Keba619:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za9RvByj_SU

thepoweruser:


Howdy, Keba619.

May I post my judgement?

should take photos; ie: if the sky is pale blue when you took the picture; that is exactly how it should look. NO EDGE ENHANCEMENT, NO OVERSATURATION, NO SHARPENING. GRASS SHOULD LOOK LIKE GRASS; NOT LIKE MOTTLED GREEN CARPET. (Ahem; SAMSUNG! Hey FWIW; they did reduce this in the S21 Ultra; thank Jesus.)

thepoweruser:


Okay... Here goes.

Concerning what it is coming up against; the Phantom X is quite decent. However that 50 meg'pixel; 1/1.31-inch Samsung GN1 did quite averagely here. Do realize that the sensor here is the same one used in vivo's X60 Pro+; universally acclaimed to be one of the best camera phones of the year. But you have to realize that the sensor tells not even a third of the story. The Zeiss T star-coated camera optics; the far more capable Spectra 580 ISP; and most importantly vivo's far superior computational photography software all come together to produce amazing results. Check XDA-Developers' review and see vivo destroy the Galaxy S21 Ultra in sheer low light performance without night mode.

The Phantom X is limited by the poorer optics and inferior camera image processing. (TAIVOS vs Smart HDR 3 X Deep Fusion? REALLY? ) Most people would choose the Tecno for it's own look. Me? I follow Steve Litchfield of The Phones Show and AllAboutSymbian/AllAboutWindowsPhone fame. (He's arguably my favourite tech journalist, thanks to his old-fashioned but arguably more sensible opinion about how phones should take photos; ie: if the sky is pale blue when you took the picture; that is exactly how it should look.

Elxandre:

What is Steve Litchfield's new website?
I've missed him.

both the information from that 41MP sensor and the oversampled 8MP image at the press of a shutter button; where the Snapdragon ISP would cache the raw data from the sensor in 1GB out of the 2GB of RAM in the phone. LIKE HOW DID HE KNOW THAT! SOMETHING NOKIA DIDN'T EVEN REVEAL! IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THE DEPTH OF HIS MOBILE TECH EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.

thepoweruser:
NOW, TO CONTINUE:

The iPhone captures wide spatial stereo audio from it's microphones. So it's not too surprising it utterly sinks the Phantom in audio quality. It also records in extended dynamic range; up to 4K 60FPS on all cameras; selfie included. You can see this from the seamless way it adjusts exposure. The iPhone also knocks it out of the park in harsh backlight, where it keeps that guy's face properly exposed; where the Phantom exhibits highlight clipping. The Tecno is more contrasty, but (to me at least) that ain't worth a damn.

Portraits? LIDAR shows the iPhone just blurring the background in an artificial way. The Tecno does even worse, blurring the guy's edges. In low light the iPhone is far less noisy and has better dynamic range. Where the Tecno did win was in the flower shot; and this is because Apple's portrait mode does not work on non-living subjects. Although the depth of field effect on the Tecno is disappointing; the sensor is big enough to give great bokeh. Sigh, bad software... And I guess the laser AF isn't really that great... Look at the short range of the focus! LIDAR autofocus, however...

So hands down, Apple wins.


P.S.: By the way, @Keba619; you DO know your stuff. Keep it up! Gave this a thumbs-up, btw.

Keba619:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za9RvByj_SU

EdoFirstBorn:


What sort of stupid useless comparison is this?

How can you compare class and trash?

How can you compare diamond and stones ?

No single Tecno, infinix or itel can ever be compared to Xaomi or Huawei talkless of iPhone..

Are you not afraid of bein struck by lightening?

EdoFirstBorn:


What sort of stupid useless comparison is this?

How can you compare class and trash?

How can you compare diamond and stones ?

No single Tecno, infinix or itel can ever be compared to Xaomi or Huawei talkless of iPhone..

Are you not afraid of bein struck by lightening?

akingbadeomoseb:
The Phantom X is first and foremost a camera-centric smartphone and the elaborate setup is the sole focus of the device it is a very competent phone for the price. It also has a powerful Helio chipset that will be great for gaming purpose

EdoFirstBorn:


What sort of stupid useless comparison is this?

How can you compare class and trash?

How can you compare diamond and stones ?

No single Tecno, infinix or itel can ever be compared to Xaomi or Huawei talkless of iPhone..

Are you not afraid of bein struck by lightening?

Kakadancefreak:
Weda na iPhone 20, mbanu!

Thanks for trying but I choose Phantom X over and over again.

Na my money and besides I love the specs.

Keba619:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za9RvByj_SU

skywalker240:

Not the best camera centric but the one of the most expensive camera centric?