Hi guys, its MTG here, and today I have a particularly interesting camera comparison
for you.
The iPhone X retails for $1000 whereas the OnePlus 6 retails for $530.
We're getting into territory where one phone costs double the price of the other phone.
With this big of a price difference, you'd expect the iPhone X to blow the OnePlus 6
out of the water out of the water, but as you'll see in the rest of the video, that
really isn't the case.
In this video, I'll be comparing the cameras in various lighting conditions, and I'll also
be taking a look at the video and audio qualities of both phones.
In this video everything was set to automatic.
Let's get right into it.
The OnePlus 6 has a dual camera setup.
The main camera is 16 Megapixels.
The secondary camera has the same focal length, is 20 Megapixels, and is said to help with
portrait mode pictures.
They both have f/1.7 apertures.
The camera can record up to 4K at up to 60 fps and 1080p at up to 240 fps.
The main camera utilizes both gyroscope-based electronic image stabilization and optical
image stabilization.
The OnePlus 6's front camera is an impressive 16 Megapixels with an f/2.0 aperture.
It utilizes gyro-based EIS and has auto-HDR capabilities.
It can record video at up to 1080p at 30 fps.
The iPhone X has a dual-12 Megapixel camera system, with a wide-angle and telephoto lens
at f/1.8 and f/2.4 apertures respectively.
The telephoto lens means the X also has 2x optical zoom and can also take depth-effect
portrait pictures.
The cameras can record up to 4K at 60 fps and 1080p at up to 240 fps.
They have dual optical image stabilization.
The X's front TrueDepth camera is 7 Megapixels with an aperture of f/2.2.
It can take portrait mode pictures, and can record video at up to 1080p at 30 fps.
As I go into the side-by-side comparisons, notice that a lot of the differences you see
will come down to how Apple and OnePlus choose to process their images.
You'll see differences in color temperature, contrast, and saturation, so keep these differences
in mind to help you decide the overall look that you prefer.
The first shots we will take a look at are shot in great lighting.
Right away, we see that the iPhone X, as always, has the warmer image.
On the other hand, the OnePlus 6 seams to have the image with the higher levels of contrast
and saturation.
In this image, the higher levels of contrasts on the OnePlus 6's image allow you to better
differentiate between the statue in the foreground and the trees in the background.
If we take a closer look, we can see that both phones pick up similar levels of detail.
Here we see how the levels of saturation on the OnePlus 6 could affect the picture negatively.
Many people may prefer the look of the OnePlus 6's image, but the pinkish tones on the rocks
here, and the punchy red on the wall makes for an image that is a little unnatural for
my taste.
In other instances like this, however, the OnePlus 6's image processing was spot on.
Outside the overall color temperature, both pictures pick up a tremendous amount of detail,
have accurate colors, and deal with shadows nicely.
Here, the iPhone X accentuates the shadows more, whereas the OnePlus 6 tries to keep
more things in frame bright.
I think that people's preferences could go either way in this case, with some preferring
the higher contrast and dramatic look of the iPhone X, and others preferring the brighter
image of the OnePlus 6.
Objectively speaking, I don't think you can go wrong with either image.
In general, both phones can produce some great images in great lighting.
But if you know me by now, you'd know that I like to also challenge the phones with more
complex lighting scenarios to see how they deal with non-ideal lighting.
In this image, I'm in a dark walkway capturing this stone, and the park, where it is very
bright.
Both phones do a pretty good job of picking up details in the foreground and background.
The iPhone X is able to keep the foreground brighter near the top of the image, but the
iPhone X also seems to oversaturate this image.
The sand looks very orange and the person's red gown in the background is just overblown.
Again, the iPhone X's HDR capabilities are fantastic, maintaining slightly more detail
in the foreground here.
But the OnePlus 6 also does a terrific job with maintaining detail in both the foreground
and background, and seems to also have the more natural colors.
This image is challenging because of all the light coming in through the circular window.
The iPhone X appears to do the better job with maintaining colors and keeping everything
bright in the foreground, whereas the OnePlus 6 is able to maintain a lot more detail in
the window itself.
Also, the OnePlus 6 is still able to keep the foreground decently bright given the circumstances.
Here, the same trends hold.
The iPhone X produces the brighter image with more colors, whereas the OnePlus 6 maintains
more details through the window.
It also appears that the OnePlus 6 handled lens flares a little better.
Now I'm going to take a look at the portrait modes of both phones.
The iPhone X has a telephoto camera to achieve its pictures.
On the other hand, the OnePlus 6 does get depth information from its second camera,
but has to rely heavily on software.
A cool thing with the OnePlus 6 is that it can maintain the wider-angle for its portrait
mode pictures, meaning it can get more of the subject in frame.
I took both of these pictures standing from the same vantage point.
To achieve a similar framing, I had to take a pig step forward with the OnePlus 6.
With both phones, edges aren't perfect, but both do a pretty decent job with separating
the foreground from the background in a natural looking way.
The OnePlus 6's saturation levels again take away from the image.
Skin tones and reds in the OnePlus 6's image look unnaturally pinkish.
Again, in this image, all of the colors look more natural and visually appealing on the
iPhone X's image.
This all comes without saying that the OnePlus 6 is still one of the best phones out their
when it comes to portrait style pictures, and it is able to produce some great portrait
pictures overall.
Both front cameras have auto-HDR, and as a result, both do a great job with picking up
details in the sky behind me.
And although the iPhone X may not have the raw high megapixel count like on the OnePlus
6, it does have the richer skin tones and more details pop like those on my shirt.
The iPhone X does have portrait mode on its selfie camera, but interestingly enough, the
conditions were too bright.
When I went indoors, the trends still held.
The OnePlus 6 is able to pick up more detail, but the colors just appear to be more flattering
in the iPhone X's image.
And now portrait mode was able to work.
Both phones are capable of shooting 4K video at 60 fps, but since this video is uploaded
at 4K at 30 fps, that is what I set both phones to.
Both phones produce very high quality 4K video.
The OnePlus 6's optical and electronic image stabilization make for some incredibly smooth
walking.
But again, the electronic image stabilization algorithms seem to be too aggressive, making
for less natural, more jittery pans.
The iPhone X isn't as smooth in terms of walking, but it has the much smoother, more natural
pans.
Also, when the video is put side-by-side, it becomes more obvious just how saturated
the OnePlus 6's video is.
Some people may prefer that look, but its something to note.
Looking at the videos shot by the front cameras of both phones, a lot of the same trends for
the selfie pictures hold.
The OnePlus 6 is able to pick up so much detail on my face, whereas the iPhone X has the richer
skin tones.
The OnePlus 6's electronic stabilization is also implemented with its front camera so
walking is incredibly smooth on the OnePlus 6, but to achieve this, OnePlus has to crop
in a significant amount.
In terms of audio, the OnePlus 6 seems to have too aggressive noise cancelation, making
for audio that is louder, but also more tinny and less natural sounding.
Now I'm going to see how each phone performs in low lighting.
In this shot, both phones do a decent job given the lighting conditions.
The building and objects in the foreground appear to be brighter in the iPhone X's image.
However, the OnePlus 6's image has significantly less noise and is able to handle the different
lighting better.
It is even able to pick up details inside, that simply get blown out in the iPhone X's
image.
In this image, I think the OnePlus 6 relied too heavily on software to make its image
brighter.
The iPhone X's image, as a result, has less noise, and overall, looks like the more natural
picture.
Here, the OnePlus 6's slightly larger aperture is able to pick up more light, and in turn,
more detail and colors.
The iPhone X's image isn't bad, but the OnePlus 6 is able to pick up more details throughout
the image.
In this image, the iPhone X is able to keep a larger portion of image bright.
We can see things like the door in the iPhone X's image that is too dark to see on the OnePlus
6's image.
But the OnePlus 6 did the much better job of handling all of the different colored and
non-colored lighting in the picture.
All of the reds and oranges are preserved much better on the OnePlus 6's image.
Also, you can actually make out the shapes of the lighting fixtures in the OnePlus 6's
image.
I told you that this comparison was going to be closer than you would've anticipated.
I know there are more aspects to a phone than just its camera, but remember that the iPhone
X costs twice as much as the OnePlus 6.
Someone could argue that the iPhone X has the overall better camera systems, but no
one can logically argue that the iPhone X's camera system is twice as good as the OnePlus
6's.
The OnePlus 6 is surprising me more and more everyday.
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Let me know what you thought of this camera comparison in the comment section below, and
also let me know what other videos you want to see.
Keep in mind that I do have the P20 Pro now.
That's all I had to talk about today.
As always, thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next video.