Smartphone cameras: 3 tips for savers, Apple fans and photo freaks

Are you looking for a smartphone with a good camera for trips, family photos and holidays? Here are our three picks for the best smartphone camera for every type: Apple fans, high-end lovers, and budget conscious.

iPhone with a good camera: The iPhone 13 Pro (Max)

Apple fans snap the best photos with the iPhone 13 Pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max. Both smartphones scored 137 points DxOMark and thus offer the best iPhone photo quality. Slightly below the Pro models are the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini with 130 points each, and then the iPhone 12 Pro with 128 points. We were able to convince ourselves of the good photo quality of the iPhone 13 Pro in our test.

Like the previous model, the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max have three rear cameras each with 12 megapixels. The selfie camera also has a resolution of 12 megapixels. The triple camera on the back is supplemented by a LiDAR sensor, which is used in augmented reality applications and can measure distances to objects. The main camera and the telephoto lens are optically stabilized, which counteracts camera shake. The telephoto lens enables a 3x optical zoom to bring distant subjects closer to the lens. And the video quality of the iPhone 13 Pro (Max) has improved again compared to its predecessor. With a DxOMark rating of 119 points in the video category, the successor has improved by 7 points and is currently at the top of the rankings best smartphone in the field of video quality on.

The rest of the hardware is also convincing. The Apple A15 Bionic is currently one of the fastest cell phone chips. Both the 6.06-inch iPhone 13 Pro OLED display and the 6.7-inch iPhone 13 Pro Max OLED display support refresh rates of up to 120 Hertz. The Wi-Fi 6 standard ensures fast and stable internet. And the Pro models also withstand short dives in water depths of up to 1.5 meters for at least 30 minutes according to IP68 certification.

Apple iPhone 13 Pro (Max): The cameras
main camera	12 megapixels, OIS
Ultra wide angle lens	12 megapixels
telephoto lens	12 megapixels, OIS
selfie camera	12 megapixels

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Android flagship with a good camera: the Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G

That Galaxy Note 22 Ultra 5G is still one of the most powerful smartphones and also has a impressive camera setup. at DxOMark the Samsung smartphone was able to score 131 points, clearly outperforming its predecessor, which only had 119 points.

On the back of the Samsung 2022 flagship are four cameras in a rectangular module. The main camera has a resolution of 108 megapixels and has optical image stabilization (OIS), which prevents photos from shaking. The 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera makes it possible to capture particularly large motifs from close up. The camera set-up is completed by two telephoto lenses, each with a resolution of 10 megapixels. One telephoto lens offers 3x optical zoom, the other even 10x optical zoom. If you want to get objects even closer, you can zoom in digitally up to 100x – but no longer lossless. You can take pretty selfies with the 40 megapixel front camera.

The Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G also has a lot to offer apart from the cameras. That 6.8 inch AMOLED display has a resolution of 3,088 x 1,440 pixels and supports refresh rates of up to 120 Hertz. The high refresh rate ensures smoother movements when scrolling and gaming. The Samsung flagship supports the latest connectivity standards such as Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6E. The current Exynos 2200 chip, combined with 12 GB of RAM, ensures high performance. The battery has a capacity of 5,000 mAh and can be charged quickly with 45 watts. In addition, the Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G is waterproof according to IP68.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G: The cameras
main camera	108 megapixels, OIS
Ultra wide angle lens	12 megapixels
2 x telephoto lens	10 megapixels, OIS
selfie camera	40 megapixels

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Inexpensive smartphone with a good camera: Oneplus Nord 2 5G

If good photo quality is important to you, but you don’t want to spend quite as much money on a smartphone, then this is it Oneplus Nord 2 5G a good choice. With the experts from DxOMark reaches the smartphone 116 points in the camera rating and is therefore on a par with the far more expensive Galaxy S21 5G. In the global ranking, 116 points correspond to 66th place, in the class of smartphones between 200 and 400 dollars the Oneplus Nord 2 5G takes first place (as of August 2022).

The Oneplus Nord 2 5G has three cameras on the back. The main camera offers a resolution of 50 megapixels and optical image stabilization, the ultra-wide-angle camera has a resolution of 8 megapixels and covers a 119-degree field of view. The third camera is one 2 megapixel monochrome sensor, which ensures more sharpness and better contrasts in photos. The selfie camera has a resolution of 32 megapixels and is located in a hole in the display.

One of the great strengths of the Oneplus Nord 2 5G is the good contrast range Indoor and outdoor recordings. Furthermore, DxOMark certifies that the smartphone has vivid colors in the images and reliable autofocus. The level of detail in videos is also convincing. You can film with the Oneplus Nord 2 5G either with 4K resolution at 30 frames per second or with Full HD resolution at 60 frames per second.

The rest of the hardware equipment is also impressive. That 6.43 inch AMOLED display can display refresh rates up to 90 Hertz. A MediaTek Dimensity 1200 is used as the processor, which is roughly comparable to the Snapdragon 865. The amount of RAM is 8 GB. The battery has a capacity of 4,500 mAh and can be charged quickly with 65 watts. According to Oneplus, a complete charging cycle takes just 30 minutes.

Oneplus Nord 2 5G: The cameras
main camera	50 megapixels, OIS
Ultra wide angle lens	8 megapixels
monochrome camera	2 megapixels
selfie camera	32 megapixels

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