Best Camera Phones in India

The iPhone 11 Pro is one of the best as well as one of the most expensive smartphones in India that you can buy right now. You get an excellent 5.8-inch HDR10 display that tops at 800 nits. It is powered by Apple's latest A13 Bionic chip. On the back lies a 12MP triple camera setup, that comes equipped with a telephoto lens as well as an ultra-wide-angle sensor. It uses data from all the three lenses while shooting a video. iPhone 11 Pro is one of the best when it comes to video shooting capabilities.

The Huawei P30 Pro is a camera beast that sets a benchmark for mobile photography. As for the optics, the P30 Pro sports a 40MP, f/1.6, 27mm (wide) lens with PDAF and OIS + a Periscope 8MP, f/3.4, 125mm (telephoto), lens with PDAF and OIS + a 5x optical zoom 20 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide) with PDAF and a TOF 3D camera. It has a 32MP selfie shooter. The handset features a 6.47 inches OLED display. It also offers flagship performance making it one of the best phones to buy right now.

While the camera hardware mostly remained the same as the Galaxy S10, the Note 10 adds an extra camera on the back along with a ToF sensor for better augmented reality apps. The Galaxy Note 10 Plus is Samsung's best attempt at a smartphone camera yet, not because of the camera hardware. This doesn't have the typical 48MP camera that's there on the high-end and mid-rangers. Instead, Samsung tweaked the imaging algorithm, added a dedicated night mode and live focus in videos to provide a wide array of options while shooting. Features like zoom-in mic while shooting videos and an in-built full-fledged video editor will be quite useful for someone who uses their smartphone for vlogging and the likes. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ comes across as a phone very similar to the Galaxy S10+, save for a few new features that may or may not turn out to be useful. There’s a lot of reason for old Note users to upgrade to this one.

It's interesting to say that one of the best Samsung camera phones you can buy right now actually costs lesser than its premium flagships. The Note 10 Lite with three 12MP cameras at the back take excellent photos in all conditions. The primary lens captures photos with good dynamic range and accurate colours while the ultrawide and telephoto lens offer new perspectives to shoot. There's also a 32MP front camera for well-lit, detailed selfies.

With a triple camera stack, the OnePlus 7 Pro offers a lot of flexibility in shooting photos. You get a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP telelphoto lens with 3X optical zoom and a 16MP ultra-wide lens with 117-degree field of view. On the front is another 16MP camera for selfies. The smartphone features a 6.67-inch display, with 1440 x 3120 pixels resolution. Under the hood, the phone is powered by a Qualcomm snapdragon 855 Plus processor with 8 GB RAM. It runs on Android 10.0 out of the box with the company's proprietory OxygenOS on top. It is one of the best camera phones to buy in India right now.

The Samsung Galaxy S10+ sports a new design and a brilliant display. There's flagship performance on offer and also improved cameras that now includes a wide-angle lens. The camera stack itself is quite consistent across all lighting situations. The low-light performance has especially improved. The phone is a powerhouse and offers an excellent performance. It has a sleek design, a beautiful screen, excellent camera and offer unparalleled performance.

The Redmi K20 Pro's triple camera stack on the back is one of the best we've seen available for under Rs 30,000. It's a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor tuned to near perfection. The default 12MP binned photos come out with a lot of details and excellent dynamic range. Then there's a pretty reliable wide-angle camera to boot as well, along with a telephoto lens that offers 2X zoom, which is the weakest point of the system. On the front, the 20MP selfie camera also performs pixel-binning to offer highly detailed selfies, and Xiaomi offers a whole lot of AI features to make the experience of capturing images even better.

The Oppo Reno 10X Zoom is unique in one aspect. It has a periscope telephoto camera that can go up to 10X in hybrid zoom. The mechanism works similar to the Huawei P30 Pro but it's much less heavier on the pocket. The Reno 10X Zoom also packs a 48MP camera and a wide-angle sensor, and a overall appealing design. The front camera is housed in a shark-fin shaped module that also works pretty well with faces. The Reno 10X Zoom is both style and substance combined and an excellent flagship phone at that.

The Realme X2 Pro brings onboard Samsung's large-format 64MP camera along with three other lenses including a telephoto, macro and ultrawide.This makes the camera stack on the Realme X2 Pro extremely flexible and versatile. As for the image quality, you get the best images from the 64MP sensor in the binned mode. They are sharp, well-detailed with adequate dynamic range to bring a scene to life. However, the other lenses aren't very consistent. There's a built-in night mode that does a commendable job in shooting well-lit photos in low-lit situations.

The Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro is one of the most affordable smartphones to offer a 64MP quad camera setup at the back. The large sensor is paired with another ultrawide lens, macro lens and a depth sensor. As a result, the Note 8 Pro also offers good versatility on a budget. The image quality is improved by Xiaomi's own AI algorithms while the night mode is capable enough to produce decent photos in low-light.