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India Today
2 days ago
- India Today
5 phones with best cameras if you love photography
5 phones with best cameras if you love photography By Aman Rashid Priced at Rs 94,999, the Vivo X200 Pro features a 50-megapixel triple rear camera system, including a massive 200-megapixel periscope telephoto lens. Vivo X200 Pro The Vivo X200 Pro takes exceptional photos across different lighting conditions. Watch out for the periscope camera that can be used to click not just high zoom range shots, but also some breathtaking close-ups. Priced starting at Rs 1,29,999, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra features a 200-megapixel quad-rear camera setup. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The Galaxy S25 Ultra provides one of the most versatile and feature-rich camera systems you can get on any smartphone. Priced starting at Rs 1,19,900, the iPhone 16 Pro features a 48-megapixel triple rear camera system. In typical Apple style, the camera performance is top-notch, and the iPhone still holds the crown for the best phone there is when it comes to videography. iPhone 16 Pro Folks who want a bigger phone can buy the iPhone 16 Pro Max, priced starting at Rs 1,34,900. This phone offers a bigger screen and battery, but the same great camera system. Unlike the higher-priced phones on the list, the Pixel 9 is priced at Rs 74,999 and features a 50-megapixel dual rear camera setup. Google Pixel 9 The Pixel 9 is excellent at clicking photos. In both good light and low light, it captures a crazy amount of detail. Also, the improved HDR pipeline means that the Pixel 9 captures beautiful colours and deals with exposure in unevenly lit scenes with ease. The iQOO 13 is priced starting at Rs 54,999 and features a 50-megapixel triple camera setup. iQOO 13 This phone is a prime example of the fact that high-end phones don't need to cost above a lakh rupees to offer great camera systems. Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S25 vs Galaxy S24
Phone Arena
22-05-2025
- Phone Arena
Vivo X200 Ultra Review: Impractical design, but an incredible camera
The Vivo X200 Ultra is not just any camera phone. Just look at it — there is just no way you can mistake it for anything else! It's got a giant camera bump that sticks out more than ever before, so much so that everyone who picked it up noticed that right away. What's hiding in that massive bump is Vivo's suggestion for a new take on the smartphone camera system. Instead of compromising with the quality of the ultra-wide camera, why not make it as good as the main camera? And speaking of the main camera, why is it 24mm on most flagships? The way people perceive a picture is never that wide and when taking landscapes, photographers usually resort to wider lenses. So why not use a 35mm lens for the main camera? All of these decisions result in a unique phone, which now claims the title for the ultimate mobile camera of 2025. Oh, and one more thing! This Vivo has the best battery life of any phone we have tested in the last two years. Excited? Well so were we, but because of its slightly weird design, the Vivo X200 Ultra is definitely not a phone for everyone, and Vivo seems to know it — it will, sadly, not be releasing it in Western markets. But it remains an incredibly interesting device, so let's take a closer look. The Vivo X200 Ultra excels in areas like camera and charging, but lags a bit in the desing and update departments. What's clear is that it raises the camera bar from the already high one set with the Vivo X200 Pro. Table of Contents: Let's start with an overview of the Vivo X200 Ultra specs: (Image by PhoneArena) The Vivo X200 Ultra is defined by its gigantic camera bump. We are used to camera phones out of China having these supersized camera islands on the back, but this is something else. We measured that the camera bump itself is actually thicker than the Galaxy S25 Edge! It's something. The camera bump is GIANT (Image by PhoneArena) Because of that, the whole phone is very top-heavy, which makes it a bit weird to hold and handle. Because of this imbalanced weight, I almost dropped it on a few occasions. It's also a bit heavier than the Vivo X200 Pro model, nearing 230 grams, but admittedly, the weight is close to that of other big phones, it's the way it's distributed that bothers me more. A side view (Image by PhoneArena) For all else, it feels premium and solidly put together. You have flat sides and a mostly flat screen with a very slightly taper. One stand-out design element is the camera shutter button, placed similarly as the Camera Control on iPhones. And yes, it also has the same touch sensitivity, so you can swipe on it to zoom in and out. Vivo includes a charging brick, a charging cable, and a case, and we have zero complaints about that. The charger is a super fast 90W at that (keep in mind that it uses proprietary technology, so don't expect to use just any Anker USB-C PD charger to get those speeds). A big and bright screen (Image by PhoneArena) With a 6.8-inch screen, this is definitely a big canvas, on par with your Galaxy S25 Ultras and Pixel 9 Pro XLs. On our display lab tests, we see a slight improvement in the max brightness, so the X200 Ultra gets a bit brighter than the X200 Pro, but unfortunately the minimum brightness does not get dim enough for comfortable bedtime use and that's something we'd like to see improved. For biometrics, you get an optical fingerprint reader embedded in the screen that's fast and accurate. We've had no issues with it. Vivo is a camera innovator (Image by PhoneArena) While most modern phones feature a main camera with wide field of view (usually around 23mm to 24mm), the Vivo X200 Ultra goes a completely different route with a 35mm main camera. 35mm is a great focal length for street photography and environmental portraits, but it is not wide enough for landscapes, hence the reason why very few phone makers have actually adopted it. You have a dedicated camera button (Image by PhoneArena) So... how do you take photos of landscapes on the X200 Ultra? Well, you have a much larger and more capable than usual ultra-wide camera. In fact, the ultra-wide camera sensor is as big as the main one (roughly 1/1.3"). We've never seen another phone with such a powerful ultra-wide lens, so that's definitely unusual. It's a 14mm lens, but with a quick tap, you can also capture 28mm images, which is much closer to that wide perspective you need for landscape shots. Finally, the third rear camera seems to be the same one as on the X200 Pro, a 200MP camera with a 3.7X zoom and f/2.7 aperture. Plus, it can focus really close, allowing for some truly astounding macro shots. The first thing you have to decide on before starting to take pictures with any Vivo phone is the color mode. The phone defaults to Vivo's Vivid mode, which is what we've also used for the sample photos below. However, colors with this mode are vivid indeed (we are talkign much more vivide than a Galaxy!) and if you want more realistic colors, you should definitely take photos in the Zeiss color mode. 3.7X 10X With a 3.7X telephoto camera (85mm in case you get lost in the numbers), the zoom quality on the X200 Ultra has not changed much from the Vivo X200 Pro. Some may be disappointed by the lack of new hardware, but let us remind you that the X200 Pro had one of the most powerful zoom cameras we've ever tested, and we have the same quality with the Ultra. In other words, this is still absolutely a top-notch zoom camera. 1.5x 2.2x 3.7x 5.9x One place where we don't miss a 24mm perspective is for portraits. Many would argue that actually 35mm is the perfect focal lengths for environmental portraits. You then also have a 2.2x mode, 3.7x and 5.9x, and all of those are very useful for portraiture. My favorite lens is the 3.7X (85mm) one, which gives you a nearly 3D effect when you walk further back from your subject. And indeed, the quality we get is great and the perspective feels right. Look closer and you would notice that the software is able to pick up individual strands of hair and separate them from the background with great precision. One word of warning: notice the aggressively saturated colors from the Vivid color profile in the above images. We really wish we took those portraits using the neutral Zeiss color mode. Vivo has its usual bokeh simulations too, which are fun (you can pick between various bokeh ball shapes). At its widest 14mm mode, the ultra-wide camera captures excellent photos with little distortion and an excellent amount of detail. This is indeed one of the best ultra-wide cameras we have tested so far. During the day, the advantage is noticeable, but you really notice its big advantage in low light when its able to capture a lot more light than competitors. We had our doubts about using sensor crop for most of our photos (to match the perspective of a traditional smartphone main camera), but when we actually looked at the photos, the quality is really hard to distinguish from a native lens. Detail is excellent, there are no changes to the color science and especially during daytime you won't encounter a drop in quality. Selfies also look nice on the Vivo, with a good amount of detail and pleasing skin tones. Video Quality While Vivo mostly manages to go around the 35mm conundrum with a crop from the ultra-wide camera, this is not the case for video. And you can easily see that in the footage. We bet most folks would still need that wider perspective for most of their videos and 35mm would usually be a bit too zoomed in. That's why most videos recorded on the X200 Ultra will use the ultra-wide camera and if you try to match the standard 24mm perspective on the X200 Ultra, your footage ends up looking very noisy and details drops quite a bit. Switching to the main 35mm lens fixes that, but then your perpsective is too tight. Overall, I think video recording is the biggest issue we encounter when faced with the 35mm lens question, and Vivo does not convince us it has any good solutions for that. The Snapdragon 8 Elite is a familiar chip and it does not disappoint (Image by PhoneArena) While the X200 Pro launched with a MediaTek chipset, the X200 Ultra switches to the flagship Snapdragon 8 Ultra. Our unit also has 16GB of RAM, which definitely helps with multitasking and AI future-proofing the phone. GPU Performance The GPU scores, however, are interesting. We see that the X200 Ultra handles itslef better under stress as its performance after 20 minutes of heavy-duty gaming is nearly 10% better than the Galaxy S25 Ultra . Vivo X200 Ultra Software Origin OS has a few neat tricks up its sleever (Image by PhoneArena) The Vivo X200 Ultra runs on Origin OS which is a very interesting take on Android and it has lots of cool additions that you don't have on stock Android. We would say that it's among our favorite Android skins. For example, it's nice how you can drag and drop files and images to a separate vault and then easily drop them as an email attachment, or quickly share them with someone. In terms of software support, we expect four years of OS upgrades and a few more years of security updates, which is a standard among Chinese phone makers, but not as good as the seven years of OS upgrades you get from Samsung and Google. With a 6,000 mAh silicon-carbon battery and careful system-wide optimizations, the X200 Ultra surpasses expectations and shows mainstream phones that you can innovate here as well. On our lightest web browsing test the X200 Ultra scores exactly 22 hours, beating most rivals except for the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which lasted some 40 minutes longer. But then for YouTube video streaming, the Vivo X200 Ultra lasts an insane 13 hours and 41 minutes. The already excellent iPhone 16 Pro Max scores "merely" 10 hours and a half on the same test and the Galaxy S25 Ultra lasts for less than 9 hours. The Vivo gets nearly 50% longer battery life than the Galaxy! You also have wireless charging support with 30W speeds, but you need to use a proprietary Vivo charger to get the full speed. You get very good audio quality via the loudspeakers on the X200 Ultra. They get quite loud and you get some depth to lows, which is always appreciated on a smartphone. As for haptics, they are also very good with a nice, tight feedback, so no complaints on that either. The Vivo X200 Ultra is an extraordinary camera phone, but with very limited availability (Image by PhoneArena) Well, you cannot buy the Vivo in most Western markets, so the question is not really relevant here. But the Vivo X200 Ultra is clearly an incredible camera phone. The clever idea of a 35mm main lens and a much better ultra-wide camera brings lots of benefits and results in fantastic images. However, that gigantic camera bump is not only an eye sore — it's a serious design flaw and one that many people won't be able to forgive. As for my personal conclusion, well, this will not become my daily driver for long, but I'm taking this phone on my next trip to Italy. It's a really exciting camera and would make for a great second phone, if you have that luxury.
News18
20-05-2025
- News18
5 Android Phones That Are Better Than iPhone 16 Pro Max
iPhone 16 Pro Max is one of the leading names in the premium but you have plenty of Android options in the segment as well. Apple's iPhone 16 Pro Max, powered by the A18 Pro chipset, is undoubtedly a flagship device. However, the premium smartphone market in 2025 is fiercely competitive and if you are curious about the top contenders challenging the iPhone 16 Pro Max in the market, we have got you covered. Here are some rivals that could give it a run for its money. Best iPhone 16 Pro Max Alternatives You Can Buy Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra The Galaxy S25 Ultra features a 200MP primary sensor and a 5x periscope telephoto lens. It features a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with a smooth 120 Hz refresh rate and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. The inclusion of the S Pen and Samsung's AI-powered software further enhances the experience. It packs a 5000mAh battery with 45W fast charging. Google Pixel 9 Pro XL The Pixel 9 Pro XL is another premium offering in the market which boasts a 6.8-inch LTPO OLED display with 120Hz refresh rate and powered by Google's Tensor G4 chipset. Its camera setup is a major highlight, expected to feature a triple 50 MP rear camera array alongside an impressive high-resolution front shooter. The device leverages AI-driven features and is priced competitively in the country. advetisement Vivo X200 Pro The Vivo X200 Pro is another solid alternative in the Android sphere. It offers a 6.78-inch AMOLED 120Hz display and is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset with up to 16GB of RAM. The highlight of the device is the 200MP Zeiss camera system, which delivers pro-grade photography. It runs on the Android 15-based Funtouch OS version and you can pick it up for less than Rs 1 lakh in the country. Oppo Find X8 Pro Oppo Find X8 Pro is the other big contender in this range. It features a 6.78-inch AMOLED LTPO display with a 120 Hz refresh rate, powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 chipset. Running ColorOS 15 on Android 15, the Find X8 Pro comes with a versatile and powerful camera setup that aims to deliver great photography performance at a competitive price point. Xiaomi 15 Ultra And the final option we can suggest is the new Xiaomi 15 Ultra that also packs a camera-loaded hardware. You get the Leica-powered camera system, along with Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and up to 16GB RAM out of the box. The company has also given special focus to the design of the phone with its large circular module that houses the four sensors at the back. First Published: May 20, 2025, 08:10 IST
Mint
07-05-2025
- Mint
Which flagship smartphone camera reigns supreme in 2025?
The best camera is the one that's with you, said ace photographer Chase Jarvis in his 2009 book documenting the beginnings of the smartphone camera revolution. Cut to 2025, and while Jarvis's timeless statement still holds, not all phone cameras are created equal, even among flagship smartphones. We put four flagships—the Vivo X200 Pro, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, the Samsung S25 Ultra and the iPhone 16 Pro Max—through an exhaustive set of shooting scenarios to find out which shooter you should pick. A quick recap of the specs on offer across all four flagships—the iPhone 16 Pro Max has a triple camera setup, with a 48MP main sensor, a 48MP ultra-wide and a 5x optical zoom telephoto lens mated to a 12MP sensor, while the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra lands with a 200MP primary, a 50MP ultrawide, and a one-two telephoto combo of a 10MP 3x and a 50MP 5x optical zoom shooters. The Vivo, on the other hand, offers a 50MP primary, a 50MP ultra-wide and a 200MP telephoto 3.7x shooter, all with Zeiss optics and tuning, and the newest of the lot, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, does one better with a 50MP primary 1-inch sensor, a 200MP 100mm/4.3x zoom telephoto, a 50MP 70mm/3x shooter and a 50MP ultra-wide, Leica-tuned optics. Phew! Also read: The best true wireless earbuds on a budget Starting with the main sensor that you'd default to for the bulk of your shots, Xiaomi deserves a shoutout for sticking with a 1-inch type sensor for its primary camera, the only remaining smartphone in the market with a shooter this size. The boost in details and textures, not to mention a whole lot more natural bokeh in everyday shots, is immediately evident, and Xiaomi's restraint in image processing allows daylight images to really shine, as compared to Vivo's slightly more over-sharpened look. The Samsung and the iPhone do better across diverse skin tones and more natural image processing, but shot after shot, the Xiaomi nails the brief, particularly in good light. In tricky shots where the phones' HDR tuning comes into play, Xiaomi's vastly improved HDR performance is bested only by Vivo's uncanny ability to pull out details from the shadows. In low-light, the balance tilts back in favour of Xiaomi's large 1-inch sensor, pulling in loads of details, surfacing hidden nuance where the other phones saw mere shadows, though the Vivo got colours slightly better. Worthy mention to the iPhone for doing the most to retain the original feel ('what the eyes could see") of the night shot. Switching to the ultrawide, favoured for landscapes/cityscapes and badly exaggerated group shots, the 15 Ultra does well to capture the best amount of details and matches the Samsung in terms of staying consistent with the primary camera's colours. Vivo and Apple fare well too, to be fair—all four ultrawide shooters performed well in good lighting with little room for complaint. In tricky lighting with backlit subjects, Xiaomi and Apple had occasional issues with overexposure and while the Vivo managed well, the Samsung surprised with its strong exposure control and dynamic range. Zooming closer into faraway objects is a big draw in the top flagships, and Vivo and Xiaomi bring bigger sensors to the telephoto party. The choice of sensor pays off at higher zoom levels—at the initial 3x zoom levels, Samsung's 3x 50MP zoom shooter and Xiaomi are evenly matched, although Xiaomi's image processing pulls slightly ahead. Go up to 3.7x and Vivo's telephoto comes into its own, particularly if you're punching in closer to take a portrait shot. At 5x zoom, the iPhone 16 Pro Max and Galaxy S25 Ultra switch over to their dedicated telephoto cameras and perform strongly—but push all four cameras any further and it's clear Xiaomi's image processing is in a league of its own. This is where the 200MP sensor comes in handy. Go all the way to 100x and while none are particularly usable and worth recommending, it's Xiaomi followed by Samsung. Low light zoom? Again not highly recommended, but Vivo leads Xiaomi by the smallest of margins. Portrait mode shots of people—the ones that recreate the dreamy 'bokeh' blurry background effect—rank high on the smartphone essentials checklist. Each of these phones packs in dedicated modes and multiple lenses for portraits. Across focal ranges—from 2x cropped shots to the full reach of the telephoto lens (between 100-135mm)— the edge detection/cutout on the Vivo and the Xiaomi are head and shoulders above the rest. From being able to detect individual stray strands of hair and a natural blurring of the background, both cameras nail the shot each time, whether it's in good light or in artificially lit evening shots, although the Vivo does tend to overly smoothen out faces. Where the Samsung and the iPhone redeem themselves is the ability to have more natural skin tones and good colour reproduction, though the noise levels in low-light shots on the Galaxy and less-than-competitive (and slower) edge detection on the iPhone set them back. Gun to my head, Vivo would be my pick for portraits even as Xiaomi consistently wows with details across focal ranges. Selfies almost feel like the forgotten child when it comes to flagship camera setups, with oftentimes less-than-stellar performance compared to mid-segment offerings. Nevertheless, the iPhone and the Samsung pull ahead in terms of details and accurate skin tones for daylight selfies and keep the focus on the subject, although the background can tend to get blown out (or noisy) when shooting against the light, which is where Xiaomi and Vivo manage to salvage the details. In low-light shots, Xiaomi is a class apart, retaining skin tones and background details far better than the rest. Videos have traditionally been the iPhone's strong suit, and while that's largely still true but times, they are a changin'. Videos shot on the Samsung match the iPhone video shot from the front facing and rear cameras, both on regular 4K 60fps videos and cinematic/portrait videos. All three Androids handle 8K 30fps video as well. Videos recorded in Dolby Vision on the Xiaomi are the best exposed, Vivo does a stellar job in low-light video, and the Samsung does stabilized video the best, whether on the primary or the ultrawide. Yet, there are still two areas where videos shot on the iPhone 16 Pro Max stands apart—when you're zooming through the various lenses, the iPhone switches the most seamlessly between lenses, and the audio recording is much richer. Every brand worth its salt has AI generously sprinkled into its photos app, but no one does it better than Samsung's Galaxy AI. Whether you're looking to remove estranged lovers from past photos or just clean up just enough photobombers and stray animals for that perfect shot, Samsung leads. If you're read this far (or skipped right along, no judgement), you'd probably have realized there is no one perfect camera for all conditions. Want great videos, selfies and ultra-wide shots? Pick up the Samsung. Shoot a lot of people or low-light shots? The X200 Pro is the one for you, and by the sheer dint of the portrait shots, it's the one I'd pick up time after time for shots of loved ones. Close-up video with unmatched audio and all-round great primary shots with accurate colours? You can't go wrong with the iPhone. For everything else—details, both on the primary and zooming all the way in, in good light or poor —Xiaomi's turned out a strong performer in the 15 Ultra. In a sea of solid, it is superb. Also read: Planning your next holiday? These apps will make your life easier
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Yahoo
This top Android phone camera just got even better
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Quick summary Vivo has confirmed that the upcoming Vivo X200 Ultra will have a unique accessory telephoto lens. The phone is expected to launch in China on 21 April and bring with it a new range of camera skills. There are some segments of the smartphone market that are still hammering home the message about how great their cameras are. While Samsung seems to have switched to AI, we've seen some monstrous efforts from the Honor Magic 7 Pro, the Xiaomi 15 Ultra and that other Chinese giant, Vivo. T3's Tech Editor Mike Lowe has spent plenty of time with the Vivo X200 Pro, saying 'this Vivo has totally blown my mind'. Well, the Vivo X200 Pro isn't the company's top offering in this family, with the Vivo X200 Ultra due to be announced on 21 April in China - where this phone is likely to remain. That could be a huge shame, because it's going to take the cameras up a notch with an accessory that might pique your interest. I had to double-check the dates to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's prank, but Vivo has teased an external telephoto lens for this phone. The base phone is expected to come with 3.7x periscope zoom sitting on a 200-megapixel sensor, but this lens accessory from Zeiss is said to offer an f/2.3 200mm lens, the equivalent of 8.7x optical zoom. The details have been shared by Han Boxiao, Vivo product manager, on Weibo (via Android Authority). It's said that there are 13 lens elements in the lens which effectively doubles your zoom range. The source says that 35x is "highly usable'. Image 1 of 3 Image 2 of 3 Image 3 of 3 It does appear that the Zeiss long lens simply slots over the existing camera and it's not clear if there's anything to hold it in place, or if you just use it like a telescope. The sample images shared are impressive, although by the time you get to the 70x zoom, you can see the limitations in the system. It's also been confirmed that the Vivo X200 Ultra will have an imaging kit, giving you a grip for the phone to extend those photography skills. All these accessories are great, but if you're lugging around a grip and a lens, then perhaps you'd be better off just buying a camera instead. The Vivo X200 Ultra is said to have a 6.8-inch AMOLED display and be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which some would argue is an upgrade from the Dimensity 9400 chip that powers the Pro. The cameras are said to include a 50-megapixel 35mm main camera, with a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto and 50-megapixel ultrawide. There's another 50-megapixel camera on the front. A 6000mAh battery is expected to power it, with 100W wired charging. Whether this phone will ever make it out of China remains to be seen, but there's certainly something interesting going on for photographers.
