OnePlus 2 camera samples get officially compared to the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6

posted by Daniel P. / Jul 21, 2015, 2:54 AM

OnePlus 2 camera samples get officially compared to the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6

The OnePlus 2 is expected to feature a 13 MP camera unit on the back, but we were wondering if it will have an optical image stabilization mechanism to accompany it, too. Well, judging from the comparison shots that the OnePlus CEO Peter Lau posted on the company's forums, it might not.

Several pictures were shown, comparing OnePlus 2 camera samples to the same scenes taken with a Galaxy S6 and an iPhone 6. The iPhone 6 comparison was with night shots, and the Galaxy S6 with macro closeups.

We won't be commenting on the quality of the shots, as the OnePlus 2 model is probably a preproduction unit, though we like what we are seeing in both situations, if these are indeed the original unretouched shots, straight out of the OnePlus 2 camera. The phone is expected to land in about two week's time, and cost around $400, as per the CEO.

OnePlus 2 (left) vs Galaxy S6 (macro) and iPhone 6 (night shots) samples

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source: OnePlus via Gizmochina

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Display 5.5" 1080 x 1920 pixels

Camera 13 MP / 5 MP front

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29 Comments

1. JMartin22

Posts: 2355; Member since: Apr 30, 2013

Reference photos please?

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 2:57 AM 1

26. neela_akaash

Posts: 1239; Member since: Aug 05, 2014

Looks good...

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 11:46 AM 0

2. strawhat67

Posts: 66; Member since: Jul 16, 2015

Snapdragon 810... No thanks

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 2:57 AM 7

15. GreekGeek

Posts: 1276; Member since: Mar 22, 2014

HAHA you beat me to it!

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 4:32 AM 0

3. MajulahSingapura unregistered

Yeah my Avatar to this cheap Chinese cr@p Samsung FTW deal with it

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 2:59 AM 0

4. Johnnokia

Posts: 1158; Member since: May 27, 2012

I have S6 since 3 weeks. Everything is good except the frequent lagging and not great battery life. TouchWiz is much heaver than the stock Android. I am also afraid it would get slower and slower after few weeks.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:08 AM 11

12. Japultra

Posts: 133; Member since: May 16, 2014

The S6 shouldn't lag. You should check XDA to see if you can find some tips to fix the lag.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:45 AM 4

17. hound.master

Posts: 1044; Member since: Feb 27, 2015

Well it shouldn't do a factory rest and only get apps from the reliable source that should really help and there's a lot of things you should turn off. If the problem still was there you can use a custom rom too.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 5:15 AM 0

25. ricmdv

Posts: 28; Member since: May 02, 2015

Frequent lagging? I've had the S6 since it was released and the only time I've ever experienced lag was when reading long articles on Chrome or playing graphic intensive games for a long time. The battery life is sufficient for a full day and I use it all the time, maybe lower your screen brightness or something. The new Touchwiz is almost as fast as stock Android and is much lighter than the old one. All Android phones slow down eventually, but if it happens within a year I'd say you're the problem.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 10:07 AM 0

5. legiloca

Posts: 1675; Member since: Nov 11, 2014

Marques Brownlee said the onePlus 2 doesn't have OIS.. meh.. I guess it's not a flagship killer in this regard

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:08 AM 5

11. Shocky unregistered

In what regard is it a flagship killer? That's the real question.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:39 AM 4

23. tech2

Posts: 3487; Member since: Oct 26, 2012

Price.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 6:42 AM 1

27. neela_akaash

Posts: 1239; Member since: Aug 05, 2014

And a decent package...

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 11:48 AM 0

6. WillieFDiaz

Posts: 127; Member since: Dec 22, 2010

Well that just blew the LG G4 out of the water!

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:08 AM 0

14. ZetZet

Posts: 22; Member since: Apr 21, 2015

G4 has manual control to the max and it has amazing OIS. It might not deliver the best colour balance, but it's sharp as fk.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 4:21 AM 0

18. Shocky unregistered

That's just the post processing sharpening the image, it's amazing the difference sharpening has has on an image. But it's not always desirable, I prefer the images are not sharpened as I can do that myself afterwards if needed.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 5:18 AM 0

28. elitewolverine

Posts: 5192; Member since: Oct 28, 2013

Which is why DNG support is best. Loving manual control of my 1020's DNG files.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 2:11 PM 0

7. fyahking

Posts: 1146; Member since: Jan 28, 2015

Wow, it killed the iphone 6.lol

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:21 AM 1

13. Bondurant

Posts: 780; Member since: Jun 04, 2014

not when Iphone 6s or 7 get released.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:46 AM 0

19. BaffledTruffle

Posts: 523; Member since: Dec 07, 2013

Not if OnePlus's CEO posted these comparison photos

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 6:03 AM 1

20. lallolu

Posts: 731; Member since: Sep 18, 2012

What do you expect the CEO of the company to post? It has to be biased. If he wants to be open about it, he should ask someone not working with OPO that has both phones to do it.E.g. MKBHD

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 6:22 AM 0

8. BaffledTruffle

Posts: 523; Member since: Dec 07, 2013

"comparison shots that the OnePlus CEO Peter Lau posted" This already kills the credibility of this comparison. Of course they're gonna nitpick the shots, of course they have to make the competition look worse. Oh, and MKBHD actually listed the camera specs. 13 MP, f/2.0, laser-assisted autofocus. Also he did a really short camera comparison. Pretty impressive, but I don't think it's going to beat the G4 and the S6.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:24 AM 8

9. kent-gaga

Posts: 609; Member since: Apr 10, 2012

lol it's like they're trying to make the Galaxy S6's and the iPhone 6's photos look uglier than it can ever be there's no way you can get that blurry, out of focus photos on the Galaxy S6, unless you really want to

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:35 AM 3

10. Shocky unregistered

First camera samples from OnePlus... Need a real comparison.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 3:38 AM 1

16. GreekGeek

Posts: 1276; Member since: Mar 22, 2014

At the end of the Day, it's a Snapdragon 810......

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 4:34 AM 0

21. lallolu

Posts: 731; Member since: Sep 18, 2012

I like OPO but their maketing gimmick irritate me most of the time. Of course the CEO will only post biased photos. If he wants to be open about it, he should ask someone not working with OPO that has both phones to do it.E.g. MKBHD

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 6:23 AM 1

22. surethom

Posts: 1635; Member since: Mar 04, 2009

One Puls 2 camera look very nice, can easily compete with samsung & iphone for much less money.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 6:23 AM 0

24. Teeeyoo

Posts: 99; Member since: Jul 13, 2013

Haha try harder pls.

posted on Jul 21, 2015, 6:44 AM 0

29. duartix

Posts: 311; Member since: Apr 01, 2014

An image comparison made by One Plus? No thanks. I'll wait for an independent test. It's clear from the 4th image (the ink pen) that the S6 photo was focused on the background (where you can clearly see some wood texture) instead of the pen tip. No wonder it's softer.

posted on Jul 28, 2015, 5:48 AM 0

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