The Best Smartphone Camera 2022!
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- It's time to find out once with SCIENCE: What's the best smartphone camera? vote.MKBHD.com
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0:00 Intro
1:45 We Built a Voting Site
4:47 Revealing the Phones
5:20 The Winners and Losers
8:38 What Actually Happened
12:46 What we Learned - Věda a technologie
Marques and his team killed it with this experiment.
Extremely impressive, indeed.
Yeah I voted. Cool idea.
Indeed. This is the best of the best I'ever seen.
It was incredible. This experiment needs to be done every year
Yep literally bending over backwards to highlight Pixel phones.
Marques be like: I am somewhat of a data scientist myself
I've been a data scientist for the last 2 weeks...
@@revirdkcalb 😂
Why there's no s21 fe? Any idea?
@@CarlJohnson-iv7sn It was released 2021, not 2022.
I feel the satisfaction (I am a data analyst) 🤣
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
I love how the Asus Zenfones always do great in these, despite almost never being mentioned elsewhere!
They sick phones too! And have a headphone jack!! I actually might go for one on my next upgrade
Maaaaan this totally raised the bar by several marks. Thanks for doing this. Well done to Team Pixel / Google for their hard work.
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
Dude, spolier alert 😆
@@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).
@@AlanGurling Sure
@@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.
I wonder if companies will use these videos to try to base their camera processing on the winning results
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.
100% some
They should
The data itself is actually very valuable $$$
@@8020Alive the brightest photos came dead last in the portrait mode test...
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.
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This is remarkable! I am a data person and I can imagine how much effort went into this. Not even taking into account the editing and visualization part of it!
You and your team are killing it, Marques!
you should sneek in some professional level cameras in a secret bracket to see if the average people can see the difference between regular smartphones and cinema level cameras
Good idea
I am not sure if it would work well.
If they used only jpegs, they wouldn't be using all the potential of the sensor and dynamic range and if they shot in raw and processed it, it would depend on how much editing they'd put into it.
NEVER! ruins the comparison. Why introduce irrelevant data? When you're picking the best apple you don't compare oranges do you, or bagels?
@@njsfer you'd be surprised how much that also is the case for phones. Obviously they are oriented for consumers so they have the advantage of image processing, but RAW on any phone can look surprisingly good
@@bowtoy add a pear to see if they can find a difference, it can be a good way to control an experiment from certain biases
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!
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.
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.
@@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!
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
finally someone get ahat sony offers. all these test is non edit social ready photos. real photographers need natural photos
FACTS this is for being influenced with minimal effort. Sony is amazing for editors
Xperia I mark V is out now.
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!
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!
Here before someone says there's no comment :)
@@Yaveen Those commenters are annoying. Though I thought it would have more comments with over 350 likes.
This is the most honest video I have watch on this channel
Ye
@@Yaveen iPhone 14 pro max is just a copycat of Nothing phone 1🎉
Such a great way to do the poll this year. Thanks for doing this again and even better.
You didn't got like btw
@@memories1778 ????
We need Ultrawide and Zoom photos next year.
I wonder if landscape photography will make a difference.. it would be amazing if you and your team could add it to the next edition because at the moment all 3 modes are basically portrait photography
Adding a DSLR into the mix can also let us know how good can a phone camera compete with a standard camera
good idea on paper but adding the dslr would take a ton of votes from the others, making the data less useful
This is the only camera review video that people should consider! these results are very surprising. People are bias by the branding no matter how much we try to avoid it.
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.
Ikrr!!! This was so cool
@@aashutosh9285 iPhone 14 pro max is just a copycat of Nothing phone 1🎉
@@matpk 😅
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!
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
I hope they make the data open source
The Mas0nic hand gesture for the night photo 1:10 tells me enough about this whole thing.
@@3KRacing lol
@@3KRacing 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"
Major props to whoever designed the experiment, analyzed the data, and visualized it to make this the most rigorous MKBHD video I’ve ever seen! If you don’t upload the data to an open science repository, I bet many companies would pay money to buy it from you. ;)
you guys are amazing for this. huge props for the hard work, glad to have participated in the voting this time!
The stuff MK can accomplish by having such a huge dedicated audience is INSANE!
I'm blown away by how much went into this experiment, you can tell how much passion is behind the work. BIG ups to Marques and his team!
Very detailed video. Interesting analysis! Gracias MKBHD & Team 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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
The pixel 6A winning really says a lot about camera quality and software optimization.
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)
@@smsgvg5994 cry somewhere else you wimp.
@@smsgvg5994 What's the point of "good" photography if people don't like it? lol
@@smsgvg5994 majority always win. cuz that were money at
@@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.
When I got my 6a this year, I was blown away by how great the camera is on it, even from the 5a and 6. Glad to see I'm not crazy and it takes amazing photos.
Same. The 6A is my first Pixel, and I've been loving it
The 4 xl I have 2. People still ask each year as I used to upgrade yearly to the newest best thing until the pixel 4xl. 3 years it's a winner. Not the most popular but that 12 mp sensor has had the most optimization of any other optics. In time the 50 will be next.
@@rmejc too bad nobody cares about your opinion :(
@@rmejc don't need to spend a bunch of money for a good phone, or else you played yourself
I have the Pixel 3a, camera on it is absolutely insane, I can only imagine how good it is on the newest models
An interesting thought I had when I went to check out the voting site, would be interesting if there was a timer to show how long it took someone to pick a winner. Some for me where instant winners, with one being obviouslyt better then the other, but some were so close I had to almost pixel peep to try to pick a winner. What if we assigned a weighted score based on how long it took to pick a winner, with the ones that were extreamly close being a lesser weight than the ones that are easier to pick? Maybe with a time cap, so if some one takes too long to pick assume they took a break instead. Maybe something to consider for next years people choice awards (if you do it again)
True, but what if someone's just taking a break. Went to answer the doorbell etc.
I thought the same thing!
@@RupinderDhamija just put a pause button there
Man the color grading on these videos is seriously on point every time. Great stuff as always!
An actually scientific experiment on youtube. props to you, Marques!
Not a scientific experiment in the slightest, but a good blind camera test.
@@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.
@@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.
@@AnwarLL He broke down what stats we could point to, for example how a brighter image was more desired than a darker one...
@@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.
As a data scientist, im so happy with how amazing all this turned out. Truly good stuff
Loooved this experiment and I had a grin the entire time. But I wonder if the results were skewed a little bit because of Marcus' complexion? Different cameras take pictures differently for people with darker skin. Google recently made an entire point of trying to fix this problem with their image processing. Do you think it's a coincidence that the Google phones performed better because of that? Just a thought.
@@theaftershow69 Good point. I think different subjects would make for an even more robust dataset.
It wasn't really "scientific" at all tho.
He took all pictures in portrait mode but all pictures on his website for this were cropped to squares or even landscape which means you lose literally almost HALF the picture. And that has huge impact of how a picture turns out, how it looks etc.
@Tim R. the effect of the landscape is based on the phone's actual camera's focal length and degree of view.
@@abrahamoluwagbenga9807 what? Dude that doesn't even make any sense.
I'm talking about the orientation. All pictures were taken in portrait mode (vertical) while the website cropped them to landscape (horizontal) which means a noticeable part from top and bottom was cut off.
Idk if you understand how impressive this is MB. This was fun to watch, and honestly just kind of in awe of how much research went into this. This is basically setting a new standard, great job!
This was super cool and insightful, happy to have been part of it
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 👍🏾
He's the best tech CZcamsr out there
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.
@@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.
Blown away by Marques as his team pn these yearly tests and vids. Nobody does it better. Congrats everyone.
Nobody. Nobody. Nobody does it better.
@@abhishek_soni1 came here to say this, but you already did it.
@@abhishek_soni1 you beat me by one second
@@abhishek_soni1 ayoo naughty abhisek!
SIMP
Best camera comparison video ever, you guys should do one of these every year from now on
It would be very interesting to repeat this vote with professional photographers. Because they look at different characteristics, color representation, natural shadows etc. - and with all that image processing going on, maybe the best looking are not necessarily the most accurate.
@@tagbro69 Gotta agree with you on this one. Probably the reason why professional photographing smart phones are the biggest loser on the test. If you actually take the photos on those phones professionally then the results would definitely be better.
I did the test and the best camera was Mate 50 Pro. Shame its banned with Google 😅
iPhone user?
I was really surprised by this video. I have an Xperia 5 II and IV which shoot great photos, so naturally I was surprised tha the Xperia 1 IV ranked so low. Then I figured out why. These tests were performed by regular people who chose the "better looking" photo. A lot of phones automatically enhance photos at point of capture which IMO overdo saturation etc, whereas phones like the Xperia produce more accurate/natural looking photos without going OTT on saturation.
I was thinking the same
Pixel sales are about to skyrocket.
kinda deservedly tho ..
Apple fans when they realize their phone is completely useless and overpriced
Edit: the replies LMAOOO
@@profacecreator3810 lolll
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
@@shadowboyii why do you care what people think about your phone LOL
I gotta say 2 things.
I was underwhelmed with the previous year's comparison due to the method being questionable but this is amazing. It's probably the best way to do it.
Second thing, wow, the Pixels are still the kings of photography years later
Yes, Marques has really perfected the vote collecting system. He is a goated reviewer for a reason.
The voting system was great, but the method to take photos was very subpar. You could tell for instance some of the phones got sh*t on because it wasn’t exactly the same compared to others.
@@Envy13376 Yeah especially the nightmode ones where the moon was only in the background of some photos
SIMP
@@Envy13376 do you mean that the framing wasn't exactly the same? He covers that in the video. Focal lengths and framing aren't identical across all phones. The photos were all taken with the phones in the same physical position.
This is a great idea. Would love to see this be worked out for video quality, stability etc. As that is equally important these days.
Thanks man.
2023 video??
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!
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 CZcamsr 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?
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
But never underestimate a company's ability to stick to their guns and determine their (potential) users to be the ones in the wrong.
Why Marcus? 😭😂
*Markass Brownie
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.
Yep. I basically never take photos of people, and all 3 of the setups used here were such.
agreed, preferably i would choose a camera phone more towards landscape shooting for travels and stuff, night sky, zooming etc.
@@matpk never really interested in iPhones. was eyeing on the Pixel line but the price tag is just on a different league for me😢
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
@@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
Superb test. One of the best formats I’ve seem. I would have liked a little pixel peeping and a test of flash, but that’s just me. Love your teams work. Keep it up.
Mine were
1. Pixel 7 pro
2. S22 Ultra
3. Mate 50 Pro
This was a really something new kind of test I have been to and it's really good keep innovating MKBHD
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This experiment is easily my favorite after all these years
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-] 🙌
@@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. 🙌
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.
@@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
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
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.
You should do these types of experiments more often! Maybe even for video. How about smartphones versus actual cameras, or different cameras competing with each other?
11:07 that sliding effect at 24/30 fps killed my eyes
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. ❤
Nothing to do with the vast amount of money he earns from doing so...... :-)
@@jaypalmer3806 cope
I would love to see a wider array of photo subjects next year, landscapes matter too. Great comparison tho!
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.
great work on this whole experiment/investigation/test, and this a great summery video.
thank you.
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This video is very well put together and thought out. The research and content are original and very impressive.
This may be my favorite video of all time from MKBHD, I love the use of data science here. There's so much detail you can get from it. Would love to have seen some more categories like: super contrast (bright light on one side, dark on the other), 10x zoom, motion shot, color test (with bright reds), and black/white shot
He should add more categories next year.
Marques is a big enough voice in tech that I totally see phone makers starting to optimize their camera systems for this yearly MKBHD test.
The blind nature of this test SHOULD make it impossible to game but having the 3 categories could allow manufacturers to optimize for 3 categories so yeah Marques should think about trying to new categories each year just in case he is biasing the result.
@@megamef . U dumb? Those are most used modes by users. Normal, night and portrait so let manufacturers improve them.
@@megamef They could game it by increasing brightness and contrast of the images - things lay users perceive as "looking better" in those tests, vs. factors professional photographers care about, such as color accuracy, lens distortion, exposure accuracy, texture detail etc. E.g. I know that Apple is optimising the iPhone camera against professional photography metrics, whereas the Pixel seems to be optimised more around lay user metrics.
@@megamefThere can definitely be more categories ! Moving subject, pets, object from close distance. If they want to go even deeper, they could also do the same for video.
@@tudor__ so I work with a Google representative and I am a Google advocate and I have to say, the tech giants absolutely listen to MQB. Some of the stuff they implement actually comes from his videos which I’m sure must be so encouraging for this man. That he does such good work, and is so passionate about it that as a mere mortal he influences big corporations.
That is some amazing work!! Wonder how the results would look like with videos instead of pictures!
Fantastic comparison, using very sophisticated algorithms and an authentic methodology to analyse such a huge amount of voting data. I would love to see a couple of other categories next year; hopefully landscape and macro could be included, as they are both important to me in my photography.
such an impressive analysis. this type of content is why we love MKBHD!
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
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.
and live photo
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The scientist in me is very satisfied by this video, the methods used, and overall presentation. Well done!
I hope next year you add a controlled, moving test as well. I got this idea doe to the Xiami 12s underperforming terribly but actually being able to take great shots of moving subjects.
I love this video series, I'm always waiting for this one every year
The test was extremely long but i enjoyed it
I thought it never ended until I figured out it ACTUALLY never ended. 😂
@@tituschon369 he meant the actual test, not the video
Title of your … tape 😂
Huh long whaaa ?!?
I did it over multiple sessions.
pixel 7 pro is amazing - the 5x zoom is so clear.
I agree!
Owning the Pixel 6a and am so happy to see my device is preferred for photography! It's so clear, so close to real life and is consistent and clean!
But still ios is ios
@@clementbraimah2001 yeah, boring and stale... have fun with that.
@@clementbraimah2001 enough of iphone bullshit, apple phones are good phones but nothing more, there is NO magic, this is only marketing bullshit!
i wish you will continue updating this video every year , it was fun watching it
keep up the good work man
These video's and test's are really cool. I dont think anyone has done tests like this on the internet.
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!
not camera but processing of photos😂
Gcam users:
@@shrin210 that is true. Their software is amazing. But the hardware is not as say, an iPhone
@@Fans.of.Darth.Vaders.Empire Gcam still doesn't reach the level of Pixel processing 😂
@@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.
Very interesting that the Pixel 6A did extremely well in this elaborate experiment format this year AND last year with the basic social media format! Google's computational photography is on another level!
one of the best experiments on phones ever made! Kudos man! Loving it!
totally love how something you started as a social media poll refined to this brilliant statistical experiment. I'm sure it will be refined again next year and also hope you use your fellow (friends) youtubers to reach maximum audience for votes and increase the sample size in future !
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.
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.
@@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.
@@w花b yeah but we also taking in consideration that most of the people aren t profesional photographers soooo
Sony hates computational photography.
@@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.
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.
This, and Linus Tech Tips
Plus mrwhosetheboss
@@szewei85 he's more of an entertainment channel.
If integrity and class are criteria Mr Mobile Michael Fisher is right up there
@@vinaydev437 big respect to MrMobile as well!
Amazing format for the test. Well done!
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.
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.
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)
Please do this every year or couple of years. It's fantastic
he does this every year...this is just a new method.
🍀✌😸👍🍀
@@mohamedrafi1736 hope he continues with this new method
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.
@@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.
My pixel 6a is extremely amazing. Best buy ever
What phone did u have b4? Any cons ?
@@12day1 iPhone 11
Yep still 4 days old
Isn't that the one with a 60Hz display?
@@dustojnikhummer the same like iphone 14 :v
Awesome experiment. Would love if can include taking video in next test
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.
Dude!!!! The level of attention to detail and just overall thorough testing for this experiment is so well done! This is amazing!!!!
This was incredible to see! Honestly felt like I was watching a dissertation project. Well done to the whole team!
Thank you! Great stuff, would love to see more things like this!
This is so helpful and interesting!
GREAT TEST OF ALL CAMERA TESTS ON CZcams !!!
😆 TESTES
_TESTS*_
What?
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.
@@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.
With the change in format I really felt like I was learning something this year, and I love that! Less of that March Madness bracket, and much more experiment-esque that made me super excited to listen to the results! Already super pumped for next year!
Also we don’t get the compression that happens on social media.
@@doctorcorgi3134 True!
This is one of the best experiments MKBHD has ever conducted unlike others in this game. Congrats on comin' up with this idea, MKBHD & team.
Love everything about this. Well done guys!
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. 💯💯💯
🤓
not unbelievable
Omg, this series just evolved big time. Thank you all who were involved. Stuff like this is why we need independent media.
These tests you do are really helpful in picking a phone when focus is camera quality
Brilliant experiment and really in-depth data analysis. Thank you for doing this!
This was really fascinating to watch!
This was amazing. Insane amount of effort put by your team into this. Appreciate it.
Brilliant presentation and super idea of comparison. Keep up the good content !
this is so well done!!!
The work put into this single video is literally visible , thank you Marques and team, its great🔥
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
For me, color temperature had a big correlation to which I preferred. I preferred cooler tones over warmer. It’d be interesting to see if others had a similar preference for overall color temp
Need another one this year this test is crazy
I feel like everyone involved in making these videos always put in the most effort and quality
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.
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.
NICE now we need VIDEO love you