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I recently reviewed the Google Pixel 3 XL which has proven to be an excellent smartphone for camera, especially for selfies. He beat the pants of iPhone XS and XS Max which, in one way or another, could not produce images of comparable quality despite the presence of two cameras at the back.

Since it's a dual camera compared to a single-camera setup, we had recently received the new Apple iPhone XR for review. And as we had all three in our office, I decided to test the new software-backed single rear camera compared to Google's powerful Pixel 3 XL, which also sports a single camera at the same time. back with all these elements of machine learning. more interesting and exciting, I added the new iPhone XS to the mix.

All in all, the Pixel 3 XL of our photo shoot gave the expected results, but what was surprising was the result of a cheaper iPhone called this year the XR.

I started with some clear Portrait shots in broad daylight. My subject, Sneha Sharma, did not like to stay in the sun too much, but she played and we had some interesting samples of photos that gave quite interesting results.

But let's first look at the specifications.

The iPhone XR is contained in a single camera at the back, unlike the iPhone XS, which is packaged in two and whose price is also much higher. This main camera on the back is equipped with a 12 MP sensor badociated with a f / 1.8 aperture lens with OIS and PDAF. The rear camera of the XS is equipped with two 12 MP cameras, a wide one with an f / 1.8 aperture and a second telephoto lens with an f / 2.4 aperture. Both smart phones feature a 7 MP front camera with an f / 2.2 aperture.

The Google Pixel 3 XL is indeed a little more equipped here. Like the XR, it also incorporates a single 12.2 MP camera with f / 1.8 aperture and torque with OIS and a dual pixel PDAF. On the front, things are a bit different. There are two 8 MP cameras (f / 1.8 + f / 2.2) on the front offering a standard width and an ultra wide that can easily accommodate more people in a selfie.

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Now that we have completed the specifications, let's look at the results.

Portrait Mode

The Portrait Shoots revealed the weakness of the iPhone XS compared to the Pixel, but also revealed how much the iPhone XR clicks on his photos using a single camera at the back.

The Pixel 3 XL featured the colors the most enjoyable by going a little too far and increasing its saturation levels. The iPhone XR and the XS exhibited natural-looking colors.

With contour detection, the Pixel is the winner who keeps the focus on the whole subject. Second, the iPhone XR that has again developed the subject as a whole. The iPhone XS arrived last, just keeping the subject's face with the fuzzy clothes as you can see in the cropped photos above.

Also, the iPhone XS manages to get into the frame because it uses telephoto to suppress the bokeh effect. This will also require you to take a few steps back if you want to put more landscapes in the background when shooting in portrait. The iPhone XR does a much better job here because it only has one broad lens to produce a software bokeh effect, which is surprisingly better than the XS.

For some reason, the iPhone XS prefers to saturate images. The close-up of this portrait also reveals an ongoing treatment on the XS, which removes some details of the subject's face. This is strangely not visible on the XR.

In this cliché difficult where parts of the subject are in the light of the sun and his hair in the shade, XR shows the maximum of details with Pixel which exposes his face in an almost artificial way with the help of an artificial flash. The XS obviously loses this test with an abnormal yellowish tint.

One detail to emphasize about the XR is that it only allows you to click on a portrait picture if it contains a "person" or a human being. In recent days, I've been testing this on objects, foods and, surprisingly, this does not activate Portrait mode.

Landscape Pictures

While the Google Pixel 3 XL photos are well-contrasted and crisp, with well-resolved details in this landscape comparison, it's easy to bring out the dark spots in its aggressive HDR processing. These black spots that I have also highlighted in my comprehensive review of the Pixel 3 XL somehow reduce the dynamics of the photographs. In my opinion, it is the iPhones that click on better photos.

Low Brightness / Interior

The photos of the Google Pixel 3 XL this model inside dimly lit are vibrant and colorful compared to the samples of the iPhone. It's Google's machine learning algorithms that work hard to be able to reproduce better colors through experience. The technique certainly adds a punch to the photo in low light and the results speak for themselves.

Soft Light

In extremely dim light scenarios like this room Dark conference, the photos of the Pixel 3 XL have a striking and contrasting look, while iPhones offer more natural photos (read) in comparison. The Pixel 3 XL certainly draws on the most beautiful photographs of the three low lights, but the dynamic range is reduced. Most people would definitely choose Pixel photos on iPhone during this test, just like me.

Selfies

About selfies, set the rules for Pixel 3 XL, regardless of lighting conditions. In the light of day, the colors seem a little saturated, but it reconciles well the conditions of strong luminosity by reducing the points of light and presenting sharp photos that you could enlarge or even print and frame the wall.

Both the iPhone XS and the XR can not not follow the light in dimly lit portraits, producing far fewer details than the Pixel 3 XL is able to produce and duller colors too.

Videos

Regarding videos, iPhones offer a much better quality of smooth and silky smooth FHD or 4K 60 fps video to which the Pixel simply can not match. To top it off, there is stereo audio that gives you the impression of being there, compared to the audio of the Pixel 3 XL that gives you the impression of To be a spectator. Selfie videos are also much better stabilized on iPhones than on the Pixel 3 XL.

You can view camera and video samples by clicking here and visiting our Flickr photo gallery.

Conclusion

While Google Pixel 3 XL produced saturated images while pbading a little at the sea with the colors, the images always stand out and seem more pleasant to the Eyes compared to Apple's images that look a little bland compared to those of Pixels even though they have a better range and a more natural look.

The XR and the XS also do strange things. The XR is really bad with Portrait selfies inside with small details, while XS performance is rather inconsistent.

Regarding video, iPhones are the big winners. The pixel being far behind in terms of video quality, whatever the lighting conditions.

The pixel seems to have a color palette of its own, thanks to its rather synthetic approach of clicking on the images, which makes them immediately recognizable as a photo clicked on a smartphone Pixel

When the purchase of a smartphone, especially in this price range, you would like a camera that captures great photos and records great videos. And with that, the Pixel 3 XL loses against the iPhone XR, even if it has the best camera we've seen (with some flaws) on a smartphone to this day. So, if the camera and selfies are all you are looking for, the Pixel is definitely a better choice. If you like to photograph landscapes and are a little interested in making portraits of people, the iPhone XS or XR with its depth control is a better choice. But if you prefer the videos, you must ignore the pixel because the video capture of the iPhone 4K at 60 frames per second is not canceled.