Blind shootout revealed: iPhone 7 vs. Galaxy S7 vs. Xperia XZ vs. LG G5

17 October 2016
If only smartphone manufacturers would go in sync with those flagship launches. But they don't and come fall we have the new iPhone, as usual, and the Sony Xperia XZ this time, joining the spring children Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5.

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  • Abu Turab Agra
  • tUd
  • 19 Oct 2016

#Samsung is Best

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    • Anonymous
    • 19 Oct 2016

    Hmmmmm, 19 Oct 2016The reality is the general consumers prefers over saturated... moreSamsung's photos are the oversharpened ones. Not LG's.

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      • Sefardius
      • nyg
      • 19 Oct 2016

      Rex Tech, 19 Oct 2016Quite dissapointed of the XZ,it's a sony phone and i though... moreThey are comparing two +6 months old smartphones filled up with updates with two new ones. Not to fair

        loxrun, 19 Oct 2016lgg5 huge winner but they forget make a phone or smartphone... moreLG G5 does have a micro SD slot.

          Quite dissapointed of the XZ,it's a sony phone and i thought it will produce great photos like Z5 and Z3 plus did.Great job G5,clear winner here,followed by Iphone 7.

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            • loxrun
            • fup
            • 19 Oct 2016

            lgg5 huge winner but they forget make a phone or smartphone wt micro

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              • AnonD-356282
              • PUa
              • 19 Oct 2016

              AnonD-276592, 19 Oct 2016I'm a photographer, most of my votes are for S7.Just because you own a camera doesn't make you a "photographer" (the profession). Blind tests are effective for a reason...

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                • Anonymous
                • mw7
                • 19 Oct 2016

                GSM Arena, could you specify what you mean by one third of the votes for iPhone in low light photo? 33,333(3)%? I have the strange feeling that it is less than this and you are trying to boost their score and image.

                  AadiRizvi, 19 Oct 2016#1 & 2: Daylight scenes: LG G5 & XZ (Not S7) #3: L... more:) Such a cute hatred! Lol!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • XNk
                    • 19 Oct 2016

                    I voted mostly for B, thinking that it's the S7. A little bit surprised that G5 did so well in the test. The manual controls available to G5 users may allow for even better low light photos to be captured.

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                      • AnonD-584691
                      • 6cj
                      • 19 Oct 2016

                      AnonD-548963, 19 Oct 2016yeah of course LG, its because blind shootout that samsung ... more100% agree Bro,,

                        #1 & 2: Daylight scenes: LG G5 & XZ (Not S7)
                        #3: Lowlight scenes: iPhone 7 hands down (Not S7 again)
                        #4: Daylight video: G5 & XZ (Not really S7 though)
                        #5: Lowlight video: iPhone 7 & XZ (Yeah, again no S7)

                        To all the people 'think' that S7 won actually are being biased in the results because all it does is extra brightening the day scenes which misses small/minute things scattered in the scenes while in lowlight, it doesnt even deserve to be talked about.
                        P.S. G5 is the real winner here with iPhone 7 & XZ both standing at 2nd position.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 3Ya
                          • 19 Oct 2016

                          AnonD-394030, 19 Oct 2016G5 has one heck of a camera in it. V20 would surely do a lo... moreThey have the same cameras, hence same results.

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                            • LaK
                            • 19 Oct 2016

                            :)

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                              • WHY???
                              • p2L
                              • 19 Oct 2016

                              WHY no HTC 10 , Huawei P9 ????????????????????????????????????

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                                • Mike T
                                • PPw
                                • 19 Oct 2016

                                Thank you for this blind comparison GSMArena.

                                Cheers,
                                Mike

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                                  • Jimmy Loggins
                                  • bJb
                                  • 19 Oct 2016

                                  I'm an award winning photographer with over 50 portfolio and high end client under me and I vote for Samsung S7.

                                  See how easy it is to post tripe over the internet. Gimme a break with I'm a photographer BS, because you clearly ain't one if you choose S7 over other phone especially G5.

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                                    • AnonD-394030
                                    • rK9
                                    • 19 Oct 2016

                                    G5 has one heck of a camera in it. V20 would surely do a lot better coz of similar specs!

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ty@
                                      • 19 Oct 2016

                                      AnonD-590336, 19 Oct 2016you're a strange photographer who likes over sharpened imag... moreDoes a real photographer need a certificate ?
                                      If one buy a good camera and uses it for a couple of days, can he say he is a photographer?

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                                        • Akaryu
                                        • PU3
                                        • 19 Oct 2016

                                        Actually it is kind of funny.
                                        This is a Phone review and info website, but the feature in review is the Camera.
                                        Not so long ago, people were toying with the idea of a phone that one can use anywhere.
                                        Then people began to comment: " Cool! there is a camera on your phone"
                                        Soon that comment becomes: " Cool! you can call with your camera"
                                        Thats how much Technology advances in just One Generation.