Wonder how much the iPhone 14 pro is going to make in subscription purposes when people take tons of photos at huge sizes
Yes it is a problem, but it got better compared to the 12 Pro Max. They also finally removed that horrible halo/reflection from the camera ring in night photos. I am confident the new 48 MPx sensor will be a game changer, night photos are rumored to remain “12 MPx” but with larger pixels.
Is a few bucks ~£400 (~$500)? That's nearly half the price of the Pro Max.The iPhone won every round easily. It's well worth paying a few bucks more for such incredible detail, contrast, and real-to-life image capture.
You forgot the /s...YES! I'm sold! No. I did get their ear pods, and they aren't bad for the price, but not nearly as reliable as AirPods. And that's a much smaller commitment than getting their smartphone.
Every year in August we get silly comparisons like this one comparing someone's new wannabe flagship phone against an iPhone that will be replaced in ~30 days. I guess writers gotta write, and the iPhone 14 rumor mill played out long ago.
Android-based smartphone company OnePlus today announced the launch of its newest device, the OnePlus 10T, which we were able to check out ahead of time. The OnePlus 10T, priced starting at $649, boasts upgraded camera technology, so we thought we'd pit it against the iPhone 13 Pro Max to see just how it measures up.
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The OnePlus 10T has a triple-lens rear camera system that includes a new wide-angle 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 sensor with optical image stabilization, an updated Nightscape feature, and improved HDR performance. There's also an 8-megapixel ultra wide camera and curiously, a 2-megapixel macro lens. Most triple-lens camera systems include a telephoto lens, but OnePlus has opted for a macro mode instead.
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Comparatively, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is outfitted Wide, Ultra Wide, and Telephoto lenses, all of which are 12 megapixels.
To see raw, unedited photos from each camera, make sure to watch our video so you can see how the 50-megapixel lens compares to the 12-megapixel lens. You might think the OnePlus 10T would outperform the iPhone 13 Pro Max because of the higher megapixel count, but in practice, the two phones output images that are similar in quality.
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The iPhone 13 Pro Max seems to be better at balancing shadows and highlights, with images from the OnePlus 10T looking more washed out and with less texture. The iPhone 13 Pro Max's A15 chip does a lot of heavy lifting with Smart HDR 4 and Deep Fusion, which go a long way toward preserving texture and detail.
On the OnePlus 10T, there's a Super HDR feature to improve contrast between the foreground and background lighting, and that effect is visible in the images. The 50-megapixel sensor comes in to play for ultra high quality images, which the iPhone doesn't offer, but you may not notice a lot of difference between the iPhone images and the higher-quality 50-megapixel images in the video.
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Portrait mode and night mode work well on both smartphones, though the overall look is slightly different because of differences in software algorithms. 4K video capture is also similar, but the iPhone wins out when it comes to stabilization.
As with most modern smartphones, choosing between photos comes down to personal preference because the quality is almost identical, with software playing a large role in how photos turn out. What do you think of the images from the OnePlus 10T? Let us know in the comments.
Article Link: Camera Comparison: The New OnePlus 10T vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max
Ha, sorry)) Of course that only applied to the beginning of my postYou forgot the /s...
It’s always the camera updates that get me but I’m gonna have to sit the 14 out. I got the 13 Pro so it’ll have to be good enough for the next few years. 48MP on an iPhone sounds great though. I know megapixels aren’t everything but that sounds like some high quality (or just sharper) digital zoom is incoming.OnePlus 10T seems to be showcasing lower contrast. I do like the fact it starts with only $649.00.
Hands down! iPhone wins! Wait till iPhone 14 Pro Max is released with 48MP. It's game over!
Indeed. ~10 MP is what makes fully usable pix, but capturing more pixels means Apple can do more computer imagery magic plus the more obvious ability to greatly crop/zoom.It’s always the camera updates that get me but I’m gonna have to sit the C 14 out. I got the 13 Pro so it’ll have to be good enough for the next few years. 48MP on an iPhone sounds great though. I know megapixels aren’t everything but that sounds like some high quality (or just sharper) digital zoom is incoming.
Oh I thought they were still close according to max tech, but again I guess it depends what you want.pretty much every android flagship. In video apple crushes the competition, but in photos they aren't the top dog like they once were.
I think that's why they did the comparison, if you don't care or have other Apple products that the iPhone talksI can almost buy 2 of the 256 GB OP 10T for less than a 256 GB iPhone 13 Pro Max in CAD. Given it is on sale as the 256 GB is the same price as the 128 GB.
It's much easier and cheaper to make optics if it's small, so smol small. Every major DSLR brand has a cheap 50mm that is optically equal to the pro-series lenses. My 50mm 1.8--the front element is the size of a quarter--is every bit as good, optically, as my 24-70 2.8 or my 70-200 2.8. I never bothered getting an f1.4 because the f1.8 was so good.I am a photographer, and I look forward to the incremental improvements Apple makes each year in these tiny cameras and lenses at such a low price.
The front element on these phone cameras are tiny. It's relatively easy to make an optically perfect lenses that small.48 MP using a tiny relatively cheap lens is a huge, pricey technical challenge that Apple would not invest resources in w/o also gaining some very tangible benefits exploited by the computer processing imagery magic.
I see and take your point but what about external lighting that may affect things?We have a massive accumilation of stored images of people we can recall and compare to these images. I can tell when the skin color just ain't right. The guy's arm in the iPhone photo is over saturated and poorly white balanced. I have never met anyone whose skin has a bright orange glow.
And his face has that rosy glow of someone who's half way through a bottle of Jack Daniels.
I prefer the less is more approach of the other phone.
Both phones over process the photos, but then unprocessed photos ain't gonna wow the average Joe. RAW images from my DSLR looks very ho-hum (under saturated, not so great contrast). Post production is where we season to taste, as it were. My problem is that these phones don't season to my taste.🙃