Team Pixel, Team iPhone or Team Galaxy? Which one took it?

The video I've been waiting for! I agree that there is a lot of noise on the Pixel 6 Pro in low light. Google hyped that larger sensor so much I thought I was doing something wrong with mine. Amazing comparison and I'm sure editing the video took a long time!

I am just amazed at what phone cameras are able to do! The quality is amazing and truly, you can't go wrong with any of them!

I've been a tech enthusiast for years but all smartphone cameras are so good these days I can barely tell any difference between the three.

At this point,im waiting for a smartphone which blends samsung hardware, zoom ,vibrancy and pixels colour rendering and iphone video quality lol😂😂

Best camera comparison KZfaq has to offer! Good job Danny!

So many examples here where the S21 was the better image but there was no mention of it at all. Felt more like a direct Pixel/iPhone comparison for the most part. Also the 2x for the Pixel is a digital zoom as its optical is 4x. So not a fair comparison to compare it to the 3x of the other phones.

I have the iPhone13pro but call me crazy s21ultra is taking amazing pictures. honestly, in this video, I keep going back and forth with iphone13pro & s21ultra.. Another good video Danny 👍

Thank you so much! Your tests are the best! Keeping my S21 Ultra, didn’t expect that it will keep so good against the newer smartphones

In here for the triple threat

I agree with your analysis more than Arun's video from mrwhostheboss. I find your comparison to be more detailed and objective. Thanks for making such great content!

Good video Danny. People dont understand or appreciate the sheer amount of work to put this kind of thing together actually takes. I like my 6 Pro but it 100% needs some help with the camera software

Great and balanced comparison. google really needs to enable portrait mode with the telephoto and tweak the video to lean darker and keep the noise under control

I've been reading that the pixel portrait settings are maxed by default and I wonder if turning it down would have really changed how some of those portrait pictures came out. I never liked mine maxed out and I bet that would have fixed some of the hair blending into the background.

I still prefer S21U. It has the most flexible camera especially in day time which I care about the most and I almost never record videos which iphone does the best. I love the 10x zoom, 108mp, macro and pro mode features which Pixel lacks all of them and iphone only has the macro. Regardless all of them are fantastic and have their own advantages. Great video, I love your comparisons keep it up👍

I’m not understand why you turn off AI mode on the phones when literally pixel spent half of their presentation key note on the AI stuff.

I really want these comparison videos to include a photo from your DSLR for comparison ,most of these images are so close its very difficult to tell which is better or which doesn’t have the correct colour balance ,but if a DSLR photo is right next to them it will show how good the photos actually are,plz consider in future videos, anyway another awesome comparison 👏.

About to complete a year of difference, the s21 ultra shows that it has a lot of firepower compared to the comparison made. I believe that an upcoming s22 ultra early next quarter could make this comparison even hotter 🔥 🔥 🔥

I am very impressed with The ultra. This device is 9 months in and still on par with the latest IPhone and Pixels. On top of that the ultra has a promode so that is the most versatile out of the bunch.

The part where you mentioned it's not using the telephoto lens on the Pixel, is because it isn't. The telephoto is 4x on the Pixel and 3x on the iphone. Meaning of course it looks more digital as the Pixel is cropping in digitally, and the iphone is using it's telephoto lens. Not really an apples to apples comparison, and not sure they can fix that with a software update.

I was patiently waiting for this, so thank you first of all for taking the time to edit and compile all these shots, kudos to you. Secondly, I am a happy owner of a Pixel 4, and I'm not going to lie, I was a little bit surprised (in a negative way) looking at the P6 shots, especially the low light photos... I love taking astrophotography shots, so we'll be waiting for those if you have the time. Hopefully, the software updates will change the game and they'll manage to take advantage of the tensor chip more efficiently. Thank you!

The overall standard is staggering considering these are smartphones. I'm surprised to say that the S21 Ultra was best overall or most consistently. They're all VERY impressive.

Use the 4x to take portrait Photos next time, it gives the best results by far and turn down the background blur to 50% from the default 100%

Danny for President 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽. Great comparison. S21 ultra is 10 months old and keeping up. That's great

THE only valid comparison IMO. Great video

Very useful and exhaustive, thanks! I am on 6 Pro, and I have to say, when it comes to raw shots, I always refer the Pixel way, as it's wayy more post-processing friendly than the iPhones, who basically caliber the average social media picture. Using the 4X zoom on the 6 Pro was a blast, I really enjoy the bum in hardware specs! I do have to say that iPhone's Portrait mode is a killer in every shots you've taken. the bokeh effect is just behyond the other two

I'd choose the S21 overall. What I notice with these new smartphone is, that the night modes are now so advanced in adding light and details that it makes the images look like they were not taken at dark light. It harms the image quality in my opinion because it doesn't look natural anymore. They should try to keep some of the darkness and don't just totally blow up the brightness. Darkness is a thing.

Incredible work and comparison!! All the devices does an amazing job, and I prefer the S21 Ultra in general photos, but the iPhone has the best video. Greetings from Venezuela 🇻🇪

The galaxy S21 ultra is the best for me

Great video Danny! Been Team Pixel for a few years and got myself a Pro :) I think a key shout out is the price. Pixel is £200 cheaper than the base Pro Max and £300 cheaper than the S21 Ultra. For you to call it a draw is pretty good!

4:45 it's obviously because the Pixel has the only portrait where the electrical tower at back touches the edge of the boy's black hair. In both other photos, it's behind the head - causing less confusion within the algorithm. Same thing at 17:45. The hair is black and so is the part in the background, so it melts it together - but only the Pixel had to work that out. Both other devices had a bright green background at that spot.

Extremely helpful. I went back and forth between Pixel and iPhone in terms of preference. I think at this point it's best to call this a draw and make your decisions based on other features, OS, or preference. Tempted to be insta-famous but the natural colors ultimately get my vote. I would love to see how their base models compare, if the gap gets any wider in either direction between the regular 6 and regular 13.

Danny, kudos for the amazing work here! You really show how the flagship phones are all very good at also being cameras. It just solidifies my opinion that choosing a phone is really about the overall experience and preference. I still like the simplicity of stock Android, and I think the Pixel 6 will be the ultimate expression of that.

So saturated photos now called ready to share huh? I wonder if the iphone 13 does not come with that "filter" feature, probably all the tech youtuber still criticize samsung because of the more saturated look like they did for the past 4 years :D. But great video as always Danny!

I would choose more real, detailed and noisy photo than a very soft, dark and over-sharpened (for artificial detail) photo, also the same for video.

Great video, Danny!

Hopefully the inconsistency problem with the pixel 6 pictures will be improved with updates. Not a big problem to fix.

The camera comparison 👑 is back! Quality video as always, Danny.

As always, the best smartphone camera comparisons on KZfaq! Nice job, Danny! I'd love to see this same comparison in a few months after Google is able to tweak the software issues.

The only time the iPhone is better is in night video. However, with the Samsung, when did you switch to pro video mode and you lower the iso and exposure slightly and slightly raise the shadows, the night video is beautiful. I really do not understand why Samsung does not apply this profile by default in night video 🤷🏽‍♂️. All Android manufacturers must review this, especially since it affects sharpness and stabilization in night video.

Watching on my s21u... And I think the zoom and 108 is great for me. The I phone does have the best video... Can't say anything about that.

Omg! These three are the monarchy of the current smartphones' photography, no doubt.

Fantastic video! Propably watched all videos on pixel vs iphone (vs s21) and imho your video is the best! Keep up the good work!

Danny please try 4x shots on the pixel (no portrait mode), the compression makes the images amazing!

Man, your comparison videos are just awesome! Thanks for all the hard work you put into these. I really appreciate how you use real life scenarios to see what the cameras can do. Incredibly helpful!

Hey Danny! Thank you for the comprehensive review. Specifically, i'm interested in the video comparisons. Did you use something other than Adobe Premiere (or Media Encoder) to export these comparisons? I've lined up a few shots in Adobe and it's incorrectly reading the full scale (0-255) Pixel footage as 16-235, crushing the darks vs the original clips. Have you experienced the same thing? Love your channel by the way! Keep crushing.

Excellent review and amazing effort you made with your family, reviewing and enjoying the time with them. Have you faced any camera heat issues. I'm getting it in my Samsung galaxy S21 ultra. Thank you so much

So glad I went with the iPhone 13 pro without falling into the hype built up for the pixel 6 pro’s camera only to be slightly better or the same as the iPhone

Great comparisson. I wish you would do another one on video. Maybe take the OP 9 pro with it.

Pixel is back on top. Amazing dynamic range, also in video now. And Pixel’s 4K selfie video in the beginning just looks immaculate.

Yes please show more pixel 6 cinematic and video zooms! It's the one thing people don't show enough of. Cinematic pan I saw from a review looked ridiculously amazing but they only showed 4 seconds of it. I'm trying to see just how much pro is worth for the zoom or if it's better to just go for the regular since they're almost the same besides the front and extra camera.

Great job! I've watched a few camera comparison videos over the last couple days, your video was the best. After watching the other videos I didn't really feel like I had a full understanding of the camera results, and that's part of why I kept watching other videos (the other being preorder excitement). I'm sure your video took more time than the your competition's, and it seems you went out of your way while on vacation too. Glad to say the your level of effort definitely shows in the quality of your end product. You got my like and subscribe lol

I think that the fact that the S21U continues to dominate in certain areas and remains extremly competitive in the rest making it arguably the best overall camera, after almost a year of existence, says a lot about the phone. Apple and Google had their chance to surpass it and at best, they matched it.

This was the best camera comparison for these phones that I've seen so far!

You da man Dan. Literally no one has come up with these 3 comparisons yet.

Very interesting video. About a month and a half or so ago I was debating between the S21 Ultra or waiting for the Pixel 6 (I had the Note 10+). I really wanted to go back to Pixel. I remember really loving my Pixel 2. I just wasn't sold on the new Tensor chip. I ended up deciding to see if Google stayed with it or if it was a one-and-done thing. I am glad I got the S21 Ultra and from what I am seeing for reviews for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro, I think I made the right choice.

There we go, amazing work man.

Although A15 bionic is maybe the 20th generation, Google's Tensor first gen is really competitive to companies that have years and years of experience, learning and research on their own processors. This shows how Google is really taking this game seriously and it tells alot about how good and powerful the next generations will be ! Even this one will get waaay better after a couple of months of learning and updates ! My S10+ has been doing really amazing job for 2 years now and still going smooth and nice with no issues ! I'm planning on upgrading and I was thinking of S21U but now with the Pixel 6 pro release, it bacame on the top of my list for now ! But the only thing is making me hesitant is the long term heavy use of this new processor and how long it will survive. I don't wanna get the phone and after a year it will be exhausted and the phone starts dying lmao

pixel telephoto is 4x, so when you are doing 2x, it IS digitally zooming from the main sensor...

Great observation on the night photos exposure time. With a much larger sensor than before, there's literally no reason for the pixel to require more than 1s of exposure time, hand held. They need to adjust their algorithms for default night mode shots with options for manual exposure time because real world usability > slightly boosted unrealistic shadows

Google: spent most of their resources to improve photography using AI Reviewer: To achieve a fair result all possible AI feature was turned off. Google: ???

Hard to say which one is the best.. every of these makes the best pictures in some scenarios, you cant go wrong with any of these

Thank you for your great comparison video. I have been waiting for a KZfaqr like you for a long time.

For night photography, you should mention lens flares in many of the shots. I noticed it being especially bad with iphone lenses and sometimes with s21 lenses. It's really hard to remove, more so when you edit photos on the phone.

The video we've all been waiting for! Also, GOOGLE give us 50mp mode ty

Isn't it actually more fair to have all the AI/smart features turned on? Most people will use it like that I'd imagine and the company probably expects that as well. If one manufacturer doesn't have it it's their problem. On the other hand it can make test results unbalanced so it's a tough call

Very well done. I felt like this was one of the most honest and fair comparison reviews I have ever seen. Thanks for your time and labor. 👍

Do a cinematic video with the Pixel 6 Pro, especially now that there have been several updates in the past 4 months since you released this great comparison video!

Primeira vez que vejo a diferença mínima entre os concorrentes, ótimos!!!

Would have loved to see the 6 Pro tele lens used for portraits (not portrait mode, just actual shots of the models), as well as for macro. Other comparisons have found it to produce exceptional results in both areas, and it could make the difference for someone comparing between the regular 6 and the 6 Pro (or something else). Otherwise, really appreciate the video!

That was a HUGE effort, much appreciated! But the likely stabilisation, low light and night video winner was not there: Vivo X70 Pro+

thanks for taking the time! great comparison!

Hard to pick. They all look so good. I say a 3 way tie

Thank you for this. Fantastic video. And I rely solely on my smartphone in Disney World, so it was particularly relevent. :D I left the Pixel 4XL for the S21 Ultra, but I miss the vanilla Android experience too much. Switching back to Pixel 6.

This was an amazing comparison video. Well done!

Great video and very informative. Still on the fence between the Pixel 6 and 6 pro. Would love to see the camera and video quality of the Pixel 6 line up after 3 months!

Can't wait for the Sony Xperia Pro-1 to get in the mix with their new 1" sensor. Let the games begin! RIP LG because I would've loved to see their innovation into the next generation. Currently looking to replace my LG V60. Thanks for the comparison! Going to subscribe and hit the bell.

I can't believe that Google still hasn't improved portrait mode. It still seems to be as unusable as the portrait mode of the Pixel 3. And it still seems to choose a 1.5x crop (even when you choose 1x) and even doesn't let you choose the tele camera for portraits. And you can't choose the intensity of the blur before taking a photo.

Danny Always enjoy. I know when I catch your Videos they are going to be amazing. I know much work went into them. The kids got so big.Thanks for all the hard work.Deb ✌️

Now I'm really curious about what Sony PRO-I can do. I know historically speaking they didn't have great software in many cases, but that sensor is just next level.

Very fine video! I am so amped up to trade my S21 for a Pixel 6, but after seeing your video, it gives me pause. A quick camera comparison in store, (Best Buy), had me very impressed with the Pixel 6, & and the way it CRUSHES the details. Maybe I just prefer that high HDR look...

Good job man!! iphone 13 seems to be a step ahead in all around camera usage this year. I don't enjoy HDR comparisons because in real life you just touch the part of the screen you want that right balance and exposure.

This is the first time Google using 50 MP, just as I thought that Google camera software will be "struggling" a bit for this new camera system, but I am sure in time they will update the camera software. Good job on the first gen for 50 MP camera and first gen for Tensor chip on Pixel 6, can't wait what can they do on the second generation or Pixel 7 based on Pixel 6's user experience

Always love your camera comparisons Danny, keep up the good work.

Relevant note for your 2x Portrait issues: the Pixel's telephoto lens is 4x folded optics, so for anything less than 4x it's going to be a crop of the main sensor.

All of device perform so well overall my choice S21 Ultra

Great review and methodology showing them side by side in so many different circumstances. Thanks!

Oh Danny!!! Once again bro... You knocked it out of the park!!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 The way you present your videos are simply amazing!! And the way you do these triple comparisons, is second to none. Awesome content, well done bro!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

All 3 can be a great choice, the iPhone has a small edge especially on videos and some photo situations but I think we haven't seen the full capabilities of the Pixel yet. After a month or two the test must be repeated!

You just cant beat the pixels processing, i was actually surprised how good the galaxy did

Google hyped its 6 series so much but after seeing this camera comparison all I can say is iPhone is still leading the market.

Danny, amazing comparison. Thank you!

Galaxy S21 🙂🙂 But I would like to see what you think of Sony New cell phone with a 1inch sensor in it

tbh s21ultra still strong

I was waiting for this review. Thank you Danny for all that you do! I am getting my Pixel 6 Pro on Friday and I'm still excited for the phone even with its shortcomings from my S21 Ultra.

Great work as usual I agree that the Pixel has the potential to go further with the upcoming camera updates, but as of now they are all pretty much comparable but given the fact that the Pixel is almost $200 less than both 13 pro max and S21U and that it's the newest with the potential of getting improved by time, I do prefer it over the other 2 phones!!

S21 ultra is most powerful in most condition

Overall I prefer S21 Ultra.

Very good and detailed camera tests. Great explanations of where cameras did well and not so well. I would have liked more sample photos of people with a variety of skin tones. This is an area where Google is trying to do better, and this could be important to a lot of people.

Deep and fair review, unlike many other popular channels, this one doesn't tend to tactically move iPhone to better or draw with other top models that are overall better. The only thing I miss is comparison of the video mode in 4K @60 fps and FullHD, 30 and 60 fps.