It won't make the best possible images of any smartphone, but it's much easier to get a good shot with than the HTC 10 or LG G5. However, the good news for Apple is that the excellent dynamic range, sharpness, cinematic texture, and sheer smarts of the iPhone let it cling on to that No. And the iPhone's habit of comparatively muted, low-contrast images, which once offered a big advantage over too-bright, too-saturated Androids, has become a liability as brands like HTC, Samsung, and even LG capture bold colors without losing quality. Here's the bad news: The f/2.2 lens has started to look a little outdated next to some of the better Androids. But it's still a powerful photographic device. The camera currently featured on the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, and new iPhone SE has started to show its age. In 2016, the iPhone fell from its usual spot on top of the smartphone photography food chain. The Z5 is a fine phone, and it's better than most older phones when it comes to photography. Lower numbers mean bigger holes, more light, and nice blurry backgrounds.) (Aperture refers to the width of the hole in the lens through which light can pass. Its f/2.3- aperture lens lets in less light than any other camera on this list, and the autofocus time wasn't even close to 0.03 seconds in our experience.

The Xperia Z5 tends to overexpose shots and blow out highlights and shadows. Chasing unnecessarily high megapixel counts off a cliff can ruin a device the more pixels you squeeze onto a sensor of the exact same size, the more you risk degrading their quality. Sony calls them 'revolutionary' in its advertising.īut in reality, this is the most disappointing of all this year's flagship phones. Sony can boast some impressive specs for its flagship device: 23 megapixels and a 0.03-second autofocus sound pretty impressive. The Sony Xperia Z5 wants very badly to be an excellent smartphone camera.

However, we strongly disagree with the high ratings from DXOMark and other sites. When it came out in early February, ahead of the other 2016 flagships, it was among the better Android cameras yet released.

Sony has a good reputation in the smartphone camera business, and DXOMark claims this one's among the best in the world. The Sony Xperia Z5 was the first new Android flagship released in 2016, and it has its fans.

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