Six-way camera shootout: Smartphone roulette

11 October 2013
Camera shootouts are a proud GSMArena tradition and the latest edition features by far the most technologically advanced cameraphones yet. We have large sensors, sky-high resolution, optical image stabilization, clever image processing and...

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  • AnonD-197972
  • u{J
  • 20 Oct 2013

Nokia 1020 is top.... Wow

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    • Anonymous
    • 4QS
    • 20 Oct 2013

    AnonD-167217, 19 Oct 2013"stretching"the image does not add defects,it jus... moreYes blowing up a 4mp or 13mp to 38mp creates no degrading or pixelation of any sort. I wish we all could have such smart logical thoughts like you.
    And it does not make sense to compare shots in full resolution so we would see how the sensors perform that way just like the rest. The same way the One's photos are compared to 13mp and 20mp samples without changing either.
    I'm so glad you are not turning this into a pointless debate like you love to do.

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      • Cool dude
      • PBT
      • 20 Oct 2013

      Xperia z1:the world best water proof camera smartphone.

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        • AnonD-193858
        • teu
        • 20 Oct 2013

        9/10 for nokia
        7/10 for sony

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          • AnonD-167217
          • XuK
          • 19 Oct 2013

          Anonymous, 19 Oct 2013No. And no they did not. They showed an example of it. But ... more"stretching"the image does not add defects,it just to make it easier for comparing the different sizes of images considering the range of 4mp to 40mp,so it is the most fair way....and i read the the whole conversation that's the reason 'im saying comparing native resolution of all phones as nokia and sony have compromised on size to incorporate a bigger sensorallowing higher mp count,therefore that would clearly be unfair....whereas "stretching" images adds no defect but it only makes the already present shortcomings easier to notice,which is atleast more fair than the previous option.....

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            • Anonymous
            • 4QS
            • 19 Oct 2013

            AnonD-144156, 19 Oct 2013Xperia Z1 gives you the best overall image quality of all l... moreIt obviously doesn't. The 1020 due to it's massive sensor has an obvious advantage.

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              • Anonymous
              • 4QS
              • 19 Oct 2013

              AnonD-167217, 19 Oct 2013What do you mean "standard",they did post images ... moreNo. And no they did not. They showed an example of it. But then they stretched the others giving them more defect. Why is this concept so hard to grasp?????
              Obviously it seems to win either way. That's not the point. Try reading the full conversation or at least more than one comment before replying to a reply

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                • AnonD-167217
                • Xui
                • 19 Oct 2013

                AnonD-144156, 19 Oct 2013Xperia Z1 gives you the best overall image quality of all l... moreOh!! A survey done by sony to show sony z1 has best camera!!!so reliable.......get over it,note 3 has better camera overall compared to z1,atleast yet......

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                  • AnonD-167217
                  • Xui
                  • 19 Oct 2013

                  AnonD-144156, 19 Oct 2013Xperia Z1 gives you the best overall image quality of all l... moreWhat do you mean "standard",they did post images in both max resolution and in default settings.......besides size of image has nothing to with quality of sensor,by simple physics 1020 has biggest and hence better sensor compared to 1/2.3" of z1 and even smaller sensors of the rest of the phones...so it'll be only fair to compare what the average user will use,the image at default settings......

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                    • AnonD-144156
                    • 6PA
                    • 19 Oct 2013

                    Xperia Z1 gives you the best overall image quality of all leading smartphones
                    Fight of mobile cameras
                    Sony Xperia Z1 and Apple iPhone 5, HTC One, Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia Lumia 925 and Samsung Galaxy S4
                    Check this link:

                    http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/legal/testresults/xperia-z1/

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                      • AnonD-144156
                      • 6PA
                      • 19 Oct 2013

                      sony xperia z1 is the world best smartphone camera

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 4QS
                        • 19 Oct 2013

                        AnonD-167217, 18 Oct 20131.this is camera shootout,what is the point of testing the ... moreTo make it fair they should've also shown how the results are in standard resolution. Because that's what the others have to do and that's where you see how the sensor actually performs.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • Tr3
                          • 19 Oct 2013

                          HTC one , 1020 and IP5s the best in low light. If HTC one has 8 MP Ultra going to beat all these phones in low light.

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                            • AnonD-4045
                            • gAc
                            • 19 Oct 2013

                            Why didnt this review also include the samsung galaxy zoom phone and the sony Ericsson z1? I love my lumia 1020 but also love using my samsung galaxy camera as the 20x zoom is amazing. Would have loved to see if the samsung galaxy zoom would par up? At the same time the sony z1 when equiped withthe wireless cam is amazing. Can you imagine the miscief, snooping on cheating gfs etc. Also its the only phone to stream real time to facebook. Gsm arena should have included these two titans.

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                              • AnonD-104956
                              • 4@9
                              • 19 Oct 2013

                              looks like
                              1-nokia
                              2-sony
                              3-samsung
                              4-lg
                              5-6-iphone,htc.

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                                • khate
                                • 7X2
                                • 19 Oct 2013

                                You Heard Me, 15 Oct 2013I guess u didn't hear me well in my last comment. You still... moreActually ur seem to,be a fanboy here look u fight Sony duhhhhhhhh

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                                  • AnonD-167217
                                  • Xu6
                                  • 18 Oct 2013

                                  Anonymous, 18 Oct 2013We are comparing how well the sensor works. Using the 5mp o... more1.this is camera shootout,what is the point of testing the sensor,etc...besides one reason nokia included the 41mp was to allow usage of oversampling,actually not using it will be unfair as they are any not comparing zooming.....
                                  2.upscaling is the most fair method,actually using native resolution would be unfair to all but htc.....

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • KAE
                                    • 18 Oct 2013

                                    Please suggest cellphone with good camera in range of 15k - 20k

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 4QS
                                      • 18 Oct 2013

                                      AnonD-167217, 18 Oct 2013The compared the native mode of each phone,gsmarena did'nt ... moreWe are comparing how well the sensor works. Using the 5mp of the Lumia is not justly doing that. It gives it an extra advantage over it's already clear advantage.

                                      And upscalling the others creates degrading in them. They left the other shots in their native resolution and size. That's 4mp, 13, and 20mp. The 1020 to make this review completely neutral all the way through should compare it's 38mp outcomes.

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                                        • AnonD-167217
                                        • Xug
                                        • 18 Oct 2013

                                        Anonymous, 18 Oct 2013The big issue here is that even though it's still 99% guara... moreThe compared the native mode of each phone,gsmarena did'nt downsample the images,that is the default mode in 1020 which takes 5mp images to makes full use of 38mp...... and then they compared 38mp upscaled images,so they did what you're saying too......