In the past, many people still had a camera, either a “compact” version or a much larger version with a lens horn. Since the arrival of smartphones, the former category is almost certainly extinct and an SLR or system camera is really a thing for amateurs. It makes sense, because now you can take excellent pictures with a smartphone. Expensive models have several cameras with different perspectives. Sure, the small size still weighs on the possibilities, but after all, the best camera is the one you have with you, so the saying goes. In addition, manufacturers are developing advanced image processing that, for example, can extract a night image with excellent exposure from a sensor half a centimeter square camera lens, something that would have seemed impossible a decade ago.
That's reason enough to worry about the camera performance of high-end smartphones. All 2021 devices are in stores now, so we can calculate the balance. Which smartphone takes the best photos with?
Like last year We have once again created a test field of six devices from top manufacturers from many manufacturers.Apple, Google and Samsung are of course with iPhone 13 Proand Pixel 6 Pro in a Galaxy S21 Ultra.The remaining three positions are filled by the OnePlus 9 Pro and OPPO Find X3 Pro in a Sony Xperia 1 III. Xiaomi had a potential camera winner with the Mi 11 Ultra, but unfortunately this spring's model has been out of stock for months. Huawei is also not participating this time; The P50 Pro, which has been introduced in China since July, will only arrive in the Netherlands in 2022.
Prices for the tested devices range from €709 for the OnePlus 9 Pro to €1159 for the iPhone 13 Pro. You also pay more than €1,000 for the Galaxy S21 Ultra, Xperia 1 III and Pixel 6 Pro, although the latter is available abroad for around 900 euros, a little more than you pay now for OPPO Find X3 Pro.