what's up everyone over here with Hardware Canucks and welcome to an
interesting camera comparison between the Google Pixel 3 and the Razer
Phone 2 now this is by no means a full head-to-head comparison in fact I still
have to spend more time evaluating the hardware and my experiencing using both
of these devices so stay tuned for my reviews or individual reviews on both
these devices in the next few months but my recent trip to Beijing I took both
these phones with me to test the camera performance because you know
interestingly enough these both cost $799 and I thought you know it would
give us a unique perspective as to how as to what these phones could offer
given that they cost exactly the same because both of these devices are
tailored towards a different type of demographic so let's check out the
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mention something so remember I said I took both these devices with me on my
recent trip to Beijing I did and I performed a lot of camera tests between
the two but on my way back Michael decided to accidentally factory reset at
the razor phone - so it literally just wiped all of the pictures that was taken
on the razor phone - which was really depressing didn't really it it was quite
it was quite a terrific terrific experience actually so I got my baby
back to Toronto and I just had to reshoot my camera comparison so yeah
that's we're gonna leave it at all right so specs why is the pixel 3 features a
single 12.2 megapixel rear-facing camera with an f1 pointed aperture the razor
phone 2 features dual sony IMX 12 megapixel sensors and different focal
lengths so one of them is a standard F 1.75 lens and the other being a
telephoto F 2.6 lens the razor phone 2 has OIS is on both lenses whereas the
pixel 3 features OIS and electronic image stabilization I'm going to start
with the rear cameras and move on to the front-facing sensors later on I shot
these photos in auto mode with HDR turned on to get the optimal results and
at first glance I notice that the pixel 3 retains a lot of the detail with
subjects compared to the razor phone 2 and I think part of this has to do with
these software processing it's not overly done like LG but rather
razor-sharp no pun intended by the way with the razor phone too the detail is
certainly present but it comes a bit shorter when compared to the pixel
especially when you zoom in and crop photos the other thing that surprised me
the most was how well the dynamic range was on the razor phone 2
it's really amazing to see how razor has stepped up the quality game in that
department it's really hard to find any overexposed shots on the razor phone 2
simply because the HDR processing is done pretty well and you won't be
disappointed with the results I also want to touch base on the exposure and
as you're watching these samples you'll notice that the pixel 3 tends to
underexpose in most situations compared to the razor phone 2 but with that being
said you can easily fix that through an editing app like Snapseed or Adobe
Lightroom now in terms of colors this is totally subjective but I actually prefer
the razor phone 2 over the pixel 3 simply because razor actually does a
good job capturing the natural two-tone colors of a subject depending on the
lighting situation whereas the pixel of 3d has a weird magenta shift and I'm not
a fan of that I think it was AI processing is trying to spice things up
by increasing the saturation making things look pretty compared to what's
actually out there again you may disagree with me on that but in the end
of the day it's all about personal preference taking a look at low-light
performance and I have to give this one to the pixel 3 the images still maintain
their sharpness and color without introducing a lot of noise and it just
looks awesome the razor phone 2 on the other hand
does ok but you lose detail and there is a little bit of noise and images and in
some cases it starts to introduce weird color shifts so that's something to keep
in mind now I should also mention that the dedicated telephoto lens on the
razor phone 2 comes in really useful if you want to zoom into subjects since
there's a lot more detail preserved compared to the pixel 3's enhanced
digital zoom feature and that's to be expected portrait mode on the other hand
certainly favors the pixel 3 and no matter how hard you try Google's AI is
really good at isolating the subject from the background plus it's super
sharp so you really won't be too pointed with the results however in some
cases I was able to notice that weird magenta shift that I talked about
earlier I mean it's a cooler look compared to the slightly warmer tone on
the razor phone too but just from a feature standpoint pixel 3 takes the
edge here because the end results are getting nowhere compared to the razor
phone 2 in terms of the sharpness and the subject separation when we want to
the front-facing camera tests and interestingly enough the number of
cameras on these devices are at the complete opposite so the pixel 3 has two
front facing cameras and the razor phone 2 has just one so specs wise the pixel 3
features 8 megapixel sensors with a standard one featuring an F 1.8 aperture
compared to the wide-angle lens that has an F 2.2 weighting the razor phone 2 has
an 8 megapixel sensor with an F 2.0 aperture and right off the bat the pixel
3 dominates the razor phone - I mean when you look at all aspects like
dynamic range sharpness colors subject separation etc there is no denying the
fact that Google has worked really hard and delivering the best overall camera
experience that additional wide-angle lens comes in really useful for group
selfies if you're into that kind of stuff
now with the razor phone 2 I feel like they could have tweaked the sensor a
little bit because I think they're using the exact same one from the original
razor phone so if you take a lot of selfies I would completely skip the
razor phone 2 and get the pixel 3 portrait mode again favors the pixel 3
there is great subject / background separation whereas with the razor phone
2 let's just say it's completely unusable
alright good people this is the video test on the razor phone 2 and the pixel
3 as you can probably tell there's a lot of jitter I guess a lot of motion on the
razor phone 2 compared the pixel 3 because the pixel 3 looks like it has OIS
and EIS is which means it's doing a pretty good job stabilizing this footage
whereas with the razor phone 2 it's just clearly not evident so the pixel 3
but this is also a good microphone test because it's it's a pretty windy day
today in Toronto also really really cold and freezing my hand right now but yeah
let me know what you guys think about the microphone quality as well in the
comment down below so this is the front-facing camera test on the pixel
three and the razor phone 2 as you can see there's a lot of exposure I mean
highlights on the razor phone 2 are completely blown out where's the pixel
three you can certainly retain a lot of that there's also a lot more detail on
the pixel three compared to the razor phone 2
and of course the colors are a little bit washed out in the razor phone 2
compared to the pixel 3 but it also gives a good idea or representation on
what the microphone quality is like on both these phones and before I wrap up
my thoughts I do want to talk about my experience using the camera apps on both
these smartphones so the pixel 3 was pretty straightforward I just opened the
app I was just pointing out this you know a particular subject and I was able
to capture that moment right away whereas it the razor phone 2 you have
to actually spend some time to frame and of course make sure that you actually
hit the shutter button because in some cases it actually takes 2 to 3 seconds
to complete that shutter and that's just kind of annoying at least in some cases
especially if you want to capture that right moment you have a very I guess you
have a tendency of losing that with the razor phone 2 compared to the pixel 3 so
that's something to keep in mind another thing that I want to mention is that
there's a significant amount of delay with the live viewfinder on the razor
camera app so if you are putting in a subject you are known gonna be noticing
a little bit of delay in that regard now in terms of video performance the pixel
3 is the clear winner here because the sensor has both OIS and EIS so the final
results are very much usable colors are well balanced it's got great sharpness
and you know it's not as washed out when compared to the razor phone 2 I should
also mention the pixel 3 does have a slow motion capabilities whereas the
razor phone 2 doesn't and microphone quality I'm I'm kind of neutral in that
regard because I haven't compared it to the iPhone 10s and the other smart
phones out there so I want to hear your thoughts on the overall camera
comparison what do you guys think about it let me know in the comments and which
one do you actually prefer considering both of these devices cost $799 stay
tuned for my full review on the pixel 3 and the razor phone 2 in the next few
months I'm Eber with Hardware Canucks thank you
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