Тhe best smartphone cameras in the world

Тhe best smartphone cameras in the world.

The ranking is based on the quality of their lenses, the quality of their sensors, and the smarts locked up in their autofocusing/exposing brains.

6. Sony Xperia Z5

The Xperia Z5 tends to overexpose shots and blow out highlights and shadows. Its f/2.3-aperture lens lets in less light than any other camera on this list.

Price $468

5. LG G5

The G5 is the first smartphone to feature two cameras for different focal lengths, putting it at the front of an inevitable trend. It also offers modular accessories like the Cam Plus to improve your shooting.

Price $650

4. HTC 10

The 12.1-megapixel sensor has a great dynamic range (the range of highlight and shadow detail it can capture in one shot). And the autofocus is fairly zippy. In fact, on a pure hardware level it outclasses the No. 2 and 3 cameras on our list.

Price $700

3. Huawei P9

The Huawei P9's camera hardware is reasonably high-quality, but not stunning. The HTC 10 easily outperforms it in low light, for example.

However, the Chinese smartphone's software and innovative dual-camera features earn it the number three spot on this list.

Images are consistently sharp and optically refined, even if they lack the punch of some other devices, but the biggest point in the P9's favor though is that it's your first good chance to get your hands on a computational photography device.

Price $650

2. iPhone 6s/6s Plus/SE

iPhone fell from its usual spot on top of the smartphone photography food chain.

The camera currently featured on the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, and new iPhone SE has started to show its age. But it's still a powerful photographic device, the f/2.2 lens has started to look a little outdated next to some of the better Androids.

However, the excellent dynamic range, sharpness, cinematic texture, and sheer smarts of the iPhone let it cling on to that No. 2 spot.

Price: 6s-$650; 6s Plus-$750; SE-$400

1. Samsung Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge

You can debate whether Samsung's Galaxy S7 is the best phone ever made. But there's no question that the rear camera is the best ever installed on a smartphone.

This is the 12-megapixel, f/1.7 shooter that dethroned the iPhone in our head-to-head test. It simply features the best dynamic range ever on a smartphone camera, the widest aperture ever on a smartphone camera (to let in more light), the best texture and contrast ever on a smartphone camera, the best low-light shooting ever on a smartphone camera, the fastest autofocus ever on a smartphone camera, and you can even shoot with it underwater (kind of).

If you're buying a smartphone based on camera quality, there is no question that this is the one to get.

Price S7-$645; S7 Edge-$750

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