Hi guys, it's MTG here, and I have another very interesting camera comparison for you
today.
In this video, I'll be comparing the cameras found on the Huawei P20 Pro and the iPhone
X.
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.
Make sure to stick around to the end of the video to see how the two phones perform in
more challenging lighting conditions, and to see what the P20 Pro's night mode is capable
of.
Let's get right into it.
The Huawei P20 Pro has a triple camera setup with Leica optics.
The main camera is 40 Megapixels, the monochrome camera is 20 Megapixels, and the telephoto
camera that allows for 3x optical zoom and portrait mode pictures is 8 Megapixels.
They have apertures of F/1.8, F/1.6, and F/2.4 respectively.
The camera can record 4K video at 30 fps, 1080p at up to 60 fps, and 720p at up to 960
fps.
The main camera has optical image stabilization, but can only utilize it at 1080p at 30 fps.
The P20 Pro's front camera is 24 Megapixels with an f/2.0 aperture, and can record video
at 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 True Depth 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.
First, I'll take a look at pictures shot in great lighting by the two phones.
Know that I turned off intelligent AI on the P20 Pro because the pictures just looked like
an automatic filter was applied.
In this first side-by-side, we can start to notice several things.
The iPhone X's shot seems to be the overall brighter one, whereas the P20 Pro was able
to maintain much more of the colors of the sky and the traffic light.
If we zoom in, we can see that despite the P20 Pro having the much larger Megapixel count,
the iPhone X is able to pick up just as much detail.
Here we can see just how good both of the main cameras are.
The P20 Pro's shot may be slightly overexposed in some areas, but other than that, the main
differences come from the fact that the iPhone X produces the slightly warmer image.
Here, you can see how colors are processed by both phones.
Again, the iPhone X has the warmer image, whereas the P20 Pro really ups the saturation
and tries to pull out all of the colors throughout the image.
As the side-by-sides continue, begin to think about the things you value in photographs,
and see which phone is better for those specific things.
Here, I think the iPhone X was able to do the better job with the colors on the building,
whereas again, the P20 Pro was able to pull out more of the gradient of blues in the sky.
People, I included, have been really intrigued by portrait modes of phones because of how
nice that background blur can look.
With the P20 Pro, you can take much wider-angled portrait shots from the same vantage point.
And to match the framing of the iPhone X, I had to take a full step forward with the
P20 Pro.
Both did a pretty great job with blurring the background.
Again, the iPhone X will have the warmer image of the two, and the two phones simply process
the images differently.
Both phones produce nice portrait mode pictures, but the one you prefer will really come down
to personal preference.
Both phones also take impressive selfies, but both produce very different looks.
The iPhone X again has the warmer tones, whereas the P20 Pro has the cooler tones and a raw
Megapixel count advantage.
Even with beauty mode all the way down on the P20 Pro, it seemed to soften details on
my face a bit.
Both phones are also able to use portrait mode on their front cameras.
They both can't really get my hair right, but the overall images look pretty good.
Different people will prefer each phone.
It just comes down to preference.
As I shift into video, know that the iPhone X is capable of shooting 4K at 60 fps, but
both phones were set to 4K at 30 fps because that is what this video was uploaded at.
The P20 Pro's main camera has optical image stabilization, but for some reason, Huawei
does not let you turn it on for 4K.
On the other hand, the iPhone X utilizes its stabilization, resulting in some really impressive
4K video.
The P20 Pro is able to pick up more of the blues of the sky, but the stabilization just
makes the P20 Pro's 4K footage basically unusable unless you intend to use a tripod or gimbal
of some sort.
It is a shame, because when I switched both phones to 1080p at 30 fps, the P20 Pro produced
some of the most stabilized video I've seen come from a smartphone.
I still prefer the overall package of the iPhone X's video capabilities, but the stabilization
makes the P20 Pro's 1008p video much more comparable to the iPhone X.
In terms of the front cameras, the video quality of both phones is impressive.
They both did great despite the sun being directly behind me as I walked.
This time, the iPhone X's video appears to be more saturated than the P20 Pro's video.
Both phones didn't have stabilization for their front cameras so, as a result, the videos
of both were kind of shaky.
While I turn, the sun is now on my left side, and this is where the iPhone X tries to make
the colors pop, which results in a blue sky, but also a very orange-tinted face.
The P20 Pro's front video didn't seem as severe.
In terms of audio, I think the P20 Pro did the better job with noise reduction and isolating
my voice, whereas the iPhone X made my voice sound fuller, but also had more background
noise.
With smartphones, especially ones at this price range, it should be a given that they
perform excellent in great lighting.
So the rest of this video will focus on pictures taken in more challenging lighting conditions.
This is a challenging shot because of all of the light coming in through the window.
Both phones did a pretty good job of not letting the outside light overpower the image and
also maintaining details in the foreground.
Here, the sun is setting, and both phones did a pretty good job considering the lighting.
The P20 Pro was able to maintain the blues in the sky still, but the iPhone X was able
to let in much more light overall, creating the brighter image.
This image had very challenging shooting conditions, but both phones did a great job.
The P20 Pro slightly overexposed the sky in this shot, whereas the iPhone X wasn't able
to keep the objects in the foreground as bright as on the P20 Pro's.
Nonetheless, both pictures turned out great.
Here, the sun is right behind the tree.
Both do a good job of not letting the sun overpower the image, but again the iPhone
X is able to produce the brighter image.
This portrait mode shot was also taken while the sun was setting.
Both phones seemed to soften up details, but overall, both did a solid job with edge detection
and the colors in general.
Now I'm going to shift to even more challenging lighting conditions and will show pictures
shot at night.
Here, we can see that both phones did a fairly good job of keeping image noise to a minimum,
but the iPhone X was able to produce the much brighter image.
But then I turned on night mode, took the picture again, and this is what it looked
like.
There is still minimal noise, but now the building is bright, lights aren't overexposed,
and overall, the P20 Pro was able to take a really great image with no light.
I'd say without night mode, the iPhone X is able to let in more light and take the better
pictures.
But when I turn on night mode, the P20 Pros images just look way more impressive.
In Night Mode, the P20 Pro is able to keep its shutter open for 4-6 seconds, and utilizing
image stabilization and AI, it is able to eliminate any sort of motion blur caused by
hand movements.
This also means that it could take up to 6 seconds to take a picture.
Here a car had driven through as I was taking the picture.
The P20 Pro almost completely eliminated the car, but some of the remanences remained,
creating this ghosting effect in the picture.
The iPhone X on the other hand, took a pretty good picture, instantly, and doesn't have
a weird ghost car because the car didn't start off in frame.
If you have 4-6 seconds to take a shot, I think Night Mode can produce the best lowlight
shots I've seen from any smartphone.
But if you don't have that time, the iPhone X's lowlight images aren't bad at all.
This camera was an interesting one.
I went in not really knowing which camera was better, and I feel as if I came out with
a similar feeling.
Both phones have their advantages in different aspects of images, and both phones simply
process colors differently.
It can't be denied that these are two of the best smartphone camera systems out right now.
Hopefully this video helped you figure out which phones' camera system you prefer.
Let me know in the comment section what you thought about this camera comparison, and
make sure you're subscribed and have the notification bell clicked to see my final P20 Pro camera
comparison coming soon with the Pixel 2 XL.
That's all I had to talk about today, thanks for watching, and I will see you in the next
video.