Best Camera Phones in India for October 2017

The Google’s Pixel XL is the best camera phone you can have today. It’s also the most dependable smartphone camera out there, edging out the iPhone by a small margin. The Pixel and Pixel XL are meant for Android phone lovers who want the best possible camera. It’s the phone to buy when camera is your top priority.

The iPhone finally loses its hallowed crown. The iPhone 7 Plus’ dual-camera is great, but it misses out against the Pixel. It’s still the second best camera phone you can get today, which means it’s worth buying for sure. When you combine that with the fact that the iPhone 7 Plus is the fastest smartphone in the market today, it’s definitely worth buying.

The Galaxy S8 carries the same camera as Samsung’s flagship last year. But that just means it’s still amongst the best camera phone. Samsung has made some algorithmic changes, making the camera slightly faster, while its low light prowess remains pretty much the same. The dual-pixel sensor focuses fast and the camera is more dependable this time.

The OnePlus 5’s dual-camera isn’t as good as OnePlus claims it to be, but it’s still better than most smartphone cameras out there. In fact, we even found it edging out the iPhone 7 Plus in low light imaging sometimes. It’s a great camera to have in your pocket, and the fastest Android phone you can buy today.

The HTC U11 is largely understated when it comes to camera lists. However, the phone has one of the best cameras out there. It can go toe to toe against any of the phones you’ve read about so far. The 12MP camera seems quite regular, but it’s especially good for low light shooting.

Huawei was amongst the first to bring dual-cameras to smartphones, and the company has continued the practice. The Honor 8 Pro doesn’t sport the P10’s Leica partnership, but it has a good dual-camera setup nevertheless. Huawei follows the RGB+monochrome setup to produce detailed photos with accurate colours.

Sony has certainly improved the camera this time, but it’s still behind the flagship smartphone it competes with. This is the only phone that can record slow motion video at 960fps, and there’s also a 4K display to boot. Of course, the videos won’t be shot at 4K, but it’s still a gimmick some may like. The Xperia XZ Premium will appeal to Sony fans, and a niche audience that wants to record 960fps slo-mo videos.

The Galaxy S7 Edge houses a 12MP Sony IMX260 sensor, with an f/1.7 lens. The phones have uber-fast autofocus, and essentially house all the features that you would require from a flagship-class device. Alongside, the overall performance of the phone is fast and fluid. The new Samsung Exynos 8890 SoC, along with 4GB of RAM, churns out stellar performance. Samsung has also implemented fast charging on the phone, which charges the phone from 0 to almost full within an hour. The glass-and-metal build may not be well-suited for clumsy hands, but this has been one of Samsung’s best designs on smartphones ever. Also, Samsung has made the Galaxy S7 Edge water- and dust-resistant, so you can enjoy using the phone in rain or on a beach.

LG dropped the modular design from last year, but it employs the same camera still. This time, the company has used the same sensor on its wide angle and primary lenses, which helps you seamlessly zoom in between the two. Colours and low light performance remain pretty much the same though, meaning you’ll still get a really good and flagship class camera.

According to us, Apple’s iPhone 7 has a slightly inferior camera to the S7 Edge in terms of fine detail and image noise. That said, it still takes really good photographs. The phone uses a similar 12MP camera as the iPhone 7 Plus, but somehow the image quality is recognizably different. Camera aside, the phone is extremely fast. So much so, that you would feel, that all Android phones are tad bit slower, Pixel included.