Xiaomi Mi A2 vs iPhone X Detailed Camera Comparison By TecworkZ

"Music" Hey Guys its Sagar from Tecworkz. I know you have already read the title, and most of you are really mad and furious at me for even making this comparison. I still think you should watch the entire video before taking it out in comments section. I made a similar video about the Mi A1 and the iPhone 7 Plus, and that is actually the most watched video on my channel. This time I was sure about not making this video, but Xiaomi again compared the images of the Mi A2 with those from then iPhone 10 in the launch event. So it is only fair, that we again put their claims to test in this video.

If you guys saw my dedicated camera review of the Mi A2, you know that it can take some incredible images in all lighting conditions. And that video got me really exited to compare A2’s images with the iPhone 10. If you guys haven’t watched it yet, I will leave a card to it on the top right of the screen and also link it in the description section. We all know that there is a huge difference between the price of both these phones, and you can buy 5 Mi A2 phones at the price of 1 iPhone 10. But does that automatically mean, iPhone 10’s camera is 5 times better than the Mi A2? I don’t think so.

The whole point of this video is to show you guys, that you don’t need to spend a huge amount of money to get good set of cameras on your smartphones, anymore. And also to show you, how good the cameras on budget smartphones have got in the last couple of years. Now before we put Xiaomi’s claims to the test, make sure to hit the subscribe button, so you don't miss out on any of the amazing videos coming up on this channel. Camera module on the Mi A2, looks exactly like the one on the iPhone 10, and both stick out of the back quite a bit. I don’t want to take lot of time in telling you all the camera specs, so here is a quick slide comparing all specs of the cameras on both these phones.

You can pause the video, and look at it if you want. with that out of the way, let us take a lot at some of the image and video samples from both these phones. Like with most of the smartphone cameras, both capture good images in daytime. There are plenty of details in all of these shots. And images from both cameras are looking good.

Colours are accurate from the iPhone in almost any lighting conditions, while the Mi A2 tends to capture slightly cooler colour tones. In Mi A2’s dedicated camera review, we saw that it captured good dynamic range, but the iPhone 10 shows even better dynamic range even with the HDR mode turned off. Here are shots from both the cameras with Auto HDR mode turned on. iPhone finds and captures much more light from the entire scene, making its images look better in comparison. But if we look only at the images from the Mi A2, I think they look good on their own.

Now here are few images with HDR turned on. Here Mi A2 is much more aggressive, and produce a bit dramatic looking colours. But it handles the brighter and darker parts of the images very well in these situations, and I actually prefer some of its images over those of the iPhone 10. As I have mentioned earlier, all of these images are filled with details. You might prefer one over the other depending on your colour preferences, but you can barely differentiate based on the amount of details present in these pictures.

I think this itself is a big win for the Mi A2, considering its price. Secondary lens on the iPhone 10 can take 2x optically zoomed images, and it can come in handy in certain situations. Now because the secondary lens also has Optical image stabilisation, you can take shots like these even from an airplane. So having an OIS enabled secondary telephoto lens is a nice feature. Both phones can take incredible closeup shots.

Focusing is fast and accurate on both, so the main subject that you are trying to capture is in perfect sharp focus. And thanks to very wide aperture on both the primary cameras, background in these close up shots is blurred out nice and evenly. When it comes to portrait shots, Xiaomi is very confident of this feature on their Mi A2, and rightly so, the A2 takes very good portrait images. Skin tones and colours from the iPhone are clearly better in these shots, but the A2 has done a very good job for its price. At a price of about 90,000Rs.

iPhone 10 is automatically expected to be better at this, but the Mi A2 with its 17000Rs price point is doing an excellent job, in my opinion. iPhone shows better skin tones and dynamic range, plus the background in its images is compressed a bit more since it uses a telephoto lens to gather the background information. But we cant deny the fact that Portrait images from the A2 are equally impressive on their own. Mi A1 was really bad at talking portrait images in lower or artificial light, but thanks to the pixel binning technology in the secondary camera of the Mi A2, it seems to be doing a good job in lower light portrait shots as well. Both are equally good at detecting edges of the subject, and separating it from the background, while capturing portrait images of non human subjects.

Since it shows better dynamic range and the background is more compressed, I like portrait images of objects from the iPhone 10. But I am equally impresses with the images from the Mi A2. I also like the fact, that you don’t have to move a few steps back, for taking these portrait shots on the MiA2. Now as the light starts to go down, we start getting interesting results. While taking this shot, Mi A2 did not do a very good job of locking the focusing.

While the iPhone latched on the focus and delivered a great image. But as we move indoors, the difference between the two reduces by quite a lot. Both phones capture good amount of detail in these lighting conditions as well. Colours are bit richer and better looking from the iPhone, but the overall images are equally impressive from the Mi A2. In some shots, we also see the Mi A2 capturing less noise in the darker areas, compared to the iPhone 10, which in itself is a great compliment for the Mi A2.

iPhone captured brighter images, but the Mi A2 was much better at handling the overall exposure of the scene. And in some of these cases, I actually prefer the images from the Mi A2 over those of the iPhone 10. The 20 megapixel front facing camera on A2 again captures lot of details, but the overall colours and skin tones are better from the iPhone10. A2’s front facing camera takes much better images in lower light, thanks to the pixel binning technology. Both can take portrait images with the front camera.

iPhone again shows better colours and dynamic range, but the edge detection seems much better on the Mi A2. If you have multiple people in the shot, then iPhones front facing camera will only keep the person closed to the lens in perfect focus, but the Mi A2 does really well to keep everyone in focus and making the image look much better. It also take better low light portrait selfies. Here is a quick video from the front facing camera of the iPhone X and the Mi A2. iPhone showed better exposure and dynamic range throughout the clip.

Coming to the video performance. Mi A2 can shoot 4k 30 fps videos. These videos are of good quality, but they don’t have any kind of electronic stabilisation. It does have electronic stabilisation for 1080p videos, and they look great. You can also take 1080p 60fps videos with the Mi A2, and I am really happy with its video performance.

iPhone clearly takes better videos with higher frame rate and bitrate options available. But the A2 is also trying to do a very good job for its price. Choosing an overall winner for camera in all departments, is not as easy as it was last year, while choosing between the Mi A1 and the iPhone 7 Plus. And this itself is a huge win for the Mi A2. If a 17000Rs, phone can give tough competition and in come cases perform even better than the iPhone 10’s camera, then I don’t see the need to go out and spend 90,000Rs + on an iPhone, if camera is your main concern.

iPhone was better in some situations with more accurate colours, better dynamic range and overall better video performance. But with a price difference of over 70,000Rs. I don’t think these things even matter. For that much extra money, you are just going to get a marginally better camera performance on the iPhone 10. Last year when Xiaomi compared Mi A1’s cameras with the iPhone 7 Plus, it was funny.

But this year I don’t think they were wrong in comparing the camera performance of these 2 phones in their launch event. They also compared A2’s camera with the OnePlus 6, and that is going to be my next video. So make sure you have subscribed to the channel and have the notifications turned on. What are your thoughts about the camera on these devices. Do let me know in the comments section.

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