Photo quality in comparison: iPhone 12 Pro versus Pixel 5 and Mate 40 Per Two times three, once two Recordings under laboratory conditions everyday recordings Conclusion Test table With the iPhone 12 Pro, Pixel 5 and Mate 40 Per Apple, Google and Huawei once again rely on complex camera technology. The goal: The recording quality with regard to photos should continue to increase. We show how the three smartphones perform in the laboratory and under everyday conditions.

While Apple has only refined hardware and software with regard to the cameras, Google and Huawei have made further changes. In comparison to the Pixel 4, Google has replaced a complete camera and purpose for the Pixel 5. Huawei relies on new sensors and optics, but sticks to the basic structure with three different cameras.

Two times three, once two Each iPhone has a camera 12 Pro and Mate 40 Pro responsible for the wide-angle, ultra-wide-angle and telephoto ranges, the user can switch between the different cameras at the touch of a button. With Google you can only switch indirectly: From zoom level 1, the wide-angle camera is used, including the ultra-wide-angle camera. The latter has replaced the telecamera that was still in the Pixel 4 – Google has been using the principle of zoom-dependent sensor selection for a long time.

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