Blind shootout revealed: G6 vs. Galaxy S8 vs. Xperia XZ Premium

16 May 2017
We love ourselves some shootouts, hope you do too, as we have one in store for you. We're prepping a three-way clash between the LG G6, the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the Sony Xperia XZ Premium covering all aspects of their performance, but we figured it couldn't hurt to warm you up with some pixel peeping.

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  • Anonymous
  • 4S2
  • 20 May 2017

Ranjith Nath, 20 May 2017 Sony phone has good rating in DXOMARK . But here its not... moreHe is sayinf that camera on a phone is not comparable to an actual camera like the dslr.

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    • Anonymous
    • 4S2
    • 20 May 2017

    Stop Brand War , 20 May 2017Wow, so many people are so butthurt here that they enjoy ba... moreIf you the truth, then keep the truth to yourself. Ty sir.

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      • Anonymous
      • 4S2
      • 20 May 2017

      They have a protoype called Ips Amoled prototype a few years ago.

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        • lumia_lover
        • 7k6
        • 20 May 2017

        There should be a Legend.... Lumia 1020

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          • Anonymous
          • Xu6
          • 20 May 2017

          XZPoor Camera, 20 May 2017Sony fanboys Sony needs your help now.. experts in reasoni... moreAnd other fanboy laugh as if they are Angel and Sony is devil

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            • AnonD-635604
            • KZ8
            • 20 May 2017

            Xz8441, 20 May 20173 cameras set up to capture the same scenes at nearly ident... moreDude,Sony XXP has the widest camera (exclude LG Wide Angle) :-) and XXZP picture should has smaller pictures.But GSMArena crop it over than 100%.If S8 was over crop,it will looks the same.

              Hugo, 20 May 2017What I don't understand from this blind shootout is Sony go... more3 cameras set up to capture the same scenes at nearly identical times so hard to comprehend?

              You think gsmarena has an agenda against Sony?

              Lol

              Sony has time and again proven that they are the worst in flagship phone cameras and this is just another proof.

              Omg that dusk photo from Sony - how the f did it even get that simple scene so wrong?

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                • AnonD-635604
                • KZ8
                • 20 May 2017

                kakouille, 20 May 2017Oled=Samsung amoled screens OLED display with back panel o... moreAMOLED = Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diot
                OLED = Organic Light Emitting Diot
                Both are not the same thing but both are OLEDs

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                  • JiroZeroOne
                  • 3Y1
                  • 20 May 2017

                  I'm still wondering about on the blind shootout test regarding on Sony XZ Premium. (Though I'm not a sony fan, but samsung fan). How did you able to test Xperia XZ Premium if it is not yet available in the Market? It is expected to release by the month of June. Just wondering. Thanks

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                    • Hugo
                    • 8ML
                    • 20 May 2017

                    What I don't understand from this blind shootout is Sony got the worst samples. I'm not here defending Sony, but I always read here and other sites about their quality camera sensors. Even Samsung S8 uses two sensors, and one of them is from Sony. The samples here chosen proves without doubt Sony has the worst captured images. But my point is what about the conditions of these shootouts, were they really made to benefit one camera against other? I can totally accept the result if I see the methodology and believe is a fair one.

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                      • AnonD-670270
                      • gMC
                      • 20 May 2017

                      After watching full picture of night​ shot ,, I will definitely choose Xperia XZP because it has Capture black great ,with more natural colours then both S8 and G6 ... S8 enhances the exposure and fade the colours of building

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                        • Anonym
                        • Lc2
                        • 20 May 2017

                        AnonD-664474, 20 May 2017I do know that LG and Samsung uses Sony sensors - almost ev... moreI've been hearing this for so long, that it already sounds like Microsoft, Windows Phone and "this is the year".

                          AnonD-635604, 20 May 2017it would be oled and not amoled. Oled=Samsung amoled screens
                          OLED display with back panel of thin-film transistors (TFTs) is called AMOLED.
                          AMOLED is actually a type of OLED.

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                            • AnonD-664474
                            • KgW
                            • 20 May 2017

                            kakouille, 20 May 2017Because youre LG fanboyDuh, I'm a Sony fanboy. Lol.
                            Please stop calling me the name I'm not, it's disrespectful tbh.

                              AnonD-664474, 20 May 2017Probably, if the V30 will come with OLED screen. But I ser... moreBecause youre LG fanboy

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                                • Anonymous
                                • wc6
                                • 20 May 2017

                                Anonym, 20 May 2017More like the other way around, historically regular Xperia... moreThe source could be edit able, even the exif also can change it by manual key in. The hardware can't change, good luck fragile phone.

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                                  • AnonD-664474
                                  • KgW
                                  • 20 May 2017

                                  AnonD-505564, 20 May 2017Sony is pure joke compared to the others. So it's not onl... moreA beautiful phone is determined by the person looking at it. Just because you don't like the design, doesn't mean it's ugly overall.
                                  I like this design, and I've seen many other phones look worse or less appealing, but it doesn't mean that those phones are ugly.

                                  As for the camera, so long as you know how to adjust Sony's Manual Mode, amazing shots can easily be achieved. But I can ask you which of them can capture the least blurry moving subject and with no rolling shutter distortion, and it's doubtful to me for you to give me an answer other than the XZ Premium.

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                                    • AnonD-505564
                                    • 6km
                                    • 20 May 2017

                                    Sony is pure joke compared to the others.
                                    So it's not only the king of ugly phones. It's also the worst camera on a flagship.

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                                      • AnonD-664474
                                      • KgW
                                      • 20 May 2017

                                      AnonD-635604, 20 May 2017Yes JDI. But if JDI has not start to produce the OLED, it c... moreProbably, if the V30 will come with OLED screen.
                                      But I seriously doubt it will be 4K as LG hasn't made a 4K screen phone 'til date, but hopefully they will, and will be generous to share it to Sony as well, because honestly I prefer LG's OLED over Samsung's sAMOLED.

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                                        • AnonD-664474
                                        • KgW
                                        • 20 May 2017

                                        AnonD-606096, 20 May 2017samsung and lg use sonys cameras anyway they just have bett... moreSony keeps their own flagship sensors exclusive to them.
                                        They will provide an alternative, but lowered down versions to other brands. They can make a different version of the IMX400 with the same DRAM, but can only do up to maybe 540fps Slow Motion and not the same 960fps as the XZs/XZ Premium.

                                        And not only the software of the others are better, but even the hardware is not suitable for low light shooting either.
                                        High megapixel count, small aperture, no OIS, but relatively large sensor. How do you expect it to do good in low light?
                                        Somehow I'm impressed by how Samsung processess images, but I would still disagree for low megapixels. They're simply not good in daylight. 16mp will be more than enough to me, but pair it with larger sensor and aperture, because my sister's LG G4 still kicks some a$$ in low light against other new mid rangers.