Best camera phone due out within 6 months?

Helen Barber · 23 Mar 2021 at 13:04

Happy to wait for something new, is there a phone with leaked camera specs that should set the bar?

I'm a auto shoot guy, so needs to be good at that

Thanks

jrwagh333 · 23 Mar 2021 at 14:28

Pixel 6

doodah · 23 Mar 2021 at 14:53

What they said and no doubt the next Apple flagship.

Helen Barber · 23 Mar 2021 at 16:15

Pixel 6 seems interesting as I've heard they are great at auto shoot.... Any idea when it's due out?

kona786 · 23 Mar 2021 at 16:49

Helen Barber said:
Pixel 6 seems interesting as I've heard they are great at auto shoot.... Any idea when it's due out?

Around October

david25 · 24 Mar 2021 at 08:20

Pixel 6 or Huawei with their 1" sensors (warning, only speculation)

https://www.phonearena.com/news/huawei-p50-could-use-sony-imx800-one-inch-sensor_id130346

You would have to bet the Pixel would have the better processing

goldy6660 · 24 Mar 2021 at 08:54

Yeah the pixel series are always top tier, even the 5 which was aimed at mid to low tier is incredible for the price

kona786 · 24 Mar 2021 at 10:01

I'm back on the Pixel 3 right now. Yes it's good but all shots I take still get touched up in a photo editor.

Mainly shadow detail, a bit of brightness and colour tweaking.

neocon · 24 Mar 2021 at 16:45

Is it possible to buy the Asus Zen Phone 7 Pro in the UK or only from HK for example?

Hodders · 25 Mar 2021 at 08:15

Why is a 1"sensor called a 1” sensor?

From what I can see there is simply nothing 1" about it.
Is it just the usual marketing lies?

david25 · 25 Mar 2021 at 08:19

kona786 said:
I'm back on the Pixel 3 right now. Yes it's good but all shots I take still get touched up in a photo editor.

Mainly shadow detail, a bit of brightness and colour tweaking.

Does the 3 have the shadows and highlights control in the camera app?

The 5 has this to control shadows/brightness

kona786 · 25 Mar 2021 at 08:29

david25 said:
Does the 3 have the shadows and highlights control in the camera app?

The 5 has this to control shadows/brightness

Just the basic exposure settings on the 3. Tbh it doesn't doesn't take long to adjust in post with Google photos.

A a question for the Pixel 5...does it have an always on display AOD or is it raise to view only?

david25 · 25 Mar 2021 at 09:43

kona786 said:
Just the basic exposure settings on the 3. Tbh it doesn't doesn't take long to adjust in post with Google photos.

A a question for the Pixel 5...does it have an always on display AOD or is it raise to view only?

Got it, if you ever upgrade the extra controls will save you a bit of time.

Pixel 5 has AOD (all the time) or the usual tap to view/raise to view.

kona786 · 25 Mar 2021 at 10:21

david25 said:
Got it, if you ever upgrade the extra controls will save you a bit of time.

Pixel 5 has AOD (all the time) or the usual tap to view/raise to view.

Cheers. I like Pixels AOD best.

I've moved to OnePlus now as the general Pixel hardware and software isn't doing it for me. If they ever make a flagship again I'll be back.

david25 · 25 Mar 2021 at 13:20

Pixels are on sale at the moment £500 for a new 5 or you can get open boxed stuff for around £440

But yes, let's see what they do with the 6 later this year.

tom_e · 25 Mar 2021 at 13:31

Hodders said:
Why is a 1"sensor called a 1” sensor?

From what I can see there is simply nothing 1" about it.
Is it just the usual marketing lies?

Sounds like it, basically using a decades old way of measuring things so they can claim 1"
https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/one-inch-sensor.htm

Helen Barber · 25 Mar 2021 at 16:27

I all ready own oppo find X2 pro looking for better camera

Hodders · 25 Mar 2021 at 23:31

tom_e said:
Sounds like it, basically using a decades old way of measuring things so they can claim 1"
https://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/one-inch-sensor.htm

Thanks for that. This is the current first place in my annual "marketing people are evil scum" award.

You might as well make a number up! What has a 2021 camera sensor got to do with a 1970s vacuum tube lol.

413x · 26 Mar 2021 at 12:46

I have an s20fe

I went for zoom over the processing ability of the pixel.

I regret this. The zoom does not take usable pics.
If I went back again, I'd go for pixel now for pure camera
Not to say the normal and wide cams aren't good . But definitely disappointed in the zoom

Earth[Tera].bin · 26 Mar 2021 at 12:55

Hodders said:
Thanks for that. This is the current first place in my annual "marketing people are evil scum" award.

You might as well make a number up! What has a 2021 camera sensor got to do with a 1970s vacuum tube lol.

Interesting read, thanks. I had however assumed they measured the rectangular sensors diagonally, in the same sense as TV screens/sizes. Seems this isn't the case though as you guys pointed out.

More here

I have a few "big sensor" phones, whipped out the tape measure lol. Obviously you can't see the image sensor but pics for reference. The CM-1 is marketed as 1" , the 1020 and 808 are 1/1.5 and 1/1.2” respectively.

Doesn't surprise me if it's all marketing, however on a positive note, bigger is generally regarded as better right, so whilst smartphones sensor size are always going to be limited by the constraints of the device it's good at least to see the image sensor size being in focus again rather than just upping the megapixels.