It's that time of the year when all smartphone companies are out with their flagship devices. With Diwali just around the corner, a lot of readers will be pondering over getting some flagship phone or the other, if they have the budget.
While our detailed reviews will be coming out shortly, we decided to try out the low light photography prowess of three flagship phones we have with us at the moment. We have already done a detailed review of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and were impressed with its photography features and image quality. But last week we got two more devices – the Motorola Moto X Style and the Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
While Apple is known for its camera performance over the years, the Moto X Style has bumped up its camera to a 21MP sensor which Motorola claims is capable of shooting great photographs. So we set out to put the cameras on these phones to test on one Mumbai night.
All images were shot on auto mode with the last one shot in HDR mode. Before we start off with the images and our observations, here's a quick primer on which phone has which camera.
Motorola Moto X Style: 21MP rear camera with an f/2.0 aperture and phase-detect AF; no OIS
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+: 16MP rear camera with an f/1.9 aperture; features OIS
Apple iPhone 6S Plus: 12MP iSight camera with f/2.2 aperture; features OIS
Please note: Click on the images to see the high resolution uncompressed images
The Galaxy S6 edge+ managed to extract more details in this shot despite the harsh light conditions. While the iPhone 6s Plus and Moto X Style just show the lit up hoarding well, Galaxy S6 edge+ was able to show the hoarding as well as some detail of the plastic in the background. It achieves this at the cost of giving a minor halo and dithering around the lit up areas which may not be to everyone's taste. The iPhone 6s Plus is able to control dithering better and gives sharper edges on the logo.
The post processing on the iPhone 6s Plus isn't as aggressive as seen on the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ which gives an unnaturally smooth output specially along the contours of the floral designs on the fountain. Moto X Style showed the least amount of detail on 100% zooming. The iPhone 6s Plus gave a more natural looking image whereas the Moto X Style tends to add a lot of warmth as compared to the S6 edge+.
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Tags: Apple iPhone 6s Plus camera, Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+, iPhone 6s Plus vs S6 edge+ vs Moto X Style, Low light challenge, Moto X Style camera, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ camera
Source: Low light challenge: Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ vs Motorola Moto X Style
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