HTC One vs. iPhone 5 camera shootout surfaces, we compare

23 February, 2013
We came upon a nice set of photos from the HTC One and the iPhone 5 and we made a few nice crops.

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  • SJ
  • BPA
  • 24 Feb 2013

And we should take your words (in either case), because why? You just wrote some stuff after looking at some pictures. Quite subjective if you ask me.

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    • AnonD-67302
    • JF3
    • 24 Feb 2013

    in full size shot Htc ONE has better photos.

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      • sid
      • Hkq
      • 24 Feb 2013

      One is the clear winner in low light conditions.I use my camera mostly at night and indoors.It's daylight performance is also above the completion .808 has a great camera but for that price I'd be happy to buy a DSLR(Just for clicking photos).I'll buy HTC one.

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        • azn
        • uAj
        • 24 Feb 2013

        Anonymous, 24 Feb 2013Still can't beat xperia z in low light. PS. Check blunt... moreOk, sony xperia Z is also good in low light performance. But i wondered if the Xperia Z is better than the HTC One in low light??

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          • azalman
          • ptx
          • 24 Feb 2013

          azn, 24 Feb 2013In dark lighting conditions, the HTC One much better than a... moreLumia 920 eats Htc one alive...

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            • Anonymous
            • 3Yi
            • 24 Feb 2013

            azn, 24 Feb 2013In dark lighting conditions, the HTC One much better than a... moreStill can't beat xperia z in low light.

            PS. Check blunty3000 YouTube video iPhone 5 vs xperia z.

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              • azn
              • uAj
              • 24 Feb 2013

              In dark lighting conditions, the HTC One much better than any smartphone camera. See link below:

              http://www.01net.com/editorial/587307/que-vaut-le-capteur-ultrapixel-du-htc-one-face-a-liphone-5-et-au-galaxy-s3/

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                • Jadu
                • P%C
                • 24 Feb 2013

                Goshen, 24 Feb 2013Judge by the colour of the hair of the lady in picture. HTC... moreCheck your eyes

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                  • AnonD-10186
                  • pq4
                  • 24 Feb 2013

                  The full sized images are 3mpx. No EXIF info? I'm not sure these photos made by One.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • nGJ
                    • 24 Feb 2013

                    Johan, 24 Feb 2013Why not compare it to a real cameraphone like the Lumia 920... moreBecause people actually buy HTC's and iPhones

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                      • Johan
                      • Tuf
                      • 24 Feb 2013

                      Why not compare it to a real cameraphone like the Lumia 920 or Nokia 808 instead?

                      Why compare it to purplegate Iphone 5?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • fJC
                        • 24 Feb 2013

                        this also happens with nokia when they launched 41mp cam, which is hardly better than 13mp or 16mp of galaxy camera....

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                          • dr_ge
                          • xdR
                          • 24 Feb 2013

                          Have you compared the original images? If you do so, you will see that HTC One clearly outperformed iPhone 5 in all of them.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • naE
                            • 24 Feb 2013

                            HTC copies the COLORFUL Lumia's
                            HTC copies the low light performance of LUMIA 920
                            HTC copies ... whats next??

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                              • HTC and LG BEST !!!
                              • mpm
                              • 24 Feb 2013

                              UglyIpL, 24 Feb 2013I think the camera of HTC One had to have the following con... moreYeah I was concern about xenon flas been totaly wiped out from mobiles..

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                                • UglyIpL
                                • pSP
                                • 24 Feb 2013

                                I think the camera of HTC One had to have the following configuration to be successful;
                                -Sensor with a size 8MP with Ultra pixels.
                                -Optics - Carl Zeiss ,Leica or Schneider Kreuznach.
                                -Xenon flash.
                                -Image stabilization.

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                                  • ibendy
                                  • uCk
                                  • 24 Feb 2013

                                  Obviously they don't take issue with wrong exposure on the potrait picture captured with the iPhone5. HTC One done a better job there.
                                  Why no night shoot comparison ????

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                                    • vasile
                                    • nDQ
                                    • 24 Feb 2013

                                    Ok,same thing happened last year when i wasn't sure which phone to buy.for some good reason i choose one x,i was not sure about the camera,but..after a while having both of thrm,htc took incomparable more beautiful photos,much better in low light,stunning hdr's,and i am not talking about marketing stuff or others"proffesional"reviews,just in the real life.It was so good,i didn't took my point&shoot anymore,and my Ip5 gave it to my wife.very satisfied with htc.about this review..i like more of htc's,and..not sure how this photo were taken,but i bet they could do much better(not shaking hard the hand,upscale,downgrade..etc)

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                                      • mak
                                      • JY5
                                      • 24 Feb 2013

                                      As a photographer i must say that the htc picture from cnet is a bit to compressed and overprocess (its a bit odd that they remove exif data so we are not sure if there are straight from the camera that way), and gsm arena ruined it even more by upscalling it and sharpening it. The right way is to downscale the bigger picture.
                                      That said, hct picture is not to bad, its obvious low light advantage which extend even more with optical image stabilization. Over all htc picture are nothing revolutionary but are nice step in right direction.

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                                        • Goshen
                                        • fsV
                                        • 24 Feb 2013

                                        Judge by the colour of the hair of the lady in picture. HTC brings out the real black colour of her hair. iPhone 5 bleached the hair. HTC wins.