iPhone X Camera Beats Pixel 2 in Photo Quality But Not Video [DxOMark]

DxOMark has released its analysis of the iPhone X camera scoring it as the best smartphone camera it's ever tested for still photos. The camera didn't perform as well in video leading to an overall DxOMark score of 97, just one point behind the Google Pixel 2 at 98.

With a Photo score of 101, the Apple iPhone X achieves the best results so far for still images, edging out the Huawei Mate 10 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, the previous joint leaders in the Photo ranking, by one point. Compared to its cousin iPhone 8 Plus, the X improves noticeably on Zoom performance, but also does better in terms of Exposure, Color, Texture, Noise and Artifacts. Other key strengths in still image mode include very good exposures and HDR images, accurate color rendering, good detail with low noise, as well as a natural-looking bokeh effect in Portrait mode.




For video, the X doesn’t quite rise to the same high-water mark, achieving a video sub-score of 89 points. With its key strengths good exposure with fast convergence during lighting changes, accurate color rendering as well as fast and accurate autofocus and effective video stabilization, the X’s scores are almost identical to the iPhone 8 Plus’s. Its overall score of 97 puts the iPhone X into joint second place with the Huawei Mate 10 in the current DxOMark Mobile overall rankings, just behind the Google Pixel 2 with 98 points.



Key camera specifications:
● 12Mp main camera with wide-angle f/1.8 OIS lens
● 12Mp telephoto camera with f/2.4 OIS lens
● Phase-detection autofocus with touch focus
● Quad LED true-tone flash with slow sync mode
● Portrait mode with portrait lighting
● 4K video @ 60fps
● 7Mp “selfie” cam with f/2.2 lens, face detection, and portrait mode




More details in the full report linked below...

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