super RC’s KZbin channel

[@lemonadechristian]

This experiment is easily my favorite after all these years

[@delightmedia1556]

2023 video??

[@andyroche9905]

I would love to see a wider array of photo subjects next year, landscapes matter too. Great comparison tho!

[@doctorcorgi3134]

That’s what I was thinking. I take pictures of objects way more than people. Granted I’m not sure how they can do a variety of settings. Considering it took a while to do the three categories we got. I guess they could make sub categories like landscape, people, objects, etc.

[@ashwinrajashekar]

The test was extremely long but i enjoyed it

[@Forusall]

I thought it never ended until I figured out it ACTUALLY never ended. 😂

[@poacherthenn]

@@tituschon369 he meant the actual test, not the video

[@brssnkl]

Title of your … tape 😂

[@vayanmalik7345]

Huh long whaaa ?!?

[@BillygotTalent]

I did it over multiple sessions.

[@JonWantsToGolf]

The scientist in me is very satisfied by this video, the methods used, and overall presentation. Well done!

[@cezarnebun9607]

this was fun... had a lot of fun voting...i am sure that this took some time to create...thank you...SONY really needs to work on their camera software...they make awesome sensors.

[@glenis83]

I actually have the Xperia 5 IV and the camera is really incredible if you’re using it in manual mode. You can really dial in exposure and take pictures like it’s an actual camera. The “basic” auto mode is very blah in comparison. Worthwhile if you don’t mind taking a little more time with your photos.

[@w花b]

@@glenis83 sure, it was just comparing the default settings, I'm pretty sure if you put each of these phones in their "best" camera settings some of the rankings would change.

[@sebastianloor4715]

@@w花b yeah but we also taking in consideration that most of the people aren t profesional photographers soooo

[@warnacokelat]

Sony hates computational photography.

[@aat528]

@@glenis83 it's been obvious for the past few models that Sony has leaned into "professional" side of the camera phone market more than casual. All their apps are incredible and work with their dedicated cameras as well. The software is great just the default mode is lacking as it's put there because they need one.

[@rudreshkalgutkar]

MKBHD is probably the only tech channel that i will recommend who stood the test of time without losing its integrity and class. Never Change.

[@paneerbread]

This, and Linus Tech Tips

[@szewei85]

Plus mrwhosetheboss

[@silveradopunked8329]

@@szewei85 he's more of an entertainment channel.

[@vinaydev437]

If integrity and class are criteria Mr Mobile Michael Fisher is right up there

[@boldschool6308]

@@vinaydev437 big respect to MrMobile as well!

[@FisayoFosudo]

Very detailed video. Interesting analysis! Gracias MKBHD & Team 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@turbodarkle]

Just glad to finally see Google's Pixel superiority is finally acknowledged 😄. I've always been telling people Pixels have the BEST cameras. And now we know, they do!

[@shrin210]

not camera but processing of photos😂

[@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire]

Gcam users:

[@sjain6320]

@@shrin210 that is true. Their software is amazing. But the hardware is not as say, an iPhone

[@turbodarkle]

@@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire Gcam still doesn't reach the level of Pixel processing 😂

[@AkshayPatil-ze9ol]

@@shrin210 A good photo is a combination of good camera hardware and its software optimization. Let's give credit to Google for their hard work and bringing some of the truly best devices at cheaper rates instead of Apple, which is born to loot people's money.

[@allenqueen]

Omg, this series just evolved big time. Thank you all who were involved. Stuff like this is why we need independent media.

[@MrMostafaYasser]

Need another one this year this test is crazy

[@AbdulBasit0044]

Man o man, the effort you put to make these videos is marvelous and unbelievable. Hats off to you and your team, you're a legend. 💯💯💯

[@Ziaphy]

🤓

[@armaanmodi]

not unbelievable

[@Actveable]

Please do this every year or couple of years. It's fantastic

[@mohamedrafi1736]

he does this every year...this is just a new method.

[@dexterboy2736]

🍀✌😸👍🍀

[@nnadibenamarachi6267]

@@mohamedrafi1736 hope he continues with this new method

[@Samdevay]

Need to buy business smartphones for work and study.. I am working in IT and learning 1. Devops and 2. ai and machine learning Screen: greater than 6.2 inches Need 256 GB smartphone with better user experience and no ad or bloatware... Budget: 650 USD What should I go with? Samsung S22 or Google Pixel 6a or Motorola Edge30 ultra or OnePlus 10T.

[@sR1k]

@@Samdevay iPhone any day. The integration with the ecosystem is stronger compared to other androids/windows PC's I have atm. iPhone's a no-brainer if you are in the apple ecosystem.

[@InsanEzln]

GREAT TEST OF ALL CAMERA TESTS ON KZbin !!!

[@TheRohnjackson]

😆 TESTES _TESTS*_

[@homophobesnotwelcomed2308]

What?

[@tonyhawk123]

Hardly. Interesting, thats all. Some people prefer the opinion of professional photographers, not what people have become used to with todays smartphones and just vote for what they're familiar with. Most images taken with phones these days have filters which over saturate at the expense of accuracy and lossy data, which wouldn't cut it with a decent standalone camera.

[@Tazdeviloo7]

@@tonyhawk123 There will always be bias though, has to be a double blind test like this one. Even then, unless you're a professional photographer yourself, you'll probably like what most other people like too.

[@tonybowen455]

I'm here from the future! PIxel 8+ and S23+ were the clear winners for me this year!

[@danielmoksmann5654]

There is a way to make this even better, Marques. In the polls, ask each voter to say what their current phone is. I think lifelong iPhone users have a strong bias towards the color profile used by Apple, whereas Samsung users tend to favor highly detailed, but less vibrant photos (at least in comparison with the iPhone).

[@cjmedina.24]

Yes!! Such a great idea. I would love to see this implemented next year!

[@tubester358]

Not sure how much of a role it plays, unless your current phone happens to be to your preference. I've never owned an iPhone and have barely ever used one, and now own a Samsung, but my no.1 for the standard photo ended up being the iPhone 14 Pro lol. I think I could kinda tell which one was the iPhone's - high quality, balanced photo with a pretty warm tone - but I liked its colours. 2nd was Pixel 6A which I was pretty happy to see up there.

[@NuwandaSM]

Indeed, I have iPhone 12 Pro Max and my first and second place were both iPhones

[@jeffreyplace4512]

If Apple and Samsung phones are the most popular and they were not # 1 & #2 any perceived bias could be considered irrelevant.

[@NickNikolenko]

The people who voted are MKBHD viewers, and hence are probably a tech enthusiast, and these people usually own Android phones. This explains why the Iphones scored so low. In contrast, the average person on the street is not a tech enthusiast and is likely to choose the more vibrant iphone photos.

[@Nick_G7IZR]

I've just ordered a 6a on the back of this. Google owes you big time! 😁

[@miguel_mt25]

My pixel 6a is extremely amazing. Best buy ever

[@12day1]

What phone did u have b4? Any cons ?

[@miguel_mt25]

@@12day1 iPhone 11

[@jeewakalakruwan7355]

Yep still 4 days old

[@dustojnikhummer]

Isn't that the one with a 60Hz display?

[@miguel_mt25]

@@dustojnikhummer the same like iphone 14 :v

[@drodrigp]

This was incredible to see! Honestly felt like I was watching a dissertation project. Well done to the whole team!

[@tik-tok]

Xpeira losing this bad and votes really proves the point in what kind age of fake social media we live in, where everything is super filtered, brightened up and colorful. Unrealistic Plastic pictures basically, because Sony is well know to be taking more realistic, raw and less computational photography oriented photos. Average mobile consumer's eyes are not really used to this kind of stuff anymore. Also its kinda ironic that almost all these smartphones actually use Sony Sensors in cameras.

[@onelyone6976]

I only voted in the low-light segment just because i completely forgot about the other ones, but there, The Sony just has a very well balanced picture, it has good sharpness, retains the skintone very well, the background cityscapes isn't super sharp, but very natural, and the car in the bottom right is also very sharp and in detail

[@enriquearayatajr]

This was really fascinating to watch!

[@cellunlockernet]

Wow, I can't believe it! I've always heard great things about the camera on the Pixel, but to get a lot of votes across all categories is truly impressive.

[@nighthawksoffice]

I'd never expect to be this blessed and happy with the 6a, chose it as a second phone for my business but its amazing! Thanks for this test.

[@ghost_lukh]

Wow you guys went over and above - love the work you did. Kudos also to everyone who participated and voted

[@jobs.1518]

Not so fast! at 5:47 you can see that incorrectly labeled the iPhone 14 Pro as an "iPhone 14 Po"

[@tkg3me]

@@jobs.1518 they're humans wdym

[@MoonWielder]

As an iPhone user, I will always love iPhones, but I will give credit where it's due. Google has done an amazing job with the Pixel 6A. The photos with it look natural, and it has a superior dynamic range.

[@thanod1075]

Is the phone worth getting then? I just wasted money on the iPhone 13 today. I am starting to regret my choice. :/

[@RealJoseph123]

@@thanod1075 Do what you want. Follow your gut and don’t let other people tell you otherwise. I may not agree with the accolades both Google and Apple gets for its cameras but I can still discuss it.

[@jakearmstrong2127]

I respect that even though you use an IPhone you don't just say it's better because it's an Iphone

[@jamesn7156]

@@thanod1075 If it makes you feel any better, these tests are very subjective. Do you want a better looking photo, or a more realistic one? Most of these phones do a great job for a non photographer. Besides, the camera is just one feature of the phone. Not to mention software updates could throw a wrench at all these results.

[@accountid9681]

@@thanod1075 everybody here is gonna be absurdly biased, and I'm a pixel shill, so I must uphold the youtube bias tradition by saying that yes, you wasted your money on a bigger number.

[@tombraendle7156]

Very good video but please try to make more pictures per phone next time because it will be more accurate and will work in this format.

[@imrans]

sometimes i think how I’m getting your videos for free, top notch content ❤

[@jaypalmer3806]

Because he gets a fortune from KZbin for making the videos. :-)

[@michael4800]

Are you this sick?

[@jaypalmer3806]

@@michael4800 huh?

[@xeon2k8]

you arent, they monetise your time

[@nipunsharma5351]

You're not getting anything for free dude..

[@AchievingAchievement]

Hope you see this! I would love to see you guys include a DSLR (or mirrorless) camera as a sorta control in the next one. It'd be interesting to see if people would be able to tell the difference in a blind test scenario.

[@alexa9771]

exactly. People who are voting don't necessarily have a picture background and this inclusion may prove it. Usually when a blind test is done with a DSLR among people with experience, the DLSR wins but they also explain you the details why it is better than for the rest may pass unnoticed.

[@victorrumyantsev3718]

Smartphones competing with a DSLR will be too unfair for the first ones, even for control. 3 - 4 years old classic Sony RX100 would be enough for quality control :)

[@AchievingAchievement]

@Victor Rumyantsev not sure the average person can actually tell tbh. That's why it would be interesting to see what happens in a blind test.

[@camdobie]

Shoot RAW on the phone, adjust exposure and drop the sharpness - and then compare.

[@cyrilmuluh]

Getting better at something you are already great at is the key to staying relevant in this ever changing environment. You're doing a great job bro

[@bikkihsn]

2023 update????????????????????????

[@nicalister]

I feel like everyone involved in making these videos always put in the most effort and quality

[@ayanchandra8299]

The work put into this single video is literally visible , thank you Marques and team, its great🔥

[@rajdeepjaiswal]

Hey Marques , I just participated and watched the blind smartphone camera test and I have to say, I am truly impressed by the work you do. Not only do you put in a lot of effort and dedication into your videos, but the way you tackle problems and find solutions is truly inspiring. I have been following this series for the past 4 years and I have seen the issues you have faced in posting it on various platforms. However, the way you have overcome these challenges and continued to produce high quality content is truly admirable. Your work truly motivates me to strive for excellence in my own endeavors and to never give up when faced with obstacles. Thank you for all that you do and I can't wait to see what amazing content you come up with in the future. Keep up the great work! Love from india ❤️

[@the_Demon_King760]

U paid 4 cent to this millionaire and also saying love from India? Why all Indian do that Everytime

[@prathmeshbarge8750]

@@the_Demon_King760 coz our GDP per capita is way low than other developed countries, otherwise would have given 40 dollars and not 4 cents. Use some logic. You can buy a whole meal, it isn't a small amount here.

[@abhimanyudeb]

@@the_Demon_King760 I don't know that. The thing that I hate the most is how we Indians end every comment with Love from India.

[@the_Demon_King760]

@@abhimanyudeb exactly that's what I'm talking about

[@the_Demon_King760]

@@prathmeshbarge8750 logic ? Then don't pay at all

[@soelmulone187]

I love how when you can’t see the apple logo the iPhone doesn’t win the camera test

[@BlackParade01]

It's also because these camera tests don't matter. Most people do not know what a good picture looks like. People like contrasty, punchy photos. That's why Pixel won and why iPhone was rated so lowly.

[@PatternedBrain]

@@BlackParade01 ratio

[@nave3064]

@Black Parade ah that's the reason sure. Not because just might not make such great photos and also oversaturates everything. I mean just look at the night time photo, he even talked about it.

[@BlackParade01]

@@nave3064 I'm a photographer and the iPhone takes great phones. The best photos, if you take ProRAW into consideration. You can act childish all you want ("oohhh Apple bad"), but that's really just the case here. And of course it had some misses, but overall (especially in day light), it's the best shooter. I also really like the Z Fold 4's camera, although it lacks a proper zoom lens.

[@mafiaboy4925]

@@BlackParade01 so u mean peoples choice doesnt matter , big debate huh? Who qualify whom to tell this is better & this is not ?

[@fatimaahmad3681]

As someone with a pixel 6A I'm hella proud rn

[@supernt7852]

same lol

[@arifurrahman7967]

same 😂😂😂

[@czkmeister]

Was thinking of getting rid of mine. Nah.

[@AkbarIpulcoolCh]

@@czkmeister lmaoo why dude ?

[@homegeographic5351]

proud? cuz you bought it? i mean, is just a device, dosnt make ppl better. it only makes you guys feel better cuz you made a good purchese, thats it,

[@jasgaravito]

Maybe the Pixel 7 would sneak in the ranking for best photo for the buck, as it costs $300 less than the Pro version but was not tested in this ranking (main camera being the same sensor).

[@ktm1125]

S22 too. As it's not that different from the Ultra, except for the zoom, which wasn't tested.

[@PatrickWithCamera]

@@ktm1125 s22 and s22 ultra got different main camera, s22 - 50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/1.56" s22u - 108 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1/1.33"

[@ktm1125]

@Patrick Yeah but the software is identical, and the camera itself is not that different still.

[@cloudxenogear]

@@ktm1125 it's really different system and optimization. Lol

[@RacoonFighter]

@@ktm1125 ur lost

[@Andorski]

Request for next time you do this: on the website when you get your results there's nothing on the page that tells you what you're results were for (standard, low light, portrait mode). It would be helpful to have that listed on the results page so people who just screenshot the results know what they were for.

[@MrRichy48]

I added a label onto my screenshots so I definitely agree with this.

[@scikick]

Great idea. And a share link so people can share in instagram etc, and also invite more people to participate.

[@TomCRitucci]

YES!!! I had to type in each category on all my screenshots.

[@vinayak6685]

This ultimate camera comparison series is definitely million dollar research work for companies to take notes from

[@selkybangs4333]

AFB?, Sure we needed an apple monitor

[@byronco4917]

Data is truth, facts over feelings. love this!

[@m.abdullah5407]

Next time you can also add a feature that lets the users select what device they use themselves, i think it will be very interesting to see how their experience of using their device camera effects what they choose in the test.

[@jusththatuser]

i use a Google Pixel, i could tell which shots were taken by a Google Pixel

[@phrvnkson]

definitely and influencing factor

[@TheWordPlay]

This was a really cool experiment! And as the owner of a Pixel 6a, it is pretty validating to hear its cameras do so well

[@setnistone]

You and your team are amazing. That was very surprising and holy crap do I now have to switch from iPhone 14Pro to Pixel 6 or 7 Pro? Thank you... amazing work....also watching you is a joy, professional, no extraneous conversations, just great...

[@steffan1804]

Switch why? The difference between photos on the mobile screens is so minimal testers literally have to zoom 10x to find it. Iphone / Pixel / Samsung, you can't go wrong for mobile photography with any of those.

[@Variable_Degree_Series]

@@steffan1804 bro is yet to discover pixel's night mode and dynamic range..

[@12587drago]

@@steffan1804 iphone photos are far from competetion.. no Pro mode, ugly pink portraits, low quality nightmode, missing details from daylight shots, portrait have poor cutout and lot of noise.. bad zoom camera and also ultrawide is no match.. it depends how much you want to shoot... i just went from 14 pro max to s 22 Ultra last month and i can say right away that samsung crushed the iphone to the dust.. pixel is sometimes even better , especially for portraits and in lowlight so... iphone was good just untill i saw the competetion.. i realized that its actually far behind

[@steffan1804]

@@Variable_Degree_Series Speaking as a 8 year long Android user, I've done bunch of night photography (which I prefer btw.) and bunch of astrophotography on multiple Android devices. Not going to explain myself further, my opinion remains unchanged. If you want to take photos all day, buy yourself a pro camera, use Pro mode and adjust EV, white balance, exposure etc. to your liking. When it comes to phones, 95% of the users are taking pictures by snapping them right out of the pocket without any additional settings or pro mode and those pictures look alike in most of the flagship phones today. Pixel has cool features for phone photography, no questions there. But, if you have 2-3 hours less time every day to take them, due to it's battery, it's not really a full enjoyment. Pixel's battery drainage compared to 14 Pro Max is something that needs to be improved with 8 Pro eventually. No one wants to go out for a day trip and run out battery at 7PM. One of the things I'm still not willing to switch to Pixel. But, that's just me maybe.

[@DomitionX]

@@steffan1804 Everyone's usage is different. I used to have a Pixel and I would regularly get 3 days out of it's battery. There would be months where the only time I would ever charge it is during the drive to and from work during the week, and would never need to charge it on the weekend.

[@ninjabike999]

Every year I keep hearing all the manufactures hyped up how great their cameras has improved, but no one talk about how are the phone calls quality (microphone, speak, antenna reception, etc). It's 2023 and I still can't hear people on the other end, or they cannot hear me, especially when I put them on speaker phone.

[@Brackish_Babe]

Legit went and replaced my OnePlus 10 pro with the pixel 7 pro after this, fantastic!

[@Samdevay]

I need smartphone for business use Screensize: Greater than 6.1 inches Camera: Not ultra important ( Should be better than average) Need something that Does not hang and require better support for office applications like Zoom, teams or Onenote etc without causing issues ( if multiple apps are open) Better security Battery life should be greater than 5 hours of use Performance should be good Store: If I could get 256 gig that would be amazing, otherwise I would settle with 128G with little disappointment if the other features are better in 128GB range I already own 3 year old ipad. I current use MI smartphone which I hate it although it has 6GB RAM and 128GIG storage ( lot of bloatware) I feel MI gives lot of advertising on ohones and adware everywhere. It is not able to run Skype, Teams and or other engineering software due to weaker cpu and GPU. It is too obsolete being 3-4 year old smartphone Should i go for value for money smartphone like IQOO or Motorola edge 30 or Realme or spend more on S22 or Pixel. I am thinking of buying IQOO. I need to purchase laptop too (Legion 5i Pro) What are your thoughts...I am so confused about smartphon

[@hemilrijhwani9210]

@@Samdevay Get the S22 plus or the ultra... The ultra specifically due to the S Pen support and the big battery life. The Iqoo may seem powerful but the UI experience is awful and also the software support is unmatched in the Samsung. I being a S22 ultra user can say that you won't be disappointed

[@marvin2678]

@@Samdevay Motorola bro

[@tabraizhassan665]

@@Samdevay s21 ultra

[@R3AL-AIM]

You know Apple and Google are the two biggest tips that MKBHD gets. It's also nothing super fantastic outside of all the top tech KZbinrs having the same exact opinions about it.

[@julianruggiero9701]

This was an awesome test. I love how you guys put it together and I loved hearing your analysis of the results! I just picked up a Pixel 7 myself during the Black Friday sale, and although it's not perfect (it needs a better fingerprint sensor for sure), it is a great phone with a very impressive camera. Well done Google!

[@Samdevay]

Need to buy business smartphones for work and study.. I am working in IT and learning 1. Devops and 2. ai and machine learning Screen: greater than 6.2 inches Need 256 GB smartphone with better user experience and no ad or bloatware... Budget: 650 USD What should I go with? Samsung S22 or Google Pixel 6a or Motorola Edge30 ultra or OnePlus 10T

[@ulize.]

@@Samdevay I have the Pixel 6 Pro and the S22U and the Pixel lineup definitely does insanely better on keeping bloatware to an absolute minimum, theres still some apps you cant install like youtube, but I have a feeling you wont have a problem with that, samsung does a lot of bloat

[@JamesXylight]

@@Samdevay Regular pixel 7 would be good

[@julianruggiero9701]

@@Samdevay I have to agree with the other guys on here. The standard Pixel 7 (non-pro) is an excellent phone for the price. My only complaint with it is the optical fingerprint reader is less than stellar, but aside from this one thing, the phone is great. I think it would be very hard to find a better phone in the $500-600 range.

[@imadedistocomment5936]

I found some success registering the same fingerprint twice

[@JCelia]

Ok this is incredibly planned and executed! 🤩And I love this because it removes any bias we may have. Great job to you and your team👏 It would be cool if you could do this test for videography as well

[@Super-A.I]

Pixel 6A unreal phone 🙂

[@tubster01]

This needs to be a yearly fixture, the engagement of this with your viewers is a reason why you're the tech king.

[@Delali]

I'm completely blown away by the work you and your team put into getting the results presented in this video. I didnt even know there was such a thing as ELO system. I love your work and videos man. keep up the great work.

[@kierundere]

this is awesome but it would've been nicer if you could include some outdoor photography and videos as well. that would be perfect addition next time

[@amanj120]

from a computer science student perspective, this test and the amount of data you collected and analyzed is super super cool

[@joyboy1088]

I have Pixel 6A, it's really good for its price. In India its around 30K Rs around 300$

[@mohammedsinan6138]

But in India pixel has only one service centre

[@chandanshetti2298]

@@mohammedsinan6138 ohh where it is

[@mohammedsinan6138]

@@chandanshetti2298 Mumbai I think

[@awwush]

Where u should buy?

[@mohammedsinan6138]

@@awwush Flipkart

[@mubsi.y]

I'm so happy the 6a is getting the recognition it deserves 😤🤞

[@vishnu3851]

We need a similar test for 2023 phones please.

[@SaberSlayer88]

Would have been nice if you shot stills on a popular full frame camera just to compare against. Like... In these photos what's genuinely your skin supposed to look like? I noticed that your skin tones would change dramatically depending on what camera you used and a control photo would've made it even better to compare with.

[@alishams4496]

totally agree this is very important, right now we dont even know whats real. as the saying goes, reality is often disappointing and i guess the phone that can fool you best into thinking it got a good realistic photo would win

[@Phil_OG]

Yeah kinda flawed without something to compare with

[@Tazdeviloo7]

The video of him presenting is a good baseline to compare the photos against. I'm sure he's using a high end camera, white balance, etc. all in check.

[@bronkula]

It would be interesting, but not necessarily comparable, because one of the points of the test is to show the default mode of phone cameras which almost all apply heavy post processing. It's one of the reasons the sony experia did poorly. Is because it is essentially a real camera, it doesn't over process, therefore is makes great photos to improve in lightroom, but wouldn't normally be immediately posted to social media.

[@tubester358]

Use his videos as a reference, he tries to make the videos as accurate as possible to present the products as accurately as possible. The point of these tests isn't to figure out which camera is objectively the best or most accurate, it's to measure people's personal preference and then average that out. It doesn't matter if a pro explains to you that x photo is better than y if you personally prefer y and want to have that for personal photos.

[@eriastwaha8725]

As a statistician, I'm impressed by the methodology used to get these wonderful results, thank you Marques

[@Disguised_Hawk]

Awesome Video and testing. But still i want to critique 2 things: I know its hard to do so, but the camera angle sometimes was different and this changed how the photos turned out. It changed to composition. Would be cool if you could think of a way to eliminate that. Second, and i think you could fix this easily, please show us more data in the video or make it available somewhere else. Like actual numbers. Saying "this phone absolutely crushed this category" isn't the same as telling us by how many percent. Also showing thr numbers on screen is extremely helpful for people who either want to memorize the content and or for people who arent that sure in the english language. Anyway keep going and, have a nice day

[@_Rafiki.]

I think angles were slightly different because of 1. Default focal length as mentioned in the video + 2., The side of the phone the camera is. (I think size of phone might come into play here too as all phone will have been placed on the same stand)

[@joelconolly5574]

The voting this year is nuts. You really can't tell which phone is which and no comments to tell which photo is their choice. It really is a very intricate and detail voting experience. I've never done this kind of voting before so it was a first experience. Hopefully we get more of these in the next smartphone comparison.

[@thxruni]

this was actually incredible. i appreciate all the hard work Marques and his team put in for these videos and for constantly raising the bar. i don't think there are any data sets similar to this one out there and it'd be epic this was open source.

[@hannahbo8237]

Would you consider adding a selfie category for next time? Could even b a whole new test with same/similar categories, but for front cams this time. It might b relevant to many, given the environment we live in 4 quite some time now. Great job, btw

[@coldfusion167]

This was AMAZING & very interesting!!👍

[@DrDothraki]

This is by far the best version of mkbhd camera competition. I wonder where this show will go to in a decade.

[@rakeshpatibanda796]

Just wow! This is such a well-thought-out experiment and executed really, really well! Congrats to Marques and the team! 💙🍿

[@evertchin]

it is so funny that Sony probly is the supplier of the sensors for most of the phones but they themselves remained the lowest rated phone lol.

[@kanwarsingh0]

Software matters a lot.

[@selectname9790]

I wish we could have answered what phone we use before voting. It would have been really interesting to see how the results correlated with what phone a user had. Great work nonetheless!

[@lion14fire]

Like conflict of interest

[@randomgamerboy420]

Agreed, could consider user bias this way

[@lion14fire]

@@randomgamerboy420 well I am a Moto edge 30 ultra user so I didn't help here 😂

[@deathkid68]

I would love to see this with nature or buildings

[@CalebAAvery]

Did all 3. The Pixel 7 Pro got #1, #2, and #4 plus one of the cheapest per point. Definitely something to keep in mind for future purchases and hopefully you can do this more with other phones.

[@maxix545]

I got realme 10 pro+ and pixel 7 pro for the last 2 lol

[@TheLaloxz]

this is going above and beyond of everyone's expectations, definitely super well made. this was super interesting and entertaining!

[@aleccino]

Really thrilled that the Oppo Find X5 Pro performed so well in this testing. I've been singing it's praises since I got it this year.

[@gregjohnson4395]

This method is way better than the bracket style of previous years. Takes more time for the users, but you get way higher quality results. It'd also be interesting to see how these compare in a blind to a mid-tier DSLR or mirrorless.

[@eli33]

thank you for hosting such a fun event! I loved the blind-style poll and i hope to see this again in the future!

[@JonSnowxx]

Man I liked the Xperia standard photo! It came in top three for me. And seeing the shot here, it looks great! It looks like an actual camera took the picture. Can't believe people ranked it so low. Harumph.

[@j.p.obregon1415]

Hats off to MKBHD for conducting a proper test (eliminating bias, large sample size, etc.) I think the smartphone companies should come to you for some of this data.

[@KRIGBERT]

The photos are too differently framed, though - and since they have human subjects, there's bound to be some subtle differences in pose and facial expressions as well. The framing probably also affected the white balance.

[@aakashgill]

In one of the pic - brownlee became completely blacklee😁😍

[@DriftingInRhythm]

This was such a cool experiment to see! You & your team have improved upon it nearly every year & having the peace of mind that Google has such a strong contender for its Pixel line is the icing on the cake. I really appreciate how you & the team deep dive into these kinds of videos. Fascinating stuff! Thanks again :)