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Apple and separately, HTC takes a different tack, keeping megapixels steady at 8 for the rear camera and 1. Any camera buff will tell you that megapixels don't matter nearly as much as other photo-processing elements, like how well a camera handles light, noise, and focus. Apple is certainly banking on this, though we'll have to analyze image quality in a full-blown camera test. Optical image stabilization, rather than digital, is another big deal, one that makes smartphone cameras a lot more like dSLRs.
All three supersize phones use it but not the smaller 4. The LG G3 is likely the most affordable of the bunch, offering some pretty enviable specs in the process. We haven't spent much time with the iPhone 6 Plus, and the Galaxy Note 4 is still weeks away from its own ship date, but check back with CNET for even more comparisons as we get our review units side by side. Be respectful, keep it clean and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read.
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You'll need to use a third-party app to shoot with the 2x lens at ISO on the iPhone. Detail is wiped away, although with some enhancements to its Raw processing for the phone, I'd expect that you can get slightly better results from processing the DNG. The story is about the same at ISO , the top setting which the iPhone's 2x lens can be used. Fine detail is blurred, so expect textures to be waxy when shooting JPGs.
Color noise is a big issue with the current Raw conversion. We weren't using a manual camera app for the 7 Plus at that time, but it does look like there's some slight improvement in high ISO image quality with the new iPhone 8 model.
How much of this is hardware and how much is image processing is in question. Apple's marketing will have you believe that it's night and day; it's not. If you own a 7, or even a 6s, the improvements in still imaging performance are marginal. The iPhone 8 is a huge step forward if you're still using an iPhone 6, and if you opt for the Plus model, the dual camera is a benefit over any single-lens phone. The Note 8 and S8's main camera is a bigger upgrade over the imager found in the Galaxy S7.
At lower settings we see photos that aren't so aggressively over-sharpened, and at higher ISOs we see less noise reduction applied to JPGs.
It's a win-win for Samsung on that front. HEIC's big advantage is more efficient, effective image compression.
I also looked at test images on the iPhone's screen and compared them with what I was seeing on my desktop workstation; I was unable to discern the difference. Lab tests are great if you like looking at test images and numbers. They're useful to tell you how something works, and what it's strengths and weaknesses are, and in extreme situations, a little bit of extra performance can help you get an image that you might not otherwise.
In bright light, you shouldn't expect to see much difference between the iPhone 8 or X, Galaxy S8, or Note 8.
But while the Note 8 ended up showing a bit more detail at higher ISOs in our lab tests, I was disappointed to see how it handled shooting a typical scene on a city street at night. The iPhone's main camera left does a better job pulling in highlights in bright signage, and while the streetlights are blown out, they don't show the same type of flare as you get with the Note 8's main camera. Both were shot with automatic exposure. Samsung has a general tendency to overexpose a scene by a little bit, which gives images a brighter feel by default.
We see the same type of flare from the Note in another side-by-side test shot, below. Again, the iPhone is on the left and the Note on the right. If you're the type of phone photographer who uses manual settings, you can work to ensure that the nighttime street shots aren't as bright by adjusting the exposure manually, though we expect that the vast majority of smartphone photographers to rely on automatic exposure. Both camera apps let you adjust exposure without having to delve into manual settings. Tap to focus on the iPhone and there's an exposure slider to the right of the focus box.
Do the same on the Note and it's at the bottom of your frame. You'll want to learn to use them to dial in brightness to get the most out of your smartphone camera. You can turn a boring, brightly lit shot into something moody and shadowy by lowering exposure, and get better shots of subjects that are in shadow with a strong backlight by using the slider to brighten your image. The iPhone and Galaxy both focus extremely quickly, and the main lens is stabilized on both models.
The secondary lens of Note is stabilized, but the iPhone 8 Plus's 2x optic is not. If you think you'll be using it a lot, especially for video, and are an iOS user, consider spending more and getting the iPhone X, which has dual stabilized rear lenses. Both the iPhone and Samsung flagship models record video at 4K quality. But the iPhone lets you select the frame rate—24, 30, and 60fps capture options are available.
The iPhone can do that too. To change video settings with the Note 8 you'll use the camera app, which make sense. To change resolution or frame rate with the iPhone, you must dive into your main Settings app and find the camera page. It's confusing and doesn't let you vary the look of your video with the ease that I'd prefer. That makes the iPhone a bit more versatile for folks who like the different looks that varying the video frame rate can do. You can shoot at 24fps for a cinematic look, at 30fps to match traditional video, and 60fps for that ultra-smooth fast-action look.
And because it does all three at 4K, you have liberal room to crop down to p to get a tighter field of view while maintaining stabilization. The iPhone also supports p slow-motion footage, captured at fps or fps for one-quarter or one-fifth playback speed, something that the Note 8 and Galaxy S8 don't do.
The iPhone 8's wide-angle camera has the best stabilization of the bunch. Video is effectively smoothed, so there's no jitter, and it looks quite natural—all at 4K. The Note 8 has dual stabilized lenses, and while they aren't jumpy and jittery, you can see the frame shake as you take steps while walking, an effect absent in the 8 Plus' wide camera.
The 8 Plus is definitely using some digital stabilization to steady its 2x lens footage so it's not jittery, but it's not as smooth as any of the optical options, and you can see some unnatural motion that's a result of the digital stabilization.
The iPhone X's secondary lens does boast optical stabilization, and it looks to be as effective as the main camera. If you're big into video and want stabilized footage from both lenses, the X is the phone to get. In addition to standard video capture, the iPhone will auto-edit videos on demand, highlighting photos and moments from a certain time period. I tried it out.
It made some weird choices. It mixed up a few portraits of staff members with lots of images from our camera test scene, and omitted everything I shot in the botanical gardens. I guess it likes people and test charts more than flowers. If you use your phone to take more typical photos, it'll hopefully do a better job.
The iPhone also shoots what Apple calls Live Photos. They're a mix of a second or so of video leading up to your shot, followed by the image itself. It's a neat concept—Nikon did a similar thing with its failed series of Nikon 1 mirrorless cameras. But if you don't see yourself sharing these types of clips you might want to turn the feature off, as it takes up more space than a standard photo.
If you're shopping for an iPhone 8 or Galaxy S8, you can disregard this section. We're going to talk about what the dual lenses in the 8 Plus, X, and Note 8 bring to the table. In addition to a tighter field of view when shooting photos, they both use depth information delivered by the cameras to map scenes and simulate the out-of-focus blur, also known as bokeh, associated with wide aperture lenses and big image sensors. They do it a bit differently. Apple doesn't let you adjust the amount of background blur, while Samsung does, but iPhone 8 Plus owners have specialized lighting effects that can be applied to images, whereas you don't get that with the Note 8.
If you buy an iPhone X you'll be able to do all the bokeh and lighting tricks that you can with the 8 Plus's rear camera, but with the front camera as well. On the iPhone it's called Portrait Mode, although it works when holding the phone in landscape orientation and you certainly aren't limited to photographing people. Samsung calls its version Live Focus. Both require you to be a few feet away from your subject to work, and both allow for adjustments to the image and effect after capture—think of it as a Lytro camera, but with much better image quality.
The results are above. You'll notice that the shots aren't labeled. See if you can tell the difference between the phones and pro SLR. Running from left to right, we have the Note 8, the Canon, and finally the iPhone. The wood railing behind our subject isn't quite as blurred in the Galaxy shot, but the building in the background is blurred with aplomb.
The field of view is slightly different with the Note 8, despite all three shots being captured from the same position with a similar pose. That's because the Note's main camera is a little bit wider than the iPhone's.