Users around the world have different reasons for choosing a mobile phone. For some, the novelty of the phone is important, for someone a good battery, for some people are looking for high resolution and image quality, and many people pay attention to the technical issues of the phone. Meanwhile, for a significant part of smartphone users, the high quality of the phone’s camera is important. That is, they view their mobile phone as a portable camera.
Mobile phone manufacturers, knowing this problem, every year by introducing the latest phones, put special features in the cameras of these phones to attract people’s attention. If you are one of those users looking to buy a phone for photography, don’t miss this article from Phoner to learn about the best products in this field.
What are the advantages of the best phone for photography?
Many people just look at the number on the side of the camera when choosing a good phone for photography. But this is not the only important factor. A good phone camera should have a good zoom. This means that the image you record with the zoom must be of good quality. Different brands compete in this feature by adding telephoto lenses. Huawei, Xiaomi and Samsung have good competition in this field. On the other hand, the image resolution is also effective in image quality.
If the camera is of good quality but the screen resolution is not high quality, you will not get a good photo. The major brands of the world are trying to provide the highest accuracy of their products by putting powerful sensors on their smartphones. The 48MP sensors have now been replaced by a 144MP sensor and we expect to see higher numbers.
Autofocus capability is another feature in smartphones that has a huge impact on better sales. In new phones, manufacturers have provided for accurate and fast autofocus by placing advanced sensors. A feature not found in older phones. On the one hand, the high quality of shooting is one of the good points of the new smartphones. The ability to record images in 4K and 8K quality has now opened a new chapter in smartphone cameras. New smartphones have the ability to record high-quality slow motion images.
The ability to record HDR video with Dolby sound, which is now appearing in some newer smartphones, has added to the appeal of working with these cameras. These days, new cameras have different features. Macro lens, portrait shooting, and wide lens are other features of the new phones in the market. On the other hand, improving the quality of night photography and increasing the quality of the phone’s selfie cameras are also attractive points in the new smart products. As mobile phone production and design technology shows, maybe in the next few years, no one will buy cameras anymore!
The best phones for photography in 2023
In the past few years, smartphone manufacturers have made the most maneuvers in terms of providing better equipment and capabilities in the phone camera department. Meanwhile, the biggest competition is between Apple and Samsung. Below, we will introduce some of the best phone models for photography.
iPhone 13 Pro
Perhaps the best phone for photography can be given iPhone 13 Pro. The image output of this phone is really high quality and unique. iPhone 13 Pro has two 12-megapixel cameras, Sony’s ultra-wide cameras. There is also a 12MP telephoto camera alongside these two, which has OIS optical stabilization and 3x optical zoom. One of the highlights of this phone’s camera is its stability on the camera sensor, while in other phones this stability is on the lens.
In fact, in this iPhone model, all sensor pixels are activated in autofocus and deliver a clean image. The ability to shoot in the night mode of this phone is one of its advantages over other competitors. In night shooting mode, the telephoto camera is fully available and takes amazing pictures. The iPhone 13 camcorder, which has a Motion Mode feature, puts focus at the correct point by predicting when the subject enters the frame. The editing capabilities on this camera made the iPhone 13 Pro camcorder a completely professional and flawless 4K video recording at 30 frames per second.
iPhone 13 Pro Max
This iPhone model has all the capabilities of the iPhone 13 Pro in the camera department. The difference between the first two is in the optical zoom of the telephoto camera. iPhone 13 Pro has a 12MP telephoto camera with 2.5x optical zoom. While using iPhone 13 Pro Max, the advantage of optical zoom is 3 times.
At the same time, the iPhone 13 Pro Max camera sensor is larger than the iPhone 13 Pro and its lens is wider. In the video editing section, Apple has added more features to the iPhone Pro Max 13. Except for these cases, the camera of these two phones has no other special difference that leads to better quality photos or videos.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is considered one of the best products of the Korean company, which won many points in various fields. One of these things is the powerful camera of this phone. Samsung’s branding features are pretty good for the S22 series of phones, but the Ultra model is the best shooting phone in this series, standing out in all of these cases. This phone has a 108-megapixel main camera with an f / 1.8 lens.
The 22mm lens and optical image stabilization on this camera will have a unique output. The next camera has a resolution of 12 megapixels and an f / 2.2 lens, and it has a 13 mm lens. The telephoto camera of this phone is 10 MP, with f / 2.4 lens slot with 3x optical zoom and 69 mm lens, which is another attractive camera for this Samsung phone. This phone is also another 10MP telephoto camera with f/4.9 aperture with 10x optical zoom and a 230mm lens. The selfie camera of this phone clicks high-quality selfies with its 40MP capacity.
The Samsung S22 Ultra Camcorder will provide you with flawless video recording at 8K quality, 24fps, and 4K quality, 60fps.
One of the good features of this phone is the quality of its photos in the night mode. The S22 Ultra camera absorbs the most light, covers a wide range of colors at night and has good focus. This phone will increase the video recording quality by using the automatic frame rate feature in low light conditions.
At the same time, this phone has another feature called Auto Farming, which will identify up to 10 people in the frame and focus on them. The Galaxy S22 Ultra’s camera, with its ultra-clear lens, will prevent light scattering and loss of image quality when there are many light sources in the image. One thing about this phone is that despite all these features, the quality of the night photos of this phone is lower than the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
In line with the competition with Samsung and Apple, Xiaomi launched a different phone called the Xiaomi 11 Ultra, whose camera was able to present itself as a phone for photography with very good capabilities, and it is considered one of the flagship phones of Xiaomi.
Xiaomi released this phone with a ceramic body. But what interests us in this article is the camera for this phone, which was able to get good points. The main camera of this phone is 50 MP with optical image stabilization and f/2.0 aperture.
This camera has Dual Pixel autofocus with phase detection and laser autofocus. The second camera is 48 megapixels and is equipped with optical image stabilization. This camera has a telephoto periscope lens, f/4.1 aperture, autofocus, and 5x optical zoom.
The third camera is 48MP with a 12mm ultra-wide lens, f/2.2 aperture, and autofocus. The Mi 11 Ultra selfie camera is 20MP with a 27mm wide lens and f.2.2 lens slot. In the video recording department, this phone can record images in 8k quality at 24fps and 4K at 30 and 60fps. Dual LED flash, panoramic shooting and electronic stabilizers are other features of the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra.
The last word
The phones we mentioned in this article are the best phones for photography and video recording in the Iranian market today. Naturally, to get the best, you have to pay a lot of money. But among the budget phones you can find models with good shooting quality. Nokia and Huawei, along with iPhone, Samsung and Xiaomi, have all shone in the competitive smartphone market in 2022 with the release of phones with high imaging quality.
