When you think of buying a smartphone, the camera is probably one of the most essential features that you look for. Taking this into consideration, smartphone manufacturers have improved phone cameras remarkably over time, and today, smartphone cameras are often almost as good as dedicated cameras themselves.
The best phone cameras nowadays have multiple lenses from regular/ wide lens to ultra-wide and telephoto lenses with sensors such as monochrome and depth sensors. All these work together to give you massive zoom ranges for excellent zoom, wide/ultra-wide angle, macro shots and portraits shots.
Most phone cameras also offer the ability to take fantastic shots even in very low light scenarios.
The following 10 smartphones in this list offer the best of all these camera features. Not only do they offer exceptional, detailed images, but also produce beautifully crisp and vibrant colors.
In essence, these smartphone cameras generally accomplish what a dedicated camera would have required two or more lenses to achieve.
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| 1 | Apple iPhone 11 Pro | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 2 | Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 3 | Huawei P40 Pro | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 4 | OnePlus 8 Pro | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 5 | Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 6 | Apple iPhone 11 | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 7 | Huawei P30 Pro | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 8 | Mi Note 10 | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 9 | Oppo Reno 3 | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
| 10 | OnePlus 8 | Go to section | Check Price on Amazon.ae |
Which phone has the best camera in 2020?
Taking all factors into account, the Apple iPhone 11 Pro is widely considered to be the best camera phone of 2020.
The latest generation iPhone not only feature a triple camera layout, but it also has Apple’s much hyped neural engine technology, which has taken computational photography tech to new levels.
In simpler words, the iPhone 11 Pro has some of the smartest and most intelligent software working away in the background to produce incredibly balanced photos, even in very low light conditions.
While the Huawei P40 Pro’s overall camera might be slightly better, the iPhone 11 Pro is a better overall phone, not having Huawei’s compatibility issues. Among Android phones, the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is also a highly rated and recommendable smartphone camera.
Which is the best camera phone on a budget?
If you are looking for a brilliant camera phone while on a minimal budget, then you could consider the Xiaomi’s Mi Note 10. The Mi Note 10 actually has one of the most elaborate camera layouts in this list, with a five-camera layout at the back that offers standard wide-angle photography, up to 5x zoom, ultra-wide angle photos and macro photos, all in one place.
The Mi Note 10 is actually one of the best examples of how you no longer need to spend heavily to get a great camera phone, and also how versatile phone cameras have become in recent times.
If your budget is slightly higher, the OnePlus 8 is also an excellent option to consider. While the Mi Note 10 offers more options in terms of its smartphone photography range, the OnePlus 8 is a better performing overall smartphone.
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Apple iPhone 11 Pro
Key Specifications
Display: 5.8″ Super Retina OLED display | Processor: A13 Bionic chip | OS:iOS | RAM:4GB | ROM: 256GB | Battery: 3046mAh | Dual Sim: Yes, e-sim | Expandable Memory: No
Rear Camera: 12MP Ultra-wide + 12MP Wide-angle + 12MP Telephoto Camera | Front Camera: 12MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: No | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: No
Color: Midnight Green, Silver, Space Gray, Gold
The iPhone 11 Pro is by far the best camera phone to buy today, both in terms of photography as well as overall performance.
The iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max offer the same triple camera layout. Still, we prefer the iPhone 11 Pro, thanks to its compact and ergonomic design. The biggest strong point of the iPhone 11 Pro is its computational photography software, which is one of the most advanced among smartphones.
Apple has used its software to significantly improve aspects such as incredible low light photography (which can be easily enabled through the Night mode), as well as improved color balance and detailed capture in brightly lit situations.
The result is one of the most well-heeled smartphone cameras that the world of smartphones has seen till date.
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Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
Key Specifications
Display: 6.9″ Quad HD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity-O Display | Processor: 2.73GHz, 2.5GHz, 2GHz Octa-Core Processor | OS:Android | RAM:12GB | ROM: 128GB | Battery: 5000mAh | Dual Sim: Yes | Expandable Memory: up to 1TB
Rear Camera: 12MP Ultra-wide + 108MP Wide-angle + 48MP Telephoto + DepthVision Camera | Front Camera: 40MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: Yes
Color: Cosmic Black, Cosmic Gray, Cloud White
The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra made headlines when it launched, thanks to the 100x Space Zoom rear camera on offer.
It is equipped with a 108MP main sensor, which is one of the highest resolution smartphone cameras that you can have today. Among some of the features that this quad-camera setup enables are super stabilized video shooting, 8K video, 4K 60fps or 1080p 240fps slow-motion video shooting, and over 100MP still photographs, should you want the full resolution.
The Galaxy S20 Ultra also offers stereo audio recording, making it one of the best smartphone cameras to please videography enthusiasts.
3
Huawei P40 Pro
Key Specifications
Display: 6.58in Flex OLED | Processor: HUAWEI Kirin 990 5G Octa-core processor | OS: EMUI 10.1 (Based on Android 10 ) | RAM:8GB | ROM: 256GB
Battery: 4200mAh | Dual Sim: Yes | Expandable Memory: up to 256GB
Rear Camera: 50MP Wide Angle + 40MP Ultra-Wide Angle + 12MP Telephoto Camera + 3D Depth Sensing Camera
Front Camera: 32MP Selfie Camera + Depth Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: Yes
Color: Silver frost, Black
Many experts believe that the Huawei P40 Pro actually outperforms the likes of the Apple iPhone 11 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra in terms of pure camera performance. However, one of the biggest factors that play against it is the lack of the Android app ecosystem, as a result of Huawei’s conflict with the USA.
That aside, the P40 Pro has brought about all-new dimensions to smartphone photography. At the center of it are the larger sensors, with the main 50MP sensor on the P40 Pro being almost 1-inch in size.
Photography enthusiasts will note the advantage of larger sensors, and by virtue of this, the Huawei P40 Pro treads new grounds for smartphone cameras.
4
OnePlus 8 Pro
Key Specifications
Display: 6.78″ Fluid AMOLED | Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865 | OS:OxygenOS based on Android™ 10 | RAM:8GB | ROM: 128GB
Battery: 4510mAh | Dual Sim: Yes | Expandable Memory: No
Rear Camera: 48MP Ultra-wide + 48MP Main + 8MP Telephoto + 5MP Color Filter Camera
Front Camera: 16MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: Yes
Color: Glacial Green, Onyx Black
One of the features that OnePlus was not believed to be the very best at was photography, but those days have passed.
Today, the OnePlus 8 Pro offers one of the most balanced smartphone cameras that you can get. Powered by two 48MP sensors – one each for wide-angle and ultra-wide angle image sensors, the OnePlus 8 Pro’s rear camera has almost all the features that you would want from a smartphone camera.
It can capture 4K videos at a higher frame rate of 60fps, and also produce super smooth slow-motion videos in full HD at up to 240fps.
5
Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus
Key Specifications
Display: 6.7″ Quad HD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity-O Display | Processor: 2.73GHz, 2.5GHz, 2GHz Octa-Core Processor | OS:Android | RAM:12GB | ROM: 128GB | Battery: 4500mAh | Dual Sim: Yes | Expandable Memory: up to 1TB
Rear Camera: 12MP Ultra-wide + 12MP Wide-angle + 64MP Telephoto + DepthVision Camera | Front Camera: 10MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: Yes
Color: Cosmic Black, Cosmic Gray, Cloud Blue, Aura Blue
While the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus may not have all the extreme specifications that the S20 Ultra comes with, it is hardly a pushover.
In fact, many buyers might prefer the Galaxy S20 Plus over the Ultra, since the former has a more compact in-hand size, which makes it easier to hold and operate.
The Galaxy S20 Plus can also shoot up to 8K videos, and has all the stabilization technology. It falls a little short by virtue of the lower resolution main sensor.
6
Apple iPhone 11
Key Specifications
Display: 6.1″ Liquid Retina LCD display | Processor: A13 Bionic chip | OS:iOS
RAM:4GB | ROM: 128GB | Battery: 3110mAh | Dual Sim: Yes, e-sim | Expandable Memory: No
Rear Camera: 12MP Ultra-wide + 12MP Wide-angle | Front Camera: 12MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: No | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: No
Color: Purple, Yellow, Green, Black, White, Red
In comparison to most other phones on this list, the iPhone 11 has possibly the least impressive camera on paper. However, that does not take away from the fact that the iPhone 11 offers one of the most balanced overall outputs as a smartphone camera.
Thanks to the same computational photography technology as seen in iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro max, the iPhone 11 can be considered as one of the best in terms of overall sharpness of photos, and balance of lights and colors.
It also offers most of the features as the iPhone 11 Pro from Night mode to 4K videos shot at 60fps.
7
Huawei P30 Pro
Key Specifications
Display Size: 6.47in OLED | OS: EMUI 9.1(based on Android 9) | Processor: HUAWEI Kirin 980 | RAM: 8 GB | ROM: 256 GB | Battery: 4200mAh | Dual sim: Yes | Expandable memory: no
Rear Camera: 40MP(f/1.6) + 20MP(f/2.2) + 8MP (f/3.4)
Front Camera: 32MP(f/2.0)
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: No | Color: Mystic Blue, Breathing crystal, Aurora, Black
The Huawei P30 Pro offers one of the best implementations of the periscope lens on a smartphone.
The folded lens style helps users achieve up to 5x optical zoom, which in terms of a dedicated DSLR/Mirrorless camera would mean a rather expensive zoom lens.
But, the P30 Pro’s advantages do not stop here. Its overall high-resolution sensor and optics combination means that it can produce hybrid zoom of all the way up to 50x. It also uses the impressive Leica cameras and offers a multitude of amazing photography features such as night shots, bokeh and long exposure shots.
8
Mi Note 10
Key Specifications
Display: 6.47″ 3D Curved AMOLED Display | Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 730G | OS: MIUI 11 | RAM:6GB | ROM: 128GB
Battery: 5260mAh | Dual Sim: Yes | Expandable Memory: No
Rear Camera: 108MP Main + 12MP Portrait + 20MP Ultra-wide + 5MP Ultra Telephoto + 2MP Macro Camera | Front Camera: 32MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: Yes | Supports 5G: No | Color: Aurora Green
The Mi Note 10 is a highly underrated player, possibly due to its interface. But when it comes to the camera performance, the Mi Note 10 is actually quite brilliant.
It is not only the most affordable in this list, but also one that offers the only five-camera setup in this list. It also is the only smartphone apart from Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Ultra to have a 108MP main camera, as well as two telephoto cameras to give you great zoom performance.
9
Oppo Reno 3 Pro
Key Specifications
Main Display: 6.4″ AMOLED Display | Processor: MediaTek Helio P95 | OS: ColorOS 7, based on Android 10 | RAM:8GB | ROM: 256GB
Battery: 4025mAh | Dual sim: Yes | Expandable memory: up to 256GB
Rear Camera: 64MP Main + 8MP Ultra-wide + 13MP Telephoto + 2MP Mono Camera
Front Camera: 44MP Main Camera + 2MP Depth of Field lens
Fingerprint Sensor: No | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: No | Color: Auroral Blue, Midnight Black
The Oppo Reno 3 Pro is a well-balanced smartphone that offers you a flagship-grade smartphone experience without being too expensive.
The 64MP quad rear camera is fairly reliable, and has all the features that you would want from your phone camera today. Its understated rear camera layout also means that the overall smartphone design is absolutely seamless.
10
OnePlus 8
Key Specifications
Display: 6.55″ Fluid AMOLED | Processor: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 865 | OS: OxygenOS based on Android™ 10 | RAM:8GB/12GB | ROM: 128GB/256GB | Battery: 4300mAh | Dual Sim: Yes | Expandable Memory: No
Rear Camera: 16MP Ultra-wide + 48MP Main + 2MP Macro Camera
Front Camera: 16MP Camera
Fingerprint Sensor: In-screen | Headphone Jack: No | Supports 5G: Yes
Color: Glacial Green, Interstellar Glow, Onyx Black
The OnePlus 8 camera is the only one in this list, apart from the Apple iPhone 11, to miss out on a telephoto lens. However, that does not take away from its overall ability to capture richly detailed photos with excellent color accuracy.
It also almost matches the OnePlus 8 Pro in terms of overall camera features, which makes it a well-priced flagship smartphone to buy.
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