Pixel 3 XL vs iPhone XS Max Photo Comparison - Pixel Dethroned! By AppleInsider

We've had our hands on Google's new pixel three Excel for a few days now, and we've compared it to the iPhone, 10s Max and a couple of tests already. So, let's test out the cameras and see which one can take the best photos in the first scene. Both photos look very detailed, and it's hard to notice any differences, except that the sky is blown out on the pixel 3. The story is the same for this photo, except that the pixel 3 seems a bit too blue compared to real life, and if we crop in the tennis max looks a bit more detailed. Since the tennis max has a telephoto lens, it has a huge advantage for zoom shots. You can zoom in much further on the 10s max and there's a huge difference in detail as well in this scene.

We like how the tennis max exposed the image brighter overall and the pixel 3 added in too much contrast. If we crop in, we can see that the detail is actually very similar here. The tennis max did a much better job at white balance, but the pixel 3 actually looks a little more detailed in this scene. We also like how the tennis, Max's image is better exposed. The pixels photo just looks too dark in this macro shot, the tennis max isn't blowing out as much of the sky, but it's lacking contrast overall making it look really flat.

On the other hand, the pixel has a little too much contrast compared to the tennis Max's regular selfie camera. The pixel 3 has a wider dual camera selfie mode, and it's seriously wide. We think this is actually a great feature since a lot of people love taking group selfies, while testing we spotted a rabbit and decided to zoom in as close as we could, with both phones like before the tennis max zooms in a lot closer, and it still looks great in this shot. The pixels 3 white balance is too blue. The tennis max is a little on the warm side, but it's definitely more accurate for detail.

We think the tennis max wins here. The iPhone is definitely lacking contrast, making it look a bit dull and less detailed. We definitely prefer the pixels image here in this one, we're seeing the same white balance differences and they both look similar in detail now the tennis max is telephoto lens allows you to get really close to the subject. I mean really close, not only that, but the telephoto lens is great for photos of cars because of the wide-angle lens. The truck shape is distorted on the pixel 3.

Now, with the tennis, Max Estelle photo lens, the truck looks true-to-life and nothing is a sorting. You can also see a lot less of the background as well, and it also has the same effect for actual portrait photos of people with the tennis, Moses telephoto lens. The proportions of the face are far more accurate. Now, let's move on to dynamic range, starting out with a very difficult situation. Not only is the sky less blown out on the tennis max, but the face is much brighter as well clear wind for the iPhone.

We see the same exact results in this portrait photo, but you can definitely tell that the tennis max is lacking. Some contrast now for a portrait selfie. The pixel 3xl actually does quite well in terms of dynamic range, but it's got a little too much contrast. We see the same exact thing here in his portrait selfie, except that the tennis max does a better job dealing with flaring and in terms of white balance. The pixel 3 was actually more accurate here now in this shot, both do great in dynamic range, but we love the exposure of the tennis max.

Not only that, but the white balance is more accurate. We noticed the same thing here, but the sky is less blown out on the tennis max in this scene. There's a massive difference in dynamic range: the sky is way less blown out on the iPhone and there's much more detail in the shadows as well, but the lack of contrast ruins the photo. Finally, we tested our panorama mode on the pixel 3. The sky is blown out, and I look quite a bit dark, but on the 10s max the sky is detailed, and I'm better exposed and there's much more detail with the iPhone as well.

Moving on to portrait photos, we tested a very harshly lit scene and the tennis max did a great job of properly exposing the face, but it lacked contrast yet again and this shot. Both phones do a great job at blur edging, but the pixels white balance is way too blue, and we see the exact same issue in this shot. Now the tennis max gets a feature that isn't available on the pixel depth control. You can easily adjust the depth from f-16 2f 1.4 to add depth in a lot of background blur. Here's the same image at F, 2.8 and now at F.1 point for the extra blur looks really nice, but it reveals issues with blur edging in this extreme portrait mode test. The pixel 3 does a much better job compared to the 10s max, which missed huge chunks out of the center and finally transitioning into low-light.

The tennis max wasn't able to take a portrait photo without using flat, because the telephoto lens has an F 2.4 aperture, compared to F 1.7 on the pixel threes wide lens, which lets in more light now using flash. The pixel 3xl tops the tennis max and basically, every single way. Now, with the wide lenses, the pixel 3 again looks much better than the 10s max, which looks really dark and flat in this white shot. The iPhones is a better job at exposing the face, but it blows out a little more of the bricks above the lamp. The white balance on that tennis max is more accurate, as well now, with flash the 10s max completely ruins the photo by flashing way too bright for the conditions.

The pixel 3 actually limited. The brightness of the flash to get an incredibly good overall exposure for the whole photo on the front end we're seeing the exact opposite results. The pixel 3 flashed way too bright, and it looks very blue. The 10s max does a great job here now, heading outside and zooming. In at a nearby building.

We can easily tell that the pixels photo is better. The 10s max just lacks contrast, and it's very noisy and for our final shot. We can see that the 10s max again lacks contrast and just looks a bit flat that pixel 3 is able to bring out the colors, and the added contrast makes it look more detailed. So, after looking at all those photos, let's talk about what we noticed. First off, the added telephoto lens on the tennis max is really nice for a number of situations like photos of people cars in times when you need to zoom in the detail between both cameras was extremely similar, but we noticed that the pixel 3 constantly produced images that were too blue, and the tennis max was a little too warm.

The tennis max definitely did a better job at dynamic range in harsh lighting situations, while the pixel blew out the sky and had way too much contrast in some situations for portrait blur edging, it seemed that the pixel 3 did a better job compared to the 10s max, but the iPhone self-control feature is really nice to have and can really make portrait photos stand out. As for low-light, the pixel 3 was the clear winner who was able to reproduce color much better than the 10s max, which still lacked contrast. We went back and looked at each photo and found that the iPhone tennis max produced better photos around 60% of the time, not including a few photos that came out as a tie, so with that we're giving the win to the iPhone tennis max for photo quality and stay tuned for our video quality comparison coming very soon, so make sure to subscribe for that and comment below with what you think about this comparison. If you enjoyed this video like it and hit that subscribe, button, also check out a price guide which makes it extremely easy to find the best deals and Apple products updated daily, be sure to follow us on social media, and we'll see you in the next video.

Source : AppleInsider