Camera comparison: HTC One vs Nokia Lumia 920 vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S III vs Sony Xperia Z vs Google Nexus 4

5. tech2 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:31 33 4

I bet u didnt even compared the pics before commenting here ! Your thumbnail says it all.

BTW, I'd love to be stand corrected if you can tell us what led you to believe Xperia Z is best camera phone.

44. wendygarett posted on 20 Mar 2013, 10:47 17 7

Most unbiased review ever, hard to find winner? Phonearena IS a winner ^_^

55. maxican16 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:40 8 1

Life in ignorance must be blissful.

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58. wendygarett posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:54 9 1

Oops, pa rank the lumia very well, but why Victor say the lumia camera is toyish?

either way, camera quality is subjective, some prefer night shot and some prefer higher mp, if the user has awful snapshots, it's pointless To have a good camera phone if you ask me

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106. Emily1985 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 15:40 6 3

Nokia Lumia 920 wins smartphone camera battle

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-13/gadgets-special/37681755_1_nokia-lumia-smartphone-camera-camera-app

The Best Smartphone Camera,Nokia Lumia 920 wins
http://gizmodo.com/5982478/the-best-smartphone-camera

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63. rizevnarastek posted on 20 Mar 2013, 12:23 13 8

In my opinion the best looking photos come from HTC One and iPhone5 ....then the rest follow.

157. kclgphilsbsa posted on 22 Mar 2013, 20:17 0 1

this is
unrelated haha

Phonearena this is quite interesting

http://mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s4-camera.shtml

163. illiad posted on 24 Mar 2013, 06:00 0 0

but I dont speak russian!!!!

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6. AamirSIII (banned) posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:32 42 24

ha ha... PA again paid for this comparison... giving iPhone 5 first spot in almost all catagories including night when everybody can see its 920!! shame on u PA

11. samsunggalaxylover posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:37 11 11

I think we should wait for such comparison with the galaxy s4.

12. android_hitman posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:38 28 11

this is clearly a desperate act from apple .. shame on you PA

80. Muzhhur posted on 20 Mar 2013, 13:47 8 3

Agree, anyway I bought my Lumia 920, its osom!!!!

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13. tech2 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:39 27 1

Well looking at the pictures, iPhone 5 does come out on top during night. But being said that in almost all other website's camera phone review, Lumia 920 was on top.

that baffles me too TBH !

54. Nathan_ingx posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:35 7 2

Regardless of which made it to the top and which to the bottom, i don't agree with how PA post comprisons.
Last we had comprisons like this (minus the One and Z) it was different. Now it's shuffled to a new order, the results vary and it feels different. Each camera comparison has different results for every smartphone, except for the iPhone. It has been compared with consistency...don't know if it really is or not but i've been saying this since last year to PA. To hire a proper professional if you have to compare...use manual settings, make the best out of the phones and see the result and then we can see the real potential behind each device.

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149. -box- posted on 21 Mar 2013, 08:57 0 0

Maybe they were blocking the 920's light sensors or messed the settings up. This result is less than realistic.

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96. haseebzahid posted on 20 Mar 2013, 15:08 3 0

typical iphones might be photoshoped for top spot if all other sites are reporting opposite

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19. buraini posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:46 18 7

awkward conclusion..clearly 920 was the winner..PA didnt feel the shame?million users came to this website..and watched this comparison..surely they will pick 920..PA,how about u make a pole which smartphones have best camera performance..lets see if ur iphone can survive the poll..hehe

36. SleepingOz posted on 20 Mar 2013, 10:25 14 20

Nopes, HTC One won in the low light category.

57. asingha94 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:50 3 3

That's why I say gsmarena is best!!they are all anti nokia & paid by appy nd samsung!

71. Bernoulli posted on 20 Mar 2013, 13:21 7 0

And that's even though they left out the King, the 808 pureview and the Knight, the nokia n8

123. MrJerry posted on 20 Mar 2013, 18:51 3 8

Here's full of Nokia trolls

Look st the pictures before you say something forf**ksake

142. Trex95 posted on 21 Mar 2013, 02:04 1 4

Yes iphone 5 has the best camera phone it's even better than xperia z. I saw a comparison in you tube between iphone 5 and xperia z made by a professional photographer and iphone still the winner, even though the iphone 5 camera still better than S4 check the comparison over here on phone arena.

94. chocolaking posted on 20 Mar 2013, 15:01 4 0

Come on PA, stop being biased. You guys are always leaning toward apple and samsung! give HTC some credit!

xda got a better none biased review on these highend smartphones.

URL: forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39085880&p​ostcount=2205

105. amiroo posted on 20 Mar 2013, 15:38 7 6

Lol xperia zz is far behind others except nexus..
1-lumia 920 and One
2-iphone 5
3-s3
4-z
5-nexus 4

125. UrbanPhantom posted on 20 Mar 2013, 18:58 0 1

I don't even need to bash these results, because everybody can see for themselves the "results" are nothing but trash talking lies...

Apple must have paid real good for these results ;o)

144. amansingal14 posted on 21 Mar 2013, 02:53 3 0

typical iGalaxyArena.com
According to me, the real order is (acc. to photos I have captured using my friends' and family's phones, with HTC One and Lumix compared using this comparision)-
1. Canon EOS 650D (w/ kit 2)
2. Nokia
3. Lumix
4. iP5, HTC One(One lacks due to extremely small photos, or it would be near Lumix)
5. Xperia Z
6. Samsung Galaxy S3
7. Nexus 4

But its just me...

165. p5yb0rg (unregistered) posted on 25 Mar 2013, 12:59 0 1

I'm not an Apple fan but the iPhone clearly takes the best pictures followed by the GS3. The 920 has a great camera as far as stability but the picture quality is unbalanced and always requires retouching when saved to the pc. The rest of phones take acceptable photos.

20. LonghornTech posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:47 8 3

I think you're pretty spot on. I like the iPhone 5s day time pics the best and the Lumia 900 nightimes. The GSIII has great day time but poor low light the Xperia Z falls behind a bit and the Nexus 4 even more so. The One takes good photos but they generally lack details and are not as appealing white balance wise. The Lumia in day light is alright, but a few poor color accuracies and smoothing of details have always haunted the Lumia line.

From the very few pics we've seen the GSIV looks to dethrone the iPhone5 for daylight photos. We'll see.

23. xperiaDROID posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:50 0 0

Yup, this is just our opinions. :)

33. Emily1985 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 10:11 13 19

Lumia 920>iPhone 5>Galaxy SIII>HTC One>Xperia Z>Nexus 4

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47. lumia920 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:02 2 7

+1
from me

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136. henri123 posted on 21 Mar 2013, 01:01 0 0

+10086

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87. XperiaUser posted on 20 Mar 2013, 14:12 5 13

GalaxyS3=iphone5>Xperia Z>HTC ONE>lumia 920>Nexus 4

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110. terabyteRouser posted on 20 Mar 2013, 16:10 2 3

I by no means see the Lumia 920 as the top. It does not reproduce accurate colors. Everything is artificially over saturated to make it look better. But the picture doesn't actually depict reality.

131. Baseballer posted on 20 Mar 2013, 21:14 1 0

They fixed the htc one photos because from the other sites i've seen pics on, they look pretty good and not as bad when zoomed in. Just go check phonedog or technobuff.

86. XperiaUser posted on 20 Mar 2013, 14:11 1 2

both are oversaturated in most of the cases which is not good for a camera ;)

26. pwnarena posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:56 2 1

it's not about the ruggedness. it's the software that's causing problems. even xperiablog points out how xz photos in burst mode appear better and more detailed without the stupid processing/noise reduction. sony's tech guys have been sleeping. i hope everything gets fixed in the upcoming update.

85. XperiaUser posted on 20 Mar 2013, 14:09 4 0

SONY is totally ruining its camera sensors by providing poor software support and over compression .

14. Muayyad posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:40 6 4

not true, it doesn't need a genius to determine what is best. Phones don't perform as good in all conditions. You take over all results not from one or two examples.

17. ebubekir26 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 09:44 4 14

not samsung..
but apple

56. asingha94 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:47 4 4

Haha you seem to be new here....!

35. SleepingOz posted on 20 Mar 2013, 10:21 10 9

Can you please stop all these iphonearena paid by apple, samsung BS?!
Just because the results don't go in favour of your favourite devices, doesn't mean this is a biased comparison! YOU ARE THE BIASED ONES!
If you're not happy here, then why don't you just leave and go on a dedicated HTC or Sony or Nokia site that will only praise your favourite devices?!

95. zippolite28 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 15:05 0 0

amazing video by lumia 920

http://wmpoweruser.com/nokia-rookie-awards-video-shot-entirely-on-a-nokia-lumia-920/

51. lee480 posted on 20 Mar 2013, 11:06 5 3

LOL. I'm surprised Sony sold more phones then HTC, Nokia and LG last year. Haha Fanboy comment. Sony won some and lost some in the test and this fanboy claimed Sony lost all. Radical fanboys should be banned and be locked up.

109. EasycapExpertti posted on 20 Mar 2013, 15:52 0 1

Samsung is the worlds biggest phone seller when it passed Nokia in the beginning of last year. Nokia is still selling about 4 times more phones than Apple which is the worlds 3rd biggest phone seller. Sony, HTC and LG are nearly 10 times smaller phone sellers than Samsung and Nokia. I think You mean smartphones where Sony is the 3rd biggest producer 2012, but I think at least Nokia will passed it during this year when they are selling more models of Lumia serie and their Asha serie will probably started to count to smartphones as like Nokia itself already counts - they sold 9,3 millions Asha phones during Q4/2012.