iPhone XS Max can't beat the Huawei P20 Pro in DxOMark camera ranking

03 October 2018
Apple's latest and greatest has only the second best mobile camera system ever tested.

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  • 08 Oct 2018

Anonymous, 05 Oct 2018An iPhone not winning in camera. Shocking...oh wait. It nev... moreIt's generally won. DxO again skewed the test, they're almost certain to be paid by Huawei. Their own samples show vastly superior texture of the XS compared to P20P(most flagship phones of last generation all have better texture than P20P which smears and oversharpens, with possible exceptions being the 3 LG's on the native camera app and the latest Sony) yet it's only rated 2 points higher, while noise is rated 11 points lower, LMFAO. They rate the zoom at ridiculous 5x and 8x magnifications for sharpness and noise yet the XS at native optical 2x has a notable advantage in color reproduction and especially DR which they entirely sidestep. The bokeh component was done in entirely different situations rendering cross-comparison impossible, and the XS was rated 10 points lower. The "flash" component took a huge hit, yet I, as an enthusiast who's shot full frame for 4 years and 3 years APS-C before that, never use phone flash, and no professional review (except for the now questionably professional DxO) ever mentioned phone flash. This is how the XS lost, at DxO. Go read GSMArena's own review for a more proper evaluation. Anandtech also did a great job again.

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    • Anonymous
    • D0g
    • 08 Oct 2018

    But it takes the best potrait on both front and rear cameras in the market!

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      • Anonymous
      • kqr
      • 08 Oct 2018

      Anonymous, 05 Oct 2018An iPhone not winning in camera. Shocking...oh wait. It nev... moreiPhone XS Max takes better video and OIS at 60 fps unlike the P20. Also it's a much better phone in every other way.

        who's the winner huawei p10+ vs iphone 7+ vs sgalaxy s8+ camera?

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          • Adul Al Salami Kebab
          • nrX
          • 06 Oct 2018

          40MP brute force is de wei, the Huawei! O3O

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            • Anonymous
            • I8m
            • 05 Oct 2018

            An iPhone not winning in camera. Shocking...oh wait. It never actually happened before yet lol.
            But you would expect at up to 1.5k it should....

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              • KZ8
              • 05 Oct 2018

              sony xz, 05 Oct 2018sony killed your huawei in real and more natural image day ... moreNope. Experience both phone. In photography, P20 are superior. Especially low lights, XZ2 premium still plague with those overblown highlights. Colors are acceptable when P20 Master AI turned off. And XZ2 still cannot beat the Night Mod handheld, 3x & 5x hybrid zoom, that thing is just impressive! Nevertheless XZ2 is top 2 camera phones in my opinion, still excellent.

              On videography, XZ2 triumph, no question about it. But as for me, i'll prefer photography over videography as i take pics daily. So still P20 pro for me.

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                • 05 Oct 2018

                Anonymous, 04 Oct 2018night mode and 3x optical zoom are pure magic...apple and p... moresony killed your huawei in real and more natural image day and night with just dual camera set up

                  Huawei phones are good..! They back up your entire data to their servers. free of charge. without your consent. Seriously, don't log in with your main Google account on a Huawei.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • FXM
                    • 04 Oct 2018

                    I would get apple phone anytime over huawei junk

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IHx
                      • 04 Oct 2018

                      And still undefeated the P20 Pro.


                      Till the Mate 20 gets here 16-10-18

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                        • AnonD-731363
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                        • 04 Oct 2018

                        KurtWinfield, 04 Oct 2018Apple doesn't need DxOmark services, you think they want to... moreMan what you said its a huge lie.
                        Just see the compared photos.
                        Huawei won and apple just eating dust from the groun d thats the simple facts.
                        Its proved that you have no sense for technology.

                          I'm just happy to see Huawei at the top. I wonder if even the Pixel 3 will be able to top it... (probably not, because it does not have a telephoto camera).

                          This only makes me more excited for the Mate 20 Pro. It might end up being the same as P20 Pro though... but i have an inkling it'll be even better. :D

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                            • AnonD-797904
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                            • 04 Oct 2018

                            Time and again it has been proven that Apple is not the best in the smartphone realm.
                            Apple has a lot of money to pay that makes the iPhone XS Max the second best smartphone for snapping pictures and shooting videos in DxOMark's ranking.

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 04 Oct 2018

                              KurtWinfield, 04 Oct 2018Apple doesn't need DxOmark services, you think they want to... morenight mode and 3x optical zoom are pure magic...apple and pixel users could only dream about such camera sensors.

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                                • 04 Oct 2018

                                AnonD-731363, 04 Oct 2018Then apple with biggest revenue paid most so they should be... moreApple doesn't need DxOmark services, you think they want to have Huawei type image processing? LOL Huawei worked with DxoMark, that's why their crap camera with ridiculous jacked up saturation and pathetic dynamic range on their pics got the highest score. How is it so hard to understand? 14 points better than Pixel 2 for photos? Yeah right, you're on to something dude

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 04 Oct 2018

                                  Angel., 04 Oct 2018It'll be marginal, as the P20 pro has the same sensors base... morewe will see mooore with Mate:))

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                                    • AnonD-784107
                                    • pY$
                                    • 04 Oct 2018

                                    everybody puts iPhone up on a high mountain. Now i not going slag them off. but at the end of the day. they a mash of different companies. so if they were an android device it would be say Galaxy S7 or Sony XZ1 or LG G6. put a apple badge on it. Charge £1000 people will but into it. now if you want to charge £1000 i want a 4k OLED screen. Leica lens camera setup. fast charging and wireless charging. 6GB of ram. 2.6 GHZ Octocore CPU.

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                                      • AnonD-784107
                                      • pY$
                                      • 04 Oct 2018

                                      as a P20 pro owner. yes i agree. but also say the camera is pretty much the best in the world. for stills. The video i will say is average. no OIS on 4k or 60fps like all other phones today. what were Huawei thinking. i tend to shoot 1080p @60FPS as this looks crisp. and no shaky video.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vV5
                                        • 04 Oct 2018

                                        So y need to pay more for camera?? It's prove here p20 pro is the king of cam..... Next king title is mate 20 series