this is the new Google pixel 3 and today we're shooting a fun side-by-side camera
comparison test versus the iPhone XS which one do you guys think is better
place your bets below I'm Ben from Authentech, let's dive right in huge
thanks to Google for sending me the pixel 3 and huge thanks to Apple for
letting me buy their iPhone for twelve hundred and fifty dollars starting with
video 4k 30fps specs on each primary lens is actually quite similar 12.2
megapixels on the pixel 12 megapixel on the iPhone both F 1.8 1.4 micron pixel
size and both feature optical image stabilization first things first the
field of view is much wider on the iPhone over the pixel when recording 4k
video and if you've been following me for a while I always like to have a
wider angle lens just fits more subject or landscape into camera frame if we
zoom in 200% both cameras still look really nice and sharp great color
balance and pleasant saturation and clarity in the cave shadows it looks
like we can see a bit more detail in the dark areas on the pixel while the iPhone
is losing a bit of those details here's a quick handheld stabilization
test and they both look semi similar both cameras are doing a pretty nice job
of smoothing out most of the shakes and wobbles in the footage though I've got
to give it to the pixel for doing a slightly better job I think one big
difference between these two phones the pixel 3 it has a single rear facing
camera the iPhone 10 s has dual lenses one wide and one telephoto a few times
in my tests like seen here Izu min on both cameras intrigued to see how the
digital zoom on the pixel stacks up against the iPhones telephoto lens and
I'm pretty impressed it holds on fairly well in terms of quality and
stabilization wider angle field of view I did a quick autofocus test and even
though they seemed to tie just a couple times more often than not the iPhone was
able to lock on to focus faster and more precise even if it was just a few
milliseconds in this walking test again I think the pixel has slightly smoother
stabilization over the iPhone though every once in a while it has the subtle
stuttering frame issue you might notice here or there I'm not sure if this is
the e is causing this let's talk about dynamic range this was one of I phones
big marketing terms this year and I covered it pretty in-depth in my other
iPhone at camera videos make sure you check those out after this one in case
you missed it long story short the iPhone 10s does a fantastic job of
maintaining clarity and details in the super bright highlight and shadow areas
in this scene well the pixel 3 puts up a very good fight in some of these shots
it's the iPhone that actually looks to have more contrast and punch to the
highs and lows in this water fountain shot it's interesting to compare and
zoom in and then analyze the mist and water coming from the fountain just look
at all the details of water droplets that we can clearly see in the pixel 3
whereas in the iPhone is almost missing out on a lot of those finer details very
interesting here I turn the rear facing cameras around and it's crazy how much
sharper the pixel looks over the iPhone also for colors even though I was facing
directly into the bright warm Sun I feel like the pixel is doing a nice job of
keeping my skin tones close to a Kersey versus the iPhone turns my skin super
red soft and less realistic looking this is a jogging stabilization test for K 30
interesting here both cameras have a little wobble and jello effect going on
in the jogging test however again I think the pixels join a slightly better
job with smoother stabilization maintaining a sharp
image while the iPhone seems a bit softer and it's seeking autofocus more
often and in accurately and this is audio on the Apple iPhone 10's house the
audio sound let's live authentic in this audio test very
interesting results I'd say the pixel is much quieter than
the iPhone no editing applied to either jumping back to dynamic range this shot
is very cool to compare just look at the shadow areas like in the trees the
iPhone again is crushing some of those shadow details while we can see more
clarity on the pixel however when we aim right at the Sun I'd say the iPhone is
retaining more definition in those super bright cloud areas versus the pixel is
blowing those areas out one at last major difference between the 4k video on
these two cameras the iPhone can record up to 4k 60fps which is awesome
unfortunately the pixel 3 cannot it maxes out at 4k 30 I'm not sure why I
feel like the pixel could have been capable of shooting 4k 60 but sadly not
this time around hopefully next year now let's check out some photo samples I
shot side-by-side I went down to the park is a partly cloudy and sunny day
with plenty of high-contrast scenes first things first that wide-angle field
of view is much more similar when capturing photos which is nice to see
colors and saturation look pretty similar again on each with the iPhone
possibly being just a tad more saturated with its colors as for dynamic range
both are touting some awesome bleeding-edge HDR features and tone
mapping and honestly they both look really good if I had to declare a winner
though in some tricky lighting situations I felt that iPhone actually
produced slightly brighter more vibrant looking shots with more clarity in the
darker shadow areas in the scene as for sharpness and fine detail it's always
fun to zoom way in and do a little pixel peeping I'd have to vote a toss-up on
this one because in some shots the iPhone looks a bit
sharper but then another's the pixel wins lastly to compare iPhone secondary
telephoto lens to the new pixel 3 super resume feature call me super impress as
the pixel holds on pretty close behind incredible tech and algorithms to think
that the pixel can almost accomplish the same digital zoom as an optical
telephoto lens on the iPhone very cool jumping to slow motion the pixel can
shoot 120 FPS at 1080p or 240 FPS at 720 the iPhone wins in terms of specs since
it can shoot 120 or 240 both at 1080p interesting though in this shot both
cameras were recording 240 FPS and the video quality is much more similar than
I thought could the iPhone possibly be scaling a 720 Reza to 1080p I have no
idea that's just a thought I had imagined the iPhones higher resolution
quality to be much better than the pixel 720p though it doesn't seem to be the
case here another small problem I notice on the
iPhone there's some jittering or stuttering in the video do you guys see
that in this other slo-mo shot both cameras recording 1080p 120 fps the
contrast and clarity is cranked way up on the iPhone making its image look much
sharper both record audio and slo-mo which is nice interesting here the pixel
seems to be struggling to lock focus and it also has some interlacing or scanning
issue going on switch into the front-facing Cannes now what do you guys
think here I think the quality and image actually looks fairly similar at least
starting out the stabilization again looks slightly smoother on the pixel
over the iPhone maybe but then here the pixel looks slightly more shaky however
the iPhone simply looks blurry kind of funny turn out now the pixel 3 has a
trick up its sleeve it consumed it can zoom out on an ultra-wide front-facing
camera when we zoom out i gotta love google for putting that wide-angle here
i think it makes sense for a group selfie and those kind of shots weird
though it seems the autofocus stops working and then look up at the dynamic
range on the iphone up there in the skies and the crosswalk lets looking
nicer back there i slept a few front-facing selfie shots with and
without portrait mode i think the iPhone looks a little softer almost a glowing
look but it's edge outlining looks well done the pixel is doing a fine job as
well but then again more slightly darker and contrast applied can't forget a few
low-light shots again I'm noticing the iPhone image is a lot warmer in tone
while the pixel seems to obtain a more accurate white balance it's White's just
look nice and clean vibrantly white the iPhone often leans a bit too warm in my
opinion as for noise to quality and sharpness ratio I'd say they both look
really good again the pixel producing some slightly sharper images possibly a
smidge more lifelike looking here's a selfie shot showing off the wide angle
on the pixel and I really love that wide also the iPhone looks a bit grainy er
than the pixel when we switched to video something interesting happens though the
pixel turns a little soft almost as an angelic glow look do you guys know
what's going on here is it just missing the focus the iPhone looks sharper and
more crisp which is nice though sadly of course not perfect as its stuttering
pretty poorly on the slope and when we finally lock focus on to the chair the
pixel cleans up a bit and look sharper and nicer looking at the waveform the
pixel has higher whites while the iPhone has darker darks funny how they're kind
of the opposite so here's my closing thoughts first and foremost we have to
compare pricing pixel three starts at $800 the iPhone 10s starts at $1000 or
200 bucks more second specs used to be the big thing to compare but now with
most top-tier phones specs are becoming much
less important especially as they become more similar and it comes down to how
the device and camera performs in real life tests
lastly the results in a lot of these shots were much more similar than I
thought they'd beat but I'll consider that a good thing I would hope that if
we're paying a lot of money for a top-tier flagship foam that it performs
well in almost all scenarios which I think both of these cameras prove that
sometimes I like the more vibrant colors and wider angle lens on the iPhone it
has fantastic dynamic range and 4k 60 however I really like the stabilization
and overall quality and sharpness on the pixel 3 it produced clean white balance
pleasant looking shots let me know which camera you like down in the comments and
make sure you stay tuned for more iPhone pixel and other camera tests coming soon
until next time let's live authentic