HTC U11 vs. iPhone 7 Plus vs. Xperia XZ Premium: Camera Shootout

26 June 2017
A few weeks ago, we offered you a dramatic standoff between the LG G6, Samsung Galaxy S8, and the Sony Xperia XZ Premium. We followed that up with a head-to-head between the Samsung Galaxy S8+ and HTC U11 cameras. Today, we pit the HTC U11 against the Sony Xperia XZ Premium and the iPhone 7 Plus in another camera-centric duel - and this time, it's a triple one.

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XZ Premium pixelpeep complaints against any other 12 mpx shooters, if any, dissapear if you put it on its 12 mpx automode.

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    • Karl
    • XN5
    • 27 Jun 2017

    Obviously, Sony Xperia xzp is the winner!
    No other phone can compete with sony xzp because this time sony nailed it. Not only camera but its design and user experience is awesome.
    If you've got the money go for it.

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      • LLL
      • PA7
      • 27 Jun 2017

      Iphone's shots colors are most likely off, what with yellowish tint all around and, for the sky, purplish tint.

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        • AnonD-667624
        • tDT
        • 27 Jun 2017

        When i see all the 3 phone.. ' oh, looks that HTC, and that's Sony, and and.. 1+? Oppo? Vivo? Huh i'm get confused.. Rip Apple design

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          • AnonD-484745
          • uvn
          • 27 Jun 2017

          ithehappy, 27 Jun 2017"We hope this camera comparison would be helpful even as it... more
          'no camera related article is nearly half complete without low light shots'.
          How did you come to that conclusion? Most of the pictures that are shot are in daylight, go to any photography forum and check your own gallery.As for lowlight, the Xperia has its issues, but it also has its plus points

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            • Stark
            • prk
            • 27 Jun 2017

            Try to go in the garage and take a photo of a car while one portion is sunny pavement. It is impossible to do it with HTC 10 and I am affraid that U11 will be the same. IPhone 7 does it great but HTC 10 is unusable with high contrast sunny photos.

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              • Pepa
              • T4W
              • 27 Jun 2017

              Don't see much difference. I like U11 blue sky on some pictures.

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                • Anonymous
                • RJ7
                • 27 Jun 2017

                Xperia xz premium well done, I will always follow u

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 2TX
                  • 27 Jun 2017

                  chocowii, 27 Jun 2017Win-win-win situation for Sony here. All of three uses Sony... moreand yet, in 2017 Sony finally learns how to use their own Sensors properly.

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                    • shinu
                    • bJ7
                    • 27 Jun 2017

                    Low light section missing is not at all good and I think not acceptable also....when we read camera comparison, we need each and every info which is not here. Conclusion should also have been there just like few time back articles. Why you omit such important points?

                    By the way..where is 6 way shootout?? Really missing it. Hope u will do it asap.

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                      • LLL
                      • PA7
                      • 27 Jun 2017

                      Can not shrug off the impression that the iPhone's shots are consistently yellowish AND, for the sky part, purplish...
                      Is that even true to life??

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                        • Anonymous
                        • IW@
                        • 27 Jun 2017

                        the SGS8(+) should've been here to compute. So disappointed that GSMarena didn't include it.

                          I'm Kinda disappointed in the iP7+
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                            ithehappy, 27 Jun 2017"We hope this camera comparison would be helpful even as it... moreYou Make Me Laugh for some reason XD Lol

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                              • AnonD-23465
                              • yZt
                              • 27 Jun 2017

                              Really like what XZP can do in normally lit scenarios. Those results are excellent in my book. But I would like to see OIS in upcoming Sony flagships and maybe a wider aperture. I think it would render it invincible.

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                                • Sam
                                • PP2
                                • 27 Jun 2017

                                I believe a camera shootout is incomplete without a low lights comparison. This is an area which should have never been left out as it shows the real prowess of the camera, the optics and the processing algorithm.

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                                  • window shopper
                                  • vx6
                                  • 27 Jun 2017

                                  I personally think that ip7 won the game on good light and ISO but for the low light comparison under 1080p video I think its XZP who won the game. I am not a camera enthusiast but, damn Id probably never get 1 of those phones.. (ps. I'm too poor) ;)

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • GXp
                                    • 27 Jun 2017

                                    Sony make all the phone cameras like this.

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                                      • AnonD-678801
                                      • IWU
                                      • 27 Jun 2017

                                      Seems Like XZ Premium Gives the Superior Nice detailed well Balanced Shots... this time Sony.. u Well Done... Beast of the Beast :-*

                                        Win-win-win situation for Sony here. All of three uses Sony sensors.