Google Pixel 2 Sets Record for Smartphone Camera Quality, Beats iPhone 8 Plus [Report]

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Posted October 10, 2017 at 4:15am by iClarified

Google's new Pixel 2 has set a record for smartphone camera quality beating the iPhone 8 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 by four points, according to DxOMark.

The Google Pixel 2 is the top-performing mobile device camera we’ve tested, with a record-setting overall score of 98. Impressively, it manages this despite having “only” a single-camera design for its main camera. Its top scores in most of our traditional photo and video categories put it ahead of our previous (tied) leaders, the Apple iPhone 8 Plus and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, despite the Pixel 2 coming in lower in the new Zoom and Bokeh categories. The Pixel 2 is also a major step forward from the Pixel (which was our top scorer when it was released a year ago), moving from 90 to 98.

Google Pixel 2 Sets Record for Smartphone Camera Quality, Beats iPhone 8 Plus [Report]

Camera Specifications:
● 1/2.6-inch 12MP sensor
● f/1.8 aperture
● Dual-Pixel Autofocus
● Optical Image Stabilization
● HDR+ technology
● New Portrait Mode software solution

Photos
Pros:
● Wide dynamic range in all lighting conditions
● Excellent autofocus
● Very good white balance both outdoors and indoors
● Good detail preservation
● Strong flash performance across the board
● Portraits rendered with pleasing foreground and background blur and bokeh

Cons:
● Flare, flickering, and grid patterns can occur in some lighting conditions
● Medium- and long-range zooms have some loss of detail
● Portrait mode sometimes causes visible artifacts
● Slight loss of detail in low-light and indoor hand-held photos

Video
Pros
● Very good video stabilization
● Fast and accurate autofocus with good subject tracking
● Good detail preservation indoors and outdoors
● Good noise reduction
● Fairly good white balance

Cons
● White balance and exposure can be unstable when walking or panning
● Rotational frame drift in some hand-held videos
● Limited dynamic range
● Visible color cast in low light with tungsten illuminant (incandescent lighting)

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Sabtain Aziz - October 11, 2017 at 3:44am

If there are smart phones scoring 98 already DXO hasn’t given much room for improvement

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waheb09 - October 11, 2017 at 4:00pm

Good point

Chip - October 10, 2017 at 1:09pm

This is all hog was. No matter how much they talk about it. Of these photos scraping a true high end DSLR please stop typing nonsense.

Bob%2B%2F-%2F-%2F - October 10, 2017 at 12:01pm

I am not sure if it's the same girl in both photos, I think she is. But amazing how different she looks and much hotter in second set of pictures.

D4xM4Nx - October 10, 2017 at 6:52am

How can this be of relevance to the end user? Maybe the Pixel landed barely there better quality on parts of photos, but did worse on some other aspects... Ultimately what defines great photos from poor snaps are the skills of the photographer, lighting positioning, camera placement, etc.

Slidor - October 10, 2017 at 7:59am

You're right, however it shows certain features of the camera itself. All photos are the same in terms of positioning, light etc. and we can see that Pixel 2 has a totally different image quality from iPhone 8 Plus. Not saying better, but different. Some may like the ones made with 8+, some will prefer the Pixel version.

D4xM4Nx - October 10, 2017 at 11:39am

True that. In my opinion, it's a risky move slapping the Pixel camera as the best one, or it goes to show scores were based only on personal preference instead of truly impartial judgement. I almost got me an iPhone 8 at the Apple Store a few days ago, photos looked phenomenal to me when I played with the camera a bit.